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astro-ph.GA2018★ 39 cited

Spatial distribution of stellar mass and star formation activity at 0.2<z<1.2 across and along the Main Sequence

Laura Morselli, Paola Popesso, Anna Cibinel +5

High-resolution multi-wavelength photometry is crucial to explore the spatial distribution of star formation in galaxies and understand how these evolve. To this aim, in this paper…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 16 cited

The link between brightest cluster galaxy properties and large scale extensions of 38 DAFT/FADA and CLASH clusters in the redshift range 0.2<z<0.9

F. Durret, Y. Tarricq, I. Márquez +2

In the context of large scale structure formation, clusters of galaxies are located at the nodes of the cosmic web, and continue to accrete galaxies and groups along filaments. The…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 24 cited

The ISM Properties and Gas Kinematics of a Redshift 3 Massive Dusty Star-forming Galaxy

T. K. Daisy Leung, Dominik A. Riechers, Andrew J. Baker +9

We present CO(J= 1-0; 3-2; 5-4; 10-9) and 1.2-kpc resolution [CII] line observations of the dusty star-forming galaxy (SFG) HXMM05 -- carried out with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 37 cited

Simultaneous analysis of SDSS spectra and GALEX photometry with STARLIGHT: Method and early results

Ariel Werle, Roberto Cid Fernandes, Natalia Vale Asari +4

We combine data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and the Galaxy Evolution Explorer to simultaneously analyze optical spectra and ultraviolet photometry of 231643 galaxies with the…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 45 cited

Planck's Dusty GEMS. VII. Atomic carbon and molecular gas in dusty starburst galaxies at z=2 to 4

N. Nesvadba, R. Canameras, R. Kneissl +5

The bright [CI] 1-0 and [CI] 2-1 lines of atomic carbon are becoming more and more widely employed tracers of the cold neutral gas in high-redshift galaxies. Here we present observ…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 42 cited

The Extremely Luminous Quasar Survey in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey footprint. III. The South Galactic Cap Sample and the Quasar Luminosity Function at Cosmic Noon

Jan-Torge Schindler, Xiaohui Fan, Ian D. McGreer +11

We have designed the Extremely Luminous Quasar Survey (ELQS) to provide a highly complete census of unobscured UV-bright quasars during the cosmic noon, . Here we report…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 41 cited

Conditional Quenching: A detailed look at the SFR-Density Relation at z ~ 0.9 from ORELSE

Adam R. Tomczak, Brian C. Lemaux, Lori M. Lubin +10

We present a study of the star-formation rate (SFR)-density relation at z ~ 0.9 using data drawn from the Observations of Redshift Evolution in Large Scale Environments (ORELSE) su…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 35 cited

The core of the massive cluster merger MACS J0417.5-1154 as seen by VLT/MUSE

Mathilde Jauzac, Guillaume Mahler, Alastair C. Edge +11

We present a multi-wavelength analysis of the core of the massive galaxy cluster MACS\,J0417.5-1154 (; MACS\;J0417). Our analysis takes advantage of VLT/MUSE observation…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 86 cited

Chandra centres for COSMOS X-ray galaxy groups: Differences in stellar properties between central dominant and offset brightest group galaxies

Ghassem Gozaliasl, Alexis Finoguenov, Masayuki Tanaka +24

We present the results of a search for galaxy clusters and groups in the square degree of the COSMOS field using all available X-ray observations from the XMM-Newton and Ch…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 147 cited

The Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey. XXIII. Fundamentals of nuclear star clusters over seven decades in galaxy mass

R. Sánchez-Janssen, P. Côté, L. Ferrarese +25

Using deep, high resolution optical imaging from the Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey we study the properties of nuclear star clusters (NSCs) in a sample of nearly 400 quiescen…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 20 cited

Molecular gas in radio galaxies in dense Mpc-scale environments at

G. Castignani, F. Combes, P. Salomé +4

We investigate the role of dense Mpc-scale environment in processing molecular gas in distant Low luminosity radio galaxies (LLRGs) in galaxy (proto-)clusters. We have selected wit…

astro-ph.GA2018

The role of some collisional processes in AGNs: rate coefficients needed for modeling

