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Galaxy And Mass Assembly: Evolution of the Halpha luminosity function and star formation rate density up to z<0.35

Measurements of the low-z Halpha luminosity function have a large dispersion in the local number density of sources, and correspondingly in the SFR density. The possible causes for these discrepancies include limited volume sampling, biases…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 M. L. P. Gunawardhana , A. M. Hopkins , J. Bland-Hawthorn , S. Brough , R. Sharp , J. Loveday , E. Taylor , D. H. Jones , M. A. Lara-López , A. E. Bauer , M. Colless , M. Owers , I. K. Baldry , A. R. López-Sánchez , C. Foster , S. Bamford , M. J. I. Brown , S. P. Driver , M. J. Drinkwater , J. Liske , M. Meyer , P. Norberg , A. S. G. Robotham , J. H. Y. Ching , M. E. Cluver , S. Croom , L. Kelvin , M. Prescott , O. Steele , D. Thomas , L. Wang

The VIMOS-VLT Deep Survey: Evolution of the galaxy luminosity function up to z=2 in first epoch data

We investigate the evolution of the galaxy luminosity function from the VIMOS-VLT Deep Survey (VVDS) from the present to z=2 in five (U, B, V, R and I) rest-frame band-passes. We use the first epoch VVDS deep sample of 11,034 spectra…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-04 O. Ilbert , L. Tresse , E. Zucca , S. Bardelli , S. Arnouts , G. Zamorani , L. Pozzetti , D. Bottini , B. Garilli , V. LeBrun , O. Le Fèvre , D. Maccagni , J. -P. Picat , R. Scaramella , M. Scodeggio , G. Vettolani , A. Zanichelli , C. Adami , M. Arnaboldi , M. Bolzonella , A. Cappi , S. Charlot , T. Contini , S. Foucaud , P. Franzetti , I. Gavignaud , L. Guzzo , A. Iovino , H. J. McCracken , B. Marano , C. Marinoni , G. Mathez , A. Mazure , B. Meneux , R. Merighi , S. Paltani , R. Pello , A. Pollo , M. Radovich , M. Bondi , A. Bongiorno , G. Busarello , P. Ciliegi , Y. Mellier , P. Merluzzi , V. Ripepi , D. Rizzo

The evolution of quiescent galaxies at high redshift (z > 1.4)

We have studied the evolution of high redshift quiescent galaxies over an effective area of ~1.7 deg^2 in the COSMOS field. Galaxies have been divided according to their star-formation activity and the evolution of the different populations…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 H. Domínguez Sánchez , F. Pozzi , C. Gruppioni , A. Cimatti , O. Ilbert , L. Pozzetti , H. McCracken , P. Capak , E. Le Floch , M. Salvato , G. Zamorani , C. M. Carollo , T. Contini , J. P. Kneib , O. Le Févre , S. J. Lilly , V. Mainieri , A. Renzini , M. Scodeggio , S. Bardelli , M. Bolzonella , A. Bongiorno , K. Caputi , G. Coppa , O. Cucciati , S. de la Torre , L. de Ravel , P. Franzetti , B. Garilli , A. Iovino , P. Kampczyk , C. Knobel , K. Kovac , F. Lamareille , J. F. Le Borgne , V. Le Brun , C. Maier , M. Mignoli , R. Pelló , Y. Peng , E. Pérez-Montero , E. Ricciardelli , J. D. Silverman , M. Tanaka , L. A. M. Tasca , L. Tresse , D. Vergani , E. Zucca

The Effects of Environment on the Evolution of the Galaxy Stellar Mass Function

We study the effects of galaxy environment on the evolution of the stellar-mass function (SMF) over 0.2 < z < 2.0 using the FourStar Galaxy Evolution (ZFOURGE) survey and NEWFIRM Medium-Band Survey (NMBS) down to the stellar-mass…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-02-21 Casey Papovich , Lalitwadee Kawinwanichakij , Ryan Quadri , Karl Glazebrook , Ivo Labbe , Kim-Vy Tran , Ben Forrest , Glenn G. Kacprzak , Lee R. Spitler , Caroline S. Straatman , Adam Tomczak

