Early results from the VIMOS VLT Deep Survey
Abstract
The VIMOS VLT Deep Survey (VVDS) is underway to study the evolution of galaxies, large scale structures and AGNs, from the measurement of more than 100000 spectra of faint objects. We present here the results from the first epoch observations of more than 20000 spectra. The main challenge of the program, the redshift measurements, is described, in particular entering the ``redshift desert'' in the range for which only very weak features are observed in the observed wavelength range. The redshift distribution of a magnitude limited sample brighter than is presented for the first time, showing a peak at a low redshift , and a tail extending all the way above . The evolution of the luminosity function out to is presented, with the LF of blue star forming galaxies carrying most of the evolution, with L* changing by more than two magnitudes for this sub-sample.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0311475,
title = {Early results from the VIMOS VLT Deep Survey},
author = {O. Le Fèvre and G. Vettolani and D. Maccagni and J. P. Picat and C. Adami and M. Arnaboldi and S. Bardelli and M. Bondi and D. Bottini and M. Bolzonella and G. Busarello and A. Cappi and P. Ciliegi and T. Contini and S. Charlot and S. Foucaud and P. Franzetti and B. Garilli and I. Gavignaud and L. Guzzo and O. Ilbert and A. Iovino and V. Le Brun and B. Marano and C. Marinoni and H. J. McCracken and G. Mathez and A. Mazure and Y. Mellier and B. Meneux and P. Merluzzi and S. Paltani and R. Pellò and A. Pollo and L. Pozzetti and M. Radovich and D. Rizzo and R. Scaramella and M. Scodeggio and L. Tresse and G. Zamorani and A. Zanichelli and E. Zucca},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0311475},
year = {2019}
}
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8 pages, 7 figures, in the proceedings of IAU Symposium 216 "Maps of the Cosmos", Sydney, July 2003, M. Colless & L. Staveley-Smith Eds