%0 Generic %1 Grogin2011 %A Grogin, Norman A. %A Kocevski, Dale D. %A Faber, S. M. %A Ferguson, Henry C. %A Koekemoer, Anton M. %A Riess, Adam G. %A Acquaviva, Viviana %A Alexander, David M. %A Almaini, Omar %A Ashby, Matthew L. N. %A Barden, Marco %A Bell, Eric F. %A Bournaud, Frédéric %A Brown, Thomas M. %A Caputi, Karina I. %A Casertano, Stefano %A Cassata, Paolo %A Challis, Peter %A Chary, Ranga-Ram %A Cheung, Edmond %A Cirasuolo, Michele %A Conselice, Christopher J. %A Cooray, Asantha Roshan %A Croton, Darren J. %A Daddi, Emanuele %A Dahlen, Tomas %A Davé, Romeel %A de Mello, Duília F. %A Dekel, Avishai %A Dickinson, Mark %A Dolch, Timothy %A Donley, Jennifer L. %A Dunlop, James S. %A Dutton, Aaron A. %A Elbaz, David %A Fazio, Giovanni G. %A Filippenko, Alexei V. %A Finkelstein, Steven L. %A Fontana, Adriano %A Gardner, Jonathan P. %A Garnavich, Peter M. %A Gawiser, Eric %A Giavalisco, Mauro %A Grazian, Andrea %A Guo, Yicheng %A Hathi, Nimish P. %A Häussler, Boris %A Hopkins, Philip F. %A Huang, Jia-Sheng %A Huang, Kuang-Han %A Jha, Saurabh W. %A Kartaltepe, Jeyhan S. %A Kirshner, Robert P. %A Koo, David C. %A Lai, Kamson %A Lee, Kyoung-Soo %A Li, Weidong %A Lotz, Jennifer M. %A Lucas, Ray A. %A Madau, Piero %A McCarthy, Patrick J. %A McGrath, Elizabeth J. %A McIntosh, Daniel H. %A McLure, Ross J. %A Mobasher, Bahram %A Moustakas, Leonidas A. %A Mozena, Mark %A Nandra, Kirpal %A Newman, Jeffrey A. %A Niemi, Sami-Matias %A Noeske, Kai G. %A Papovich, Casey J. %A Pentericci, Laura %A Pope, Alexandra %A Primack, Joel R. %A Rajan, Abhijith %A Ravindranath, Swara %A Reddy, Naveen A. %A Renzini, Alvio %A Rix, Hans-Walter %A Robaina, Aday R. %A Rodney, Steven A. %A Rosario, David J. %A Rosati, Piero %A Salimbeni, Sara %A Scarlata, Claudia %A Siana, Brian %A Simard, Luc %A Smidt, Joseph %A Somerville, Rachel S. %A Spinrad, Hyron %A Straughn, Amber N. %A Strolger, Louis-Gregory %A Telford, Olivia %A Teplitz, Harry I. %A Trump, Jonathan R. %A van der Wel, Arjen %A Villforth, Carolin %A Wechsler, Risa H. %A Weiner, Benjamin J. %A Wiklind, Tommy %A Wild, Vivienne %A Wilson, Grant %A Wuyts, Stijn %A Yan, Hao-Jing %A Yun, Min S. %D 2011 %K candels %T CANDELS: The Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1105.3753 %X The Cosmic Assembly Near-IR Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey (CANDELS) is designed to document the first third of galactic evolution, from redshift $z 8$ to 1.5. It will image more than 250,000 distant galaxies using three separate cameras on board the Hubble Space Telescope, from the mid-UV to near-IR. It will also find and measure Type Ia SNe beyond $z > 1.5$ and test their accuracy as standard candles for cosmology. Five premier multi-wavelength sky regions are selected. Each has multi-wavelength data from Spitzer\ and other facilities, plus extensive spectroscopy of the brighter galaxies; additional ancillary data are still arriving. The use of five widely separated fields mitigates cosmic variance and yields statistically robust and complete samples of galaxies down to a stellar mass of $10^9 M_ødot$ out to $z 2$, and down to the knee of the UV luminosity function of galaxies out to $z \sim 8$. The survey covers approximately 800 square arcminutes and is divided into two parts. The CANDELS/Deep survey ($5\sigma$ point-source limit $H_AB = 27.7$ mag) covers $125$ square arcminutes within GOODS-N and GOODS-S. The CANDELS/Wide survey includes GOODS and three additional fields (EGS, COSMOS, and UDS) and covers the full area to a $5\sigma$ point-source limit of $H_AB 27.0$ mag. Data from the survey are non-proprietary and are expected to be useful for a wide variety of science investigations. In this paper, we describe the basic motivations for the survey, the science goals that the CANDELS team is pursuing and the observational requirements derived from them, the selection of the fields and field geometry, and the detailed observing design. The reduction of the Hubble data and planned data releases are described in a separate companion paper (Koekemoer et al. 2011).

