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astro-ph.CO2012

The LF of TP-AGB stars in the LMC and SMC

Gustavo Bruzual, Stephane Charlot, Rosa Gonzalez Lopezlira +3

We show that Montecarlo simulations of the TP-AGB stellar population in the LMC and SMC galaxies using the CB* models produce LF and color distributions that are in closer agreemen…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 29 cited

Meridional tilt of the stellar velocity ellipsoid during bar buckling instability

Kanak Saha, Daniel Pfenniger, Ronald E. Taam

The structure and evolution of the stellar velocity ellipsoid plays an important role in shaping galaxies undergoing bar driven secular evolution and the eventual formation of a bo…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 198 cited

CLASH: The enhanced lensing efficiency of the highly elongated merging cluster MACS J0416.1-2403

A. Zitrin, M. Meneghetti, K. Umetsu +21

We perform a strong-lensing analysis of the merging galaxy cluster MACS J0416.1-2403 (M0416; z=0.42) in recent CLASH/HST observations. We identify 70 new multiple images and candid…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 8 cited

Properties of free-free, dust, and CO emissions in the starbursts of blue compact dwarf galaxies

Hiroyuki Hirashita

The central star-forming regions in three blue compact dwarf galaxies (He 2-10, NGC 5253, and II Zw 40) were observed in the 340 GHz (880 micron) band at 5 arcsec resolution with t…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 127 cited

CFHTLenS tomographic weak lensing: Quantifying accurate redshift distributions

Jonathan Benjamin, Ludovic Van Waerbeke, Catherine Heymans +18

The Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Lensing Survey (CFHTLenS) comprises deep multi-colour (u*g'r'i'z') photometry spanning 154 square degrees, with accurate photometric redshifts an…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 187 cited

CFHTLenS: Testing the Laws of Gravity with Tomographic Weak Lensing and Redshift Space Distortions

Fergus Simpson, Catherine Heymans, David Parkinson +20

Dark energy may be the first sign of new fundamental physics in the Universe, taking either a physical form or revealing a correction to Einsteinian gravity. Weak gravitational len…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 27 cited

ALMA Submillimeter Continuum Imaging of the Host Galaxies of GRB021004 and GRB080607

Wei-Hao Wang, Hsiao-Wen Chen, Kui-Yun Huang

We report 345 GHz continuum observations of the host galaxies of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) 021004 and 080607 at z>2 using the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) in C…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 15 cited

Giant Molecular Clouds and Star Formation in the Tidal Molecular Arm of NGC 4039

D. Espada, S. Komugi, E. Muller +23

The properties of tidally induced arms provide a means to study molecular cloud formation and the subsequent star formation under environmental conditions which in principle are di…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 192 cited

A Census of Star-Forming Galaxies in the z~9-10 Universe based on HST+Spitzer Observations Over 19 CLASH clusters: Three Candidate z~9-10 Galaxies and Improved Constraints on the Star Formation Rate Density at z~9

R. Bouwens, L. Bradley, A. Zitrin +34

We utilise a two-color Lyman-Break selection criterion to search for z~9-10 galaxies over the first 19 clusters in the CLASH program. A systematic search yields three z~9-10 candid…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 114 cited

Sunyaev-Zel'dovich-Measured Pressure Profiles from the Bolocam X-ray/SZ Galaxy Cluster Sample

Jack Sayers, Nicole G. Czakon, Adam Mantz +14

We describe Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect measurements and analysis of the intracluster medium (ICM) pressure profiles of a set of 45 massive galaxy clusters imaged using Bolocam…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 447 cited

Bayesian Galaxy Shape Measurement for Weak Lensing Surveys - III. Application to the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Lensing Survey

L. Miller, C. Heymans, T. D. Kitching +17

A likelihood-based method for measuring weak gravitational lensing shear in deep galaxy surveys is described and applied to the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) Lensing Survey…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 413 cited

CFHTLenS: The Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Lensing Survey - Imaging Data and Catalogue Products

T. Erben, H. Hildebrandt, L. Miller +29

We present data products from the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Lensing Survey (CFHTLenS). CFHTLenS is based on the Wide component of the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Legacy Sur…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 2 cited

