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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
earth and planetary sciences
Candels: The Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey
Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series, Volume 197, No. 2, Article 35, Year 2011
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Description
The Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey (CANDELS) is designed to document the first third of galactic evolution, over the approximate redshift (z) range 8-1.5. It will image >250,000 distant galaxies using three separate cameras on the Hubble Space Telescope, from the mid-ultraviolet to the near-infrared, and will find and measure Type Ia supernovae at z > 1.5 to test their accuracy as standardizable candles for cosmology. Five premier multi-wavelength sky regions are selected, each with extensive ancillary data. The use of five widely separated fields mitigates cosmic variance and yields statistically robust and complete samples of galaxies down to a stellar mass of 109 M to z 2, reaching the knee of the ultraviolet luminosity function of galaxies to z 8. The survey covers approximately 800 arcmin2 and is divided into two parts. The CANDELS/Deep survey (5σ point-source limit H = 27.7mag) covers 125 arcmin2 within Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS)-N and GOODS-S. The CANDELS/Wide survey includes GOODS and three additional fields (Extended Groth Strip, COSMOS, and Ultra-deep Survey) and covers the full area to a 5σ point-source limit of H ≳ 27.0mag. Together with the Hubble Ultra Deep Fields, the strategy creates a three-tiered "wedding-cake" approach that has proven efficient for extragalactic surveys. Data from the survey are nonproprietary and are useful for a wide variety of science investigations. In this paper, we describe the basic motivations for the survey, the CANDELS team science goals and the resulting observational requirements, the field selection and geometry, and the observing design. The Hubble data processing and products are described in a companion paper. © 2011. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Grogin, Norman A.
United States, Baltimore
Space Telescope Science Institute
Kocevski, Dale D.
United States, Santa Cruz
University of California, Santa Cruz
Faber, Sandra M.
United States, Santa Cruz
University of California, Santa Cruz
Ferguson, Henry C.
United States, Baltimore
Space Telescope Science Institute
Koekemoer, Anton M.
United States, Baltimore
Space Telescope Science Institute
Riess, Adam G.
United States, Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
Acquaviva, Viviana
United States, New Brunswick
Rutgers University–new Brunswick
Alexander, David M.
United Kingdom, Durham
Durham University
Almaini, Omar
United Kingdom, Nottingham
University of Nottingham
Ashby, Matthew L.N.
United States, Cambridge
Harvard-smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Bell, Eric F.
United States, Ann Arbor
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Bournaud, Frédéric
France, Gif-sur-yvette
Cea Saclay
Brown, Thomas M.
United States, Baltimore
Space Telescope Science Institute
Caputi, Karina I.
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh
Casertano, Stefano
United States, Baltimore
Space Telescope Science Institute
Cassata, Paolo
United States, Amherst
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Castellano, Marco
Italy, Rome
Istituto Nazionale Di Astrofisica, Rome
Challis, Peter M.
United States, Cambridge
Harvard College Observatory
Chary, Ranga Ram
United States, Pasadena
California Institute of Technology
Cheung, Edmond
United States, Santa Cruz
University of California, Santa Cruz
Cirasuolo, Michele
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
Uk Astronomy Technology Centre
Conselice, Christopher J.
United Kingdom, Nottingham
University of Nottingham
Cooray, Asantha Roshan
United States, Irvine
University of California, Irvine
Croton, Darren J.
Australia, Hawthorn
Swinburne University of Technology
Daddi, Emmanuele
France, Gif-sur-yvette
Cea Saclay
Dahlén, Tomas
United States, Baltimore
Space Telescope Science Institute
Dav́e, Romeel
United States, Tucson
The University of Arizona
de Mello, Duília F.
United States, Greenbelt
Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center
United States, Washington, D.c.
The Catholic University of America
Dekel, Avishai
Israel, Jerusalem
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Dickinson, Mark E.
United States, Tucson
National Optical Astronomy Observatory
Dolch, Timothy
United States, Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
Donley, Jennifer L.
United States, Baltimore
Space Telescope Science Institute
James S. Dunlop, James S.
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh
Dutton, Aaron A.
Canada, Victoria
University of Victoria
Elbaz, David
France, Gif-sur-yvette
Cea Saclay
Fazio, Giovanni G.
United States, Cambridge
Harvard-smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Filippenko, Alexei V.
United States, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
Finkelstein, Steven L.
United States, College Station
Texas A&m University
Fontana, A.
