Euclid Definition Study Report

R. Laureijs; J. Amiaux; S. Arduini; J. -L. Auguères; J. Brinchmann; R. Cole; M. Cropper; C. Dabin; L. Duvet; A. Ealet; B. Garilli; P. Gondoin; L. Guzzo; J. Hoar; H. Hoekstra; R. Holmes; T. Kitching; T. Maciaszek; Y. Mellier; F. Pasian; W. Percival; J. Rhodes; G. Saavedra Criado; M. Sauvage; R. Scaramella; L. Valenziano; S. Warren; R. Bender; F. Castander; A. Cimatti; O. Le Fèvre; H. Kurki-Suonio; M. Levi; P. Lilje; G. Meylan; R. Nichol; K. Pedersen; V. Popa; R. Rebolo Lopez; H. -W. Rix; H. Rottgering; W. Zeilinger; F. Grupp; P. Hudelot; R. Massey; M. Meneghetti; L. Miller; S. Paltani; S. Paulin-Henriksson; S. Pires; C. Saxton; T. Schrabback; G. Seidel; J. Walsh; N. Aghanim; L. Amendola; J. Bartlett; C. Baccigalupi; J. -P. Beaulieu; K. Benabed; J. -G. Cuby; D. Elbaz; P. Fosalba; G. Gavazzi; A. Helmi; I. Hook; M. Irwin; J. -P. Kneib; M. Kunz; F. Mannucci; L. Moscardini; C. Tao; R. Teyssier; J. Weller; G. Zamorani; M. zapatero osorio; O. Boulade; J. foumond; A. Di Giorgio; P. Guttridge; A. James; M. Kemp; J. Martignac; A. Spencer; D. Walton; T. Blümchen; C. Bonoli; F. Bortoletto; C. Cerna; L. Corcione; C. Fabron; K. Jahnke; S. Ligori; F. Madrid; L. Martin; G. Morgante; T. Pamplona; E. Prieto; M. Riva; R. Toledo; M. Trifoglio; F. Zerbi; F. Abdalla; M. Douspis; C. Grenet; S. Borgani; R. Bouwens; F. Courbin; J. -M. Delouis; P. Dubath; A. Fontana; M. Frailis; A. Grazian; J. Koppenhöfer; O. Mansutti; M. Melchior; M. Mignoli; J. Mohr; C. Neissner; K. Noddle; M. Poncet; M. Scodeggio; S. Serrano; N. Shane; J. -L. Starck; C. Surace; A. Taylor; G. Verdoes-Kleijn; C. Vuerli; O. williams; A. Zacchei; B. Altieri; I. Escudero Sanz; R. Kohley; T. Oosterbroek; P. Astier; D. Bacon; S. Bardelli; C. Baugh; F. Bellagamba; C. Benoist; D. Bianchi; A. Biviano; E. Branchini; C. Carbone; V. Cardone; D. Clements; S. Colombi; C. Conselice; G. Cresci; N. Deacon; J. Dunlop; C. Fedeli; F. Fontanot; P. Franzetti; C. Giocoli; J. Garcia-Bellido; J. Gow; A. Heavens; P. Hewett; C. Heymans; A. Holland; Z. Huang; O. Ilbert; B. Joachimi; E. Jennins; E. Kerins; A. Kiessling; D. Kirk; R. Kotak; O. Krause; O. Lahav; F. van Leeuwen; J. Lesgourgues; M. Lombardi; M. Magliocchetti; K. Maguire; E. Majerotto; R. Maoli; F. Marulli; S. Maurogordato; H. McCracken; R. McLure; A. Melchiorri; A. Merson; M. Moresco; M. Nonino; P. Norberg; J. Peacock; R. Pello; M. Penny; V. Pettorino; C. Di Porto; L. Pozzetti; C. Quercellini; M. Radovich; A. Rassat; N. Roche; S. Ronayette; E. Rossetti; B. Sartoris; P. Schneider; E. Semboloni; S. Serjeant; F. Simpson; C. Skordis; G. Smadja; S. Smartt; P. Spano; S. Spiro; M. Sullivan; A. Tilquin; R. Trotta; L. Verde; Y. Wang; G. Williger; G. Zhao; J. Zoubian; E. Zucca

