Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): Survey diagnostics and core data release

Simon Driver; D Hill; L Kelvin; A Robotham; J Liske; Peder Norberg; Ivan Baldry; Steven Bamford; Andrew Hopkins; J Loveday; John Peacock; E Andrae; Joss Bland-Hawthorn; Sarah Brough; Michael Brown; Ewan Cameron; John Ching; Matthew Colless; Christopher Conselice; Scott Croom; N Cross; Roberto De Propris; S Dye; Michael Drinkwater; S Ellis; Alister Graham; M Grootes; Madusha Gunawardhana; David Jones; E van Kampen; Claudia Maraston; Robert Nichol; H Parkinson; Steven Phillipps; Kevin Pimbblet; Cristina Popescu; Matthew Prescott; Isaac Roseboom; Elaine Sadler; Anne Sansom; Robert Sharp; D Smith; Edward Taylor; D Thomas; R Tuffs; Dinuka Wijesinghe; L Dunne; C Frenk; M Jarvis; Barry Madore; Martin Meyer; M Seibert; Lister Staveley-Smith; W Sutherland; S Warren

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.18188.x

Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): Survey diagnostics and core data release

Simon Driver, D Hill, L Kelvin, A Robotham, J Liske, Peder Norberg, Ivan Baldry, Steven Bamford, Andrew Hopkins, J Loveday, John Peacock, E Andrae, Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Sarah Brough, Michael Brown, Ewan Cameron, John Ching, Matthew Colless, Christopher Conselice, Scott CroomN Cross, Roberto De Propris, S Dye, Michael Drinkwater, S Ellis, Alister Graham, M Grootes, Madusha Gunawardhana, David Jones, E van Kampen, Claudia Maraston, Robert Nichol, H Parkinson, Steven Phillipps, Kevin Pimbblet, Cristina Popescu, Matthew Prescott, Isaac Roseboom, Elaine Sadler, Anne Sansom, Robert Sharp, D Smith, Edward Taylor, D Thomas, R Tuffs, Dinuka Wijesinghe, L Dunne, C Frenk, M Jarvis, Barry Madore, Martin Meyer, M Seibert, Lister Staveley-Smith, W Sutherland, S Warren

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The Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey has been operating since 2008 February on the 3.9-m Anglo-Australian Telescope using the AAOmega fibre-fed spectrograph facility to acquire spectra with a resolution ofRa?? 1300for 120862 Sloan Digital Sky Survey selected galaxies. The target catalogue constitutes three contiguous equatorial regions centred at 9h(G09), 12h(G12) and 14.5h(G15) each of12 ?? 4deg2to limiting fluxes ofrpet <19.4, rpet <19.8andrpet <19.4mag, respectively (and additional limits at other wavelengths). Spectra and reliable redshifts have been acquired for over 98 per cent of the galaxies within these limits. Here we present the survey footprint, progression, data reduction, redshifting, re-redshifting, an assessment of data quality after 3 yr, additional image analysis products (includingugrizYJHKphotometry, S??rsic profiles and photometric redshifts), observing mask and construction of our core survey catalogue (GamaCore). From this we create three science-ready catalogues: GamaCoreDR1 for public release, which includes data acquired during year 1 of operations within specified magnitude limits (2008 February to April); GamaCoreMainSurvey containing all data above our survey limits for use by the GAMA Team and collaborators; and GamaCoreAtlasSV containing year 1, 2 and 3 data matched to Herschel-ATLAS science demonstration data. These catalogues along with the associated spectra, stamps and profiles can be accessed via the GAMA website:

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	971 - 995
Number of pages	25
Journal	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume	413
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.18188.x
Publication status	Published - 2011

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Driver, S., Hill, D., Kelvin, L., Robotham, A., Liske, J., Norberg, P., Baldry, I., Bamford, S., Hopkins, A., Loveday, J., Peacock, J., Andrae, E., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Brough, S., Brown, M., Cameron, E., Ching, J., Colless, M., Conselice, C., ... Warren, S. (2011). Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): Survey diagnostics and core data release. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 413(2), 971 - 995. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.18188.x

Driver, Simon ; Hill, D ; Kelvin, L ; Robotham, A ; Liske, J ; Norberg, Peder ; Baldry, Ivan ; Bamford, Steven ; Hopkins, Andrew ; Loveday, J ; Peacock, John ; Andrae, E ; Bland-Hawthorn, Joss ; Brough, Sarah ; Brown, Michael ; Cameron, Ewan ; Ching, John ; Colless, Matthew ; Conselice, Christopher ; Croom, Scott ; Cross, N ; De Propris, Roberto ; Dye, S ; Drinkwater, Michael ; Ellis, S ; Graham, Alister ; Grootes, M ; Gunawardhana, Madusha ; Jones, David ; van Kampen, E ; Maraston, Claudia ; Nichol, Robert ; Parkinson, H ; Phillipps, Steven ; Pimbblet, Kevin ; Popescu, Cristina ; Prescott, Matthew ; Roseboom, Isaac ; Sadler, Elaine ; Sansom, Anne ; Sharp, Robert ; Smith, D ; Taylor, Edward ; Thomas, D ; Tuffs, R ; Wijesinghe, Dinuka ; Dunne, L ; Frenk, C ; Jarvis, M ; Madore, Barry ; Meyer, Martin ; Seibert, M ; Staveley-Smith, Lister ; Sutherland, W ; Warren, S. / Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): Survey diagnostics and core data release. In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 2011 ; Vol. 413, No. 2. pp. 971 - 995.

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