The SAMI Galaxy Survey: Instrument specification and target selection

J.J. Bryant; M.S. Owers; Aaron Robotham; S.M. Croom; Simon Driver; M.J. Drinkwater; N.P.F. Lorente; Luca Cortese; N. Scott; M. Colless; A. Schaefer; E.N. Taylor; I.S. Konstantopoulos; J.T. Allen; I. Baldry; L. Barnes; A.E. Bauer; J. Bland-Hawthorn; J.V. Bloom; A.M. Brooks; S. Brough; G. Cecil; W. Couch; D. Croton; R. Davies; S. Ellis; L.M.R. Fogarty; C. Foster; K. Glazebrook; M. Goodwin; M.L. Gunawardhana; E. Hampton; I.T. Ho; A.M. Hopkins; L. Kewley; J.S. Lawrence; S.G. Leon-Saval; S. Leslie; R. Mcelroy; G. Lewis; J. Liske; R. López-Sánchez; S. Mahajan; A.M. Medling; N. Metcalfe; Martin Meyer; J. Mould; Danail Obreschkow; S. O'Toole; M. Pracy; S.N. Richards; T. Shanks; R. Sharp; S.M. Sweet; A.D. Thomas; C. Tonini; C.J. Walcher; A. Green

doi:10.1093/mnras/stu2635

The SAMI Galaxy Survey: Instrument specification and target selection

J.J. Bryant, M.S. Owers, Aaron Robotham, S.M. Croom, Simon Driver, M.J. Drinkwater, N.P.F. Lorente, Luca Cortese, N. Scott, M. Colless, A. Schaefer, E.N. Taylor, I.S. Konstantopoulos, J.T. Allen, I. Baldry, L. Barnes, A.E. Bauer, J. Bland-Hawthorn, J.V. Bloom, A.M. BrooksS. Brough, G. Cecil, W. Couch, D. Croton, R. Davies, S. Ellis, L.M.R. Fogarty, C. Foster, K. Glazebrook, M. Goodwin, M.L. Gunawardhana, E. Hampton, I.T. Ho, A.M. Hopkins, L. Kewley, J.S. Lawrence, S.G. Leon-Saval, S. Leslie, R. Mcelroy, G. Lewis, J. Liske, R. López-Sánchez, S. Mahajan, A.M. Medling, N. Metcalfe, Martin Meyer, J. Mould, Danail Obreschkow, S. O'Toole, M. Pracy, S.N. Richards, T. Shanks, R. Sharp, S.M. Sweet, A.D. Thomas, C. Tonini, C.J. Walcher, A. Green

International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR)

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

424 Citations (Web of Science)

493 Downloads (Pure)

Abstract

© 2015 The Authors. The SAMI Galaxy Survey will observe 3400 galaxies with the Sydney-AAO Multi-object Integral-field spectrograph (SAMI) on the Anglo-Australian Telescope in a 3-yr survey which began in 2013. We present the throughput of the SAMI system, the science basis and specifications for the target selection, the survey observation plan and the combined properties of the selected galaxies. The survey includes four volume-limited galaxy samples based on cuts in a proxy for stellar mass, along with low-stellar-mass dwarf galaxies all selected from the Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey. The GAMA regions were selected because of the vast array of ancillary data available, including ultraviolet through to radio bands. These fields are on the celestial equator at 9, 12 and 14.5 h, and cover a total of 144 deg² (in GAMA-I). Higher density environments are also included with the addition of eight clusters. The clusters have spectroscopy from 2-degree Field Galaxy Redshift Survey (2dFGRS) and Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and photometry in regions covered by the SDSS and/or VLT Survey Telescope/ATLAS. The aim is to cover a broad range in stellar mass and environment, and therefore the primary survey targets cover redshifts 0.004pet 7-10¹² M⊙, and environments from isolated field galaxies through groups to clusters of ~10¹⁵ M⊙.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2857-2879
Number of pages	23
Journal	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume	447
Issue number	3
Early online date	13 Jan 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu2635
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2015

Access to Document

10.1093/mnras/stu2635

Bryant et al The SAMI Galaxy Survey (2015)
This article has been accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ©: 2015 The Authors. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.
Final published version, 4.03 MB

Cite this

Bryant, J. J., Owers, M. S., Robotham, A., Croom, S. M., Driver, S., Drinkwater, M. J., Lorente, N. P. F., Cortese, L., Scott, N., Colless, M., Schaefer, A., Taylor, E. N., Konstantopoulos, I. S., Allen, J. T., Baldry, I., Barnes, L., Bauer, A. E., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Bloom, J. V., ... Green, A. (2015). The SAMI Galaxy Survey: Instrument specification and target selection. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 447(3), 2857-2879. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu2635

