The VANDELS ESO public spectroscopic survey
R. J. McLure, L. Pentericci, A. Cimatti, J. S. Dunlop, D. Elbaz, A., Fontana, K. Nandra, R. Amorin, M. Bolzonella, A. Bongiorno, A. C. Carnall, M., Castellano, M. Cirasuolo, O. Cucciati, F. Cullen, S. De Barros, S. L., Finkelstein, F. Fontanot, P. Franzetti, M. Fumana

TL;DR
VANDELS is a deep spectroscopic survey of high-redshift galaxies using VLT, providing high-quality spectra to study galaxy evolution, with a focus on physical properties like stellar ages, masses, and metallicities.
Contribution
This survey offers ultra-deep optical spectra of ~2100 high-redshift galaxies, enabling detailed absorption-line studies and physical property measurements, a significant advancement over previous surveys.
Findings
High signal-to-noise spectra for key galaxy properties
Targeted diverse galaxy populations across redshifts
Provides a legacy dataset for galaxy evolution research
Abstract
VANDELS is a uniquely-deep spectroscopic survey of high-redshift galaxies with the VIMOS spectrograph on ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT). The survey has obtained ultra-deep optical (0.48 < lambda < 1.0 micron) spectroscopy of ~2100 galaxies within the redshift interval 1.0 < z < 7.0, over a total area of ~0.2 sq. degrees centred on the CANDELS UDS and CDFS fields. Based on accurate photometric redshift pre-selection, 85% of the galaxies targeted by VANDELS were selected to be at z>=3. Exploiting the red sensitivity of the refurbished VIMOS spectrograph, the fundamental aim of the survey is to provide the high signal-to-noise ratio spectra necessary to measure key physical properties such as stellar population ages, masses, metallicities and outflow velocities from detailed absorption-line studies. Using integration times calculated to produce an approximately constant signal-to-noise…
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