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The KMOS Galaxy Clusters Project

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 April 2015

Roger L. Davies ,
A. Beifiori ,
R. Bender ,
M. Cappellari ,
J. Chan ,
R. Houghton ,
T. Mendel ,
R. Saglia ,
R. Sharples  and
J. Stott
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Roger L. Davies
Affiliation:
Sub-department of Astrophysics, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH. email: rld@astro.ox.ac.uk
A. Beifiori
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik & University Observatory of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich.
R. Bender
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik & University Observatory of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich.
M. Cappellari
Affiliation:
Sub-department of Astrophysics, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH. email: rld@astro.ox.ac.uk
J. Chan
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik & University Observatory of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich.
R. Houghton
Affiliation:
Sub-department of Astrophysics, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH. email: rld@astro.ox.ac.uk
T. Mendel
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik & University Observatory of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich.
R. Saglia
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik & University Observatory of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich.
R. Sharples
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astronomy, Durham University.
J. Stott
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astronomy, Durham University.
R. Smith
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astronomy, Durham University.
D. Wilman
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik & University Observatory of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich.
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Abstract

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KMOS is a cryogenic infrared spectrograph fed by twentyfour deployable integral field units that patrol a 7.2 arcminute diameter field of view at the Nasmyth focus of the ESO VLT. It is well suited to the study of galaxy clusters at 1 < z < 2 where the well understood features in the restframe V-band are shifted into the KMOS spectral bands. Coupled with HST imagining, KMOS offers a window on the critical epoch for galaxy evolution, 7-10 Gyrs ago, when the key properties of cluster galaxies were established. We aim to investigate the size, mass, morphology and star formation history of galaxies in the clusters. Here we describe the instrument, discuss the status of the observations and report some preliminary results.

Keywords

galaxies: elliptical and lenticulargalaxies: formationgalaxies: clusters
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Contributed Papers
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 10 , Issue S311: Galaxy Masses as Constraints of Formation Models , July 2014 , pp. 110 - 115
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2015 

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