Euclid Definition Study Report

R. Laureijs, J. Amiaux, S. Arduini, J. -L. Auguères, J. Brinchmann, R. Cole, M. Cropper, C. Dabin, L. Duvet, A. Ealet, B. Garilli, P. Gondoin, L. Guzzo, J. Hoar, H. Hoekstra, R. Holmes, T. Kitching, T. Maciaszek, Y. Mellier, F. PasianW. Percival, J. Rhodes, G. Saavedra Criado, M. Sauvage, R. Scaramella, L. Valenziano, S. Warren, R. Bender, F. Castander, A. Cimatti, O. Le Fèvre, H. Kurki-Suonio, M. Levi, P. Lilje, G. Meylan, R. Nichol, K. Pedersen, V. Popa, R. Rebolo Lopez, H. -W. Rix, H. Rottgering, W. Zeilinger, F. Grupp, P. Hudelot, R. Massey, M. Meneghetti, L. Miller, S. Paltani, S. Paulin-Henriksson, S. Pires, C. Saxton, T. Schrabback, G. Seidel, J. Walsh, N. Aghanim, L. Amendola, J. Bartlett, C. Baccigalupi, J. -P. Beaulieu, K. Benabed, J. -G. Cuby, D. Elbaz, P. Fosalba, G. Gavazzi, A. Helmi, I. Hook, M. Irwin, J. -P. Kneib, M. Kunz, F. Mannucci, L. Moscardini, C. Tao, R. Teyssier, J. Weller, G. Zamorani, M. zapatero osorio, O. Boulade, J. foumond, A. Di Giorgio, P. Guttridge, A. James, M. Kemp, J. Martignac, A. Spencer, D. Walton, T. Blümchen, C. Bonoli, F. Bortoletto, C. Cerna, L. Corcione, C. Fabron, K. Jahnke, S. Ligori, F. Madrid, L. Martin, G. Morgante, T. Pamplona, E. Prieto, M. Riva, R. Toledo, M. Trifoglio, F. Zerbi, F. Abdalla, M. Douspis, C. Grenet, S. Borgani, R. Bouwens, F. Courbin, J. -M. Delouis, P. Dubath, A. Fontana, M. Frailis, A. Grazian, J. Koppenhöfer, O. Mansutti, M. Melchior, M. Mignoli, J. Mohr, C. Neissner, K. Noddle, M. Poncet, M. Scodeggio, S. Serrano, N. Shane, J. -L. Starck, C. Surace, A. Taylor, G. Verdoes-Kleijn, C. Vuerli, O. williams, A. Zacchei, B. Altieri, I. Escudero Sanz, R. Kohley, T. Oosterbroek, P. Astier, D. Bacon, S. Bardelli, C. Baugh, F. Bellagamba, C. Benoist, D. Bianchi, A. Biviano, E. Branchini, C. Carbone, V. Cardone, D. Clements, S. Colombi, C. Conselice, G. Cresci, N. Deacon, J. Dunlop, C. Fedeli, F. Fontanot, P. Franzetti, C. Giocoli, J. Garcia-Bellido, J. Gow, A. Heavens, P. Hewett, C. Heymans, A. Holland, Z. Huang, O. Ilbert, B. Joachimi, E. Jennins, E. Kerins, A. Kiessling, D. Kirk, R. Kotak, O. Krause, O. Lahav, F. van Leeuwen, J. Lesgourgues, M. Lombardi, M. Magliocchetti, K. Maguire, E. Majerotto, R. Maoli, F. Marulli, S. Maurogordato, H. McCracken, R. McLure, A. Melchiorri, A. Merson, M. Moresco, M. Nonino, P. Norberg, J. Peacock, R. Pello, M. Penny, V. Pettorino, C. Di Porto, L. Pozzetti, C. Quercellini, M. Radovich, A. Rassat, N. Roche, S. Ronayette, E. Rossetti, B. Sartoris, P. Schneider, E. Semboloni, S. Serjeant, F. Simpson, C. Skordis, G. Smadja, S. Smartt, P. Spano, S. Spiro, M. Sullivan, A. Tilquin, R. Trotta, L. Verde, Y. Wang, G. Williger, G. Zhao, J. Zoubian, E. Zucca

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Euclid is a space-based survey mission from the European Space Agency designed to understand the origin of the Universe's accelerating expansion. It will use cosmological probes to investigate the nature of dark energy, dark matter and gravity by tracking their observational signatures on the geometry of the universe and on the cosmic history of structure formation. The mission is optimised for two independent primary cosmological probes: Weak gravitational Lensing (WL) and Baryonic Acoustic Oscillations (BAO). The Euclid payload consists of a 1.2 m Korsch telescope designed to provide a large field of view. It carries two instruments with a common field-of-view of ~0.54 deg2: the visual imager (VIS) and the near infrared instrument (NISP) which contains a slitless spectrometer and a three bands photometer. The Euclid wide survey will cover 15,000 deg2 of the extragalactic sky and is complemented by two 20 deg2 deep fields. For WL, Euclid measures the shapes of 30-40 resolved galaxies per arcmin2 in one broad visible R+I+Z band (550-920 nm). The photometric redshifts for these galaxies reach a precision of dz/(1+z)

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Journal	ESA report
Publication status	Published - 14 Oct 2011

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astro-ph.CO
astro-ph.GA

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T1 - Euclid Definition Study Report

AU - Laureijs, R.