A mass threshold in the number density of passive galaxies at z$\sim$2

The process that quenched star formation in galaxies at intermediate and high redshift is still the subject of considerable debate. One way to investigate this puzzling issue is to study the number density of quiescent galaxies at z~2, and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-11-19 V. Sommariva , A. Fontana , A. Lamastra , P. Santini , J. S. Dunlop , M. Nonino , M. Castellano , H. Ferguson , R. J. McLure , A. Galametz , M. Giavalisco , A. Grazian , Y. Lu , N. Menci , A. Merson , D. Paris , L. Pentericci , R. Somerville , T. Targett

The Stellar Mass Evolution of Galaxies in the NICMOS Ultra Deep Field

We measure the build-up of the stellar mass of galaxies from z=6 to z=1. Using 15 band multicolor imaging data in the NICMOS Ultra Deep Field we derive photometric redshifts and masses for 796 galaxies down to H(AB)=26.5. The derived…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 S. D. J. Gwyn , F. D. A. Hartwick

The mass evolution of the first galaxies: stellar mass functions and star formation rates at $4 < z < 7$ in the CANDELS GOODS-South field

We measure new estimates for the galaxy stellar mass function and star formation rates for samples of galaxies at $z \sim 4,~5,~6~\&~7$ using data in the CANDELS GOODS South field. The deep near-infrared observations allow us to construct…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-22 Kenneth Duncan , Christopher J. Conselice , Alice Mortlock , William G. Hartley , Yicheng Guo , Henry C. Ferguson , Romeel Davé , Yu Lu , Jamie Ownsworth , Matthew L. N. Ashby , Avishai Dekel , Mark Dickinson , Sandra M. Faber , Mauro Giavalisco , Norman A. Grogin , Dale Kocevski , Anton M. Koekemoer , Rachel S. Somerville , Catherine E. White

Euclid preparation: TBD. Cosmic Dawn Survey: evolution of the galaxy stellar mass function across 0.2<z<6.5 measured over 10 square degrees

