Bibcode
van der Wel, Arjen; Bezanson, Rachel; D'Eugenio, Francesco; Straatman, Caroline; Franx, Marijn; van Houdt, Josha; Maseda, Michael V.; Gallazzi, Anna; Wu, Po-Feng; Pacifici, Camilla; Barisic, Ivana; Brammer, Gabriel B.; Munoz-Mateos, Juan Carlos; Vervalcke, Sarah; Zibetti, Stefano; Sobral, David; de Graaff, Anna; Calhau, Joao; Kaushal, Yasha; Muzzin, Adam; Bell, Eric F.; van Dokkum, Pieter G.
Bibliographical reference
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
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2021
Citations
73
Refereed citations
63
Description
We present the third and final data release of the Large Early Galaxy Astrophysics Census (LEGA-C), an ESO/Very Large Telescope public spectroscopic survey targeting 0.6 < z < 1.0, Ks-selected galaxies. The data release contains 3528 spectra with measured stellar velocity dispersions and stellar population properties, a 25-fold increase in sample size compared to previous work. This Ks-selected sample probes the galaxy population down to ~0.3L*, for all colors and morphological types. Along with the spectra, we publish a value-added catalog with stellar and ionized gas velocity dispersions, stellar absorption line indices, emission-line fluxes, and equivalent widths, complemented with structural parameters measured from Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys imaging. With its combination of high precision and large sample size, LEGA-C provides a new benchmark for galaxy evolution studies.
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