AU - Amiaux, J.

AU - Arduini, S.

AU - -L. Auguères, J.

AU - Brinchmann, J.

AU - Cole, R.

AU - Cropper, M.

AU - Dabin, C.

AU - Duvet, L.

AU - Ealet, A.

AU - Garilli, B.

AU - Gondoin, P.

AU - Guzzo, L.

AU - Hoar, J.

AU - Hoekstra, H.

AU - Holmes, R.

AU - Kitching, T.

AU - Maciaszek, T.

AU - Mellier, Y.

AU - Pasian, F.

AU - Percival, W.

AU - Rhodes, J.

AU - Saavedra Criado, G.

AU - Sauvage, M.

AU - Scaramella, R.

AU - Valenziano, L.

AU - Warren, S.

AU - Bender, R.

AU - Castander, F.

AU - Cimatti, A.

AU - Le Fèvre, O.

AU - Kurki-Suonio, H.

AU - Levi, M.

AU - Lilje, P.

AU - Meylan, G.

AU - Nichol, R.

AU - Pedersen, K.

AU - Popa, V.

AU - Rebolo Lopez, R.

AU - -W. Rix, H.

AU - Rottgering, H.

AU - Zeilinger, W.

AU - Grupp, F.

AU - Hudelot, P.

AU - Massey, R.

AU - Meneghetti, M.

AU - Miller, L.

AU - Paltani, S.

AU - Paulin-Henriksson, S.

AU - Pires, S.

AU - Saxton, C.

AU - Schrabback, T.

AU - Seidel, G.

AU - Walsh, J.

AU - Aghanim, N.

AU - Amendola, L.

AU - Bartlett, J.

AU - Baccigalupi, C.

AU - -P. Beaulieu, J.

AU - Benabed, K.

AU - -G. Cuby, J.

AU - Elbaz, D.

AU - Fosalba, P.

AU - Gavazzi, G.

AU - Helmi, A.

AU - Hook, I.

AU - Irwin, M.

AU - -P. Kneib, J.

AU - Kunz, M.

AU - Mannucci, F.

AU - Moscardini, L.

AU - Tao, C.

AU - Teyssier, R.

AU - Weller, J.

AU - Zamorani, G.

AU - zapatero osorio, M.

AU - Boulade, O.

AU - foumond, J.

AU - Di Giorgio, A.

AU - Guttridge, P.

AU - James, A.

AU - Kemp, M.

AU - Martignac, J.

AU - Spencer, A.

AU - Walton, D.

AU - Blümchen, T.

AU - Bonoli, C.

AU - Bortoletto, F.

AU - Cerna, C.

AU - Corcione, L.

AU - Fabron, C.

AU - Jahnke, K.

AU - Ligori, S.

AU - Madrid, F.

AU - Martin, L.

AU - Morgante, G.

AU - Pamplona, T.

AU - Prieto, E.

AU - Riva, M.

AU - Toledo, R.

AU - Trifoglio, M.

AU - Zerbi, F.

AU - Abdalla, F.

AU - Douspis, M.

AU - Grenet, C.

AU - Borgani, S.

AU - Bouwens, R.

AU - Courbin, F.

AU - -M. Delouis, J.

AU - Dubath, P.

AU - Fontana, A.

AU - Frailis, M.

AU - Grazian, A.

AU - Koppenhöfer, J.

AU - Mansutti, O.

AU - Melchior, M.

AU - Mignoli, M.

AU - Mohr, J.

AU - Neissner, C.

AU - Noddle, K.

AU - Poncet, M.

AU - Scodeggio, M.

AU - Serrano, S.

AU - Shane, N.

AU - -L. Starck, J.

AU - Surace, C.

AU - Taylor, A.

AU - Verdoes-Kleijn, G.

AU - Vuerli, C.

AU - williams, O.

AU - Zacchei, A.

AU - Altieri, B.

AU - Escudero Sanz, I.

AU - Kohley, R.

AU - Oosterbroek, T.

AU - Astier, P.

AU - Bacon, D.

AU - Bardelli, S.

AU - Baugh, C.