The Cosmic Dawn Survey Pre-launch (PL) catalogues cover an effective 10.13 deg$^{2}$ area with uniform deep Spitzer/IRAC data ($m\sim25$ mag, 5$\sigma$), the largest area covered to these depths in the infrared. These data are used to gain…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-01 Euclid Collaboration , L. Zalesky , J. R. Weaver , C. J. R. McPartland , G. Murphree , I. Valdes , C. K. Jespersen , S. Taamoli , N. Chartab , N. Allen , S. W. J. Barrow , D. B. Sanders , S. Toft , B. Mobasher , I. Szapudi , B. Altieri , A. Amara , S. Andreon , N. Auricchio , C. Baccigalupi , M. Baldi , S. Bardelli , P. Battaglia , A. Biviano , D. Bonino , E. Branchini , M. Brescia , J. Brinchmann , A. Caillat , S. Camera , G. Cañas-Herrera , V. Capobianco , C. Carbone , J. Carretero , S. Casas , F. J. Castander , M. Castellano , G. Castignani , S. Cavuoti , K. C. Chambers , A. Cimatti , C. Colodro-Conde , G. Congedo , C. J. Conselice , L. Conversi , Y. Copin , F. Courbin , H. M. Courtois , A. Da Silva , H. Degaudenzi , G. De Lucia , A. M. Di Giorgio , H. Dole , F. Dubath , C. A. J. Duncan , X. Dupac , S. Dusini , A. Ealet , S. Escoffier , M. Farina , R. Farinelli , S. Farrens , F. Faustini , S. Ferriol , F. Finelli , P. Fosalba , S. Fotopoulou , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , M. Fumana , K. George , B. Gillis , C. Giocoli , J. Gracia-Carpio , A. Grazian , F. Grupp , S. Gwyn , S. V. H. Haugan , W. Holmes , I. Hook , F. Hormuth , A. Hornstrup , K. Jahnke , M. Jhabvala , B. Joachimi , E. Keihänen , S. Kermiche , A. Kiessling , B. Kubik , K. Kuijken , M. Kümmel , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , A. M. C. Le Brun , D. Le Mignant , S. Ligori , P. B. Lilje , V. Lindholm , I. Lloro , G. Mainetti , D. Maino , E. Maiorano , O. Mansutti , O. Marggraf , K. Markovic , M. Martinelli , N. Martinet , F. Marulli , R. Massey , S. Maurogordato , H. J. McCracken , E. Medinaceli , S. Mei , Y. Mellier , M. Meneghetti , E. Merlin , G. Meylan , A. Mora , M. Moresco , L. Moscardini , R. Nakajima , C. Neissner , S. -M. Niemi , J. W. Nightingale , C. Padilla , S. Paltani , F. Pasian , K. Pedersen , V. Pettorino , G. Polenta , M. Poncet , L. A. Popa , L. Pozzetti , F. Raison , R. Rebolo , A. Renzi , J. Rhodes , G. Riccio , E. Romelli , M. Roncarelli , R. Saglia , Z. Sakr , D. Sapone , B. Sartoris , J. A. Schewtschenko , M. Schirmer , P. Schneider , T. Schrabback , A. Secroun , E. Sefusatti , G. Seidel , S. Serrano , P. Simon , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , L. Stanco , J. -L. Starck , J. Steinwagner , P. Tallada-Crespí , D. Tavagnacco , A. N. Taylor , H. I. Teplitz , I. Tereno , R. Toledo-Moreo , F. Torradeflot , A. Tsyganov , I. Tutusaus , L. Valenziano , J. Valiviita , T. Vassallo , G. Verdoes Kleijn , A. Veropalumbo , Y. Wang , J. Weller , A. Zacchei , G. Zamorani , E. Zucca , M. Bolzonella , E. Bozzo , C. Burigana , M. Calabrese , D. Di Ferdinando , J. A. Escartin Vigo , L. Gabarra , S. Matthew , N. Mauri , A. Pezzotta , M. Pöntinen , C. Porciani , V. Scottez , M. Tenti , M. Viel , M. Wiesmann , Y. Akrami , V. Allevato , I. T. Andika , S. Anselmi , M. Archidiacono , F. Atrio-Barandela , M. Ballardini , D. Bertacca , M. Bethermin , A. Blanchard , L. Blot , S. Borgani , M. L. Brown , S. Bruton , R. Cabanac , A. Calabro , B. Camacho Quevedo , A. Cappi , F. Caro , C. S. Carvalho , T. Castro , R. Chary , F. Cogato , T. Contini , A. R. Cooray , O. Cucciati , S. Davini , F. De Paolis , G. Desprez , A. Díaz-Sánchez , S. Di Domizio , J. M. Diego , A. G. Ferrari , A. Finoguenov , K. Ganga , J. García-Bellido , T. Gasparetto , E. Gaztanaga , F. Giacomini , F. Gianotti , G. Gozaliasl , A. Gregorio , M. Guidi , C. M. Gutierrez , A. Hall , W. G. Hartley , S. Hemmati , H. Hildebrandt , J. Hjorth , M. Huertas-Company , O. Ilbert , J. J. E. Kajava , Y. Kang , V. Kansal , D. Karagiannis , C. C. Kirkpatrick , S. Kruk , M. Lattanzi , J. Le Graet , L. Legrand , M. Lembo , G. Leroy , J. Lesgourgues , T. I. Liaudat , A. Loureiro , J. Macias-Perez , G. Maggio , M. Magliocchetti , C. Mancini , F. Mannucci , R. Maoli , J. Martín-Fleitas , C. J. A. P. Martins , L. Maurin , R. B. Metcalf , M. Miluzio , P. Monaco , C. Moretti , G. Morgante , C. Murray , K. Naidoo , P. Natoli , A. Navarro-Alsina , S. Nesseris , K. Paterson , L. Patrizii , A. Pisani , D. Potter , I. Risso , P. -F. Rocci , M. Sahlén , E. Sarpa , J. Schaye , A. Schneider , M. Schultheis , D. Sciotti , E. Sellentin , M. Sereno , F. Shankar , L. C. Smith , S. A. Stanford , K. Tanidis , C. Tao , G. Testera , R. Teyssier , S. Tosi , A. Troja , M. Tucci , C. Valieri , A. Venhola , D. Vergani , G. Verza , P. Vielzeuf , N. A. Walton

The VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS). Luminosity and stellar mass dependence of galaxy clustering at 0.5<z<1.1

