CANDELS: The Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey

Norman A. Grogin; Dale D. Kocevski; S. M. Faber; Henry C. Ferguson; Anton M. Koekemoer; Adam G. Riess; Viviana Acquaviva; David M. Alexander; Omar Almaini; Matthew L. N. Ashby; Marco Barden; Eric F. Bell; Frédéric Bournaud; Thomas M. Brown; Karina I. Caputi; Stefano Casertano; Paolo Cassata; Marco Castellano; Peter Challis; Ranga-Ram Chary; Edmond Cheung; Michele Cirasuolo; Christopher J. Conselice; Asantha Roshan Cooray; Darren J. Croton; Emanuele Daddi; Tomas Dahlen; Romeel Davé; Duília F. de Mello; Avishai Dekel; Mark Dickinson; Timothy Dolch; Jennifer L. Donley; James S. Dunlop; Aaron A. Dutton; David Elbaz; Giovanni G. Fazio; Alexei V. Filippenko; Steven L. Finkelstein; Adriano Fontana; Jonathan P. Gardner; Peter M. Garnavich; Eric Gawiser; Mauro Giavalisco; Andrea Grazian; Yicheng Guo; Nimish P. Hathi; Boris Häussler; Philip F. Hopkins; Jia-Sheng Huang; Kuang-Han Huang; Saurabh W. Jha; Jeyhan S. Kartaltepe; Robert P. Kirshner; David C. Koo; Kamson Lai; Kyoung-Soo Lee; Weidong Li; Jennifer M. Lotz; Ray A. Lucas; Piero Madau; Patrick J. McCarthy; Elizabeth J. McGrath; Daniel H. McIntosh; Ross J. McLure; Bahram Mobasher; Leonidas A. Moustakas; Mark Mozena; Kirpal Nandra; Jeffrey A. Newman; Sami-Matias Niemi; Kai G. Noeske; Casey J. Papovich; Laura Pentericci; Alexandra Pope; Joel R. Primack; Abhijith Rajan; Swara Ravindranath; Naveen A. Reddy; Alvio Renzini; Hans-Walter Rix; Aday R. Robaina; Steven A. Rodney; David J. Rosario; Piero Rosati; Sara Salimbeni; Claudia Scarlata; Brian Siana; Luc Simard; Joseph Smidt; Rachel S. Somerville; Hyron Spinrad; Amber N. Straughn; Louis-Gregory Strolger; Olivia Telford; Harry I. Teplitz; Jonathan R. Trump; Arjen van der Wel; Carolin Villforth; Risa H. Wechsler; Benjamin J. Weiner; Tommy Wiklind; Vivienne Wild; Grant Wilson; Stijn Wuyts; Hao-Jing Yan; Min S. Yun

doi:10.1088/0067-0049/197/2/35

CANDELS: The Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey

Norman A. Grogin, Dale D. Kocevski, S. M. Faber, Henry C. Ferguson, Anton M. Koekemoer, Adam G. Riess, Viviana Acquaviva, David M. Alexander, Omar Almaini, Matthew L. N. Ashby, Marco Barden, Eric F. Bell, Frédéric Bournaud, Thomas M. Brown, Karina I. Caputi, Stefano Casertano, Paolo Cassata, Marco Castellano, Peter Challis, Ranga-Ram CharyEdmond Cheung, Michele Cirasuolo, Christopher J. Conselice, Asantha Roshan Cooray, Darren J. Croton, Emanuele Daddi, Tomas Dahlen, Romeel Davé, Duília F. de Mello, Avishai Dekel, Mark Dickinson, Timothy Dolch, Jennifer L. Donley, James S. Dunlop, Aaron A. Dutton, David Elbaz, Giovanni G. Fazio, Alexei V. Filippenko, Steven L. Finkelstein, Adriano Fontana, Jonathan P. Gardner, Peter M. Garnavich, Eric Gawiser, Mauro Giavalisco, Andrea Grazian, Yicheng Guo, Nimish P. Hathi, Boris Häussler, Philip F. Hopkins, Jia-Sheng Huang, Kuang-Han Huang, Saurabh W. Jha, Jeyhan S. Kartaltepe, Robert P. Kirshner, David C. Koo, Kamson Lai, Kyoung-Soo Lee, Weidong Li, Jennifer M. Lotz, Ray A. Lucas, Piero Madau, Patrick J. McCarthy, Elizabeth J. McGrath, Daniel H. McIntosh, Ross J. McLure, Bahram Mobasher, Leonidas A. Moustakas, Mark Mozena, Kirpal Nandra, Jeffrey A. Newman, Sami-Matias Niemi, Kai G. Noeske, Casey J. Papovich, Laura Pentericci, Alexandra Pope, Joel R. Primack, Abhijith Rajan, Swara Ravindranath, Naveen A. Reddy, Alvio Renzini, Hans-Walter Rix, Aday R. Robaina, Steven A. Rodney, David J. Rosario, Piero Rosati, Sara Salimbeni, Claudia Scarlata, Brian Siana, Luc Simard, Joseph Smidt, Rachel S. Somerville, Hyron Spinrad, Amber N. Straughn, Louis-Gregory Strolger, Olivia Telford, Harry I. Teplitz, Jonathan R. Trump, Arjen van der Wel, Carolin Villforth, Risa H. Wechsler, Benjamin J. Weiner, Tommy Wiklind, Vivienne Wild, Grant Wilson, Stijn Wuyts, Hao-Jing Yan, Min S. Yun

