Galaxy and mass assembly (GAMA): end of survey report and data release 2

Jochen Liske; I.K. Baldry; Simon Peter Driver; R.J. Tuffs; Mehmet Alpaslan; E. Andrae; S. Brough; M.E. Cluver; M.W. Grootes; M.L.P. Gunawardhana; Lee Steven Kelvin; J. Loveday; Aaron Stuart Graham Robotham; E.N. Taylor; S.P. Bamford; J. Bland-Hawthorn; M.J.I. Brown; M.J. Drinkwater; A.M. Hopkins; M.J. Meyer; P. Norberg; J.A. Peacock; N.K. Agius; S.K. Andrews; A.E. Bauer; J.H.Y. Ching; M. Colless; C.J. Conselice; S.M. Croom; L.J.M. Davies; R. De Propris; L. Dunne; E.M. Eardley; S. Ellis; C. Foster; C.S. Frenk; B. Haußler; B.W. Holwerda; C. Howlett; H. Ibarra; M.J. Jarvis; D.H. Jones; P.R. Kafle; C.G. Lacey; R. Lange; M.A. Lara-Ĺopez; Á.R. López-Sánchez; S. Maddox; B.F. Madore; T. McNaught-Roberts; A.J. Moffett; R.C. Nichol; M.S. Owers; D. Palamara; S.J. Penny; S. Phillipps; K.A. Pimbblet; C.C. Popescu; M. Prescott; R. Proctor; E.M. Sadler; A.E. Sansom; M. Seibert; R. Sharp; W. Sutherland; J.A. Vazquez-Mata; E. van Kampen; S.M. Wilkins; R. Williams; A.H. Wright

doi:10.1093/mnras/stv1436

Galaxy and mass assembly (GAMA): end of survey report and data release 2

Jochen Liske, I.K. Baldry, Simon Peter Driver, R.J. Tuffs, Mehmet Alpaslan, E. Andrae, S. Brough, M.E. Cluver, M.W. Grootes, M.L.P. Gunawardhana, Lee Steven Kelvin, J. Loveday, Aaron Stuart Graham Robotham, E.N. Taylor, S.P. Bamford, J. Bland-Hawthorn, M.J.I. Brown, M.J. Drinkwater, A.M. Hopkins, M.J. MeyerP. Norberg, J.A. Peacock, N.K. Agius, S.K. Andrews, A.E. Bauer, J.H.Y. Ching, M. Colless, C.J. Conselice, S.M. Croom, L.J.M. Davies, R. De Propris, L. Dunne, E.M. Eardley, S. Ellis, C. Foster, C.S. Frenk, B. Haußler, B.W. Holwerda, C. Howlett, H. Ibarra, M.J. Jarvis, D.H. Jones, P.R. Kafle, C.G. Lacey, R. Lange, M.A. Lara-Ĺopez, Á.R. López-Sánchez, S. Maddox, B.F. Madore, T. McNaught-Roberts, A.J. Moffett, R.C. Nichol, M.S. Owers, D. Palamara, S.J. Penny, S. Phillipps, K.A. Pimbblet, C.C. Popescu, M. Prescott, R. Proctor, E.M. Sadler, A.E. Sansom, M. Seibert, R. Sharp, W. Sutherland, J.A. Vazquez-Mata, E. van Kampen, S.M. Wilkins, R. Williams, A.H. Wright

