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The SAMI Galaxy Survey: first 1000 galaxies

The Sydney-AAO Multi-object Integral field spectrograph (SAMI) Galaxy Survey is an ongoing project to obtain integral field spectroscopic observations of ~3400 galaxies by mid-2016. Including the pilot survey, a total of ~1000 galaxies have…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-22 J. T. Allen , the SAMI Galaxy Survey Team

The SAMI Galaxy Survey: Early Data Release

We present the Early Data Release of the Sydney-AAO Multi-object Integral field spectrograph (SAMI) Galaxy Survey. The SAMI Galaxy Survey is an ongoing integral field spectroscopic survey of ~3400 low-redshift (z<0.12) galaxies, covering…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-22 J. T. Allen , S. M. Croom , I. S. Konstantopoulos , J. J. Bryant , R. Sharp , G. N. Cecil , L. M. R. Fogarty , C. Foster , A. W. Green , I. -T. Ho , M. S. Owers , A. L. Schaefer , N. Scott , A. E. Bauer , I. Baldry , L. A. Barnes , J. Bland-Hawthorn , J. V. Bloom , S. Brough , M. Colless , L. Cortese , W. J. Couch , M. J. Drinkwater , S. P. Driver , M. Goodwin , M. L. P. Gunawardhana , E. J. Hampton , A. M. Hopkins , L. J. Kewley , J. S. Lawrence , S. G. Leon-Saval , J. Liske , Á. R. López-Sánchez , N. P. F. Lorente , R. McElroy , A. M. Medling , J. Mould , P. Norberg , Q. A. Parker , C. Power , M. B. Pracy , S. N. Richards , A. S. G. Robotham , S. M. Sweet , E. N. Taylor , A. D. Thomas , C. Tonini , C. J. Walcher

The SAMI Galaxy Survey: The cluster redshift survey, target selection and cluster properties

We describe the selection of galaxies targeted in eight low redshift clusters (APMCC0917, A168, A4038, EDCC442, A3880, A2399, A119 and A85; $0.029 < z < 0.058$) as part of the Sydney-AAO Multi-Object integral field Spectrograph Galaxy…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-04-19 M. S. Owers , J. T. Allen , I. Baldry , J. J. Bryant , G. N. Cecil , L. Cortese , S. M. Croom , S. P. Driver , L. M. R. Fogarty , A. W. Green , E. Helmich , J. T. A. de Jong , K. Kuijken , S. Mahajan , J. McFarland , M. B. Pracy , A. G. S. Robotham , G. Sikkema , S. Sweet , E. N. Taylor , G. Verdoes Kleijn , A. E. Bauer , J. Bland-Hawthorn , S. Brough , M. Colless , W. J. Couch , R. L Davies , M. J. Drinkwater , M. Goodwin , A. M. Hopkins , I. S. Konstantopoulos , C. Foster , J. S. Lawrence , N. P. F Lorente , A. M. Medling , N. Metcalfe , S. N. Richards , J. van de Sande , N. Scott , T. Shanks , R. Sharp , A. D. Thomas , C. Tonini

Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA)

The GAMA survey aims to deliver 250,000 optical spectra (3--7Ang resolution) over 250 sq. degrees to spectroscopic limits of r_{AB} <19.8 and K_{AB}<17.0 mag. Complementary imaging will be provided by GALEX, VST, UKIRT, VISTA, HERSCHEL and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Simon P. Driver , the GAMA team

