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Table 1

Sample selection.

VVDS I AB,lim Number  Criteria MASSIV This
Survey fields of targets full-filed sample work
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

Wide 17.5–22.50 24 507 224 (183) 21 (4) 21 (4)
Deep 17.5–24.00 12 668 2600 (300) 29 (1) 27 (1)
Ultra-Deep 23.0–24.75 1200 86 (55) 34 (6) 2 (2)

Notes. (1) The fields of the VVDS used in MASSIV. (2) IAB limiting magnitude selection. (3) Total number of spectroscopic targets. (4) Number of targets fulfiling the criteria described in Sect. 2.1. (5) Total number of galaxies in the MASSIV sample at the completion of the survey. (6) Number of galaxies used in this analysis. In Cols. (4) to (6), we indicate in parentheses the numbers of targets observed with adaptive optics in our observing campaign.

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