Italy, Rome
Istituto Nazionale Di Astrofisica, Rome
Gardner, Jonathan P.
United States, Greenbelt
Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center
Garnavich, Peter M.
United States, Notre Dame
University of Notre Dame
Gawiser, Eric J.
United States, New Brunswick
Rutgers University–new Brunswick
Giavalisco, Mauro
United States, Amherst
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Grazian, Andrea
Italy, Rome
Istituto Nazionale Di Astrofisica, Rome
Guo, Yicheng
United States, Amherst
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Hathi, Nimish P.
United States, Pasadena
Carnegie Observatories
Häussler, Boris
United Kingdom, Nottingham
University of Nottingham
Hopkins, Philip F.
United States, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
Huang, Jiasheng
United States, Washington, D.c.
Smithsonian Institution
Huang, Kuanghan
United States, Baltimore
Space Telescope Science Institute
United States, Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
Jha, Saurabh W.
United States, New Brunswick
Rutgers University–new Brunswick
Kartaltepe, Jeyhan S.
United States, Tucson
National Optical Astronomy Observatory
Kirshner, Robert P.
United States, Cambridge
Harvard-smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Koo, David C.
United States, Santa Cruz
University of California, Santa Cruz
Lai, Kamson
United States, Santa Cruz
University of California, Santa Cruz
Li, Weidong
United States, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
Lotz, Jennifer M.
United States, Baltimore
Space Telescope Science Institute
Lucas, Ray A.
United States, Baltimore
Space Telescope Science Institute
Madau, Piero
United States, Santa Cruz
University of California, Santa Cruz
McCarthy, Patrick J.P.
United States, Pasadena
Carnegie Observatories
McGrath, Elizabeth J.
United States, Santa Cruz
University of California, Santa Cruz
McIntosh, Daniel H.
United States, Kansas City
University of Missouri-kansas City
Mclure, Ross J.
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh
Mobasher, Bahram
United States, Riverside
University of California, Riverside
Moustakas, Leónidas A.
United States, Pasadena
California Institute of Technology
Mozena, Mark
United States, Santa Cruz
University of California, Santa Cruz
Nandra, Kirpaul P.
Germany, Garching Bei Munchen
Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
Newman, Jeffrey Allen
United States, Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
Niemi, Sami Matias
United States, Baltimore
Space Telescope Science Institute
Papovich, Casey J.
United States, College Station
Texas A&m University
Pentericci, Laura
Italy, Rome
Istituto Nazionale Di Astrofisica, Rome
Pope, Alexandra
United States, Amherst
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Primack, Joel R.
United States, Santa Cruz
University of California, Santa Cruz
Ravindranath, Swara
India, Pune
Inter-university Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics India
Reddy, Naveen A.
United States, Riverside
University of California, Riverside
Renzini, Alvio
Italy, Padua
Osservatorio Astronomico Di Padova
Rix, Hans Walter R.
Germany, Heidelberg
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
Rodney, Steven A.
United States, Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
Rosario, David J.V.
Germany, Garching Bei Munchen
Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
Rosati, P.
Germany, Garching Bei Munchen
European Southern Observatory
Scarlata, Claudia M.
United States, Minneapolis
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Siana, Brian D.
United States, Riverside
University of California, Riverside
Smidt, Joseph M.
United States, Irvine
University of California, Irvine
Somerville, Rachel S.
United States, New Brunswick
Rutgers University–new Brunswick
Straughn, Amber N.
United States, Greenbelt
Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center
Strolger, Louis Gregory
United States, Bowling Green
Western Kentucky University
Telford, O. Grace
United States, Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
Teplitz, Harry I.
Unknown Affiliation
Trump, Jonathan R.
United States, Santa Cruz
University of California, Santa Cruz
van der Wel, Arjen
Germany, Heidelberg
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
Villforth, Carolin
United States, Baltimore
Space Telescope Science Institute
Wechsler, Risa H.
United States, Palo Alto
Stanford University
Weiner, Benjamin J.
United States, Tucson
The University of Arizona
Wiklind, Thomas G.
Chile, Santiago
European Southern Observatory Santiago
Wild, Vivienne
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh
Wilson, Grant W.
United States, Amherst
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Wuyts, Stijn
Germany, Garching Bei Munchen
Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
Yan, Haojing
United States, Columbia
University of Missouri
Yun, Minsu
United States, Amherst
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Statistics
Citations: 1,533
Authors: 99
Affiliations: 45
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1088/0067-0049/197/2/35
ISSN:
00670049
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