@misc{Grogin2011, abstract = { The Cosmic Assembly Near-IR Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey (CANDELS) is designed to document the first third of galactic evolution, from redshift $z \sim 8$ to 1.5. It will image more than 250,000 distant galaxies using three separate cameras on board the Hubble Space Telescope, from the mid-UV to near-IR. It will also find and measure Type Ia SNe beyond $z > 1.5$ and test their accuracy as standard candles for cosmology. Five premier multi-wavelength sky regions are selected. Each has multi-wavelength data from Spitzer\ and other facilities, plus extensive spectroscopy of the brighter galaxies; additional ancillary data are still arriving. The use of five widely separated fields mitigates cosmic variance and yields statistically robust and complete samples of galaxies down to a stellar mass of $10^9 M_\odot$ out to $z \sim 2$, and down to the knee of the UV luminosity function of galaxies out to $z \sim 8$. The survey covers approximately 800 square arcminutes and is divided into two parts. The CANDELS/Deep survey ($5\sigma$ point-source limit $H_{AB} = 27.7$ mag) covers $\sim 125$ square arcminutes within GOODS-N and GOODS-S. The CANDELS/Wide survey includes GOODS and three additional fields (EGS, COSMOS, and UDS) and covers the full area to a $5\sigma$ point-source limit of $H_{AB} \gtrsim 27.0$ mag. Data from the survey are non-proprietary and are expected to be useful for a wide variety of science investigations. In this paper, we describe the basic motivations for the survey, the science goals that the CANDELS team is pursuing and the observational requirements derived from them, the selection of the fields and field geometry, and the detailed observing design. The reduction of the Hubble data and planned data releases are described in a separate companion paper (Koekemoer et al. 2011). }, added-at = {2011-05-20T20:12:12.000+0200}, author = {Grogin, Norman A. and Kocevski, Dale D. and Faber, S. M. and Ferguson, Henry C. and Koekemoer, Anton M. and Riess, Adam G. and Acquaviva, Viviana and Alexander, David M. and Almaini, Omar and Ashby, Matthew L. N. and Barden, Marco and Bell, Eric F. and Bournaud, Frédéric and Brown, Thomas M. and Caputi, Karina I. and Casertano, Stefano and Cassata, Paolo and Challis, Peter and Chary, Ranga-Ram and Cheung, Edmond and Cirasuolo, Michele and Conselice, Christopher J. and Cooray, Asantha Roshan and Croton, Darren J. and Daddi, Emanuele and Dahlen, Tomas and Davé, Romeel and de Mello, Duília F. and Dekel, Avishai and Dickinson, Mark and Dolch, Timothy and Donley, Jennifer L. and Dunlop, James S. and Dutton, Aaron A. and Elbaz, David and Fazio, Giovanni G. and Filippenko, Alexei V. and Finkelstein, Steven L. and Fontana, Adriano and Gardner, Jonathan P. and Garnavich, Peter M. and Gawiser, Eric and Giavalisco, Mauro and Grazian, Andrea and Guo, Yicheng and Hathi, Nimish P. and Häussler, Boris and Hopkins, Philip F. and Huang, Jia-Sheng and Huang, Kuang-Han and Jha, Saurabh W. and Kartaltepe, Jeyhan S. and Kirshner, Robert P. and Koo, David C. and Lai, Kamson and Lee, Kyoung-Soo and Li, Weidong and Lotz, Jennifer M. and Lucas, Ray A. and Madau, Piero and McCarthy, Patrick J. and McGrath, Elizabeth J. and McIntosh, Daniel H. and McLure, Ross J. and Mobasher, Bahram and Moustakas, Leonidas A. and Mozena, Mark and Nandra, Kirpal and Newman, Jeffrey A. and Niemi, Sami-Matias and Noeske, Kai G. and Papovich, Casey J. and Pentericci, Laura and Pope, Alexandra and Primack, Joel R. and Rajan, Abhijith and Ravindranath, Swara and Reddy, Naveen A. and Renzini, Alvio and Rix, Hans-Walter and Robaina, Aday R. and Rodney, Steven A. and Rosario, David J. and Rosati, Piero and Salimbeni, Sara and Scarlata, Claudia and Siana, Brian and Simard, Luc and Smidt, Joseph and Somerville, Rachel S. and Spinrad, Hyron and Straughn, Amber N. and Strolger, Louis-Gregory and Telford, Olivia and Teplitz, Harry I. and Trump, Jonathan R. and van der Wel, Arjen and Villforth, Carolin and Wechsler, Risa H. and Weiner, Benjamin J. and Wiklind, Tommy and Wild, Vivienne and Wilson, Grant and Wuyts, Stijn and Yan, Hao-Jing and Yun, Min S.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2f283dda816eb8319e8f73c769249e2a9/miki}, description = {[1105.3753] CANDELS: The Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey}, interhash = {a6398391ba9926f569eedfe44e05cf0e}, intrahash = {f283dda816eb8319e8f73c769249e2a9}, keywords = {candels}, note = {cite arxiv:1105.3753 }, timestamp = {2011-05-20T20:12:12.000+0200}, title = {CANDELS: The Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1105.3753}, year = 2011 }