@article{17c777ef1b4d404ab3a9780fa7e371e5,

title = "The SAMI Galaxy Survey: Instrument specification and target selection",

abstract = "{\textcopyright} 2015 The Authors. The SAMI Galaxy Survey will observe 3400 galaxies with the Sydney-AAO Multi-object Integral-field spectrograph (SAMI) on the Anglo-Australian Telescope in a 3-yr survey which began in 2013. We present the throughput of the SAMI system, the science basis and specifications for the target selection, the survey observation plan and the combined properties of the selected galaxies. The survey includes four volume-limited galaxy samples based on cuts in a proxy for stellar mass, along with low-stellar-mass dwarf galaxies all selected from the Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey. The GAMA regions were selected because of the vast array of ancillary data available, including ultraviolet through to radio bands. These fields are on the celestial equator at 9, 12 and 14.5 h, and cover a total of 144 deg2 (in GAMA-I). Higher density environments are also included with the addition of eight clusters. The clusters have spectroscopy from 2-degree Field Galaxy Redshift Survey (2dFGRS) and Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and photometry in regions covered by the SDSS and/or VLT Survey Telescope/ATLAS. The aim is to cover a broad range in stellar mass and environment, and therefore the primary survey targets cover redshifts 0.004pet 7-1012 M⊙, and environments from isolated field galaxies through groups to clusters of ~1015 M⊙.",

author = "J.J. Bryant and M.S. Owers and Aaron Robotham and S.M. Croom and Simon Driver and M.J. Drinkwater and N.P.F. Lorente and Luca Cortese and N. Scott and M. Colless and A. Schaefer and E.N. Taylor and I.S. Konstantopoulos and J.T. Allen and I. Baldry and L. Barnes and A.E. Bauer and J. Bland-Hawthorn and J.V. Bloom and A.M. Brooks and S. Brough and G. Cecil and W. Couch and D. Croton and R. Davies and S. Ellis and L.M.R. Fogarty and C. Foster and K. Glazebrook and M. Goodwin and M.L. Gunawardhana and E. Hampton and I.T. Ho and A.M. Hopkins and L. Kewley and J.S. Lawrence and S.G. Leon-Saval and S. Leslie and R. Mcelroy and G. Lewis and J. Liske and R. L{\'o}pez-S{\'a}nchez and S. Mahajan and A.M. Medling and N. Metcalfe and Martin Meyer and J. Mould and Danail Obreschkow and S. O'Toole and M. Pracy and S.N. Richards and T. Shanks and R. Sharp and S.M. Sweet and A.D. Thomas and C. Tonini and C.J. Walcher and A. Green",

year = "2015",

month = mar,

day = "1",

doi = "10.1093/mnras/stu2635",

language = "English",

volume = "447",

pages = "2857--2879",

journal = "Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society",

issn = "0035-8711",

publisher = "Oxford University Press",

number = "3",

}

Bryant, JJ, Owers, MS, Robotham, A, Croom, SM, Driver, S, Drinkwater, MJ, Lorente, NPF, Cortese, L, Scott, N, Colless, M, Schaefer, A, Taylor, EN, Konstantopoulos, IS, Allen, JT, Baldry, I, Barnes, L, Bauer, AE, Bland-Hawthorn, J, Bloom, JV, Brooks, AM, Brough, S, Cecil, G, Couch, W, Croton, D, Davies, R, Ellis, S, Fogarty, LMR, Foster, C, Glazebrook, K, Goodwin, M, Gunawardhana, ML, Hampton, E, Ho, IT, Hopkins, AM, Kewley, L, Lawrence, JS, Leon-Saval, SG, Leslie, S, Mcelroy, R, Lewis, G, Liske, J, López-Sánchez, R, Mahajan, S, Medling, AM, Metcalfe, N, Meyer, M, Mould, J, Obreschkow, D, O'Toole, S, Pracy, M, Richards, SN, Shanks, T, Sharp, R, Sweet, SM, Thomas, AD, Tonini, C, Walcher, CJ & Green, A 2015, 'The SAMI Galaxy Survey: Instrument specification and target selection', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 447, no. 3, pp. 2857-2879. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu2635

TY - JOUR

T1 - The SAMI Galaxy Survey: Instrument specification and target selection

AU - Bryant, J.J.

AU - Owers, M.S.