The SAMI Galaxy Survey: the third and final data release

We have entered a new era where integral-field spectroscopic surveys of galaxies are sufficiently large to adequately sample large-scale structure over a cosmologically significant volume. This was the primary design goal of the SAMI Galaxy…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-02-10 Scott M. Croom , Matt S. Owers , Nicholas Scott , Henry Poetrodjojo , Brent Groves , Jesse van de Sande , Tania M. Barone , Luca Cortese , Francesco D'Eugenio , Joss Bland-Hawthorn , Julia Bryant , Sree Oh , Sarah Brough , James Agostino , Sarah Casura , Barbara Catinella , Matthew Colless , Gerald Cecil , Roger L. Davies , Michael J. Drinkwater , Simon P. Driver , Ignacio Ferreras , Caroline Foster , Amelia Fraser-McKelvie , Jon Lawrence , Sarah K. Leslie , Jochen Liske , Ángel R. López-Sánchez , Nuria P. F. Lorente , Rebecca McElroy , Anne M. Medling , Danail Obreschkow , Samuel N. Richards , Rob Sharp , Sarah M. Sweet , Dan S. Taranu , Edward N. Taylor , Edoardo Tescari , Adam D. Thomas , James Tocknell , Sam P. Vaughan

Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): The input catalogue and star-galaxy separation

We describe the spectroscopic target selection for the Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey. The input catalogue is drawn from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS). The aim is to measure…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 I. K. Baldry , A. S. G. Robotham , D. T. Hill , S. P. Driver , J. Liske , P. Norberg , S. P. Bamford , A. M. Hopkins , J. Loveday , J. A. Peacock , E. Cameron , S. M. Croom , N. J. G. Cross , I. F. Doyle , S. Dye , C. S. Frenk , D. H. Jones , E. van Kampen , L. S. Kelvin , R. C. Nichol , H. R. Parkinson , C. C. Popescu , M. Prescott , R. G. Sharp , W. J. Sutherland , D. Thomas , R. J. Tuffs

The SAMI Galaxy Survey: Cubism and covariance, putting round pegs into square holes

We present a methodology for the regularisation and combination of sparse sampled and irregularly gridded observations from fibre-optic multi-object integral-field spectroscopy. The approach minimises interpolation and retains image…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 R. Sharp , J. T. Allen , L. M. R. Fogarty , S. M. Croom , L. Cortese , A. W. Green , J. Nielsen , S. N. Richards , N. Scott , E. N. Taylor , L. A. Barnes , A. E. Bauer , M. Birchall , J. Bland-Hawthorn , J. V. Bloom , S. Brough , J. J. Bryant , G. N. Cecil , M. Colless , W. J. Couch , M. J. Drinkwater , S. Driver , C. Foster , M. Goodwin , M. L. P. Gunawardhana , I. -T. Ho , E. J. Hampton , A. M. Hopkins , H. Jones , I. S. Konstantopoulos , J. S. Lawrence , S. K. Leslie , G. F. Lewis , J. Liske , A. R. Lopez-Sanchez , N. P. F. Lorente , R. McElroy , A. M. Medling , S. Mahajan , J. Mould , Q. Parker , M. B. Pracy , D. Obreschkow , M. S. Owers , A. L. Schaefer , S. M Sweet , A. Thomas , C. Tonini , C. J. Walcher

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

The Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey has been operating since February 2008 on the 3.9-m Anglo-Australian Telescope using the AAOmega fibre-fed spectrograph facility to acquire spectra with a resolution of R~1300 for 120,862 SDSS…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 S. P. Driver , D. T. Hill , L. S. Kelvin , A. S. G. Robotham , J. Liske , P. Norberg , I. K. Baldry , S. P. Bamford , A. M. Hopkins , J. Loveday , J. A. Peacock , E. Andrae , J. Bland-Hawthorn , S. Brough , M. J. I. Brown , E. Cameron , J. H. Y. Ching , M. Colless , C. J. Conselice , S. M. Croom , N. J. G. Cross , R. De Propris , S. Dye , M. J. Drinkwater , S. Ellis , Alister W. Graham , M. W. Grootes , M. Gunawardhana , D. H. Jones , E. van Kampen , C. Maraston , R. C. Nichol , H. R. Parkinson , S. Phillipps , K. Pimbblet , C. C. Popescu , M. Prescott , I. G. Roseboom , E. M. Sadler , A. E. Sansom , R. G. Sharp , D. J. B. Smith , E. Taylor , D. Thomas , R. J. Tuffs , D. Wijesinghe , L. Dunne , C. S. Frenk , M. J. Jarvis , B. F. Madore , M. J. Meyer , M. Seibert , L. Staveley-Smith , W. J. Sutherland , S. J. Warren

