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most citedCANDELS: The Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey

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astro-ph.GA2026

Specific Star Formation Rate Enhancement across the Galaxy Merger Sequence: Insights from Citizen Science Classifications

Jacob Lee, Alexandra Le Reste, Claudia Scarlata +1

We present an analysis of specific star formation rates (sSFR) across the galaxy merger sequence using visual classifications from the Zooniverse citizen science project "Cosmic Di…

astro-ph.GA2026

4MOST ChANGES: Catalog of high-redshift quasar candidates (4.5 < < 7) selected with SED fitting

T. Mkrtchyan, C. Mazzucchelli, R. J. Assef +12

The identification of high-redshift quasars () is critical for studying the early Universe, supermassive black hole growth, and cosmic reionization. Most known high-redshi…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 5 cited

Directly Imaging the Cooling Flow in the Phoenix Cluster

Michael Reefe, Michael McDonald, Marios Chatzikos +14

In the centers of many galaxy clusters, the hot (10 K) intracluster medium (ICM) can become dense enough that it should cool on short timescales. However, the low measure…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 4 cited

Tracing the Total Stellar Mass and Star Formation of High-Redshift Protoclusters

Roxana Popescu, Alexandra Pope, Kyoung-Soo Lee +6

As the progenitors of present-day galaxy clusters, protoclusters are excellent laboratories to study galaxy evolution. Since existing observations of protoclusters are limited to t…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 8 cited

SPT-CL J2215-3537: A Massive Starburst at the Center of the Most Distant Relaxed Galaxy Cluster

Michael S. Calzadilla, Lindsey E. Bleem, Michael McDonald +14

We present the discovery of the most distant, dynamically relaxed cool core cluster, SPT-CL J2215-3537 (SPT2215) and its central brightest cluster galaxy (BCG) at z=1.16. Using new…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 3 cited

Millimeter-wave spectrum of 2-propanimine

Luyao Zou, Jean-Claude Guillemin, Arnaud Belloche +4

Up to date, only 6 imines have been detected in the interstellar medium. The 3-carbon imine, 2-propanimine ((CH)C=NH), is predicted to be the structural isomer with the low…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 4 cited

Evidence for AGN-Regulated Cooling in Clusters at : A Multi-Wavelength View of SPT-CL J0607-4448

Megan Masterson, Michael McDonald, Behzad Ansarinejad +9

We present a multi-wavelength analysis of the galaxy cluster SPT-CL J0607-4448 (SPT0607), which is one of the most distant clusters discovered by the South Pole Telescope (SPT) at…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 9 cited

Galaxy populations in the most distant SPT-SZ clusters -- II. Galaxy structural properties in massive clusters at 1.4<z<1.7

V. Strazzullo, M. Pannella, J. J. Mohr +12

We investigate structural properties of massive galaxy populations in the central regions of five very massive galaxy clusters at z~1.4-1.7 from the South Pole Telescope Sunyaev Ze…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 177 cited

The Art of Measuring Physical Parameters in Galaxies: A Critical Assessment of Spectral Energy Distribution Fitting Techniques

Camilla Pacifici, Kartheik G. Iyer, Bahram Mobasher +52

The study of galaxy evolution hinges on our ability to interpret multi-wavelength galaxy observations in terms of their physical properties. To do this, we rely on spectral energy…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 50 cited

Optimized Photometric Redshifts for the Cosmic Assembly Near-Infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey (CANDELS)

Dritan Kodra, Brett H. Andrews, Jeffrey A. Newman +27

We present the first comprehensive release of photometric redshifts (photo-z's) from the Cosmic Assembly Near-Infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey (CANDELS) team. We use stati…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 37 cited

Investigating the Effect of Galaxy Interactions on Star Formation at 0.5<z<3.0

Ekta A. Shah, Jeyhan S. Kartaltepe, Christina T. Magagnoli +24

Observations and simulations of interacting galaxies and mergers in the local universe have shown that interactions can significantly enhance the star formation rates (SFR) and fue…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 139 cited

Dusty Starbursts Masquerading as Ultra-high Redshift Galaxies in JWST CEERS Observations

Jorge A. Zavala, Veronique Buat, Caitlin M. Casey +121

Lyman Break Galaxy (LBG) candidates at z>10 are rapidly being identified in JWST/NIRCam observations. Due to the (redshifted) break produced by neutral hydrogen absorption of rest-…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 350 cited