M. S. Dimitrijevic, V. A. Sreckovic, Lj. M. Ignjatovic +1

The importance of some atom hydrogen collisions in AGN has been investigated. The results are useful for better estimate of the hydrogen Balmer lines uxes, which usage for effectiv…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 220 cited

The Milky Way has no in-situ halo other than the heated thick disc. Composition of the stellar halo and age-dating the last significant merger with Gaia DR2 and APOGEE

P. Di Matteo, M. Haywood, M. D. Lehnert +5

Previous studies based on the analysis of Gaia DR2 data have revealed that accreted stars, possibly originating from a single progenitor satellite, are a significant component of t…

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★ 65 cited

Persistence of the Color-Density Relation and Efficient Environmental Quenching to

Brian C. Lemaux, Adam R. Tomczak, Lori M. Lubin +10

Using ~5000 spectroscopically-confirmed galaxies drawn from the Observations of Redshift Evolution in Large Scale Environments (ORELSE) survey we investigate the relationship betwe…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 35 cited

The Origin of Interstellar Turbulence in M33

Dyas Utomo, Leo Blitz, Edith Falgarone

We utilize the multi-wavelength data of M33 to study the origin of turbulence in its interstellar medium. We find that the HI turbulent energy surface density inside 8 kpc is $\sim…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 261 cited

Spatially resolved rotation of the broad-line region of a quasar at sub-parsec scale

GRAVITY Collaboration, E. Sturm, J. Dexter +32

The broadening of atomic emission lines by high-velocity motion of gas near accreting supermassive black holes is an observational hallmark of quasars. Observations of broad emissi…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 35 cited

An enormous molecular gas flow in the RXJ0821+0752 galaxy cluster

A. N. Vantyghem, B. R. McNamara, H. R. Russell +6

We present recent {\it Chandra} X-ray observations of the RXJ0821.0+0752 galaxy cluster in addition to ALMA observations of the CO(1-0) and CO(3-2) line emission tracing the molecu…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 34 cited

The EDIBLES survey IV. Cosmic ray ionization rates in diffuse clouds from near-ultraviolet observations of interstellar OH

Xavier L. Bacalla, Harold Linnartz, Nick L. J. Cox +6

We report cosmic ray ionization rates towards ten reddened stars studied within the framework of the EDIBLES (ESO Diffuse Interstellar Bands Large Exploration Survey) program, usin…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 586 cited

The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey - II. First data release

T. W. Shimwell, C. Tasse, M. J. Hardcastle +104

The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey (LoTSS) is an ongoing sensitive, high-resolution 120-168MHz survey of the entire northern sky for which observations are now 20% complete. We present…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 40 cited

Molecular ion abundances in the diffuse ISM : CF+, HCO+, HOC+, and C3H+

M. Gerin, H. Liszt, D. Neufeld +4

The transition between atomic and molecular hydrogen is associated with important changes in the structure of interstellar clouds, and marks the beginning of interstellar chemistry…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 167 cited

Characterizing young protostellar disks with the CALYPSO IRAM-PdBI survey: large Class 0 disks are rare

A. J. Maury, Ph. André, L. Testi +15

Understanding the formation mechanisms of protoplanetary disks and multiple systems, and their pristine properties, is a key question for modern astrophysics. The properties of the…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 37 cited

The Formation Conditions of the Wide Binary Class 0 Protostars within BHR 71

John Tobin, Tyler Bourke, Stacy Mader +7

We present a characterization of the binary protostar system that is forming within a dense core in the isolated dark cloud BHR71. The pair of protostars, IRS1 and IRS2, are both i…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 121 cited

The echo of the bar buckling: phase-space spirals in Gaia DR2

Sergey Khoperskov, Paola Di Matteo, Ortwin Gerhard +5

Using a single N-body simulation () we explore the formation, evolution and spatial variation of the phase-space spirals similar to those recently discovered by…