The SAMI Galaxy Survey: Spatially resolving the environmental quenching of star formation in GAMA galaxies

We use data from the Sydney-AAO Multi-Object Integral Field Spectrograph (SAMI) Galaxy Survey and the Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey to investigate the spatially-resolved signatures of the environmental quenching of star formation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-09-21 A. L. Schaefer , S. M. Croom , J. T. Allen , S. Brough , A. M. Medling , I. -T. Ho , N. Scott , S. N. Richards , M. B. Pracy , M. L. P. Gunawardhana , P. Norberg , M. Alpaslan , A. E. Bauer , K. Bekki , J. Bland-Hawthorn , J. V. Bloom , J. J. Bryant , W. J. Couch , S. P. Driver , L. M. R. Fogarty , C. Foster , G. Goldstein , A. W. Green , A. M. Hopkins , I. S. Konstantopoulos , J. S. Lawrence , A. R. López-Sánchez , N. P. F. Lorente , M. S. Owers , R. Sharp , S. M. Sweet , E. N. Taylor , J. van de Sande , C. J. Walcher , O. I. Wong

Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): Spectroscopic analysis

The Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey is a multiwavelength photometric and spectroscopic survey, using the AAOmega spectrograph on the Anglo-Australian Telescope to obtain spectra for up to ~300000 galaxies over 280 square degrees, to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 A. M. Hopkins , S. P. Driver , S. Brough , M. S. Owers , A. E. Bauer , M. L. P. Gunawardhana , M. E. Cluver , M. Colless , C. Foster , M. A. Lara-Lopez , I. Roseboom , R. Sharp , O. Steele , D. Thomas , I. K. Baldry , M. J. I. Brown , J. Liske , P. Norberg , A. S. G. Robotham , S. Bamford , J. Bland-Hawthorn , M. J. Drinkwater , J. Loveday , M. Meyer , J. A. Peacock , R. Tuffs , N. Agius , M. Alpaslan , E. Andrae , E. Cameron , S. Cole , J. H. Y. Ching , L. Christodoulou , C. Conselice , S. Croom , N. J. G. Cross , R. De Propris , J. Delhaize , L. Dunne , S. Eales , S. Ellis , C. S. Frenk , A. Graham , M. W. Grootes , B. Haussler , C. Heymans , D. Hill , B. Hoyle , M. Hudson , M. Jarvis , J. Johansson , D. H. Jones , E. van Kampen , L. Kelvin , K. Kuijken , A. Lopez-Sanchez , S. Maddox , B. Madore , C. Maraston , T. McNaught-Roberts , R. C. Nichol , S. Oliver , H. Parkinson , S. Penny , S. Phillipps , K. A. Pimbblet , T. Ponman , C. C. Popescu , M. Prescott , R. Proctor , E. M. Sadler , A. E. Sansom , M. Seibert , L. Staveley-Smith , W. Sutherland , E. Taylor , L. Van Waerbeke , J. A. Vazquez-Mata , S. Warren , D. B. Wijesinghe , V. Wild , S. Wilkins

The Hector Survey: integral field spectroscopy of 100,000 galaxies

In March 2013, the Sydney--AAO Multi-object Integral field spectrograph (SAMI) began a major survey of 3400 galaxies at the AAT, the largest of its kind to date. At the time of writing, over a third of the targets have been observed and the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 Joss Bland-Hawthorn

Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): end of survey report and data release 2

The Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey is one of the largest contemporary spectroscopic surveys of low-redshift galaxies. Covering an area of ~286 deg^2 (split among five survey regions) down to a limiting magnitude of r < 19.8 mag, we…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-08-06 J. Liske , I. K. Baldry , S. P. Driver , R. J. Tuffs , M. Alpaslan , E. Andrae , S. Brough , M. E. Cluver , M. W. Grootes , M. L. P. Gunawardhana , L. S. Kelvin , J. Loveday , A. S. G. 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. Häußler , B. W. Holwerda , C. Howlett , H. Ibarra , M. J. Jarvis , D. H. Jones , P. R. Kafle , C. G. Lacey , R. Lange , M. A. Lara-López , 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. Vázquez-Mata , E. van Kampen , S. M. Wilkins , R. Williams , A. H. Wright

