Publications (33)
UV to IR SEDs of UV selected galaxies in the ELAIS fields: evolution of dust attenuation and star formation activity from z=0.7 to z=0.2
J. Iglesias-Paramo, V. Buat, J. Hernandez-Fernandez +34
We study the ultraviolet to far-infrared (hereafter UV-to-IR) SEDs of a sample of intermediate redshift (0.2 < z < 0.7) UV-selected galaxies from the ELAIS-N1 and ELAIS-N2 fields b…
PTF1 J085713+331843, a new post common-envelope binary in the orbital period gap of cataclysmic variables
J. van Roestel, P. J. Groot, D. Levitan +6
We report the discovery and analysis of PTF1 J085713+331843, a new eclipsing post common-envelope detached white-dwarf red-dwarf binary with a 2.5h orbital period discovered by the…
Red but not dead : Unveiling the Star-forming Far-infrared Spectral Energy Distribution of SpARCS Brightest Cluster Galaxies at 0 < z < 1.8
N. R. Bonaventura, T. M. A. Webb, A. Muzzin +8
We present the results of a Spitzer/Herschel infrared photometric analysis of the largest (716) and highest-redshift (z=1.8) sample of Brightest Cluster Galaxies (BCGs), those from…
Multi-wavelength properties of Spitzer-selected starbursts at z~2
N. Fiolet, A. Omont, M. Polletta +17
A complete sample of 33 sources believed to be starbursts ("5.8micron-peakers") was selected in the (0.5 sq. deg.) J1046+56 field with selection criteria F_(24micron)>400muJy, the…
MAMBO 1.2mm observations of luminous starbursts at z~2 in the SWIRE fields
C. J. Lonsdale, M. Polletta, A. Omont +19
We report on--off pointed MAMBO observations at 1.2 mm of 61 Spitzer-selected star-forming galaxies from the SWIRE survey. The sources are selected on the basis of bright 24um flux…
The contribution of very massive high-redshift SWIRE galaxies to the stellar mass function
S. Berta, C. J. Lonsdale, M. Polletta +18
(Abridged) We selected high-z massive galaxies at 5.8 microns, in the SWIRE ELAIS-S1 field (1 sq. deg.). Galaxies with the 1.6 microns stellar peak redshifted into the IRAC bands (…
Helium-rich Superluminous Supernovae From the Zwicky Transient Facility
Lin Yan, D. Perley, S. Schulze +39
Helium is expected to be present in the ejecta of some hydrogen-poor superluminous supernovae (SLSN-I). However, so far only one event, PTF10hgi has been identified with He feature…
The Detection of Multimodal Oscillations on Alpha UMa
D. Buzasi, J. Catanzarite, R. Laher +4
We have used the star camera on the WIRE satellite to observe the K0 III star Alpha UMa, and we report the apparent detection of 10 oscillation modes. The lowest frequency mode is…
Complete Multiwavelength Characterization of Faint Chandra X-ray Sources Seen in the Spitzer Wide-Area IR Extragalactic (SWIRE) Survey
A. Franceschini, J. Manners, M. Polletta +24
We exploit deep combined observations with Spitzer and Chandra of the SWIRE survey in the ELAIS-N1 region, to investigate the nature of the faint X-ray and IR sources in common, to…
VVDS-SWIRE: Clustering evolution from a spectroscopic sample of galaxies with redshift 0.2<z<2.1 selected from Spitzer IRAC 3.6 micron and 4.5 micron photometry
S. de la Torre, O. Le Fevre, S. Arnouts +53
By combining the VVDS with the SWIRE data, we have built the currently largest spectroscopic sample of galaxies selected in the rest-frame near-infrared. These allow us to investig…
AGN and Starburst Classification from Spitzer Mid-Infrared Spectra for High Redshift SWIRE Sources
D. Weedman, M. Polletta, C. J. Lonsdale +7
Spectra have been obtained with the Infrared Spectrograph (IRS) on the Spitzer Space Telescope for 20 sources in the Lockman Hole field of the SWIRE survey. The sample is divided b…
Spectral energy distributions and luminosities of galaxies and AGN in the SPITZER SWIRE Legacy Survey
M. Rowan-Robinson, T. Babbedge, J. Surace +28
We discuss optical associations, spectral energy distributions and photometric redshifts for SWIRE sources in the ELAIS-N1 area and the Lockman Validation Field. The band-merged IR…
The Far- and Mid-Infrared/Radio Correlations in the Spitzer Extragalactic First Look Survey
P. N. Appleton, D. T. Fadda, F. R. Marleau +18
Using the SPITZER SPACE TELESCOPE and the VLA, we present the first DIRECT evidence that the well-known far-infrared/radio correlation is valid to cosmologically significant redshi…
Morphological Studies of the SWIRE Galaxy Population in the UGC 10214 HST/ACS field
E. Hatziminaoglou, P. Cassata, G. Rodighiero +16
We present results of a morphological analysis of a small subset of the Spitzer Wide-area InfraRed Extragalactic survey (SWIRE) galaxy population. The analysis is based on public A…
The z=3 QSO Luminosity Function with SWIRE
B. Siana, M. Polletta, H. E. Smith +8
We use a simple optical/infrared photometric selection of high redshift QSOs which identifies a Lyman Break in the optical and requires a red IRAC color to distinguish QSOs from co…
Mid-infrared spectroscopy of infrared-luminous galaxies at z~0.5-3
A. Hernan-Caballero, I. Perez-Fournon, E. Hatziminaoglou +19
We present results on low-resolution mid-infrared (MIR) spectra of 70 infrared-luminous galaxies obtained with the Infrared Spectrograph (IRS) onboard Spitzer. We selected sources…
Sloan Digital Sky Survey Quasars in the SWIRE ELAIS N1 Field: Properties and Spectral Energy Distributions
