The Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS): Overview

N. Scoville; H. Aussel; M. Brusa; P. Capak; C. M. Carollo; M. Elvis; M. Giavalisco; L. Guzzo; G. Hasinger; C. Impey; J. P. Kneib; O. LeFevre; S. J. Lilly; B. Mobasher; A. Renzini; R. M. Rich; D. B. Sanders; E. Schinnerer; D. Schminovich; P. Shopbell; Y. Taniguchi; N. D. Tyson

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The Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS): Overview

N. Scoville, H. Aussel, M. Brusa, P. Capak, C. M. Carollo, M. Elvis, M. Giavalisco, L. Guzzo, G. Hasinger, C. Impey, J. P. Kneib, O. LeFevre, S. J. Lilly, B. Mobasher, A. Renzini, R. M. Rich, D. B. Sanders, E. Schinnerer, D. Schminovich, P. ShopbellY. Taniguchi, N. D. Tyson

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The Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS) is designed to probe the correlated evolution of galaxies, star formation, active galactic nuclei (AGNs), and dark matter (DM) with large-scale structure (LSS) over the redshift range z > 0.5-6. The survey includes multiwavelength imaging and spectroscopy from X-ray-to-radio wavelengths covering a 2 deg ² area, including HST imaging. Given the very high sensitivity and resolution of these data sets, COSMOS also provides unprecedented samples of objects at high redshift with greatly reduced cosmic variance, compared to earlier surveys. Here we provide a brief overview of the survey strategy, the characteristics of the major COSMOS data sets, and a summary the science goals.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1-8
Number of pages	8
Journal	Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series
Volume	172
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/516585
State	Published - 2007

Keywords

Cosmology: observations
Dark matter
Galaxies: evolution
Galaxies: formation
Large-scale structure of universe
Surveys

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Astronomy and Astrophysics
Space and Planetary Science

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Scoville, N., Aussel, H., Brusa, M., Capak, P., Carollo, C. M., Elvis, M., Giavalisco, M., Guzzo, L., Hasinger, G., Impey, C., Kneib, J. P., LeFevre, O., Lilly, S. J., Mobasher, B., Renzini, A., Rich, R. M., Sanders, D. B., Schinnerer, E., Schminovich, D., ... Tyson, N. D. (2007). The Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS): Overview. Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series, 172(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1086/516585

Scoville, N, Aussel, H, Brusa, M, Capak, P, Carollo, CM, Elvis, M, Giavalisco, M, Guzzo, L, Hasinger, G, Impey, C, Kneib, JP, LeFevre, O, Lilly, SJ, Mobasher, B, Renzini, A, Rich, RM, Sanders, DB, Schinnerer, E, Schminovich, D, Shopbell, P, Taniguchi, Y & Tyson, ND 2007, 'The Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS): Overview', Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series, vol. 172, no. 1, pp. 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1086/516585

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