The MAGPI Survey -- science goals, design, observing strategy, early results and theoretical framework
C. Foster, J. T. Mendel, C. D. P. Lagos, E. Wisnioski, T. Yuan, F., D'Eugenio, T. M. Barone, K. E. Harborne, S. P. Vaughan, F. Schulze, R.-S., Remus, A. Gupta, F. Collacchioni, D. J. Khim, P. Taylor, R. Bassett, S. M., Croom, R. M. McDermid, A. Poci, A. J. Battisti

TL;DR
MAGPI is a large ESO/VLT survey using adaptive optics integral field spectroscopy to study galaxy evolution at 0.25<z<0.35, providing detailed kinematic and chemical data to test and improve galaxy formation models.
Contribution
This paper introduces the MAGPI survey's design, goals, and early results, highlighting its role in constraining galaxy evolution theories through high-resolution observations.
Findings
Discrepancies between simulations and observed galaxy properties at z~0.3.
MAGPI's data will improve understanding of galaxy transformation processes.
First look at MAGPI data demonstrates its potential for galaxy evolution studies.
Abstract
We present an overview of the Middle Ages Galaxy Properties with Integral Field Spectroscopy (MAGPI) survey, a Large Program on ESO/VLT. MAGPI is designed to study the physical drivers of galaxy transformation at a lookback time of 3-4 Gyr, during which the dynamical, morphological, and chemical properties of galaxies are predicted to evolve significantly. The survey uses new medium-deep adaptive optics aided MUSE observations of fields selected from the GAMA survey, providing a wealth of publicly available ancillary multi-wavelength data. With these data, MAGPI will map the kinematic and chemical properties of stars and ionised gas for a sample of 60 massive (> 7 x 10^10 M_Sun) central galaxies at 0.25 < z <0.35 in a representative range of environments (isolated, groups and clusters). The spatial resolution delivered by MUSE with Ground Layer Adaptive Optics (GLAO, 0.6-0.8 arcsec…
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