Witnessing the Early Growth and Life Cycle of Galaxies with KMOS3D

Natascha M Förster Schreiber, David J. Wilman, Emily Wisnioski, Matteo Fossati, J. Trevor Mendel, Ralf Bender, Reinhard Genzel, Alessandra Beifiori, Sirio Belli, Gabe Brammer, Andreas Burkert, Jeffrey Chan, Ric Davies, Rebecca L. Davies, Maximilian Fabricius, Audrey Galametz, Rodrigo Herrera-Camus, Philipp Lang, Dieter Lutz, Ivelina G. MomchevaThorsten Naab, Erica J. Nelson, Sedona Price, Alvio Renzini, Roberto P. Saglia, Stella Seitz, Taro Shimizu, Amiel Sternberg, Linda J. Tacconi, Ken Ichi Tadaki, Hannah Ubler, Pieter G. Van Dokkum, Stijn Wuyts

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Abstract

Near-infrared integral field unit (IFU) spectrographs are powerful tools for investigating galaxy evolution. We report on our recently completed multi-year KMOS3D survey of Halpha, [NII] and [SII] line emission of galaxies at redshift z ~ 0.7 - 2.7 with the K-band Multi-Object Spectrograph (KMOS) at the Very Large Telescope (VLT). With deep observations of 745 targets spanning over two orders of magnitude in galaxy mass, five billion years of cosmic time, and all levels of star formation, KMOS3D provides an unparalleled population-wide census of spatially-resolved kinematics, star formation, outflows and nebular gas conditions. The dataset sheds new light on the physical mechanisms driving the early growth and lifecycle of galaxies, and provides a rich legacy for the astronomical community.
Original languageEnglish
Pages28-33
Number of pages6
No.174
Specialist publicationThe Messenger
PublisherEuropean Southern Observatory
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 28 Dec 2018

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