%0 Generic %1 vanderwel2016legac %A van der Wel, A. %A Noeske, K. %A Bezanson, R. %A Pacifici, C. %A Gallazzi, A. %A Franx, M. %A Munoz-Mateos, J. C. %A Bell, E. F. %A Brammer, G. %A Charlot, S. %A Chauke, P. %A Labbe, I. %A Maseda, M. V. %A Muzzin, A. %A Rix, H. W. %A Sobral, D. %A van de Sande, J. %A van Dokkum, P. G. %A Wild, V. %A Wolf, C. %D 2016 %K spectroscopic survey vlt vmos %T The VLT LEGA-C Spectroscopic Survey: The Physics of Galaxies at a Lookback Time of 7 Gyr %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1603.05479 %X The Large Early Galaxy Census (LEGA-C) is a Public Spectroscopic Survey of $\sim3200$ $K$-band selected galaxies at redshifts $z=0.6-1.0$ with stellar masses M_star > 1e10M_sun, conducted with VIMOS on ESO's Very Large Telescope. The survey is embedded in the COSMOS field ($R.A. = 10h00$; $Dec.=+2\deg$). The 20-hour long integrations produce high-$S/N$ continuum spectra that reveal ages, metallicities and velocity dispersions of the stellar populations. LEGA-C's unique combination of sample size and depth will enable us for the first time to map the stellar content at large look-back time, across galaxies of different types and star-formation activity. Observations started in December 2014 and are planned to be completed by mid 2018, with early data releases of the spectra and value-added products. In this paper we present the science case, the observing strategy, an overview of the data reduction process and data products, and a first look at the relationship between galaxy structure and spectral properties, as it existed 7 Gyr ago.

@misc{vanderwel2016legac, abstract = {The Large Early Galaxy Census (LEGA-C) is a Public Spectroscopic Survey of $\sim3200$ $K$-band selected galaxies at redshifts $z=0.6-1.0$ with stellar masses M_star > 1e10M_sun, conducted with VIMOS on ESO's Very Large Telescope. The survey is embedded in the COSMOS field ($R.A. = 10h00$; $Dec.=+2\deg$). The 20-hour long integrations produce high-$S/N$ continuum spectra that reveal ages, metallicities and velocity dispersions of the stellar populations. LEGA-C's unique combination of sample size and depth will enable us for the first time to map the stellar content at large look-back time, across galaxies of different types and star-formation activity. Observations started in December 2014 and are planned to be completed by mid 2018, with early data releases of the spectra and value-added products. In this paper we present the science case, the observing strategy, an overview of the data reduction process and data products, and a first look at the relationship between galaxy structure and spectral properties, as it existed 7 Gyr ago.}, added-at = {2016-03-18T09:31:52.000+0100}, author = {van der Wel, A. and Noeske, K. and Bezanson, R. and Pacifici, C. and Gallazzi, A. and Franx, M. and Munoz-Mateos, J. C. and Bell, E. F. and Brammer, G. and Charlot, S. and Chauke, P. and Labbe, I. and Maseda, M. V. and Muzzin, A. and Rix, H. W. and Sobral, D. and van de Sande, J. and van Dokkum, P. G. and Wild, V. and Wolf, C.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2de61aa8ac3bcc62c48dad4be48e971aa/miki}, description = {[1603.05479] The VLT LEGA-C Spectroscopic Survey: The Physics of Galaxies at a Lookback Time of 7 Gyr}, interhash = {7d94e3f8e047f4a994fdf9a975b14cdc}, intrahash = {de61aa8ac3bcc62c48dad4be48e971aa}, keywords = {spectroscopic survey vlt vmos}, note = {cite arxiv:1603.05479Comment: Accepted for publication in ApJS - LEGA-C website: http://www.mpia.de/home/legac/index.html}, timestamp = {2016-03-18T09:31:52.000+0100}, title = {The VLT LEGA-C Spectroscopic Survey: The Physics of Galaxies at a Lookback Time of 7 Gyr}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1603.05479}, year = 2016 }