The Kilo-Degree Survey (KiDS), a 1500- square-degree optical imaging survey with the recently commissioned OmegaCAM wide-field imager on the VLT Survey Tele- scope (VST), is described. KiDS will image two fields in u-,g-,r- and i-bands and, together with the VIKING survey, produce nine-band (u- to K-band) coverage over two fields. For the foreseeable future the KiDS/ VIKING combination of superb image quality with wide wavelength coverage will be unique for surveys of its size and depth. The survey has been designed to tackle some of the most fundamental questions of cos- mology and galaxy formation of today. The main science driver is mapping the dark matter distribution in the Universe and put- ting constraints on the expansion of the Universe and the equation of state of dark energy, all through weak gravitational lens- ing. However, the deep and wide imaging data will facilitate a wide variety of science cases.

The Kilo-Degree Survey / de Jong, J. T. A.; Kuijken, K.; Applegate, D.; Begeman, K.; Belikov, A.; Blake, C.; Bout, J.; Boxhoorn, D.; Buddelmeijer, H.; Buddendiek, A.; Cacciato, M.; Capaccioli, Massimo; Choi, A.; Cordes, O.; Covone, Giovanni; Dall'Ora, M.; Edge, A.; Erben, T.; Franse, J.; Getman, F.; Grado, A.; Harnois Deraps, J.; Helmich, E.; Herbonnet, R.; Heymans, C.; Hildebrandt, H.; Hoekstra, H.; Huang, Z.; Irisarri, N.; Joachimi, B.; Köhlinger, F.; Kitching, T.; La Barbera, F.; Lacerda, P.; Mcfarland, J.; Miller, L.; Nakajima, R.; Napolitano, N. R.; Paolillo, Maurizio; Peacock, J.; Pila Diez, B.; Puddu, E.; Radovich, M.; Rifatto, A.; Schneider, P.; Schrabback, T.; Sifon, C.; Sikkema, G.; Simon, P.; Sutherland, W.; Tudorica, A.; Valentijn, E.; van der Burg, R.; van Uitert, E.; van Waerbeke, L.; Velander, M.; Kleijn, G. V.; Viola, M.; Vriend, W. J.. - In: THE MESSENGER. - ISSN 0722-6691. - 154:(2013), pp. 44-46.

The Kilo-Degree Survey

CAPACCIOLI, MASSIMO;COVONE, GIOVANNI;Napolitano N. R.;PAOLILLO, MAURIZIO;
2013

Abstract

The Kilo-Degree Survey (KiDS), a 1500- square-degree optical imaging survey with the recently commissioned OmegaCAM wide-field imager on the VLT Survey Tele- scope (VST), is described. KiDS will image two fields in u-,g-,r- and i-bands and, together with the VIKING survey, produce nine-band (u- to K-band) coverage over two fields. For the foreseeable future the KiDS/ VIKING combination of superb image quality with wide wavelength coverage will be unique for surveys of its size and depth. The survey has been designed to tackle some of the most fundamental questions of cos- mology and galaxy formation of today. The main science driver is mapping the dark matter distribution in the Universe and put- ting constraints on the expansion of the Universe and the equation of state of dark energy, all through weak gravitational lens- ing. However, the deep and wide imaging data will facilitate a wide variety of science cases.
2013
The Kilo-Degree Survey / de Jong, J. T. A.; Kuijken, K.; Applegate, D.; Begeman, K.; Belikov, A.; Blake, C.; Bout, J.; Boxhoorn, D.; Buddelmeijer, H.; Buddendiek, A.; Cacciato, M.; Capaccioli, Massimo; Choi, A.; Cordes, O.; Covone, Giovanni; Dall'Ora, M.; Edge, A.; Erben, T.; Franse, J.; Getman, F.; Grado, A.; Harnois Deraps, J.; Helmich, E.; Herbonnet, R.; Heymans, C.; Hildebrandt, H.; Hoekstra, H.; Huang, Z.; Irisarri, N.; Joachimi, B.; Köhlinger, F.; Kitching, T.; La Barbera, F.; Lacerda, P.; Mcfarland, J.; Miller, L.; Nakajima, R.; Napolitano, N. R.; Paolillo, Maurizio; Peacock, J.; Pila Diez, B.; Puddu, E.; Radovich, M.; Rifatto, A.; Schneider, P.; Schrabback, T.; Sifon, C.; Sikkema, G.; Simon, P.; Sutherland, W.; Tudorica, A.; Valentijn, E.; van der Burg, R.; van Uitert, E.; van Waerbeke, L.; Velander, M.; Kleijn, G. V.; Viola, M.; Vriend, W. J.. - In: THE MESSENGER. - ISSN 0722-6691. - 154:(2013), pp. 44-46.
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