output
19922026
most citedThe Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical Summary

10.4k citations

Showing 2018 · astro-ph.GAShow all

96 papers · 2 filters

astro-ph.GA2018★ 1 cited

A catalog of X-ray point sources in the Abell 133 region

Jaejin Shin, Richard. M. Plotkin, Jong-Hak Woo +2

As an evolutionary phase of galaxies, active galactic nuclei (AGN) over a large range of redshift have been utilized for understanding cosmic evolution. In particular, the populati…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 13 cited

Evidence for shock-heated gas in the Taffy Galaxies and Bridge from Optical Emission-Line IFU spectroscopy

Bhavin A. Joshi, Philip N. Appleton, Guillermo A. Blanc +7

We present optical IFU observations of the Taffy system (UGC 12914/15); named for the radio emission that stretches between the two galaxies. Given that these gas rich galaxies are…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 75 cited

Massive Dead Galaxies at z~2 with HST Grism Spectroscopy I. Star Formation Histories and Metallicity Enrichment

T. Morishita, L. E. Abramson, T. Treu +7

Observations have revealed massive (logM*/Msun>11) galaxies that were already dead when the universe was only ~2 Gyr. Given the short time before these galaxies were quenched, thei…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 59 cited

Chemical Abundance Analysis of Tucana III, the Second -process Enhanced Ultra-Faint Dwarf Galaxy

J. L. Marshall, T. Hansen, J. D. Simon +56

We present a chemical abundance analysis of four additional confirmed member stars of Tucana III, a Milky Way satellite galaxy candidate in the process of being tidally disrupted a…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 61 cited

No evidence for enhanced [OIII] 88um emission in a z~6 quasar compared to its companion starbursting galaxy

Fabian Walter, Dominik Riechers, Mladen Novak +14

We present ALMA band 8 observations of the [OIII] 88um line and the underlying thermal infrared continuum emission in the z=6.08 quasar CFHQS J2100-1715 and its dust-obscured starb…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 126 cited

Exploring Reionization-Era Quasars IV: Discovery of Six New Quasars with DES, VHS and unWISE Photometry

Jinyi Yang, Feige Wang, Xiaohui Fan +7

This is the fourth paper in a series of publications aiming at discovering quasars at the epoch of reionization. In this paper, we expand our search for quasars to the fo…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 130 cited

The Discovery of A Luminous Broad Absorption Line Quasar at A Redshift of 7.02

Feige Wang, Jinyi Yang, Xiaohui Fan +18

Despite extensive efforts, only two quasars have been found at to date due to a combination of low spatial density and high contamination from more ubiquitous Galactic cool d…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 54 cited

Galaxy and Quasar Fueling Caught in the Act from the Intragroup to the Interstellar Medium

Sean D. Johnson, Hsiao-Wen Chen, Lorrie A. Straka +11

We report the discovery of six spatially extended (10-100 kpc) line-emitting nebulae in the z=0.57 galaxy group hosting PKS0405-123, one of the most luminous quasars at z<1. The di…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 34 cited

Keck OSIRIS AO LIRG Analysis: Feedback in the Nuclei of Luminous Infrared Galaxies

Vivian U, Anne M. Medling, Hanae Inami +21

The role of feedback in triggering or quenching star formation and hence driving galaxy evolution can be directly studied with high resolution integral field observations. The mani…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 19 cited

Correlation between SFR surface density and thermal pressure of ionized gas in local analogs of high-redshift galaxies

Tianxing Jiang, Sangeeta Malhotra, Huan Yang +1

We explore the relation between the star formation rate surface density (SFR) and the interstellar gas pressure for nearby compact starburst galaxies. The sample consists of 17…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 32 cited

Inner bars also buckle. The MUSE TIMER view of the double-barred galaxy NGC 1291

J. Mendez-Abreu, A. de Lorenzo-Caceres, D. A. Gadotti +8

Double bars are thought to be important features for secular evolution in the central regions of galaxies. However, observational evidence about their origin and evolution is still…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 174 cited

Exploring Reionization-Era Quasars III: Discovery of 16 Quasars at with DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys and UKIRT Hemisphere Survey and Quasar Luminosity Function at