AU - Robotham, Aaron

AU - Croom, S.M.

AU - Driver, Simon

AU - Drinkwater, M.J.

AU - Lorente, N.P.F.

AU - Cortese, Luca

AU - Scott, N.

AU - Colless, M.

AU - Schaefer, A.

AU - Taylor, E.N.

AU - Konstantopoulos, I.S.

AU - Allen, J.T.

AU - Baldry, I.

AU - Barnes, L.

AU - Bauer, A.E.

AU - Bland-Hawthorn, J.

AU - Bloom, J.V.

AU - Brooks, A.M.

AU - Brough, S.

AU - Cecil, G.

AU - Couch, W.

AU - Croton, D.

AU - Davies, R.

AU - Ellis, S.

AU - Fogarty, L.M.R.

AU - Foster, C.

AU - Glazebrook, K.

AU - Goodwin, M.

AU - Gunawardhana, M.L.

AU - Hampton, E.

AU - Ho, I.T.

AU - Hopkins, A.M.

AU - Kewley, L.

AU - Lawrence, J.S.

AU - Leon-Saval, S.G.

AU - Leslie, S.

AU - Mcelroy, R.

AU - Lewis, G.

AU - Liske, J.

AU - López-Sánchez, R.

AU - Mahajan, S.

AU - Medling, A.M.

AU - Metcalfe, N.

AU - Meyer, Martin

AU - Mould, J.

AU - Obreschkow, Danail

AU - O'Toole, S.

AU - Pracy, M.

AU - Richards, S.N.

AU - Shanks, T.

AU - Sharp, R.

AU - Sweet, S.M.

AU - Thomas, A.D.

AU - Tonini, C.

AU - Walcher, C.J.

AU - Green, A.

PY - 2015/3/1

Y1 - 2015/3/1

N2 - © 2015 The Authors. The SAMI Galaxy Survey will observe 3400 galaxies with the Sydney-AAO Multi-object Integral-field spectrograph (SAMI) on the Anglo-Australian Telescope in a 3-yr survey which began in 2013. We present the throughput of the SAMI system, the science basis and specifications for the target selection, the survey observation plan and the combined properties of the selected galaxies. The survey includes four volume-limited galaxy samples based on cuts in a proxy for stellar mass, along with low-stellar-mass dwarf galaxies all selected from the Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey. The GAMA regions were selected because of the vast array of ancillary data available, including ultraviolet through to radio bands. These fields are on the celestial equator at 9, 12 and 14.5 h, and cover a total of 144 deg2 (in GAMA-I). Higher density environments are also included with the addition of eight clusters. The clusters have spectroscopy from 2-degree Field Galaxy Redshift Survey (2dFGRS) and Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and photometry in regions covered by the SDSS and/or VLT Survey Telescope/ATLAS. The aim is to cover a broad range in stellar mass and environment, and therefore the primary survey targets cover redshifts 0.004pet 7-1012 M⊙, and environments from isolated field galaxies through groups to clusters of ~1015 M⊙.

AB - © 2015 The Authors. The SAMI Galaxy Survey will observe 3400 galaxies with the Sydney-AAO Multi-object Integral-field spectrograph (SAMI) on the Anglo-Australian Telescope in a 3-yr survey which began in 2013. We present the throughput of the SAMI system, the science basis and specifications for the target selection, the survey observation plan and the combined properties of the selected galaxies. The survey includes four volume-limited galaxy samples based on cuts in a proxy for stellar mass, along with low-stellar-mass dwarf galaxies all selected from the Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey. The GAMA regions were selected because of the vast array of ancillary data available, including ultraviolet through to radio bands. These fields are on the celestial equator at 9, 12 and 14.5 h, and cover a total of 144 deg2 (in GAMA-I). Higher density environments are also included with the addition of eight clusters. The clusters have spectroscopy from 2-degree Field Galaxy Redshift Survey (2dFGRS) and Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and photometry in regions covered by the SDSS and/or VLT Survey Telescope/ATLAS. The aim is to cover a broad range in stellar mass and environment, and therefore the primary survey targets cover redshifts 0.004pet 7-1012 M⊙, and environments from isolated field galaxies through groups to clusters of ~1015 M⊙.

U2 - 10.1093/mnras/stu2635

DO - 10.1093/mnras/stu2635

M3 - Article

SN - 0035-8711

VL - 447

SP - 2857

EP - 2879

JO - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

JF - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

IS - 3

ER -

The SAMI Galaxy Survey: Instrument specification and target selection

Abstract

Access to Document

Fingerprint

Cite this