The MOSDEF Survey
Keck telescopes on top of Mauna Kea, Hawaii.
Photo: I. Shivaei
The MOSFIRE Deep Evolution Field (MOSDEF) survey is a large near-IR spectroscopic program with the MOSFIRE multi-object near-infrared spectrograph on the Keck I telescope. The goal of the survey was to obtain spectra of ∼ 1800 galaxies at 1.4 ≤ z ≤ 3.8 to observe the main optical nebular emission lines ([Oii], Hβ, [Oiii], Hα, and [Nii]) and study the stellar, gaseous, metal, dust, and black hole content of galaxies when the Universe was 1.5 to 4.5 billion years old.
MOSDEF is a multi-institution collaboration between four University of California campuses: UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC Riverside, and UC San Diego. Since my graduate years at UC Riverside, I am a member of the collaboration. I was actively involved in the observations, data reduction and analysis, and led multiple science projects.
Here is the link to the survey main webpage: http://mosdef.astro.berkeley.edu/
MOSDEF is a multi-institution collaboration between four University of California campuses: UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC Riverside, and UC San Diego. Since my graduate years at UC Riverside, I am a member of the collaboration. I was actively involved in the observations, data reduction and analysis, and led multiple science projects.
Here is the link to the survey main webpage: http://mosdef.astro.berkeley.edu/