Feige Wang, Jinyi Yang, Xiaohui Fan +22

This is the third paper in a series aims at finding reionzation-era quasars with the combination of DESI Legacy imaging Surveys (DELS) and near-infrared imaging surveys, such as th…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 103 cited

Dust emission in an accretion-rate-limited sample of z>6 quasars

Bram Venemans, Roberto Decarli, Fabian Walter +9

We present Atacama Large Millimeter Array 1mm observations of the rest-frame far-infrared (FIR) dust continuum in 27 quasars at redshifts 6.0 < z < 6.7. We detect FIR emission at >…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 11 cited

Discovery of An Active Intermediate-Mass Black Hole Candidate in the Barred Bulgeless Galaxy NGC 3319

Ning Jiang, Tinggui Wang, Hongyan Zhou +7

We report the discovery of an active intermediate-mass black hole (IMBH) candidate in the center of nearby barred bulgeless galaxy . The point X-ray source revealed b…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 23 cited

Identifying Tidal Disruption Events via Prior Photometric Selection of Their Preferred Hosts

K. Decker French, Ann I. Zabludoff

A nuclear transient detected in a post-starburst galaxy or other quiescent galaxy with strong Balmer absorption is likely to be a Tidal Disruption Event (TDE). Identifying such gal…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 3 cited

Discovery of two quasars at from the OGLE Survey

Szymon Kozłowski, Eduardo Bañados, A. Udalski +16

We have used deep Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE-IV) images ( mag, mag at ) of the Magellanic System, encompassing an area of $\s…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 61 cited

A Giant Protocluster of Galaxies at Redshift 5.7

Linhua Jiang, Jin Wu, Fuyan Bian +14

Galaxy clusters trace the largest structures of the Universe and provide ideal laboratories for studying galaxy evolution and cosmology. Clusters with extended X-ray emission have…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 16 cited

The Robustness of Cosmological Hydrodynamic Simulation Predictions to Changes in Numerics and Cooling Physics

Shuiyao Huang, Neal Katz, Romeel Davé +8

We test and improve the numerical schemes in our smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) code for cosmological simulations, including the pressure-entropy formulation (PESPH), a time…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 222 cited

MOSFIRE Spectroscopy of Quiescent Galaxies at 1.5 < z < 2.5. II - Star Formation Histories and Galaxy Quenching

Sirio Belli, Andrew B. Newman, Richard S. Ellis

We investigate the stellar populations for a sample of 24 quiescent galaxies at 1.5 < z < 2.5 using deep rest-frame optical spectra obtained with Keck MOSFIRE. By fitting templates…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 33 cited

No Evidence for Millimeter Continuum Source Overdensities in the Environments of Quasars

Jaclyn B. Champagne, Roberto Decarli, Caitlin M. Casey +11

Bright high-redshift quasars (), hosting supermassive black holes (), are expected to reside in massive host galaxies embedded within some of the…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 27 cited

Wide-Field Optical Spectroscopy of Abell 133: A Search for Filaments Reported in X-ray Observations

Thomas Connor, Daniel D. Kelson, John Mulchaey +7

Filaments of the cosmic web have long been associated with the threadlike structures seen in galaxy redshift surveys. However, despite their baryon content being dominated by hot g…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 35 cited

The Carnegie-Chicago Hubble Program. V. The Distances to NGC 1448 and NGC 1316 via the Tip of the Red Giant Branch

Dylan Hatt, Wendy L. Freedman, Barry F. Madore +8

The Carnegie-Chicago Hubble Program (CCHP) is re-calibrating the extragalactic SN Ia distance scale using exclusively Population II stars. This effort focuses on the Tip of the Red…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 15 cited

Imaging Spectroscopy of Ionized Gaseous Nebulae around Optically Faint AGN at Redshift z ~ 2

David R. Law, Charles C. Steidel, Yuguang Chen +3

We present Keck/OSIRIS laser guide-star assisted adaptive optics (LGSAO) integral field spectroscopy of [O III] 5007 Angstrom nebular emission from twelve galaxies hosting opticall…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 192 cited

Gemini GNIRS near-infrared spectroscopy of 50 quasars at z>~5.7

Yue Shen, Jin Wu, Linhua Jiang +12

We report initial results from a large Gemini program to observe z>~5.7 quasars with GNIRS near-IR spectroscopy. Our sample includes 50 quasars with simultaneous ~0.85-2.5 micron s…