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Observationally, weak lensing has been served so far by optical surveys due to the much larger number densities of background galaxies achieved, which is typically by two to three orders of magnitude compared to radio. However, the high…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-18 Marzia Rivi , Lance Miller , Sphesihle Makhathini , Filipe Batoni Abdalla

We report the results of $g-$, $r-$, and $i-$dropout selections based on optical identifications of Very Large Array Sky Survey (VLASS) radio sources using the Hyper Suprime-Cam Subaru Strategic Program survey (HSC--SSP). By positional…

The Herschel ATLAS is the largest open-time key project that will be carried out on the Herschel Space Observatory. It will survey 510 square degrees of the extragalactic sky, four times larger than all the other Herschel surveys combined,…

The Red-Sequence Cluster Survey (RCS) is a 100 deg^2 galaxy cluster survey designed to provide a large sample of optically selected clusters of galaxies with redshifts 0.1<z<1.4. The survey data are also useful for a variety of lensing…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Henk Hoekstra , H. K. C. Yee , Michael D. Gladders

MeerKAT's large number of antennas, spanning 8 km with a densely packed 1 km core, create a powerful instrument for wide-area surveys, with high sensitivity over a wide range of angular scales. The MeerKAT Galaxy Cluster Legacy Survey…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-01-19 K. Knowles , W. D. Cotton , L. Rudnick , F. Camilo , S. Goedhart , R. Deane , M. Ramatsoku , M. F. Bietenholz , M. Brüggen , C. Button , H. Chen , J. O. Chibueze , T. E. Clarke , F. de Gasperin , R. Ianjamasimanana , G. I. G. Józsa , M. Hilton , K. C. Kesebonye , K. Kolokythas , R. C. Kraan-Korteweg , G. Lawrie , M. Lochner , S. I. Loubser , P. Marchegiani , N. Mhlahlo , K. Moodley , E. Murphy , B. Namumba , N. Oozeer , V. Parekh , D. S. Pillay , S. S. Passmoor , A. J. T. Ramaila , S. Ranchod , E. Retana-Montenegro , L. Sebokolodi , S. P. Sikhosana , O. Smirnov , K. Thorat , T. Venturi , T. D. Abbott , R. M. Adam , G. Adams , M. A. Aldera , E. F. Bauermeister , T. G. H. Bennett , W. A. Bode , D. H. Botha , A. G. Botha , L. R. S. Brederode , S. Buchner , J. P. Burger , T. Cheetham , D. I. L. de Villiers , M. A. Dikgale-Mahlakoana , L. J. du Toit , S. W. P. Esterhuyse , G. Fadana , B. L. Fanaroff , S. Fataar , A. R. Foley , D. J. Fourie , B. S. Frank , R. R. G. Gamatham , T. G. Gatsi , M. Geyer , M. Gouws , S. C. Gumede , I. Heywood , M. J. Hlakola , A. Hokwana , S. W. Hoosen , D. M. Horn , J. M. G. Horrell , B. V. Hugo , A. R. Isaacson , J. L. Jonas , J. D. B. Jordaan , A. F. Joubert , R. P. M. Julie , F. B. Kapp , V. A. Kasper , J. S. Kenyon , P. P. A. Kotzé , A. G. Kotze , N. Kriek , H. Kriel , V. K. Krishnan , T. W. Kusel , L. S. Legodi , R. Lehmensiek , D. Liebenberg , R. T. Lord , B. M. Lunsky , K. Madisa , L. G. Magnus , J. P. L. Main , A. Makhaba , S. Makhathini , J. A. Malan , J. R. Manley , S. J. Marais , M. D. J. Maree , A. Martens , T. Mauch , K. McAlpine , B. C. Merry , R. P. Millenaar , O. J. Mokone , T. E. Monama , M. C. Mphego , W. S. New , B. Ngcebetsha , K. J. Ngoasheng , M. T. Ockards , A. J. Otto , A. A. Patel , A. Peens-Hough , S. J. Perkins , N. M. Ramanujam , Z. R. Ramudzuli , S. M. Ratcliffe , R. Renil , A. Robyntjies , A. N. Rust , S. Salie , N. Sambu , C. T. G. Schollar , L. C. Schwardt , R. L. Schwartz , M. Serylak , R. Siebrits , S. K. Sirothia , M. Slabber , L. Sofeya , B. Taljaard , C. Tasse , A. J. Tiplady , O. Toruvanda , S. N. Twum , T. J. van Balla , A. van der Byl , C. van der Merwe , C. L. van Dyk , V. Van Tonder , R. Van Wyk , A. J. Venter , M. Venter , M. G. Welz , L. P. Williams , B. Xaia

