Science objectives and early results of the DEEP2 redshift survey

Marc Davis; Sandra M. Faber; Jeffrey A. Newman; Andrew C. Phillips; R. S. Ellis; C. C. Steidel; C. Conselice; A. L. Coil; D. P. Finkbeiner; D. C. Koo; P. Guhathakurta; B. Weiner; R. Schiavon; C. Willmer; N. Kaiser; G. Luppino; G. Wirth; A. Connolly; P. Eisenhardt; M. Cooper; B. Gerke

doi:10.1117/12.457897

Science objectives and early results of the DEEP2 redshift survey

Marc Davis, Sandra M. Faber, Jeffrey A. Newman, Andrew C. Phillips, R. S. Ellis, C. C. Steidel, C. Conselice, A. L. Coil, D. P. Finkbeiner, D. C. Koo, P. Guhathakurta, B. Weiner, R. Schiavon, C. Willmer, N. Kaiser, G. Luppino, G. Wirth, A. Connolly, P. Eisenhardt, M. CooperB. Gerke

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Abstract

The DEIMOS spectrograph has now been installed on the Keck-II telescope and commissioning is nearly complete. The DEEP2 Redshift Survey, which will take approximately 120 nights at the Keck Observatory over a three year period and has been designed to utilize the power of DEIMOS, began in the summer of 2002. The multiplexing power and high efficiency of DEIMOS enables us to target 1000 faint galaxies per clear night. Our goal is to gather high-quality spectra of ≈ 60,000 galaxies with z > 0.75 in order to study the properties and large scale clustering of galaxies at z ≈ 1. The survey will be executed at high spectral resolution, R = λ/δλ ≈ 5000, allowing us to work between the bright OH sky emission lines and to infer linewidths for many of the target galaxies (for several thousand objects, we will obtain rotation curves as well). The linewidth data will facilitate the execution of the classical redshift-volume cosmological test, which can provide a precision measurement of the equation of state of the Universe. This talk reviews the project, summarizes our science goals and presents some early DEIMOS data.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	161-172
Number of pages	12
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	4834
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.457897
State	Published - 2002
Externally published	Yes
Event	Discoveries and Research Prospects from 6- to 10- Meter-Class telescopes II - Waikoloa, HI, United States Duration: Aug 22 2002 → Aug 23 2002

Keywords

Cosmology
Galaxy Properties
Large Scale Structure
Redshift Surveys

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Davis, M., Faber, S. M., Newman, J. A., Phillips, A. C., Ellis, R. S., Steidel, C. C., Conselice, C., Coil, A. L., Finkbeiner, D. P., Koo, D. C., Guhathakurta, P., Weiner, B., Schiavon, R., Willmer, C., Kaiser, N., Luppino, G., Wirth, G., Connolly, A., Eisenhardt, P., ... Gerke, B. (2002). Science objectives and early results of the DEEP2 redshift survey. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 4834, 161-172. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.457897

Davis, M, Faber, SM, Newman, JA, Phillips, AC, Ellis, RS, Steidel, CC, Conselice, C, Coil, AL, Finkbeiner, DP, Koo, DC, Guhathakurta, P, Weiner, B, Schiavon, R, Willmer, C, Kaiser, N, Luppino, G, Wirth, G, Connolly, A, Eisenhardt, P, Cooper, M & Gerke, B 2002, 'Science objectives and early results of the DEEP2 redshift survey', Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 4834, pp. 161-172. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.457897

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