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We compare predictions of a number of empirical models and numerical simulations of galaxy formation to the conditional stellar mass functions (CSMF)of galaxies in groups of different masses obtained recently by Lan et al. to test how well…

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Tracing the Evolution of High Redshift Galaxies Using Stellar Abundances

This paper presents the first results from a model for chemical evolution that can be applied to N-body cosmological simulations and quantitatively compared to measured stellar abundances from large astronomical surveys. This model…

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Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): Morphological transformation of galaxies across the green valley

We explore constraints on the joint photometric and morphological evolution of typical low redshift galaxies as they move from the blue cloud through the green valley and onto the red sequence. We select GAMA survey galaxies with…

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Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): FUV, NUV, ugrizYJHK Petrosian, Kron and S\`ersic photometry

In order to generate credible 0.1-2 {\mu}m SEDs, the GAMA project requires many Gigabytes of imaging data from a number of instruments to be re-processed into a standard format. In this paper we discuss the software infrastructure we use,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 David T. Hill , Lee S. Kelvin , Simon P. Driver , Aaron S. G. Robotham , Ewan Cameron , Nicholas Cross , Ellen Andrae , Ivan K. Baldry , Steven P. Bamford , Joss Bland-Hawthorn , Sarah Brough , Christopher J. Conselice , Simon Dye , Andrew M. Hopkins , Jochen Liske , Jon Loveday , Peder Norberg , John A. Peacock , Scott M. Croom , Carlos S. Frenk , Alister W. Graham , D. Heath Jones , Konrad Kuijken , Barry F. Madore , Robert C. Nichol , Hannah R. Parkinson , Steven Phillipps , Kevin A. Pimbblet , Cristina C. Popescu , Matthew Prescott , Mark Seibert , Rob G. Sharp , Will J. Sutherland , Daniel Thomas , Richard J Tuffs , Elco van Kampen

Evolution of Galaxy Luminosity and Stellar-Mass Functions since $z=1$ with the Dark Energy Survey Science Verification Data

We present the first study of the evolution of the galaxy luminosity and stellar-mass functions (GLF and GSMF) carried out by the Dark Energy Survey (DES). We describe the COMMODORE galaxy catalogue selected from Science Verification…

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The SAMI Galaxy Survey: Global stellar populations on the size-mass plane

We present an analysis of the global stellar populations of galaxies in the SAMI Galaxy Survey. Our sample consists of 1319 galaxies spanning four orders of magnitude in stellar mass and includes all morphologies and environments. We derive…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-08-28 Nicholas Scott , S. Brough , Scott M. Croom , Roger L. Davies , Jesse van de Sande , J. T. Allen , Joss Bland-Hawthorn , Julia J. Bryant , Luca Cortese , Francesco D'Eugenio , Christoph Federrath , Ignacio Ferreras , Michael Goodwin , Brent Groves , Iraklis Konstantopoulos , Jon S. Lawrence , Anne M. Medling , Amanda J. Moffett , Matt S. Owers , Samuel Richards , A. S. G. Robotham , Chiara Tonini , Sukyoung K. Yi

The Galaxy Population Hosting Gamma-Ray Bursts

We present the most extensive and complete study of the properties for the largest sample (46 objects) of gamma-ray burst (GRB) host galaxies. The redshift interval and the mean redshift of the sample are 0<z<6.3 and z=0.96 (look-back time:…

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Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): The star formation rate dependence of the stellar initial mass function

The stellar initial mass function (IMF) describes the distribution in stellar masses produced from a burst of star formation. For more than fifty years, the implicit assumption underpinning most areas of research involving the IMF has been…

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Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): A forensic SED reconstruction of the cosmic star formation history and metallicity evolution by galaxy type

We apply the spectral energy distribution (SED) fitting code ProSpect to multiwavelength imaging for $\sim$7,000 galaxies from the GAMA survey at $z<0.06$, in order to extract their star formation histories. We combine a parametric…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-10-08 Sabine Bellstedt , Aaron S. G. Robotham , Simon P. Driver , Jessica E. Thorne , Luke J. M. Davies , Claudia del P. Lagos , Adam R. H. Stevens , Edward N. Taylor , Ivan K. Baldry , Amanda J. Moffett , Andrew M. Hopkins , Steven Phillipps