We investigate the dependence of galaxy clustering on luminosity and stellar mass in the redshift range 0.5<z<1.1, using the first ~55000 redshifts from the VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS). We measured the redshift-space…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 F. Marulli , M. Bolzonella , E. Branchini , I. Davidzon , S. de la Torre , B. R. Granett , L. Guzzo , A. Iovino , L. Moscardini , A. Pollo , U. Abbas , C. Adami , S. Arnouts , J. Bel , D. Bottini , A. Cappi , J. Coupon , O. Cucciati , G. De Lucia , A. Fritz , P. Franzetti , M. Fumana , B. Garilli , O. Ilbert , J. Krywult , V. Le Brun , O. Le Fevre , D. Maccagni , K. Malek , H. J. McCracken , L. Paioro , M. Polletta , H. Schlagenhaufer , M. Scodeggio , L. A. M. Tasca , R. Tojeiro , D. Vergani , A. Zanichelli , A. Burden , C. Di Porto , A. Marchetti , C. Marinoni , Y. Mellier , R. C. Nichol , J. A. Peacock , W. J. Percival , S. Phleps , M. Wolk , G. Zamorani

The evolving slope of the stellar mass function at 0.6 <= z < 4.5 from deep WFC3 data

We used Early Release Science (ERS) observations taken with the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) in the GOODS-S field to study the galaxy stellar mass function (GSMF) at 0.6<=z<4.5. Deep WFC3 near-IR data (for Y as faint as 27.3, J and H as faint…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 P. Santini , A. Fontana , A. Grazian , S. Salimbeni , F. Fontanot , D. Paris , K. Boutsia , M. Castellano , F. Fiore , S. Gallozzi , E. Giallongo , A. M. Koekemoer , N. Menci , L. Pentericci , R. S. Somerville

The VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS) -- Environment-size relation of massive passive galaxies at 0.5 < z < 0.8

We use the statistics of the VIPERS survey to investigate the relation between the surface mean stellar mass density Sigma=Mstar/(2*pi*Re^2) of massive passive galaxies (MPGs, Mstar>10^11 Msun) and their environment in the redshift range…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-10-16 A. Gargiulo , O. Cucciati , B. Garilli , M. Scodeggio , M. Bolzonella , G. Zamorani , G. De Lucia , J. Krywult , L. Guzzo , B. R. Granett , S. de la Torre , U. Abbas , C. Adami , S. Arnouts , D. Bottini , A. Cappi , P. Franzetti , A. Fritz , C. Haines , A. J. Hawken , A. Iovino , V. Le Brun , O. Le Fèvre , D. Maccagni , K. Małek , F. Marulli , T. Moutard , M. Polletta , A. Pollo , L. A. M. Tasca , R. Tojeiro , D. Vergani , A. Zanichelli , J. Bel , E. Branchini , J. Coupon , O. Ilbert , L. Moscardini , J. A. Peacock

The SWIRE-VVDS-CFHTLS surveys: stellar mass assembly over the last 10 Gyears. Evidence for a major build up of the red sequence between z=2 and z=1

(abridged abstract) We present an analysis of the stellar mass growth over the last 10 Gyrs using a large 3.6$\mu$ selected sample. We split our sample into active (blue) and quiescent (red) galaxies. Our measurements of the K-LFs and LD…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-18 S. Arnouts , C. J. Walcher , O. Le Fevre , G. Zamorani , O. Ilbert , V. Le Brun , L. Pozzetti , S. Bardelli , L. Tresse , E. Zucca , S. Charlot , F. Lamareille , H. J. McCracken , M. Bolzonella , A. Iovino , C. Lonsdale , M. Polletta , J. Surace , D. Bottini , B. Garilli , D. Maccagni , J. P. Picat , R. Scaramella , M. Scodeggio , G. Vettolani , A. Zanichelli , C. Adami , A. Cappi , P. Ciliegi , T. Contini , S. de la Torre , S. Foucaud , P. Franzetti , I. Gavignaud , L. Guzzo , B. Marano , C. Marinoni , A. Mazure , B. Meneux , R. Merighi , S. Paltani , R. Pello , A. Pollo , M. Radovich , S. Temporin , D. Vergani

Filaments in VIPERS: galaxy quenching in the infalling regions of groups

We study the quenching of galaxies in different environments and its evolution in the redshift range $0.43 \leq z \leq 0.89$. For this purpose, we identify galaxies inhabiting filaments, the isotropic infall region of groups, the field, and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-02-14 Juan Manuel Salerno , Héctor J. Martínez , Hernán Muriel

