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astro-ph2006★ 16 cited

Radio and millimeter properties of Ly emitters in the COSMOS field: limits on radio AGN, submm galaxies, and dust obscuration

C. L. Carilli, T. Murayam, R. Wang +12

We present observations at 1.4 and 250 GHz of the Ly emitters (LAE) in the COSMOS field found by Murayama et al.. At 1.4 GHz there are 99 LAEs in the lower noise reg…

astro-ph2006★ 207 cited

Turbulent Mixing and the Dead Zone in Protostellar Disks

N. J. Turner, T. Sano, N. Dziourkevitch

We investigate the conditions for the presence of a magnetically inactive dead zone in protostellar disks, using 3-D shearing-box MHD calculations including vertical stratification…

astro-ph2006★ 98 cited

Chemistry in disks I - Deep search for NH in the protoplanetary disks around LkCa 15, MWC 480, and DM Tau

Anne Dutrey, Thomas Henning, Stephane Guilloteau +7

Aims: To constrain the ionization fraction in protoplanetary disks, we present new high-sensitivity interferometric observations of NH in three disks surrounding DM Tau, Lk…

astro-ph2006★ 70 cited

Probing Protoplanetary Disks with Silicate Emission: Where is the silicate emission zone?

J. E. Kessler-Silacci, C. P. Dullemond, J. -C. Augereau +6

Recent results indicate that the grain size and crystallinity inferred from observations of silicate features may be correlated with spectral type of the central star and/or disk g…

astro-ph2006★ 111 cited

The XMM-Newton wide-field survey in the COSMOS field. IV: X-ray spectral properties of Active Galactic Nuclei

V. Mainieri, G. Hasinger, N. Cappelluti +25

We present a detailed spectral analysis of point-like X-ray sources in the XMM-COSMOS field. Our sample of 135 sources only includes those that have more than 100 net counts in the…

astro-ph2006★ 315 cited

The XMM-Newton wide-field survey in the COSMOS field: VI. Statistical properties of clusters of galaxies

A. Finoguenov, L. Guzzo, G. Hasinger +30

We present the results of a search for galaxy clusters in the first 36 XMM-Newton pointings on the COSMOS field. We reach a depth for a total cluster flux in the 0.5-2 keV band of…

astro-ph2006★ 27 cited

The stellar content of the COSMOS field as derived from morphological and SED based gtar/galaxy Separation

A. C. Robin, R. M. Rich, H. Aussel +12

We report on the stellar content of the COSMOS two degree field, as derived from a rigorous star/galaxy separation approach developed for using stellar sources to define the point…

astro-ph2006★ 9 cited

A Potential Galaxy Threshing System in the Cosmos Field

S. S. Sasaki, Y. Taniguchi, N. Scoville +26

We report on the discovery of a new potential galaxy threshing system in the COSMOS 2 square degree field using the prime-focus camera, Suprime-Cam, on the 8.2 m Subaru Telescope.…

astro-ph2006★ 318 cited

The VLA-COSMOS Survey: II. Source Catalog of the Large Project

E. Schinnerer, V. Smolcic, C. L. Carilli +11

The VLA-COSMOS large project is described and its scientific objective is discussed. We present a catalog of ~ 3,600 radio sources found in the 2deg^2 COSMOS field at 1.4 GHz. The…

astro-ph2006★ 2k cited

The Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS) -- Overview

N. Scoville, H. Aussel, M. Brusa +19

The Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS) is designed to probe the correlated evolution of galaxies, star formation, active galactic nuclei (AGN) and dark matter (DM) with large-scale s…

astro-ph2006★ 367 cited

The Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS): Subaru Observations of the HST COSMOS Field

Y. Taniguchi, N. Scoville, T. Murayama +27

We present deep optical imaging observations of 2 square degree area, covered by the Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS), made by the prime-focus Camera (Supreme-Cam) on the 8.2m Suba…

astro-ph2006★ 1k cited

zCOSMOS: A Large VLT/VIMOS redshift survey covering 0 < z < 3 in the COSMOS field