Measuring Stellar Masses of Emission Line Galaxies at 1.2<z<1.9

The accurate measurement of stellar masses over a wide range of galaxy properties is essential for better constraining models of galaxy evolution. Emission line galaxies (ELGs) tend to have better redshift estimates than continuum-selected…

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How does galaxy environment matter? The relationship between galaxy environments, colour and stellar mass at 0.4 < z < 1 in the Palomar/DEEP2 survey

We present a study characterizing the environments of galaxies in the redshift range of 0.4 < z < 1 based on data from the POWIR near infrared imaging and DEEP2 spectroscopic redshift surveys, down to a stellar mass of log M* = 10.25 M_sun.…

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LSD: Lyman-break galaxies Stellar populations and Dynamics. I: Mass, metallicity and gas at z~3.1

We present the first results of a project, LSD, aimed at obtaining spatially-resolved, near-infrared spectroscopy of a complete sample of Lyman-Break Galaxies at z~3. Deep observations with adaptive optics resulted in the detection of the…

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Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): the red fraction and radial distribution of satellite galaxies

We investigate the properties of satellite galaxies that surround isolated hosts within the redshift range 0.01 < z < 0.15, using data taken as part of the Galaxy And Mass Assembly survey. Making use of isolation and satellite criteria that…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Matthew Prescott , I. K. Baldry , P. A. James , S. P. Bamford , J. Bland-Hawthorn , S. Brough , M. J. I. Brown , E. Cameron , C. J. Conselice , S. M. Croom , S. P. Driver , C. S. Frenk , M. Gunawardhana , D. T. Hill , A. M. Hopkins , D. H. Jones , L. S. Kelvin , K. Kuijken , J. Liske , J. Loveday , R. C. Nichol , P. Norberg , H. R. Parkinson , J. A. Peacock , S. Phillipps , K. A. Pimbblet , C. C. Popescu , A. S. G. Robotham , R. G. Sharp , W. J. Sutherland , E. N. Taylor , R. J. Tuffs , E. van Kampen , D. Wijesinghe

A MaNGA about the Legacy I: Connecting the Assembly of Stellar Halo with the Average Star Formation History in Low-Redshift Massive Galaxies

We investigate the connection between stellar mass distribution, assembly history, and star formation timescales in low-redshift massive early-type galaxies (ETGs) by combining deep LegacySurvey imaging with MaNGA's spatially resolved…

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$\mu_{\star}$ Masses: Weak Lensing Calibration of the Dark Energy Survey Year 1 redMaPPer Clusters using Stellar Masses

We present the weak lensing mass calibration of the stellar mass based $\mu_{\star}$ mass proxy for redMaPPer galaxy clusters in the Dark Energy Survey Year 1. For the first time we are able to perform a calibration of $\mu_{\star}$ at high…

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The GAMA Panchromatic Survey

The Galaxy And Mass Assembly Survey (GAMA) has now been operating for almost 5 years gathering spectroscopic redshifts for five regions of sky spanning 300 sq degrees in total to a depth of r<19.8 mag. The survey has amassed over 225,000…

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The stellar mass structure of massive galaxies from z=0 to z=2.5; surface density profiles and half-mass radii

We present stellar mass surface density profiles of a mass-selected sample of 177 galaxies at 0.5 < z < 2.5, obtained using very deep HST optical and near-infrared data over the GOODS-South field, including recent CANDELS data. Accurate…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Daniel Szomoru , Marijn Franx , Pieter G. van Dokkum , Michele Trenti , Garth D. Illingworth , Ivo Labbe , Pascal Oesch

Uncovering the chemical enrichment and mass-assembly histories of star-forming galaxies

We explore the mass-assembly and chemical enrichment histories of star forming galaxies by applying a population synthesis method to a sample of 84828 galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 5. Our method decomposes the…

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A new chemo-evolutionary population synthesis model for early-type galaxies. I: Theoretical basis

We have developed a new stellar population synthesis model designed to study early-type galaxies. It provides optical and near-infrared colors, and line indices for 25 absorption lines. It can synthesize single age, single metallicity…

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The Stellar Population of Lyman-alpha Emitting Galaxies at z ~ 5.7

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