AU - Bellagamba, F.

AU - Benoist, C.

AU - Bianchi, D.

AU - Biviano, A.

AU - Branchini, E.

AU - Carbone, C.

AU - Cardone, V.

AU - Clements, D.

AU - Colombi, S.

AU - Conselice, C.

AU - Cresci, G.

AU - Deacon, N.

AU - Dunlop, J.

AU - Fedeli, C.

AU - Fontanot, F.

AU - Franzetti, P.

AU - Giocoli, C.

AU - Garcia-Bellido, J.

AU - Gow, J.

AU - Heavens, A.

AU - Hewett, P.

AU - Heymans, C.

AU - Holland, A.

AU - Huang, Z.

AU - Ilbert, O.

AU - Joachimi, B.

AU - Jennins, E.

AU - Kerins, E.

AU - Kiessling, A.

AU - Kirk, D.

AU - Kotak, R.

AU - Krause, O.

AU - Lahav, O.

AU - van Leeuwen, F.

AU - Lesgourgues, J.

AU - Lombardi, M.

AU - Magliocchetti, M.

AU - Maguire, K.

AU - Majerotto, E.

AU - Maoli, R.

AU - Marulli, F.

AU - Maurogordato, S.

AU - McCracken, H.

AU - McLure, R.

AU - Melchiorri, A.

AU - Merson, A.

AU - Moresco, M.

AU - Nonino, M.

AU - Norberg, P.

AU - Peacock, J.

AU - Pello, R.

AU - Penny, M.

AU - Pettorino, V.

AU - Di Porto, C.

AU - Pozzetti, L.

AU - Quercellini, C.

AU - Radovich, M.

AU - Rassat, A.

AU - Roche, N.

AU - Ronayette, S.

AU - Rossetti, E.

AU - Sartoris, B.

AU - Schneider, P.

AU - Semboloni, E.

AU - Serjeant, S.

AU - Simpson, F.

AU - Skordis, C.

AU - Smadja, G.

AU - Smartt, S.

AU - Spano, P.

AU - Spiro, S.

AU - Sullivan, M.

AU - Tilquin, A.

AU - Trotta, R.

AU - Verde, L.

AU - Wang, Y.

AU - Williger, G.

AU - Zhao, G.

AU - Zoubian, J.

AU - Zucca, E.

N1 - 116 pages, with executive summary and table of contents

PY - 2011/10/14

Y1 - 2011/10/14

N2 - Euclid is a space-based survey mission from the European Space Agency designed to understand the origin of the Universe's accelerating expansion. It will use cosmological probes to investigate the nature of dark energy, dark matter and gravity by tracking their observational signatures on the geometry of the universe and on the cosmic history of structure formation. The mission is optimised for two independent primary cosmological probes: Weak gravitational Lensing (WL) and Baryonic Acoustic Oscillations (BAO). The Euclid payload consists of a 1.2 m Korsch telescope designed to provide a large field of view. It carries two instruments with a common field-of-view of ~0.54 deg2: the visual imager (VIS) and the near infrared instrument (NISP) which contains a slitless spectrometer and a three bands photometer. The Euclid wide survey will cover 15,000 deg2 of the extragalactic sky and is complemented by two 20 deg2 deep fields. For WL, Euclid measures the shapes of 30-40 resolved galaxies per arcmin2 in one broad visible R+I+Z band (550-920 nm). The photometric redshifts for these galaxies reach a precision of dz/(1+z)

AB - Euclid is a space-based survey mission from the European Space Agency designed to understand the origin of the Universe's accelerating expansion. It will use cosmological probes to investigate the nature of dark energy, dark matter and gravity by tracking their observational signatures on the geometry of the universe and on the cosmic history of structure formation. The mission is optimised for two independent primary cosmological probes: Weak gravitational Lensing (WL) and Baryonic Acoustic Oscillations (BAO). The Euclid payload consists of a 1.2 m Korsch telescope designed to provide a large field of view. It carries two instruments with a common field-of-view of ~0.54 deg2: the visual imager (VIS) and the near infrared instrument (NISP) which contains a slitless spectrometer and a three bands photometer. The Euclid wide survey will cover 15,000 deg2 of the extragalactic sky and is complemented by two 20 deg2 deep fields. For WL, Euclid measures the shapes of 30-40 resolved galaxies per arcmin2 in one broad visible R+I+Z band (550-920 nm). The photometric redshifts for these galaxies reach a precision of dz/(1+z)

KW - astro-ph.CO

KW - astro-ph.GA

M3 - Article

JO - ESA report

JF - ESA report

ER -