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astro-ph.GA2014★ 5 cited

Recent stellar mass assembly of low-mass star-forming galaxies at redshifts 0.3 < z < 0.9

Lucía Rodríguez-Muñoz, Jesús Gallego, Camilla Pacifici +5

The epoch when low-mass star forming galaxies (LMSFGs) form the bulk of their stellar mass is uncertain. While some models predict an early formation, others favor a delayed scenar…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 18 cited

The most metal-rich damped Lyman alpha systems at z>1.5 I: The Data

Trystyn A. M. Berg, Marcel Neeleman, J. Xavier Prochaska +2

We present HIRES observations for 30 damped Lyman alpha systems, selected on the basis of their large metal column densities from previous, lower resolution data. The measured meta…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 149 cited

ZFOURGE/CANDELS: On the Evolution of M* Galaxy Progenitors from z=3 to 0.5

Casey Papovich, I. Labbé, R. Quadri +38

Galaxies with stellar masses near M* contain the majority of stellar mass in the universe, and are therefore of special interest in the study of galaxy evolution. The Milky Way (MW…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 41 cited

Detection of a distinct metal-poor stellar halo in the early-type galaxy NGC 3115

Mark B. Peacock, Jay Strader, Aaron J. Romanowsky +1

We present the resolved stellar populations in the inner and outer halo of the nearby lenticular galaxy NGC~3115. Using deep HST observations, we analyze stars two magnitudes faint…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 367 cited

The SILCC (SImulating the LifeCycle of molecular Clouds) project: I. Chemical evolution of the supernova-driven ISM

S. K. Walch, P. Girichidis, T. Naab +7

The SILCC project (SImulating the Life-Cycle of molecular Clouds) aims at a more self-consistent understanding of the interstellar medium (ISM) on small scales and its link to gala…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 1.7k cited

Overview of the SDSS-IV MaNGA Survey: Mapping Nearby Galaxies at Apache Point Observatory

Kevin Bundy, Matthew A. Bershady, David R. Law +65

We present an overview of a new integral field spectroscopic survey called MaNGA (Mapping Nearby Galaxies at Apache Point Observatory), one of three core programs in the fourth-gen…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 282 cited

Stellar masses from the CANDELS survey: the GOODS-South and UDS fields

P. Santini, H. C. Ferguson, A. Fontana +35

We present the public release of the stellar mass catalogs for the GOODS-S and UDS fields obtained using some of the deepest near-IR images available, achieved as part of the Cosmi…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 581 cited

Compaction and Quenching of High-z Galaxies in Cosmological Simulations: Blue and Red Nuggets

Adi Zolotov, Avishai Dekel, Nir Mandelker +7

We use cosmological simulations to study a characteristic evolution pattern of high redshift galaxies. Early, stream-fed, highly perturbed, gas-rich discs undergo phases of dissipa…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 442 cited

The MOSFIRE Deep Evolution Field (MOSDEF) Survey: Rest-Frame Optical Spectroscopy for ~1500 H-Selected Galaxies at 1.37 < z < 3.8

Mariska Kriek, Alice E. Shapley, Naveen A. Reddy +21

In this paper we present the MOSFIRE Deep Evolution Field (MOSDEF) survey. The MOSDEF survey aims to obtain moderate-resolution (R=3000-3650) rest-frame optical spectra (~3700-7000…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 297 cited

The galaxy stellar mass function at 3.5<z<7.5 in the CANDELS/UDS, GOODS-South, and HUDF fields

A. Grazian, A. Fontana, P. Santini +38

The galaxy stellar mass function (GSMF) at high-z provides key information on star-formation history and mass assembly in the young Universe. We aimed to use the unique combination…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 12 cited

VEGAS-SSS. A VST survey of elliptical galaxies in the southern hemisphere: analysis of small stellar systems. Testing the methodology on the globular cluster system in NGC3115

Michele Cantiello, Massimo Capaccioli, Nicola Napolitano +11

We present a study of globular clusters (GCs) and other small stellar systems (SSSs) in the field of NGC3115, observed as part of the VEGAS imaging survey, carried out with the VST…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 39 cited

