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astro-ph.CO2013★ 3 cited

Probing the accelerating Universe with radio weak lensing in the JVLA Sky Survey

M. L. Brown, F. B. Abdalla, A. Amara +48

We outline the prospects for performing pioneering radio weak gravitational lensing analyses using observations from a potential forthcoming JVLA Sky Survey program. A large-scale…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 102 cited

A Molecular Line Scan in the Hubble Deep Field North: Constraints on the CO Luminosity Function and the Cosmic H2 Density

F. Walter, R. Decarli, M. Sargent +19

We present direct constraints on the CO luminosity function at high redshift and the resulting cosmic evolution of the molecular gas density, (z), based on a blind mole…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 1.9k cited

The clustering of galaxies in the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: Baryon Acoustic Oscillations in the Data Release 10 and 11 galaxy samples

Lauren Anderson, Eric Aubourg, Stephen Bailey +62

We present a one per cent measurement of the cosmic distance scale from the detections of the baryon acoustic oscillations in the clustering of galaxies from the Baryon Oscillation…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 285 cited

The evolution of the dust and gas content in galaxies

P. Santini, R. Maiolino, B. Magnelli +36

We use deep Herschel PACS and SPIRE observations in GOODSS, GOODSN and COSMOS to estimate the average dust mass (Mdust) of galaxies on a redshift-stellar mass (Mstar)-SFR grid. We…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 264 cited

The evolution of the dust temperatures of galaxies in the SFR plane up to

B. Magnelli, D. Lutz, A. Saintonge +38

[Abridged] We study the evolution of the dust temperatures of galaxies in the SFR-M* plane up to z~2 using observations from the Herschel Space Observatory. Starting from a sample…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 46 cited

Spatially-resolved dust properties of the GRB 980425 host galaxy

Michał J. Michałowski, L. K. Hunt, E. Palazzi +30

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have been proposed as a tool for studying star formation in the Universe, so it is crucial to investigate whether their host galaxies and immediate environm…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 41 cited

Hidden Starbursts and Active Galactic Nuclei at 0<z<4 from the Herschel-VVDS-CFHTLS-D1 Field: Inferences on Coevolution and Feedback

Brian C. Lemaux, Emeric Le Floc'h, Olivier Le Fèvre +12

We investigate of the properties of 2000 Herschel/SPIRE-selected galaxies from using a combination of extensive spectroscopy, deep imaging from CFHT, VLA, Spitzer, XM…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 17 cited

Kinematic analysis of a sample of X-ray luminous distant galaxy clusters. The - relation in the universe

Alessandro Nastasi, Hans Böhringer, Rene Fassbender +11

Observations and cosmological simulations show galaxy clusters as a family of nearly self-similar objects with properties that can be described by scaling relations as a function o…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 193 cited

The SINS/zC-SINF survey of z~2 galaxy kinematics: Evidence for powerful AGN-driven nuclear outflows in massive star-forming galaxies

N. M. Förster Schreiber, R. Genzel, S. F. Newman +29

We report the detection of ubiquitous powerful nuclear outflows in massive (> 10^11 Msun) z~2 star-forming galaxies (SFGs), which are plausibly driven by an Active Galactic Nucleus…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 117 cited

HerMES: Candidate High-Redshift Galaxies Discovered with Herschel/SPIRE

C. Darren Dowell, A. Conley, J. Glenn +63

We present a method for selecting dusty, star forming galaxies (DSFGs) using Herschel/SPIRE 250/350/500 flux densities to search for red sources. We apply this method to…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 208 cited

The suppression of star formation by powerful active galactic nuclei

M. J. Page, M. Symeonidis, J. D. Vieira +75

The old, red stars which constitute the bulges of galaxies, and the massive black holes at their centres, are the relics of a period in cosmic history when galaxies formed stars at…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 216 cited

Gravitational Lens Models Based on Submillimeter Array Imaging of Herschel-selected Strongly Lensed Sub-millimeter Galaxies at z>1.5

R. S. Bussmann, I. Perez-Fournon, S. Amber +46

Strong gravitational lenses are now being routinely discovered in wide-field surveys at (sub)millimeter wavelengths. We present Submillimeter Array (SMA) high-spatial resolution im…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 129 cited

HerMES: dust attenuation and star formation activity in UV-selected samples from z~4 to z~1.5

