CAVITY: Calar Alto Void Integral-field Treasury surveY: II. Second public data release
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Submitted: 2026-09-21
Updated: 2026-09-21
Comments: 17 pages, 9 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Code: https://github.com/radio-astro-tools/spectral-cube
Project page: https://cavity.caha.es/data/dr2
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
The gist: Studying galaxy evolution under the unique environmental conditions of cosmic voids provides an opportunity to disentangle the role of the large-scale environment in shaping mass assembly (both
Terminology
Abstract
Studying galaxy evolution under the unique environmental conditions of cosmic voids provides an opportunity to disentangle the role of the large-scale environment in shaping mass assembly (both baryonic and dark matter), regulating galaxy physical properties, and driving the transformation from star-forming to quiescent systems. We present the second public data release (DR2) of the Calar Alto Void Integral-field Treasury Survey (CAVITY), an ongoing legacy programme designed to study void galaxies (VGs) across a range of nearby (0.005 at most z at most 0.050) voids with different sizes and dynamical stages, providing 200 science-grade optical integral-field spectroscopy (IFS) data cubes. By doubling the number of galaxies relative to DR1 while maintaining the same selection criteria, DR2 significantly increases the dataset's statistical power, enabling more robust characterization of galaxy properties and their correlations with environment. The observations were obtained with the PMAS/PPAK spectrograph on the 3.5-m Calar Alto telescope using the V500 configuration, covering the optical spectral range of 3745-7500 A at a resolution of 6 A (FWHM). The DR2 VG sample spans a broad range of stellar masses, morphologies, colours, and gas ionisation properties. We describe the sample selection, observing strategy, data reduction pipeline, quality-control procedures, and the public access to the CAVITY datasets and associated ancillary data on the survey's database. In addition, we present a characterisation of the large- and local-scale environments of CAVITY galaxies, showing that the 15 surveyed voids encompass a wide variety of sizes, galaxy richness, galaxy populations, and local structures, including galaxy groups. This release comprises 200 IFS data cubes, publicly available together with the master catalogues at the survey's dedicated webpage: https://cavity.caha.es/data/dr2/.
Sources
- Galaxy groups within voids
- The Gas-Phase Mass-Metallicity Relation of Dwarf Galaxies Across Large-Scale Environments Using the CAVITY Parent Sample
- ALMA CO-CAVITY I. Resolved Molecular Gas in Void Galaxies
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