Abstract
The "Wide Area VISTA Extra-galactic Survey" (WAVES) is a 4MOST
Consortium Design Reference Survey which will use the VISTA/4MOST
facility to spectroscopically survey ˜ 2 million galaxies to r
AB <22 mag. WAVES consists of two interlocking galaxy
surveys ("WAVES-Deep" and "WAVES-Wide"), providing the next two steps
beyond the highly successful 1M galaxy Sloan Digital Sky Survey and the
250k Galaxy And Mass Assembly survey. WAVES will enable an unprecedented
study of the distribution and evolution of mass, energy, and structures
extending from 1-kpc dwarf galaxies in the local void to the
morphologies of 200-Mpc filaments at z ˜ 1. A key aim of both
surveys will be to compare comprehensive empirical observations of the
spatial properties of galaxies, groups, and filaments, against
state-of-the-art numerical simulations to distinguish between various
Dark Matter models.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | The Universe of Digital Sky Surveys |
Subtitle of host publication | Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings |
Editors | N Napolitano, G Longo, M Marconi, M Paolillo, E Iodice |
Publisher | Springer Publishing |
Pages | 205-214 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Volume | 42 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783319193298 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jan 2016 |
Event | 2015 Ecological Society of Australia Conference - Adelaide, Australia Duration: 29 Nov 2015 → 3 Dec 2015 |
Conference
Conference | 2015 Ecological Society of Australia Conference |
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Country/Territory | Australia |
City | Adelaide |
Period | 29/11/15 → 3/12/15 |