The Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey
Simona Mei
(1)
,
Laura Ferrarese
(2)
,
Chantal Balkowski
(3)
,
Michael L. Balogh
(4)
,
John P. Blakeslee
(2)
,
Samuel Boissier
(5)
,
Alessandro Boselli
(5)
,
Frédéric Bournaud
(6)
,
Claude Carignan
(7)
,
Ray G. Carlberg
(8)
,
Scott C. Chapman
(9)
,
Patrick Côté
(2)
,
Stéphane Courteau
(10)
,
Jean-Charles Cuillandre
(11)
,
T. Davidge
(2)
,
S. Demers
(7)
,
Pierre-Alain Duc
(6)
,
Patrick R. Durrell
(1)
,
Eric Emsellem
(12)
,
Giuseppe Gavazzi
(13)
,
Raphaël Gavazzi
(14)
,
Stephen D. J. Gwyn
(2)
,
Henk Hoekstra
(15)
,
Patrick Hudelot
(14)
,
Olivier Ilbert
(5)
,
Andrés Jordán
(16)
,
J. J. Kavelaars
(2)
,
Ariane Lançon
(17)
,
Alan W. Mcconnachie
(18)
,
D. Mclaughin
(19)
,
Yannick Mellier
(14)
,
C. Mihos
(20)
,
Chien Peng
(2)
,
Eric W. Peng
(21)
,
Thomas H. Puzia
(2)
,
Marcin Sawicki
(22)
,
David Schade
(2)
,
Luc Simard
(2)
,
J. Taylor
(4)
,
John L. Tonry
(23)
,
Brent R. Tully
(23)
,
V. Wim
(3)
,
V. Ludovic
(24)
,
Bernd Vollmer
(17)
,
C. Wilson
(25)
1
IPAC -
Infrared Processing Analysis Center, California Institute of Technology
2 NRC - National Research Council of Canada
3 Observatoire de Paris
4 University of Waterloo [Waterloo]
5 LAM - Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille
6 CEA - Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives
7 McGill University = Université McGill [Montréal, Canada]
8 University of Toronto
9 Cambridge University
10 Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen's University
11 CFHT - Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Corporation
12 ESO - European Organization for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere
13 IASF-Milano - Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica
14 IAP - Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
15 Leids Instituut voor Onderzoek in Natuurkunde, Universiteit Leiden
16 UC - Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
17 OAS - Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg
18 Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria
19 Keele University [Keele]
20 Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland
21 KIAA - Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Peking University
22 Department of Astronomy and Physics, Saint Mary's University
23 Hawaii Pacific University
24 UBC - University of British Columbia [Canada]
25 Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University
2 NRC - National Research Council of Canada
3 Observatoire de Paris
4 University of Waterloo [Waterloo]
5 LAM - Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille
6 CEA - Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives
7 McGill University = Université McGill [Montréal, Canada]
8 University of Toronto
9 Cambridge University
10 Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen's University
11 CFHT - Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Corporation
12 ESO - European Organization for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere
13 IASF-Milano - Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica
14 IAP - Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
15 Leids Instituut voor Onderzoek in Natuurkunde, Universiteit Leiden
16 UC - Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
17 OAS - Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg
18 Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria
19 Keele University [Keele]
20 Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland
21 KIAA - Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Peking University
22 Department of Astronomy and Physics, Saint Mary's University
23 Hawaii Pacific University
24 UBC - University of British Columbia [Canada]
25 Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University
Pierre-Alain Duc
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 179615
- IdHAL : pierre-alain-duc
- ORCID : 0000-0003-3343-6284
- IdRef : 081788339
Résumé
The Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey (NGVS) is a CFHT MegaPrime large program to survey the Virgo Cluster from its core to virial radius, for a total coverage of 104 square degrees. Over the next four years, the survey will perform deep imaging (10 sigma detection for point sources of 25.7 mag in the g-band) in five band-passes (u*,g',r',i',z'), thereby superceding all optical studies of this uniquely important system. The program's main scientific objectives are: the characterization of the faint-end shape of the galaxy luminosity function, the characterization of galaxy scaling relations over a factor 10<SUP>7</SUP> in mass, the cluster/intracluster medium/galaxy connection, the role of environmental effects in galaxy evolution,and the fossil record of star formation and chemical enrichment in dense environments. Numerous ancillary projects - from a survey of the Galactic halo to a cosmic shear measurement of the matter power spectrum on large scales - will also be enabled. Details about the survey can be found at http://astrowww.phys.uvic.ca/ lff/NGVS.html