Galaxy and mass assembly (GAMA): End of survey report and data release 2

J. Liske; I. K. Baldry; S. P. Driver; R. J. Tuffs; M. Alpaslan; E. Andrae; S. Brough; M. E. Cluver; M. W. Grootes; M. L P Gunawardhana; L. S. Kelvin; J. Loveday; A. S G Robotham; E. N. Taylor; S. P. Bamford; J. Bland-Hawthorn; M. J I Brown; M. J. Drinkwater; A. M. Hopkins; M. J. Meyer; P. Norberg; J. A. Peacock; N. K. Agius; S. K. Andrews; A. E. Bauer; J. H Y Ching; M. Colless; C. J. Conselice; S. M. Croom; L. J M Davies; R. De Propris; L. Dunne; E. M. Eardley; S. Ellis; C. Foster; C. S. Frenk; B. Haußler; B. W. Holwerda; C. Howlett; H. Ibarra; M. J. Jarvis; D. H. Jones; P. R. Kafle; C. G. Lacey; R. Lange; M. A. Lara-Ĺopez; R. López-Sánchez; S. Maddox; B. F. Madore; T. McNaught-Roberts; A. J. Moffett; R. C. Nichol; M. S. Owers; D. Palamara; S. J. Penny; S. Phillipps; K. A. Pimbblet; C. C. Popescu; M. Prescott; R. Proctor; E. M. Sadler; A. E. Sansom; M. Seibert; R. Sharp; W. Sutherland; J. A. Vazquez-Mata; E. van Kampen; S. M. Wilkins; R. Williams; A. H. Wright

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Galaxy and mass assembly (GAMA): End of survey report and data release 2

J. Liske^*, I. K. Baldry, S. P. Driver, R. J. Tuffs, M. Alpaslan, E. Andrae, S. Brough, M. E. Cluver, M. W. Grootes, M. L P Gunawardhana, L. S. Kelvin, J. Loveday, A. S G Robotham, E. N. Taylor, S. P. Bamford, J. Bland-Hawthorn, M. J I Brown, M. J. Drinkwater, A. M. Hopkins, M. J. MeyerP. Norberg, J. A. Peacock, N. K. Agius, S. K. Andrews, A. E. Bauer, J. H Y Ching, M. Colless, C. J. Conselice, S. M. Croom, L. J M Davies, R. De Propris, L. Dunne, E. M. Eardley, S. Ellis, C. Foster, C. S. Frenk, B. Haußler, B. W. Holwerda, C. Howlett, H. Ibarra, M. J. Jarvis, D. H. Jones, P. R. Kafle, C. G. Lacey, R. Lange, M. A. Lara-Ĺopez, R. López-Sánchez, S. Maddox, B. F. Madore, T. McNaught-Roberts, A. J. Moffett, R. C. Nichol, M. S. Owers, D. Palamara, S. J. Penny, S. Phillipps, K. A. Pimbblet, C. C. Popescu, M. Prescott, R. Proctor, E. M. Sadler, A. E. Sansom, M. Seibert, R. Sharp, W. Sutherland, J. A. Vazquez-Mata, E. van Kampen, S. M. Wilkins, R. Williams, A. H. Wright

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The Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey is one of the largest contemporary spectroscopic surveys of lowredshift galaxies. Covering an area of ~286 deg<sup>2</sup> (split among five survey regions) down to a limiting magnitude of r < 19.8 mag, we have collected spectra and reliable redshifts for 238 000 objects using the AAOmega spectrograph on the Anglo-Australian Telescope. In addition, we have assembled imaging data from a number of independent surveys in order to generate photometry spanning the wavelength range 1 nm-1 m. Here, we report on the recently completed spectroscopic survey and present a series of diagnostics to assess its final state and the quality of the redshift data. We also describe a number of survey aspects and procedures, or updates thereof, including changes to the input catalogue, redshifting and re-redshifting, and the derivation of ultraviolet, optical and near-infrared photometry. Finally, we present the second public release ofGAMAdata. In this release, we provide input catalogue and targeting information, spectra, redshifts, ultraviolet, optical and near-infrared photometry, single-component Śersic fits, stellar masses, Hα-derived star formation rates, environment information, and group properties for all galaxies with r < 19.0 mag in two of our survey regions, and for all galaxies with r < 19.4 mag in a third region (72 225 objects in total). The data base serving these data is available at http://www.gama-survey.org/.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2087-2126
Number of pages	40
Journal	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume	452
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv1436
Publication status	Published - 21 Jul 2015

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Date of Acceptance: 26/06/2015

Keywords

Distances and redshifts
Galaxies
Galaxies: fundamental parameters
galaxies: general
Galaxies: photometry
statistics
Surveys

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Liske, J., Baldry, I. K., Driver, S. P., Tuffs, R. J., Alpaslan, M., Andrae, E., Brough, S., Cluver, M. E., Grootes, M. W., Gunawardhana, M. L. P., Kelvin, L. S., Loveday, J., Robotham, A. S. G., Taylor, E. N., Bamford, S. P., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Brown, M. J. I., Drinkwater, M. J., Hopkins, A. M., ... Wright, A. H. (2015). Galaxy and mass assembly (GAMA): End of survey report and data release 2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 452(2), 2087-2126. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv1436

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