Probing the Physical Conditions of Atomic Gas at High Redshift

Marcel Neeleman, J. Xavier Prochaska, Arthur. M. Wolfe

A new method is used to measure the physical conditions of the gas in damped Lyman-alpha systems (DLAs). Using high resolution absorption spectra of a sample of 80 DLAs, we are abl…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 25 cited

The initial mass function and star formation law in the outer disc of NGC 2915

S. M. Bruzzese, G. R. Meurer, C. D. P. Lagos +4

Using Hubble Space Telescope (HST) ACS/WFC data we present the photometry and spatial distribution of resolved stellar populations in the outskirts of NGC 2915, a blue compact dwar…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 65 cited

Dissecting the Gaseous Halos of z~2 Damped Ly Systems with Close Quasar Pairs

Kate H. R. Rubin, Joseph F. Hennawi, J. Xavier Prochaska +3

We use spectroscopy of close pairs of quasars to study diffuse gas in the circumgalactic medium (CGM) surrounding a sample of 40 Damped Lya systems (DLAs). The primary sightline in…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 114 cited

Deconstructing the Galaxy Stellar Mass Function with UKIDSS and CANDELS: the Impact of Colour, Structure and Environment

Alice Mortlock, Christopher. J. Conselice, William G. Hartley +15

We combine photometry from the UDS, and CANDELS UDS and CANDELS GOODS-S surveys to construct the galaxy stellar mass function probing both the low and high mass end accurately in t…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 58 cited

Mixing and transport of metals by gravitational instability-driven turbulence in galactic discs

Antoine C. Petit, Mark R. Krumholz, Nathan J. Goldbaum +1

Metal production in galaxies traces star formation, and is highly concentrated toward the centers of galactic discs. This suggests that galaxies should have inhomogeneous metal dis…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 36 cited

Simulating tidal streams in a high resolution dark matter halo

Wayne Ngan, Brandon Bozek, Raymond G. Carlberg +3

We simulate tidal streams in the presence and absence of substructures inside the zero redshift snapshot of the Via Lactea II (VL-2) simulation. A halo finder is used to remove and…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 83 cited

Sub-Eddington Star-Forming Regions are Super-Eddington: Momentum Driven Outflows from Supersonic Turbulence

Todd A. Thompson, Mark R. Krumholz

We show that the turbulent gas in the star-forming regions of galaxies is unstable to wind formation via momentum deposition by radiation pressure or other momentum sources like su…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 112 cited

Constraining the primordial initial mass function with stellar archaeology

Tilman Hartwig, Volker Bromm, Ralf S. Klessen +1

We present a new near-field cosmological probe of the initial mass function (IMF) of the first stars. Specifically, we constrain the lower-mass limit of the Population III (Pop III…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 171 cited

Modelling the supernova-driven ISM in different environments

A. Gatto, S. Walch, M. -M. Mac Low +11

We use hydrodynamical simulations in a periodic box to model the impact of supernova (SN) explosions on the multi-phase interstellar medium (ISM) for initial de…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 76 cited

Directly imaging damped Ly-alpha galaxies at z>2. III: The star formation rates of neutral gas reservoirs at z~2.7

Michele Fumagalli, John M. O'Meara, J. Xavier Prochaska +2

We present results from a survey designed to probe the star formation properties of 32 damped Ly-alpha systems (DLAs) at z~2.7. By using the "double-DLA" technique that eliminates…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 229 cited

Legacy ExtraGalactic UV Survey (LEGUS) with The Hubble Space Telescope. I. Survey Description

D. Calzetti, J. C. Lee, E. Sabbi +46

The Legacy ExtraGalactic UV Survey (LEGUS) is a Cycle 21 Treasury program on the Hubble Space Telescope, aimed at the investigation of star formation and its relation with galactic…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 3 cited

Dark matter inner slope and concentration in galaxies: from the Fornax dwarf to M87

G. A. Mamon, J. Chevalier, A. J. Romanowsky +1

We apply two new state-of-the-art methods that model the distribution of observed tracers in projected phase space to lift the mass / velocity anisotropy (VA) degeneracy and deduce…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 7 cited

Trends in Dwarf Early-Type Kinematics with Cluster-centric Radius Driven By Tidal Stirring

A. J. Benson, E. Toloba, L. Mayer +2

We model the dynamics of dwarf early-type galaxies in the Virgo cluster when subject to a variety of environmental processes. We focus on how these processes imprint trends in dyna…