Two-dimensional kinematics of SLACS lenses - IV. The complete VLT-VIMOS
  data set
  This paper presents the full VLT/VIMOS-IFU data set and related data products
from an ESO Large Programme with the observational goal of obtaining
two-dimensional kinematic data of early-type lens galaxies, out to one
effective radius. The sample consists of 17 early-type galaxies (ETG) selected
from the SLACS gravitational-lens survey. The galaxies cover the redshift range
from 0.08 to 0.35 and have stellar velocity dispersions between 200 and 350
km/s. This programme is complemented by a similar observational programme on
Keck, using long-slit spectroscopy. In combination with multi-band imaging
data, the kinematic data provide stringent constraints on the inner mass
profiles of ETGs beyond the local universe. Our Large Programme thus extends
studies of nearby early-type galaxies (e.g. SAURON/ATLAS3D) by an order of
magnitude in distance and toward higher masses. We provide an overview of our
observational strategy, the data products (luminosity-weighted spectra and
Hubble Space Telescope images) and derived products (i.e. two-dimensional
fields of velocity dispersions and streaming motions) that have been used in a
number of published and forthcoming lensing, kinematic and stellar-population
studies.These studies also pave the way for future studies of early-type
galaxies at z=1 with the upcoming extremely large telescopes.
