VST-SMASH：VST 质量聚集与结构层级巡天
星系天体物理
2024-11-15 v1
摘要
VLT 巡天望远镜质量聚集与结构层级巡天（VST-SMASH）旨在探测极近邻星系周围的潮汐特征和残骸，这是星系形成层级本质的独特且关键的诊断手段。利用 ESO 帕拉纳尔天文台的最佳观测条件，结合 VST 的多波段光学滤镜，VST-SMASH 旨在成为本地体积内恒星流和潮汐残骸的权威巡天，目标是在 g 和 r 波段达到面亮度极限 \(\mu \sim\) 30 mag arcsec^{-2} 28 mag arcsec，针对 11 Mpc 以内且位于 Euclid 足迹内的体积限制本地星系样本。
引用
@article{arxiv.2411.09608,
title = {VST-SMASH: the VST Survey of Mass Assembly and Structural Hierarchy},
author = {Crescenzo Tortora and Rossella Ragusa and Massimiliano Gatto and Marilena Spavone and Leslie Hunt and Vincenzo Ripepi and Massimo Dall'Ora and Abdurro'uf and Francesca Annibali and Maarten Baes and Francesco Michel Concetto Belfiore and Nicola Bellucco and Micol Bolzonella and Michele Cantiello and Paola Dimauro and Mathias Kluge and Federico Lelli and Nicola R. Napolitano and Achille Nucita and Mario Radovich and Roberto Scaramella and Eva Schinnerer and Vincenzo Testa and Aiswarya Unni},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.09608},
year = {2024}
}
备注
4 pages, 2 figures, 1 table, published in the ESO Messenger 193