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The 2dF-SDSS LRG and QSO (2SLAQ) Luminous Red Galaxy Survey

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dc.contributor.authorCannon, Russell
dc.contributor.authorDrinkwater, Michael John
dc.contributor.authorEdge, Alastair
dc.contributor.authorEisenstein, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorNichol, Robert
dc.contributor.authorOutram, Phillip
dc.contributor.authorPimbblet, Kevin
dc.contributor.authorDe Propris, Roberto
dc.contributor.authorRoseboom, Isaac
dc.contributor.authorWake, David
dc.contributor.authorAllen, Paul
dc.contributor.authorDriver, Simon
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-08T22:18:22Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.date.updated2015-12-08T08:15:45Z
dc.description.abstractWe present a spectroscopic survey of almost 15 000 candidate intermediate-redshift luminous red galaxies (LRGs) brighter than i = 19.8, observed with 2dF on the Anglo-Australian Telescope. The targets were selected photometrically from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and lie along two narrow equatorial strips covering 180 deg2. Reliable redshifts were obtained for 92 per cent of the targets and the selection is very efficient: over 90 per cent have 0.45 < z < 0.8. More than 80 per cent of the ∼11000 red galaxies have pure absorption-line spectra consistent with a passively evolving old stellar population. The redshift, photometric and spatial distributions of the LRGs are described. The 2SLAQ data will be released publicly from mid-2006, providing a powerful resource for observational cosmology and the study of galaxy evolution.
dc.identifier.issn0035-8711
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/31313
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltd
dc.sourceMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
dc.subjectKeywords: Catalogues; Cosmology: observations; Galaxies: high redshift; Surveys
dc.titleThe 2dF-SDSS LRG and QSO (2SLAQ) Luminous Red Galaxy Survey
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue1
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage442
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage425
local.contributor.affiliationCannon, Russell, Anglo-Australian Observatory
local.contributor.affiliationDrinkwater, Michael John, University of Queensland
local.contributor.affiliationEdge, Alastair , University of Durham
local.contributor.affiliationEisenstein, Daniel, University of Arizona
local.contributor.affiliationNichol, Robert, University of Portsmouth
local.contributor.affiliationOutram, Phillip , University of Durham
local.contributor.affiliationPimbblet, Kevin, University of Queensland
local.contributor.affiliationDe Propris, Roberto, Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
local.contributor.affiliationRoseboom, Isaac, University of Queensland
local.contributor.affiliationWake, David , University of Durham
local.contributor.affiliationAllen, Paul, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationDriver, Simon, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.authoruidAllen, Paul, u4094595
local.contributor.authoruidDriver, Simon, u4041024
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor020110 - Stellar Astronomy and Planetary Systems
local.identifier.ariespublicationU1408929xPUB82
local.identifier.citationvolume372
local.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10875.x
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-33749170184
local.type.statusPublished Version

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