S. Heinis, V. Buat, M. Bethermin +16

We study the link between observed ultraviolet luminosity, stellar mass, and dust attenuation within rest-frame UV-selected samples at z~ 4, 3, and 1.5. We measure by stacking at 2…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 7 cited

The X-ray Zurich Environmental Study (X-ZENS). I. Chandra and XMM-Newton observations of AGNs in galaxies in nearby groups

J. D. Silverman, F. Miniati, A. Finoguenov +4

We describe X-ray observations with Chandra and XMM-Newton of 18 galaxy groups (M_group ~ 1-6x10^13 Msolar, z~0.05) from the Zurich Environmental Study (ZENS). We aim to establish…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 22 cited

The WIRCam Deep Survey II: Mass Selected Clustering

R. M. Bielby, V. Gonzalez-Perez, H. J. McCracken +7

We present an analysis of the clustering of galaxies from z ~ 2 to the present day using the WIRCam Deep Survey (WIRDS). WIRDS combines deep near-infrared data with the deep optica…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 32 cited

Delayed star formation in high-redshift stream-fed galaxies

Jared M. Gabor, Frédéric Bournaud

We propose that star formation is delayed relative to the inflow rate in rapidly-accreting galaxies at very high redshift (z > 2) because of the energy conveyed by the accreting ga…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 14 cited

Learning the Fundamental MIR Spectral Components of Galaxies with Non-Negative Matrix Factorisation

P. D. Hurley, S. Oliver, D. Farrah +2

The mid-infrared (MIR) spectra observed with the \textit{Spitzer} Infrared Spectrograph (IRS) provide a valuable dataset for untangling the physical processes and conditions within…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 169 cited

The FMOS-Cosmos Survey of Star-Forming Galaxies at z~1.6 II. The Mass-Metallicity Relation and the Dependence on Star Formation Rate and Dust Extinction

H. J. Zahid, D. Kashino, J. D. Silverman +28

We investigate the relationships between stellar mass, gas-phase oxygen abundance (metallicity), star formation rate, and dust content of star-forming galaxies at z1.6 using…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 218 cited

PRISM (Polarized Radiation Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission): An Extended White Paper

PRISM Collaboration, Philippe André, Carlo Baccigalupi +140

PRISM (Polarized Radiation Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) was proposed to ESA in May 2013 as a large-class mission for investigating within the framework of the ESA Cosmic Visio…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 72 cited

Multi-Wavelength SEDs of Herschel Selected Galaxies in the COSMOS Field

Nicholas Lee, D. B. Sanders, Caitlin M. Casey +14

We combine Herschel PACS and SPIRE maps of the full 2 deg^2 COSMOS field with existing multi-wavelength data to obtain template and model-independent optical-to-far-infrared spectr…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 109 cited

Two superluminous supernovae from the early universe discovered by the Supernova Legacy Survey

D. A. Howell, D. Kasen, C. Lidman +14

We present spectra and lightcurves of SNLS 06D4eu and SNLS 07D2bv, two hydrogen-free superluminous supernovae discovered by the Supernova Legacy Survey. At z = 1.588, SNLS 06D4eu i…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 39 cited

Weak Lensing Galaxy Cluster Field Reconstruction

Eric Jullo, Sandrine Pires, Mathilde Jauzac +1

In this paper, we compare three methods to reconstruct galaxy cluster density fields with weak lensing data. The first method called FLens integrates an inpainting concept to inver…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 27 cited

A deep search for molecular gas in two massive Lyman break galaxies at z=3 and 4: vanishing CO-emission due to low metallicity?

Qinghua Tan, Emanuele Daddi, Mark T. Sargent +14

We present deep IRAM Plateau de Bure Interferometer (PdBI) observations, searching for CO-emission toward two massive, non-lensed Lyman break galaxies (LBGs) at z=3.216 and 4.058.…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 54 cited

The role of galaxy interaction in the SFR-M relation: characterizing morphological properties of Herschel-selected galaxies at 0.2<z<1.5

Chao-Ling Hung, David B. Sanders, Caitlin M. Casey +13

Galaxy interactions/mergers have been shown to dominate the population of IR luminous galaxies (log(LIR)>11.6Lsun) in the local Universe (z<0.25). Recent studies based on the relat…