Publications (29)
The extraordinarily bright optical afterglow of GRB 991208 and its host galaxy
A. J. Castro-Tirado, V. V. Sokolov, J. Gorosabel +50
Observations of the extraordinarily bright optical afterglow (OA) of GRB 991208 started 2.1 d after the event. The flux decay constant of the OA in the R-band is -2.30 +/- 0.07 up…
The Munich Near-Infrared Cluster Survey (MUNICS) - Number density evolution of massive field galaxies to z ~ 1.2 as derived from the K-band selected survey
N. Drory, R. Bender, J. Snigula +5
We derive the number density evolution of massive field galaxies in the redshift range 0.4 < z < 1.2 using the K-band selected field galaxy sample from the Munich Near-IR Cluster S…
On the constraining observations of the dark GRB 001109 and the properties of a z = 0.398 radio selected starburst galaxy contained in its error box
J. M. Castro Cerón, J. Gorosabel, A. J. Castro-Tirado +24
We present optical and NIR (near infrared) follow up observations of the GRB 001109 from 1 to 300 days after the burst. No transient emission was found at these wavelengths within…
The TESIS project: Are type 2 QSO hidden in X-ray emitting EROs?
P. Severgnini, R. Della Ceca, V. Braito +8
Here we present the results obtained from the analysis of 75 ksec of XMM-Newton observations of a sample of EROs selected from one MUNICS field (K'<19.5 mag). We find 6 EROs with a…
The MUNICS Project: Galaxy Assembly at 0 < z < 1
N. Drory, R. Bender, G. Feulner +4
We summarize the results obtained from the MUNICS K-band selected Galaxy survey thus far. MUNICS is a wide-area, medium-deep, photometric and spectroscopic survey selected in the K…
The Munich Near-Infrared Cluster Survey - I. Field selection, object extraction, and photometry
N. Drory, G. Feulner, R. Bender +5
The Munich Near-IR Cluster Survey (MUNICS) is a wide-area, medium-deep, photometric survey selected in the K' band. It covers an area of roughly one square degree in the K' and J n…
The Kormendy relation of massive elliptical galaxies at z~1.5. Evidence for size evolution ?
M. Longhetti, P. Saracco, P. Severgnini +6
We present the morphological analysis based on HST-NIC2 (0.075 arcsec/pixel) images in the F160W filter of a sample of 9 massive field (> 10^{11} M_\odot) galaxies spectroscopicall…
The evolution of the luminosity functions in the FORS Deep Field from low to high redshift: II. The red bands
A. Gabasch, U. Hopp, G. Feulner +12
We present the redshift evolution of the restframe galaxy luminosity function (LF) in the red r', i', and z' bands as derived from the FORS Deep Field (FDF). Using the deep and hom…
The TESIS project: revealing massive early-type galaxies at z>1
P. Saracco, M. Longhetti, P. Severgnini +8
We present the preliminary results of an on-going near-IR low resolution spectroscopic follow-up of a complete sample of 30 bright (K'<18.5) EROs selected over 360 arcmin^2 from th…
The star formation rate history in the FORS Deep and GOODS South Fields
A. Gabasch, M. Salvato, R. P. Saglia +8
We measure the star formation rate (SFR) as a function of redshift z up to z \~4.5, based on B, I and (I+B) selected galaxy catalogues from the FORS Deep Field (FDF) and the K-sele…
Large-Scale Structure in the NIR-Selected MUNICS Survey
C. S. Botzler, J. Snigula, R. Bender +6
The Munich Near-IR Cluster Survey (MUNICS) is a wide-area, medium-deep, photometric survey selected in the K' band. The project's main scientific aims are the identification of gal…
Extremely compact massive galaxies at z~1.4
I. Trujillo, G. Feulner, Y. Goranova +9
The optical rest-frame sizes of 10 of the most massive (~5x10^{11}h_{70}^{-2}M_sun) galaxies found in the near-infrared MUNICS survey at 1.2<z<1.7 are analysed. Sizes were estimate…
Dating the stellar population in massive early-type galaxies at 1.5
M. Longhetti, P. Saracco, P. Severgnini +7
We present the analysis of 10 massive early-type galaxies at . They have been identified by means of a near-IR low resolution spectroscopic follow-up of a complete sample…
The Munich Near-Infrared Cluster Survey (MUNICS) - V. The evolution of the rest-frame K-band and J-band galaxy luminosity functions to z ~ 0.7
G. Feulner, R. Bender, N. Drory +3
We present spectroscopic follow-up observations of galaxies from the Munich Near-Infrared Cluster Survey (MUNICS). MUNICS is a wide-field medium-deep K'-band selected survey coveri…
The TNG EROs Spectroscopic Identification Survey (TESIS)
P. Saracco, M. Longhetti, R. Della Ceca +8