S. J. Lilly, O. Le Fevre, A. Renzini +42

zCOSMOS is a large redshift survey that is being undertaken in the COSMOS field using 600 hours of observation with the VIMOS spectrograph on the 8-m VLT. The survey is designed to…

astro-ph2006★ 36 cited

Long-term infrared variability of the UX Ori-type star SV Cep

Attila Juhasz, Timo Prusti, Peter Abraham +1

We investigate the long-term optical-infrared variability of SV Cep, and explain it in the context of an existing UX Ori (UXOR) model. A 25-month monitoring programme was completed…

astro-ph2006★ 58 cited

Draco, a flawless dwarf galaxy

Mathieu Segall, Rodrigo Ibata, Michael Irwin +2

The Draco dwarf spheroidal galaxy (dSph), with its apparent immense mass to light ratio and compact size, holds many clues to the nature of the enigmatic dark matter. Here we prese…

astro-ph2006★ 81 cited

Are Debris Disks and Massive Planets Correlated?

Amaya Moro-Martín, John M. Carpenter, Michael R. Meyer +13

Using data from the Spitzer Space Telescope Legacy Science Program ``Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems'' (FEPS), we have searched for debris disks around 9 FGK stars (2-…

astro-ph2006★ 41 cited

The widest ultracool binary

Jose A. Caballero

Aims: I test the ejection scenario of formation of brown dwarfs and very low-mass stars through the detection of a very wide ultracool binary. Methods: LEHPM 494 (M6.0 +/- 1.0 V) a…

astro-ph2006★ 31 cited

Direct imaging of the young spectroscopic binary HD 160934

Felix Hormuth, Wolfgang Brandner, Stefan Hippler +2

We report on the direct detection of a close companion to HD 160934, a young active star, SB1 spectroscopic binary, and suggested member of the AB Doradus moving group. High angula…

astro-ph2006★ 136 cited

531 new spectroscopic redshifts from the CDFS and a test on the cosmological relevance of the GOODS-South field

C. D. Ravikumar, M. Puech, H. Flores +23

(Abbrev.) This paper prepares a series of papers analysing the Intermediate MAss Galaxy Evolution Sequence (IMAGES) up to z=1. Intermediate mass galaxies (MJ <=-20.3) are selected…

astro-ph2006★ 26 cited

Deeply embedded objects and shocked molecular hydrogen: The environment of the FU Orionis stars RNO 1B/1C

S. P. Quanz, Th. Henning, J. Bouwman +2

We present Spitzer IRAC and IRS observations of the dark cloud L1287. The mid-infrared (MIR) IRAC images show deeply embedded infrared sources in the vicinity of the FU Orionis obj…

astro-ph2006★ 174 cited

An Explanation for the Observed Weak Size Evolution of Disk Galaxies

Rachel S. Somerville, Marco Barden, Hans-Walter Rix +14

Surveys of distant galaxies with the Hubble Space Telescope and from the ground have shown that there is only mild evolution in the relationship between radial size and stellar mas…

astro-ph2006★ 175 cited

Large Structures and Galaxy Evolution in COSMOS at z < 1.1

N. Scoville, H. Aussel, A. Benson +25

We present the first identification of large-scale structures (LSS) at z in the Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS). The structures are identified from adaptive smoothing of g…

astro-ph2006★ 510 cited

COSMOS : Hubble Space Telescope Observations

N. Scoville, A. Benson, A. W. Blain +50

The Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS) was initiated with an extensive allocation (590 orbits in Cycles 12-13) using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) for high resolution imaging. Her…

astro-ph2006★ 304 cited

Combining Strong and Weak Gravitational Lensing in Abell 1689

M. Limousin, J. Richard, E. Jullo +14

We present a reconstruction of the mass distribution of galaxy cluster Abell 1689 at z = 0.18 using detected strong lensing features from deep HST/ACS observations and extensive gr…

astro-ph2006★ 7 cited

COMBO-17 measurements of the effect of environment on the type-dependent galaxy luminosity function

S. Phleps, C. Wolf, J. A. Peacock +2

We have developed a method to calculate overdensities in multicolour surveys, facilitating a direct comparison of the local density contrast measured using galaxy samples that have…