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Probing the Mass Assembly and Chemical Evolution of high-z Galaxies with MASSIV

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2011

T. Contini ,
B. Epinat ,
J. Queyrel ,
D. Vergani ,
L. Tasca ,
P. Amram ,
B. Garilli ,
M. Kissler-Patig ,
O. Le Fèvre  and
J. Moultaka
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T. Contini
Affiliation:
IRAP - CNRS, 14, avenue Edouard Belin, F-31400 Toulouse, France IRAP-Université de Toulouse-UPS-OMP, Toulouse, France; email: contini@ast.obs-mip.fr
B. Epinat
Affiliation:
IRAP - CNRS, 14, avenue Edouard Belin, F-31400 Toulouse, France IRAP-Université de Toulouse-UPS-OMP, Toulouse, France; email: contini@ast.obs-mip.fr
J. Queyrel
Affiliation:
IRAP - CNRS, 14, avenue Edouard Belin, F-31400 Toulouse, France IRAP-Université de Toulouse-UPS-OMP, Toulouse, France; email: contini@ast.obs-mip.fr
D. Vergani
Affiliation:
INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna, via Ranzani 1, 40127 Bologna, Italy
L. Tasca
Affiliation:
LAM, UMR6110, CNRS-Université de Provence Aix-Marseille I, Marseille, France
P. Amram
Affiliation:
LAM, UMR6110, CNRS-Université de Provence Aix-Marseille I, Marseille, France
B. Garilli
Affiliation:
IASF-INAF, via Bassini 15, 20133 Milano, Italy
M. Kissler-Patig
Affiliation:
European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2, 85748 Garching, Germany
O. Le Fèvre
Affiliation:
LAM, UMR6110, CNRS-Université de Provence Aix-Marseille I, Marseille, France
J. Moultaka
Affiliation:
IRAP - CNRS, 14, avenue Edouard Belin, F-31400 Toulouse, France IRAP-Université de Toulouse-UPS-OMP, Toulouse, France; email: contini@ast.obs-mip.fr
L. Paioro
Affiliation:
IASF-INAF, via Bassini 15, 20133 Milano, Italy
L. Tresse
Affiliation:
LAM, UMR6110, CNRS-Université de Provence Aix-Marseille I, Marseille, France
F. Bournaud
Affiliation:
CEA, IRFU, SAp, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
E. Perez-Montero
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia, CSIC, Apartado de Correos 3004, 18080Granada, Spain
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Abstract

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Understanding the different mechanisms of galaxy assembly at various cosmic epochs is a key issue for galaxy evolution and formation models. We present MASSIV (Mass Assembly Survey with SINFONI in VVDS) in this context, an on-going survey with VLT/SINFONI aiming to probe the kinematics and chemical abundances of a unique sample of 84 star-forming galaxies selected in the redshift range z ~ 1−2. This large sample, spanning a wide range of stellar masses, is unique at these high redshifts and statistically representative of the overall galaxy population. In this paper, we give an overview of the MASSIV survey and then focus on the spatially-resolved chemical properties of high-z galaxies and their implication on the process of galaxy assembly.

Keywords

Galaxy evolutionGalaxy dynamicsHigh-redshift galaxies3D spectroscopy
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Contributed Papers
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 6 , Symposium S277: Tracing the Ancestry of Galaxies (on the land of our ancestors) , December 2010 , pp. 134 - 137
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2011

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