E. Hatziminaoglou, I. Perez-Fournon, M. Polletta +16
We present a mid-infrared analysis of 35 quasars with spectroscopic redshifts selected from the Spitzer Wide-area InfraRed Extragalactic Survey (SWIRE). We discuss their optical an…
The Great Observatories All-Sky LIRG Survey: Herschel Image Atlas and Aperture Photometry
Jason K. Chu, D. B. Sanders, K. L. Larson +24
Far-infrared (FIR) images and photometry are presented for 201 Luminous and Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies [LIRGs: log, ULIRGs: log$(L_{\rm I…
In-flight calibration of the Herschel-SPIRE instrument
B. M. Swinyard, P. Ade, J-P. Baluteau +55
SPIRE, the Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver, is the Herschel Space Observatory's submillimetre camera and spectrometer. It contains a three-band imaging photometer operati…
Pointing Refinement of SIRTF Images
F. Masci, D. Makovoz, M. Moshir +2
The soon-to-be-launched Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) shall produce image data with an a-posteriori pointing knowledge of 1.4 arcsec (1 sigma radial) with a goal of 1.2…
Constraining Type Ia supernova explosions and early flux excesses with the Zwicky Transient Factory
M. Deckers, K. Maguire, M. R. Magee +14
In the new era of time-domain surveys Type Ia supernovae are being caught sooner after explosion, which has exposed significant variation in their early light curves. Two driving f…
Remarkable Disk and Off-nuclear Starburst Activity in the "Tadpole Galaxy" as revealed by the Spitzer Space Telescope
T. H. Jarrett, M. Polletta, I. P. Fournon +20
We present ground-based optical and Spitzer infrared imaging observations of the interacting galaxy UGC 10214, the "Tadpole Galaxy" (z = 0.0310), focusing on the star formation act…
The Contribution of AGN and Star-Forming Galaxies to the Mid-Infrared as Revealed by their Spectral Energy Distributions
C. Gruppioni, F. Pozzi, M. Polletta +13
We present the broad-band Spectral Energy Distributions (SEDs) of the largest available highly (72%) complete spectroscopic sample of mid-infrared (MIR) selected galaxies and AGN a…
Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies at 1.5<z<3 occupy dark matter haloes of mass ~6x10^13 solar masses
D. Farrah, C. J. Lonsdale, C. Borys +9
We present measurements of the spatial clustering of ultraluminous infrared galaxies in two redshift intervals, 1.5<z<2.0 and 2<z<3. Both samples cluster strongly, with r_0=14.40+/…
Counting individual galaxies from deep 24 micron Spitzer surveys: beyond the confusion limit
G. Rodighiero, C. Lari, F. Pozzi +7
We address the question of how to deal with confusion limited surveys in the mid-infrared domain by using informations from higher frequency observations over the same sky regions.…
SN2020qlb: A hydrogen-poor superluminous supernova with well-characterized light curve undulations
S. L. West, R. Lunnan, C. M. B. Omand +21
SN\,2020qlb (ZTF20abobpcb) is a hydrogen-poor superluminous supernova (SLSN-I) that is among the most luminous (maximum M mag) and that has one of the longest rise t…
Extragalactic Source Counts at 24 Microns in the Spitzer First Look Survey
Francine R. Marleau, D. Fadda, L. J. Storrie-Lombardi +18
We present the Spitzer MIPS 24 micron source counts in the Extragalactic First Look Survey main, verification and ELAIS-N1 fields. Spitzer's increased sensitivity and efficiency in…
Mid- and Far-infrared Luminosity Functions and Galaxy Evolution from Multiwavelength Spitzer Observations up to z~2.5
G. Rodighiero, M. Vaccari, A. Franceschini +25
[Abridged]We exploit a large homogeneous dataset to derive a self-consistent picture of IR emission based on the time-dependent 24, 15, 12 and 8micron monochromatic and bolometric…
Keck spectroscopy of z=1-3 ULIRGs from the Spitzer SWIRE survey
S. Berta, C. J. Lonsdale, B. Siana +9
(Abridged) High-redshift ultra luminous infrared galaxies contribute the bulk of the cosmic IR background and are the best candidates for very massive galaxies in formation at z>1.…
AT2018lqh and the nature of the emerging population of day-scale duration optical transients
E. O. Ofek, S. M. Adams, E. Waxman +18
We report on the discovery of AT2018lqh (ZTF18abfzgpl) -- a rapidly-evolving extra-galactic transient in a star-forming host at 242 Mpc. The transient g-band light curve's duration…
Properties of dusty tori in AGN: I. The Case of SWIRE/SDSS Quasars
E. Hatziminaoglou, J. Fritz, A. Franceschini +10
We derive the properties of dusty tori in Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) from the comparison of observed Spectral Energy Distributions (SEDs) of SDSS quasars and a precomputed grid o…
The ESO-Spitzer Imaging extragalactic Survey (ESIS) I: WFI B,V,R deep observations of ELAIS-S1 and comparison to Spitzer and GALEX data
S. Berta, S. Rubele, A. Franceschini +15
The ESO-Spitzer extragalactic Imaging Survey (ESIS) is the optical follow up of the Spitzer Wide-Area InfraRed Extragalactic (SWIRE) survey in the ELAIS-S1 area. This paper present…
Infrared Constraints on AGN Tori Models
E. Hatziminaoglou, J. Fritz, I. Perez-Fournon +12
This work focuses on the properties of dusty tori in active galactic nuclei (AGN) derived from the comparison of SDSS type 1 quasars with mid-Infrared (MIR) counterparts and a new,…