Unusual Long and Luminous Optical Transient in the Subaru Deep Field

Yuji Urata, Patrick P. Tsai, Kuiyun Huang +8

We present observations of SDF-05M05, an unusual optical transient discovered in the Subaru Deep Field (SDF). The duration of the transient is > ~800 d in the observer frame, and t…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 110 cited

The Taiwan ECDFS Near-Infrared Survey: Ultra-deep J and Ks Imaging in the Extended Chandra Deep Field-South

Bau-Ching Hsieh, Wei-Hao Wang, Chih-Chiang Hsieh +4

We present ultra-deep J and Ks imaging observations covering a 30' * 30' area of the Extended Chandra Deep Field-South (ECDFS) carried out by our Taiwan ECDFS Near-Infrared Survey…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 57 cited

Mass, shape and thermal properties of A1689 by a multi-wavelength X-ray, lensing and Sunyaev-Zel'dovich analysis

Mauro Sereno, Stefano Ettori, Keiichi Umetsu +1

Knowledge of mass and concentration of galaxy clusters is crucial to understand their formation and evolution. Unbiased estimates require the understanding of the shape and orienta…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 28 cited

The 3.3 micron PAH Emission as a Star Formation Rate Indicator

Ji Hoon Kim, Myungshin Im, Hyung Mok Lee +13

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) emission features dominate the mid-infrared spectra of star-forming galaxies and can be useful to calibrate star formation rates and diagnose…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 166 cited

The Baryon Acoustic Oscillation Broadband and Broad-beam Array: Design Overview and Sensitivity Forecasts

Jonathan C. Pober, Aaron R. Parsons, David R. DeBoer +7

This work describes a new instrument optimized for a detection of the neutral hydrogen 21cm power spectrum between redshifts of 0.5-1.5: the Baryon Acoustic Oscillation Broadband a…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 715 cited

CFHTLenS: The Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Lensing Survey

Catherine Heymans, Ludovic Van Waerbeke, Lance Miller +19

We present the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Lensing Survey (CFHTLenS) that accurately determines a weak gravitational lensing signal from the full 154 square degrees of deep mult…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 170 cited

GOODS-Herschel: Impact of Active Galactic Nuclei and Star Formation Activity on Infrared Spectral Energy Distributions at High Redshift

Allison Kirkpatrick, Alexandra Pope, David M. Alexander +25

We explore the effects of active galactic nuclei (AGN) and star formation activity on the infrared (0.3-1000 microns) spectral energy distributions of luminous infrared galaxies fr…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 26 cited

Subaru weak-lensing measurement of a z = 0.81 cluster discovered by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope Survey

Hironao Miyatake, Atsushi J. Nishizawa, Masahiro Takada +25

We present a Subaru weak lensing measurement of ACT-CL J0022.2-0036, one of the most luminous, high-redshift (z=0.81) Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) clusters discovered in the 268 deg^2 e…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 41 cited

Evidence for a wide range of UV obscuration in z ~ 2 dusty galaxies from the GOODS-Herschel survey

Kyle Penner, Mark Dickinson, Alexandra Pope +20

Dusty galaxies at z ~ 2 span a wide range of relative brightness between rest-frame mid-infrared (8um) and ultraviolet wavelengths. We attempt to determine the physical mechanism r…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 61 cited

Miscentring in Galaxy Clusters: Dark Matter to Brightest Cluster Galaxy Offsets in 10,000 SDSS Clusters

Adi Zitrin, Matthias Bartelmann, Keiichi Umetsu +2

We characterise the typical offset between the Dark Matter (DM) projected centre and the Brightest Cluster Galaxy (BCG) in 10,000 SDSS clusters. To place constraints on the centre…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 32 cited

The Contribution of Radio Galaxy Contamination to Measurements of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Decrement in Massive Galaxy Clusters at 140 GHz with Bolocam

Jack Sayers, Tony Mroczkowski, Nicole G. Czakon +13

We describe in detail our characterization of the compact radio source population in 140 GHz Bolocam observations of a set of 45 massive galaxy clusters. We use a combination of 1.…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 55 cited

Faint Submillimter Galaxy Counts at 450 micron

Chian-Chou Chen, Lennox L. Cowie, Amy J. Barger +5

We present the results of SCUBA2 observations at 450 micron and 850 micron of the field lensed by the massive cluster A370. With a total survey area > 100 arcmin2 and 1 sigma sensi…