Context. In modern astronomy, machine learning has proved to be efficient and effective to mine the big data from the newesttelescopes. Spectral surveys enable us to characterize millions of objects, while long exposure time observations…

We present the XXL Survey, the largest XMM programme totaling some 6.9 Ms to date and involving an international consortium of roughly 100 members. The XXL Survey covers two extragalactic areas of 25 deg2 each at a point-source sensitivity…

This paper presents an overview of the QUARKS survey, which stands for `Querying Underlying mechanisms of massive star formation with ALMA-Resolved gas Kinematics and Structures'. The QUARKS survey is observing 139 massive clumps covered by…

We present predictions for the angular correlation function and redshift distribution for SHADES, the SCUBA HAlf-Degree Extragalactic Survey, which will yield a sample of around 300 sub-mm sources in the 850 micron waveband in two separate…

The Legacy e-MERLIN Multi-band Imaging of Nearby Galaxies survey (LeMMINGs) is a statistically-complete census of nuclear accretion and star formation processes in the local Universe. The LeMMINGs observations at 1.5 and 5 GHz yield angular…

The ALMA lensing cluster survey (ALCS) is a 96-hr large program dedicated to uncovering and characterizing intrinsically faint continuum sources and line emitters with the assistance of gravitational lensing. All 33 cluster fields were…

The MeerKAT Large Area Synoptic Survey (MeerKLASS) collaboration has acquired multiple passes of L-band (856-1712 MHz) scanning observations over a 268 deg$^2$ sky region. This scanning enables efficient, large-area sky surveys by…

The high sensitivity of the new generation of radio telescopes such as the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will allow cosmological weak lensing measurements at radio wavelengths that are competitive with optical surveys. We present an…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-23 Marzia Rivi , Lance Miller , Sphesihle Makhathini , Filipe Batoni Abdalla

This paper presents the first public data release of the S-PLUS Ultra-Short Survey (USS), a photometric survey with short exposure times, covering approximately 9300 deg$^{2}$ of the Southern sky. The USS utilizes the Javalambre 12-band…

A new cosmic shear analysis pipeline SUNGLASS (Simulated UNiverses for Gravitational Lensing Analysis and Shear Surveys) is introduced. SUNGLASS is a pipeline that rapidly generates simulated universes for weak lensing and cosmic shear…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 A. Kiessling , A. F. Heavens , A. N. Taylor

We give an overview of the Grism Lens Amplified Survey from Space (GLASS), a large Hubble Space Telescope program aimed at obtaining grism spectroscopy of the fields of ten massive clusters of galaxies at redshift z=0.308-0.686, including…

The Line Emission Mapper (LEM) is an X-ray Probe with with spectral resolution ~2 eV FWHM from 0.2 to 2.5 keV and effective area >2,500 cm$^2$ at 1 keV, covering a 33 arcmin diameter Field of View with 15 arcsec angular resolution, capable…

We present the Red-sequence Cluster Lensing Survey (RCSLenS), an application of the methods developed for the Canada France Hawaii Telescope Lensing Survey (CFHTLenS) to the ~785deg$^2$, multi-band imaging data of the Red-sequence Cluster…

We are using the Australia Telescope Compact Array to image about six square degrees surrounding the Chandra Deep Field South and European Large Area ISO Survey - South 1 regions, with the aim of producing the widest deep radio survey ever…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ray P. Norris , Enno Middelberg , Brian J. Boyle