Year: 2017
Type: article
Abstract: Context. The Kilo-Degree Survey (KiDS) is an ongoing optical wide-field imaging survey with the OmegaCAM camera at the VLT Survey Telescope. It aims to image 1500 square degrees in four filters (ugri). The core science driver is mapping the large-scale matter distribution in the Universe, using weak lensing shear and photometric redshift measurements. Further science cases include galaxy evolution, Milky Way structure, detection of high-redshift clusters, and finding rare sources such as strong lenses and quasars.
Source: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Authors: Jelte T. A. de Jong, Gijs A. Verdoes Kleijn, Thomas Erben, Hendrik Hildebrandt, Konrad Kuijken, Gert Sikkema, Massimo Brescia, Maciej Bilicki, Nicola R. Napolitano, Valeria Amaro, Kor G. Begeman, Danny R. Boxhoorn, Hugo Buddelmeijer, Stefano Cavuoti, Fedor Getman, Aniello Grado, Ewout Helmich, Zhuoyi Huang, Nancy Irisarri, Francesco La Barbera, Giuseppe Longo, John P. McFarland, Reiko Nakajima, Maurizio Paolillo, Emanuella Puddu, Mario Radovich, Agatino Rifatto, Crescenzo Tortora, Edwin A. Valentijn, Civita Vellucci, Willem-Jan Vriend, Alexandra Amon, Chris Blake, Ami Choi, Ian Fenech Conti, Stephen D. J. Gwyn, Ricardo Herbonnet, Catherine Heymans, Henk Hoekstra, Dominik Klaes, Julian Merten, Lance Miller, Peter Schneider, Massimo Viola
Institutions: Leiden University, Leiden Observatory, University of Groningen, University of Bonn, Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte, National Institute for Astrophysics, National Centre for Nuclear Research, Federico II University Hospital, University of Naples Federico II, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Royal Observatory, Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, University of Edinburgh, Swinburne University of Technology, The Ohio State University, University of Malta, Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, University of Oxford
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Funders: Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, European Commission, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, Università degli Studi di Padova, Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie, Università ta' Malta, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Australian Research Council, Australian Astronomical Optics-Macquarie, INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, European Regional Development Fund, H2020 European Research Council, FP7 Ideas: European Research Council
Awards: Analysis of the Dark Universe through Lensing Tomography, Mapping the Dark Web of the Cosmos, G1396063042, G145016332, G156443479, G2244625044, G2311867446, G265847165, G2861369480, G3207356259, G3467815775, G3867107880, G393177772, G4305749261, G4369834866, Global Lensing Observations to go Beyond Einstein, G4479680042, G4760961572, G496129201, G5702163051, G6092018172, G6216976133, G6782987752, Astrophysics at Oxford 2016-2019, G8182791999
OpenAlex ID: W2614782001