Stellar Mass and Velocity Functions of Galaxies: Backward evolution and the fate of Milky Way siblings

We attempt in this paper to check the consistency of the observed Stellar Mass Function (SMF), SFR functions and the cosmic star formation rate density with simple backward evolutionary models. Starting from observed SMF for star-forming…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Samuel Boissier , Veronique Buat , Olivier Ilbert

The environmental dependence of the stellar mass function at z~1: Comparing cluster and field between the GCLASS and UltraVISTA surveys

We present the stellar mass functions (SMFs) of star-forming and quiescent galaxies from observations of 10 rich clusters in the Gemini Cluster Astrophysics Spectroscopic Survey (GCLASS) in the redshift range 0.86<z<1.34. We compare our…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Remco F. J. van der Burg , Adam Muzzin , Henk Hoekstra , Chris Lidman , Alessandro Rettura , Gillian Wilson , H. K. C. Yee , Hendrik Hildebrandt , Danilo Marchesini , Mauro Stefanon , Ricardo Demarco , Konrad Kuijken

The Mass Assembly and Star Formation Characteristics of Field Galaxies of Known Morphology

We discuss a new method for inferring the stellar mass of a distant galaxy of known redshift based on the combination of a near-infrared luminosity and multi-band optical photometry. The typical uncertainty for field galaxies with I<22 in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Jarle Brinchmann , Richard Ellis

The sizes, masses and specific star-formation rates of massive galaxies at 1.3<z<1.5: strong evidence in favour of evolution via minor mergers

We report the results of a comprehensive study of the relationship between galaxy size, stellar mass and specific star-formation rate (sSFR) at redshifts 1.3<z<1.5. Based on a mass complete (M_star >= 6x10^10 Msun), spectroscopic sample…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 R. J. McLure , H. J. Pearce , J. S. Dunlop , M. Cirasuolo , E. Curtis-Lake , V. A. Bruce , K. Caputi , O. Almaini , D. G. Bonfield , E. J. Bradshaw , F. Buitrago , R. Chuter , S. Foucaud , W. G. Hartley , M. J. Jarvis

The slope and scatter of the star forming main sequence at z~5 : reconciling observations with simulations

Galaxies exhibit a tight correlation between their star-formation rate and stellar mass over a wide redshift range known as the star-forming main sequence (SFMS). With JWST, we can now investigate the SFMS at high redshifts down to masses…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-04 Claudia Di Cesare , Jorryt Matthee , Rohan P. Naidu , Alberto Torralba , Gauri Kotiwale , Ivan G. Kramarenko , Jeremy Blaizot , Joakim Rosdahl , Joel Leja , Edoardo Iani , Angela Adamo , Alba Covelo-Paz , Lukas J. Furtak , Kasper E. Heintz , Sara Mascia , Benjamín Navarrete , Pascal A. Oesch , Michael Romano , Irene Shivaei , Sandro Tacchella

The Heavy Metal Survey: Star Formation Constraints and Dynamical Masses of 21 Massive Quiescent Galaxies at $z=1.3-2.3$

In this paper, we present the Heavy Metal Survey, which obtained ultradeep medium-resolution spectra of 21 massive quiescent galaxies at $1.3<z<2.3$ with Keck/LRIS and MOSFIRE. With integration times of up to 16\,hr per band per galaxy, we…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-07-19 Mariska Kriek , Aliza G. Beverage , Sedona H. Price , Katherine A. Suess , Guillermo Barro , Rachel S. Bezanson , Charlie Conroy , Sam E. Cutler , Marijn Franx , Jamie Lin , Brian Lorenz , Yilun Ma , Ivelina G. Momcheva , Lamiya A. Mowla , Imad Pasha , Pieter van Dokkum , Katherine E. Whitaker

Salpeter normalization of the Stellar Initial Mass Function for massive galaxies at z~1

The stellar initial mass function (IMF) is a key parameter to study galaxy evolution. Here we measure the IMF mass normalization for a sample of 68 field galaxies in the redshift range 0.7 to 0.9 within the Extended Groth Strip. To do this…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-06-19 Shravan Shetty , Michele Cappellari