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The Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey is one of the largest contemporary spectroscopic surveys of low redshift galaxies. Covering an area of ~286 deg² (split among five survey regions) down to a limiting magnitude of r <19.8 mag, we have collected spectra and reliable redshifts for 238 000 objects using the AAOmega spectrograph on the Anglo-Australian Telescope. In addition, we have assembled imaging data from a number of independent surveys in order to generate photometry spanning the wavelength range 1 nm-1 m. Here, we report on the recently completed spectroscopic survey and present a series of diagnostics to assess its final state and the quality of the redshift data. We also describe a number of survey aspects and procedures, or updates thereof, including changes to the input catalogue, redshifting and re-redshifting, and the derivation of ultraviolet, optical and near-infrared photometry. Finally, we present the second public release of GAMA data. In this release, we provide input catalogue and targeting information, spectra, redshifts, ultraviolet, optical and near-infrared photometry, single-component Śersic fits, stellar masses, Hα-derived star formation rates, environment information, and group properties for all galaxies with r <19.0 mag in two of our survey regions, and for all galaxies with r <19.4 mag in a third region (72 225 objects in total). The data base serving these data is available at http://www.gama-survey.org/.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2087-2126
Number of pages	40
Journal	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume	452
Issue number	2
Early online date	21 Jul 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv1436
Publication status	Published - 11 Sept 2015

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Surveys
Galaxies: distances and redshifts
Galaxies: fundamental parameters
Galaxies: general
Galaxies: photometry
Galaxies: statistics

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Liske, J. (Creator), Baldry, I. K. (Creator), Driver, S. P. (Creator), Tuffs, R. J. (Creator), Alpaslan, M. (Creator), Andrae, E. (Creator), Brough, S. (Creator), Cluver, M. E. (Creator), Grootes, M. W. (Creator), Gunawardhana, M. L. P. (Creator), Kelvin, L. S. (Creator), Loveday, J. (Creator), Robotham, A. S. G. (Creator), Bamford, S. P. (Creator), Bland-Hawthorn, J. (Creator), Brown, M. J. I. (Creator), Drinkwater, M. J. (Creator), Hopkins, A. M. (Creator), Meyer, M. J. (Creator), Norberg, P. (Creator), Peacock, J. A. (Creator), Agius, N. K. (Creator), Andrews, S. K. (Creator), Bauer, A. E. (Creator), Ching, J. H. Y. (Creator), Colles, M. (Creator), Conselice, C. J. (Creator), Croom, S. M. (Creator), Davies, L. J. M. (Creator), De Propris, R. (Creator), Dunne, L. (Creator), Eardley, E. M. (Creator), Ellis, S. (Creator), Foster, C. (Creator), Frenk, C. S. (Creator), Haußler, B. (Creator), Holwerda, B. W. (Creator), Howlett, C. (Creator), Ibarra, H. (Creator), Jarvis, M. J. (Creator), Jones, D. H. (Creator), Kafle, P. R. (Creator), Lacey, C. G. (Creator), Lange, R. (Creator), Lara-Ĺopez, M. A. (Creator), López-Sánchez, Á. R. (Creator), Maddox, S. (Creator), Madore, B. F. (Creator), McNaught-Roberts, T. (Creator), Moffett, A. J. (Creator), Nichol, R. C. (Creator), Owers, M. S. (Creator), Palamara, D. (Creator), Penny, S. J. (Creator), Phillipps, S. (Creator), Pimbblet, K. A. (Creator), Popescu, C. C. (Creator), Prescott, M. (Creator), Proctor, R. (Creator), Sadler, E. M. (Creator), Sansom, A. E. (Creator), Seibert, M. (Creator), Sharp, R. (Creator), Sutherland, W. (Creator), Vazquez-Mata, J. A. (Creator), van Kampen, E. (Creator), Wilkins, S. M. (Creator), Williams, R. (Creator) & Wright, A. H. (Creator), Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA), 11 Sept 2015
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Liske, J., Baldry, I. K., Driver, S. P., Tuffs, R. J., Alpaslan, M., Andrae, E., Brough, S., Cluver, M. E., Grootes, M. W., Gunawardhana, M. L. P., Kelvin, L. S., Loveday, J., Robotham, A. S. G., Taylor, E. N., Bamford, S. P., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Brown, M. J. I., Drinkwater, M. J., Hopkins, A. M., ... Wright, A. H. (2015). Galaxy and mass assembly (GAMA): end of survey report and data release 2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 452(2), 2087-2126. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv1436

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Galaxy and mass assembly (GAMA): end of survey report and data release 2

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