The SAMI Galaxy Survey: Data Release One with Emission-line Physics Value-Added Products

We present the first major release of data from the SAMI Galaxy Survey. This data release focuses on the emission-line physics of galaxies. Data Release One includes data for 772 galaxies, about 20% of the full survey. Galaxies included…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-01-31 Andrew W. Green , Scott M. Croom , Nicholas Scott , Luca Cortese , Anne M. Medling , Francesco D'Eugenio , Julia J. Bryant , Joss Bland-Hawthorn , J. T. Allen , Rob Sharp , I-Ting Ho , Brent Groves , Michael J. Drinkwater , Elizabeth Mannering , Lloyd Harischandra , Jesse van de Sande , Adam D. Thomas , Simon O'Toole , Richard M. McDermid , Minh Vuong , Katrina Sealey , Amanda E. Bauer , S. Brough , Barbara Catinella , Gerald Cecil , Matthew Colless , Warrick J. Couch , Simon P. Driver , Christoph Federrath , Caroline Foster , Michael Goodwin , Elise J. Hampton , A. M. Hopkins , D. Heath Jones , Iraklis S. Konstantopoulos , J. S. Lawrence , Sergio G. Leon-Saval , Jochen Liske , Angel R. Lopez-Sanchez , Nuria P. F. Lorente , Jeremy Mould , Danail Obreschkow , Matt S. Owers , Samuel N. Richards , Aaron S. G. Robotham , Adam L. Schaefer , Sarah M. Sweet , Dan S. Taranu , Edoardo Tescari , Chiara Tonini , T. Zafar

Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): A study of energy, mass, and structure (1kpc-1Mpc) at z < 0.3

The GAMA survey has now completed its spectroscopic campaign of over 250,000 galaxies ($r<19.8$mag), and will shortly complete the assimilation of the complementary panchromatic imaging data from GALEX, VST, VISTA, WISE, and Herschel. In…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-07-03 Simon P. Driver

The SAMI Pilot Survey: Stellar Kinematics of Galaxies in Abell 85, 168 and 2399

We present the SAMI Pilot Survey, consisting of integral field spectroscopy of 106 galaxies across three galaxy clusters, Abell 85, Abell 168 and Abell 2399. The galaxies were selected by absolute magnitude to have $M_r<-20.25$ mag. The…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-10-21 L. M. R. Fogarty , N. Scott , M. S. Owers , S. M. Croom , K. Bekki , R. C. W. Houghton , J. van de Sande , F. D'Eugenio , G. N. Cecil , M. M. Colless , J. Bland-Hawthorn , S. Brough , L. Cortese , R. L. Davies , D. H. Jones , M. Pracy , J. T. Allen , J. J. Bryant , M. Goodwin , A. W. Green , I. S. Konstantopoulos , J. S. Lawrence , N. P. F. Lorente , S. Richards , R. G. Sharp

The GAMA Panchromatic Survey

The Galaxy And Mass Assembly Survey (GAMA) has now been operating for almost 5 years gathering spectroscopic redshifts for five regions of sky spanning 300 sq degrees in total to a depth of r<19.8 mag. The survey has amassed over 225,000…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Simon P. Driver