We are carrying on a near-IR very low resolution spectroscopic follow-up in parallel with XMM-Newton observations of a complete sample of ~30 bright (K'<18.5) Extremely Red Objects…
TESIS - The TNG EROs Spectroscopic Identification Survey
P. Saracco, M. Longhetti, P. Severgnini +8
A near-IR low-resolution spectroscopic follow-up of a complete sample of K<18.5 EROs has started at the 3.5 m Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (TNG, La Palma, Canary Islands) by using…
Looking for obscured QSOs in the X-ray emitting ERO population
P. Severgnini, R. Della Ceca, V. Braito +8
We present XMM-Newton data centered on one of the MUNICS Near Infrared Cluster Survey fields (S2F1) and we discuss the X-ray properties of the 6 X-ray emitting EROs found. For one…
The Mass Function of Field Galaxies at 0.4 < z < 1.2 Derived From the MUNICS K-Selected Sample
N. Drory, R. Bender, J. Snigula +5
We derive the number density evolution of massive field galaxies in the redshift range 0.4 < z < 1.2 using the K-band selected field galaxy sample from the Munich Near-IR Cluster S…
The Munich Near-IR Cluster Survey (MUNICS)
N. Drory, U. Hopp, R. Bender +4
The Munich Near-IR Cluster Survey (MUNICS) is a K' selected survey covering 1 square degree in the K' and J NIR bands with complementary optical photometry in the V, R, and I bands…
The evolution of the luminosity functions in the FORS Deep Field from low to high redshift: I. The blue bands
A. Gabasch, R. Bender, S. Seitz +13
We use the very deep and homogeneous I-band selected dataset of the FORS Deep Field (FDF) to trace the evolution of the luminosity function over the redshift range 0.5 < z < 5.0. W…
The Munich Near-Infrared Cluster Survey -- IV. Biases in the Completeness of Near-Infrared Imaging Data
J. Snigula, N. Drory, R. Bender +3
We present the results of completeness simulations for the detection of point sources as well as redshifted elliptical and spiral galaxies in the K'-band images of the Munich Near-…
The density of very massive evolved galaxies to z~1.7
P. Saracco, M. Longhetti, P. Severgnini +8
We spectroscopically identified 7 massive evolved galaxies with magnitudes 17.8<K<18.4 at 1.3<z<1.7 over an area of ~160 arcmin^2 of the MUNICS survey. Their rest-frame K-band abso…
Massive z ~ 1.3 evolved galaxies revealed
P. Saracco, M. Longhetti, P. Severgnini +8
We present the results of TNG near-IR low resolution spectroscopy of two (S7F5-254 and S7F5-45) sources belonging to a complete sample of 15 EROs with K'<18 and R-K'>5 selected fro…
The impact of Spitzer infrared data on stellar mass estimates - and a revised galaxy stellar mass function at 0 < z < 5
F. Elsner, G. Feulner, U. Hopp
Aims: We estimate stellar masses of galaxies in the high redshift universe with the intention of determining the influence of newly available Spitzer/IRAC infrared data on the anal…
The Munich Near--Infrared Cluster Survey (MUNICS) -- VI. The stellar masses of K-band selected field galaxies to z ~ 1.2
N. Drory, R. Bender, G. Feulner +4
We present a measurement of the evolution of the stellar mass function in four redshift bins at 0.4 < z < 1.2 using a sample of more than 5000 K-selected galaxies drawn from the MU…
The Munich Near-Infrared Cluster Survey (MUNICS) -- II. The K-Band Luminosity Function of Field Galaxies to z ~ 1.2
N. Drory, R. Bender, G. Feulner +4
(Abriged) We present a measurement of the evolution of the rest-frame K-band luminosity function to z ~ 1.2 using a sample of more than 5000 K-selected galaxies drawn from the MUNI…
Specific Star Formation Rates to Redshift 1.5
A. E. Bauer, N. Drory, G. J. Hill +1
We present a study to determine how star formation contributes to galaxy growth since z=1.5 over five decades in galaxy stellar mass. We investigate the specific star formation rat…
The evolution of the mass function split by morphology up to redshift 1 in the FORS Deep and the GOODS-S Fields
M. Pannella, U. Hopp, R. P. Saglia +5
We study the evolution of the stellar mass density for the separate families of bulge-dominated and disk-dominated galaxies over the redshift range 0.25 < z < 1.15. We derive quant…
The stellar mass function of galaxies to z ~ 5 in the Fors Deep and GOODS-S fields
N. Drory, M. Salvato, A. Gabasch +4
We present a measurement of the evolution of the stellar mass function (MF) of galaxies and the evolution of the total stellar mass density at 0<z<5. We use deep multicolor data in…