VIPERS: How luminous galaxies trace the dark Universe?

VIPERS: How luminous galaxies trace the dark Universe?

Agnieszka Pollo, Katarzyna Małek, Janusz Krywult, Małgorzata Siudek, Anna Durkalec, Tobiasz Górecki, Aleksandra Solarz, Tomasz Krakowski, Aleksandra Nadkańska and The VIPERS Team

I summarize the most recent results of the VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS). What do they tell us about the properties and history of the cosmic structure woven from dark matter and even more elusive dark energy? How different were galaxies 8 bln years ago in comparison to their descendants we find in the Local Universe? And, finally, how is the evolution of these galaxies related to their position in the large scale structure?

Proceedings of the Polish Astronomical Society, vol. 7, 221-226 (2018)

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