GAMA: towards a physical understanding of galaxy formation

The Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) project is the latest in a tradition of large galaxy redshift surveys, and is now underway on the 3.9m Anglo-Australian Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory. GAMA is designed to map extragalactic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-08-24 Simon P. Driver , Peder Norberg , Ivan K. Baldry , Steven P. Bamford , Andrew M. Hopkins , Jochen Liske , Jon Loveday , John A. Peacock , David T. Hill , Lee S. Kelvin , Aaron S. G. Robotham , Nick J. Cross , Hannah R. Parkinson , Matt Prescott , Chris J. Conselice , Loretta Dunne , Sarah Brough , Heath Jones , Rob G. Sharp , Eelco van Kampen , Seb Oliver , Isaac G. Roseboom , Joss Bland-Hawthorn , Scott M. Croom , Simon Ellis , Ewan Cameron , Shaun Cole , Carlos S. Frenk , Warrick J. Couch , Alister W. Graham , Rob Proctor , Roberto De Propris , Issi F. Doyle , Ed M. Edmondson , Robert C. Nichol. Daniel Thomas , Steve A. Eales , Matt J. Jarvis , Konrad Kuijken , Ofer Lahav , Barry F. Madore , Mark Seibert , Martin J. Meyer , Lister Staveley-Smith , Steven Phillipps , Cristina C. Popescu , Ann E. Sansom , Will J. Sutherland , Richard J. Tuffs , Steven J. Warren

First Science with SAMI: A Serendipitously Discovered Galactic Wind in ESO 185-G031

We present the first scientific results from the Sydney-AAO Multi-Object IFS (SAMI) at the Anglo-Australian Telescope. This unique instrument deploys 13 fused fibre bundles (hexabundles) across a one-degree field of view allowing…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-12 Lisa M. R. Fogarty , Joss Bland-Hawthorn , Scott M. Croom , Andrew W. Green , Julia J. Bryant , Jon S. Lawrence , Samuel Richards , James T. Allen , Amanda E. Bauer , Michael N. Birchall , Sarah Brough , Matthew Colless , Simon C. Ellis , Tony Farrell , Michael Goodwin , Ron Heald , Andrew M. Hopkins , Anthony Horton , D. Heath Jones , Steve Lee , Geraint Lewis , Ángel R. López-Sánchez , Stan Miziarski , Holly Trowland , Sergio G. Leon-Saval , Seong-Sik Min , Christopher Trinh , Gerald Cecil , Sylvain Veilleux , Kory Kreimeyer

The SAMI Galaxy Survey: Data Release Two with absorption-line physics value-added products

We present the second major release of data from the SAMI Galaxy Survey. Data Release Two includes data for 1559 galaxies, about 50% of the full survey. Galaxies included have a redshift range 0.004 < z < 0.113 and a large stellar mass…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-09-05 Nicholas Scott , Jesse van de Sande , Scott M. Croom , Brent Groves , Matt S. Owers , Henry Poetrodjojo , Francesco D'Eugenio , Anne M. Medling , Dilyar Barat , Tania M. Barone , Joss Bland-Hawthorn , Sarah Brough , Julia Bryant , Luca Cortese , Caroline Foster , Andrew W. Green , Sree Oh , Matthew Colless , Michael J. Drinkwater , Simon P. Driver , Michael Goodwin , Madusha L. P. Gunawardhana , Christoph Federrath , Lloyd Harischandra , Yifei Jin , J. S. Lawrence , Nuria P. Lorente , Elizabeth Mannering , Simon O'Toole , Samuel N. Richards , Sebastian F. Sanchez , Adam L. Schaefer , Katrina Sealey , Rob Sharp , Sarah M. Sweet , Dan S. Taranu , Mathew Varidel

The Sydney-AAO Multi-object Integral field spectrograph (SAMI)

We demonstrate a novel technology that combines the power of the multi-object spectrograph with the spatial multiplex advantage of an integral field spectrograph (IFS). The Sydney-AAO Multi-object IFS (SAMI) is a prototype wide-field system…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Scott M. Croom , Jon S. Lawrence , Joss Bland-Hawthorn , Julia J. Bryant , Lisa Fogarty , Samuel Richards , Michael Goodwin , Tony Farrell , Stan Miziarski , Ron Heald , D. Heath Jones , Steve Lee , Matthew Colless , Sarah Brough , Andrew M. Hopkins , Amanda E. Bauer , Michael N. Birchall , Simon Ellis , Anthony Horton , Sergio Leon-Saval , Geraint Lewis , A. R. Lopez-Sanchez , Seong-Sik Min , Christopher Trinh , Holly Trowland