A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away: A Candidate z ~ 12 Galaxy in Early JWST CEERS Imaging

Steven L. Finkelstein, Micaela B. Bagley, Pablo Arrabal Haro +117

We report the discovery of a candidate galaxy with a photo-z of z~12 in the first epoch of the JWST Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science (CEERS) Survey. Following conservative se…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 13 cited

The Evolution of AGN Activity in Brightest Cluster Galaxies

T. Somboonpanyakul, M. McDonald, A. Noble +73

We present the results of an analysis of Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) observations on the full 2500 deg^2 South Pole Telescope (SPT)-SZ cluster sample. We describe a…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 2 cited

The Massive and Distant Clusters of WISE Survey XI: Stellar Mass Fractions and Luminosity Functions of MaDCoWS Clusters at

Bandon Decker, Mark Brodwin, Ripon Saha +14

We present stellar mass fractions and composite luminosity functions (LFs) for a sample of \Ncl\ clusters from the Massive and Distant Clusters of WISE Survey (MaDCoWS) at a redshi…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 5 cited

Clash of Titans: a MUSE dynamical study of the extreme cluster merger SPT-CL J0307-6225

D. Hernández-Lang, A. Zenteno, A. Diaz-Ocampo +23

We present VLT/MUSE spectroscopy, along with archival Gemini/GMOS spectroscopy, Magellan/Megacam imaging, and Chandra X-ray emission for SPT-CL J0305-6225, a z=0.58 major merging g…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 14 cited

Synthesizing Stellar Populations in South Pole Telescope Galaxy Clusters: I. Ages of Quiescent Member Galaxies at 0.3 < z < 1.4

Gourav Khullar, Matthew B. Bayliss, Michael D. Gladders +14

Using stellar population synthesis models to infer star formation histories (SFHs), we analyse photometry and spectroscopy of a large sample of quiescent galaxies which are members…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 17 cited

Atacama Cosmology Telescope measurements of a large sample of candidates from the Massive and Distant Clusters of WISE Survey: Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect confirmation of MaDCoWS candidates using ACT

John Orlowski-Scherer, Luca Di Mascolo, Tanay Bhandarkar +35

Galaxy clusters are an important tool for cosmology, and their detection and characterization are key goals for current and future surveys. Using data from the Wide-field Infrared…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 17 cited

Torsional-rotational spectrum of doubly-deuterated dimethyl ether (CHOCHD) -- First ALMA detection in the interstellar medium

C. Richard, J. K. Jørgensen, L. Margulès +3

In 2013, we have published the first rotational analysis and detection of mono-deuterated dimethyl ether in the solar-type protostar IRAS 16293-2422 with the IRAM 30m telescope. Di…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 21 cited

On the Nature of AGN and Star Formation Enhancement in the SSA22 Protocluster: The HST WFC3 IR View

Erik B. Monson, Bret D. Lehmer, Keith Doore +9

We examine possible environmental sources of the enhanced star formation and active galactic nucleus (AGN) activity in the SSA22 protocluster using Hubble WFC3 F160W ($\…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 15 cited

The High-Redshift Clusters Occupied by Bent Radio AGN (COBRA) Survey: Radio Source Properties

Emmet Golden-Marx, Elizabeth Blanton, Rachel-Paterno-Mahler +8

The shape of bent, double-lobed radio sources requires a dense gaseous medium. Bent sources can therefore be used to identify galaxy clusters and characterize their evolutionary hi…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 53 cited

Investigating the Effect of Galaxy Interactions on AGN Enhancement at

Ekta A. Shah, Jeyhan S. Kartaltepe, Christina T. Magagnoli +30

Galaxy interactions and mergers are thought to play an important role in the evolution of galaxies. Studies in the nearby universe show a higher AGN fraction in interacting and mer…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 16 cited

CANDELS Meets GSWLC: Evolution of the Relationship Between Morphology and Star Formation Since z = 2

Chandler Osborne, Samir Salim, Ivana Damjanov +7

Galaxy morphology and its evolution over the cosmic epoch hold important clues for understanding the regulation of star formation (SF). However, studying the relationship between m…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 114 cited

Euclid preparation: X. The Euclid photometric-redshift challenge

Euclid Collaboration, G. Desprez, S. Paltani +170

Forthcoming large photometric surveys for cosmology require precise and accurate photometric redshift (photo-z) measurements for the success of their main science objectives. Howev…