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- Title
J-PAS : Low-resolution (R ∼ 50) spectroscopy covering 8000 deg2.
- Authors
López-Sanjuan, C.; Cenarro, A. J.; Díaz-García, L. A.; Muniesa, D. J.; Roman, I. San; Varela, J.; Viironen, K.; Ziegler, Bodo L.; Combes, Françoise; Dannerbauer, Helmut; Verdugo, Miguel
- Abstract
We present the ambitious project J-PAS, that will cover 8000 deg2 of the northern sky with 54 narrow-band (∼145Å) contiguous filters, all of them in the optical range (3700Å-9200Å). J-PAS will provide a low resolution spectra (R ∼ 50) in every pixel of the northern sky by 2020, leading to excellent photometric redshifts (0.3% uncertainty) of 100 million sources. J-PAS will permit the study of the 2D properties of nearby galaxies with unprecedented statistics. Some viable studies are the distribution of the star formation rate traced by Hα, the stellar populations gradients in elliptical galaxies up to a few effective radii, or the impact of environment in galaxy properties. In summary, J-PAS will bring a superb data set for 3D analysis in the local Universe.
- Publication
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 2014, Vol 10, Issue S309, p29
- ISSN
1743-9213
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S1743921314009259