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The Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey (CANDELS) is designed to document the first third of galactic evolution, over the approximate redshift (z) range 8-1.5. It will image >250,000 distant galaxies using three separate cameras on the Hubble Space Telescope, from the mid-ultraviolet to the near-infrared, and will find and measure Type Ia supernovae at z > 1.5 to test their accuracy as standardizable candles for cosmology. Five premier multi-wavelength sky regions are selected, each with extensive ancillary data. The use of five widely separated fields mitigates cosmic variance and yields statistically robust and complete samples of galaxies down to a stellar mass of 109 M ☉ to z ≈ 2, reaching the knee of the ultraviolet luminosity function of galaxies to z ≈ 8. The survey covers approximately 800 arcmin2 and is divided into two parts. The CANDELS/Deep survey (5σ point-source limit H = 27.7 mag) covers ~125 arcmin2 within Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS)-N and GOODS-S. The CANDELS/Wide survey includes GOODS and three additional fields (Extended Groth Strip, COSMOS, and Ultra-deep Survey) and covers the full area to a 5σ point-source limit of H >~ 27.0 mag. Together with the Hubble Ultra Deep Fields, the strategy creates a three-tiered "wedding-cake" approach that has proven efficient for extragalactic surveys. Data from the survey are nonproprietary and are useful for a wide variety of science investigations. In this paper, we describe the basic motivations for the survey, the CANDELS team science goals and the resulting observational requirements, the field selection and geometry, and the observing design. The Hubble data processing and products are described in a companion paper.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	35
Journal	Astrophysical Journal Supplement
Volume	197
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/197/2/35
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2011

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Grogin, N. A., Kocevski, D. D., Faber, S. M., Ferguson, H. C., Koekemoer, A. M., Riess, A. G., Acquaviva, V., Alexander, D. M., Almaini, O., Ashby, M. L. N., Barden, M., Bell, E. F., Bournaud, F., Brown, T. M., Caputi, K. I., Casertano, S., Cassata, P., Castellano, M., Challis, P., ... Yun, M. S. (2011). CANDELS: The Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey. Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 197, 35. https://doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/197/2/35

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AU - Kocevski, Dale D.

AU - Faber, S. M.

AU - Ferguson, Henry C.

AU - Koekemoer, Anton M.

AU - Riess, Adam G.

AU - Acquaviva, Viviana

AU - Alexander, David M.

AU - Almaini, Omar

AU - Ashby, Matthew L. N.

AU - Barden, Marco

AU - Bell, Eric F.

AU - Bournaud, Frédéric

AU - Brown, Thomas M.

AU - Caputi, Karina I.

AU - Casertano, Stefano

AU - Cassata, Paolo

AU - Castellano, Marco

AU - Challis, Peter

AU - Chary, Ranga-Ram

AU - Cheung, Edmond

AU - Cirasuolo, Michele

AU - Conselice, Christopher J.

AU - Roshan Cooray, Asantha

AU - Croton, Darren J.

AU - Daddi, Emanuele

AU - Dahlen, Tomas

AU - Davé, Romeel

AU - de Mello, Duília F.

AU - Dekel, Avishai

AU - Dickinson, Mark

AU - Dolch, Timothy

AU - Donley, Jennifer L.

AU - Dunlop, James S.

AU - Dutton, Aaron A.

AU - Elbaz, David

AU - Fazio, Giovanni G.

AU - Filippenko, Alexei V.

AU - Finkelstein, Steven L.

AU - Fontana, Adriano

AU - Gardner, Jonathan P.

AU - Garnavich, Peter M.

AU - Gawiser, Eric

AU - Giavalisco, Mauro

AU - Grazian, Andrea

AU - Guo, Yicheng

AU - Hathi, Nimish P.

AU - Häussler, Boris

AU - Hopkins, Philip F.

AU - Huang, Jia-Sheng

AU - Huang, Kuang-Han

AU - Jha, Saurabh W.

AU - Kartaltepe, Jeyhan S.

AU - Kirshner, Robert P.

AU - Koo, David C.

AU - Lai, Kamson

AU - Lee, Kyoung-Soo

AU - Li, Weidong

AU - Lotz, Jennifer M.

AU - Lucas, Ray A.

AU - Madau, Piero

AU - McCarthy, Patrick J.

AU - McGrath, Elizabeth J.

AU - McIntosh, Daniel H.

AU - McLure, Ross J.

AU - Mobasher, Bahram

AU - Moustakas, Leonidas A.

AU - Mozena, Mark

AU - Nandra, Kirpal

AU - Newman, Jeffrey A.

AU - Niemi, Sami-Matias

AU - Noeske, Kai G.

AU - Papovich, Casey J.

AU - Pentericci, Laura

AU - Pope, Alexandra

AU - Primack, Joel R.

AU - Rajan, Abhijith

AU - Ravindranath, Swara

AU - Reddy, Naveen A.

AU - Renzini, Alvio

AU - Rix, Hans-Walter

AU - Robaina, Aday R.

AU - Rodney, Steven A.

AU - Rosario, David J.

AU - Rosati, Piero

AU - Salimbeni, Sara

AU - Scarlata, Claudia

AU - Siana, Brian

AU - Simard, Luc

AU - Smidt, Joseph

AU - Somerville, Rachel S.

AU - Spinrad, Hyron

AU - Straughn, Amber N.

AU - Strolger, Louis-Gregory

AU - Telford, Olivia

AU - Teplitz, Harry I.

AU - Trump, Jonathan R.

AU - van der Wel, Arjen

AU - Villforth, Carolin

AU - Wechsler, Risa H.

AU - Weiner, Benjamin J.

AU - Wiklind, Tommy

AU - Wild, Vivienne

AU - Wilson, Grant

AU - Wuyts, Stijn

AU - Yan, Hao-Jing

AU - Yun, Min S.

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