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most citedThe Seventh Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

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astro-ph2005★ 29 cited

A multisite photometric campaign on the Pre-Main-Sequence delta Scuti pulsator IP Per

V. Ripepi, S. Bernabei, M. Marconi +18

We present the results of a photometric multisite campaign on the Scuti Pre-Main-Sequence star IP Per. Nine telescopes have been involved in the observations, with a total of a…

astro-ph2005★ 85 cited

The Youngest Stellar clusters Clusters associated with massive protostellar candidates

M. S. N. Kumar, E. Keto, E. Clerkin

We report on the identification of 54 embedded clusters around 217 massive protostellar candidates of which 34 clusters are new detections. The embedded clusters are identified as…

astro-ph2005★ 16 cited

The radio properties of the cD galaxy of Abell 2390

Pedro Augusto, Alastair C. Edge, Claire J. Chandler

We present multi-frequency, multi-epoch radio imaging of the complex radio source B2151+174 in the core of the cluster, Abell 2390 (z~0.23). From new and literature data we conclud…

astro-ph2005★ 34 cited

Spectrophotometric properties of galaxies at intermediate redshifts (z ~ 0.2--1.0) II. The Luminosity -- Metallicity relation

Fabrice Lamareille, Thierry Contini, Jarle Brinchmann +3

We present the gas-phase oxygen abundance (O/H) for a sample of 131 star-forming galaxies at intermediate redshifts (). The sample selection, the spectroscopic observati…

astro-ph2005★ 34 cited

Spectrophotometric properties of galaxies at intermediate redshifts (z ~ 0.2--1.0) I. Sample description, photometric properties and spectral measurements

Fabrice Lamareille, Thierry Contini, Jean-François Le Borgne +3

We present the spectrophotometric properties of a sample of 141 emission-line galaxies at redshifts in the range with a peak around . The analysis is bas…

astro-ph2005★ 44 cited

Extracting Star Formation Histories from Medium-resolution Galaxy Spectra

Hugues Mathis, Stephane Charlot, Jarle Brinchmann

We adapt an existing data compression algorithm, MOPED, to the extraction of median-likelihood star formation (SF) histories from medium-resolution galaxy spectra. By focusing on t…

astro-ph2005★ 150 cited

An unbiased search for the signatures of protostars in the rho Ophiuchi Molecular Cloud. II. Millimetre continuum observations

Thomas Stanke, Michael D. Smith, Roland Gredel +1

We have performed a 1 square degree 1.2mm dust continuum survey in the rho Oph molecular cloud. We detect a number of previously unknown sources, ranging from extended cores over c…

astro-ph2005

Trends in Space Astronomy and Cosmic Vision 2015-2025

Catherine Turon, Chris Done, Andreas Quirrenbach +14

As a short introduction to the astronomy session, the response of the community to the Call for Themes issued by ESA and the specific themes selected by the Astronomy Working Group…

astro-ph2005★ 282 cited

A mean redshift of 2.8 for Swift gamma-ray bursts

P. Jakobsson, A. Levan, J. P. U. Fynbo +18

The exceptionally high luminosities of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), gradually emerging as extremely useful probes of star formation, make them promising tools for exploration of the hi…

astro-ph2005★ 96 cited

Disk and wind interaction in the young stellar object MWC 297 spatially resolved with VLTI/AMBER

F. Malbet, M. Benisty, W. J. De Wit +15

The young stellar object MWC 297 has been observed with the VLT interferometer equipped with the AMBER instrument. MWC 297 has been spatially resolved in the continuum with a visib…

astro-ph2005★ 1.1k cited

The Fourth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

J. K. Adelman-McCarthy et al.

This paper describes the fourth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), including all survey-quality data taken through June 2004. The data release includes five-band…

astro-ph2005★ 1 cited

VITRUV - Science Cases

Paulo J. V. Garcia, Jean-Phillipe Berger, Romano Corradi +11

VITRUV is a second generation spectro-imager for the PRIMA enabled Very Large Telescope Interferometer. By combining simultaneously up to 8 telescopes VITRUV makes the VLTI up to 6…

astro-ph2005★ 2 cited

VITRUV - Imaging close environments of stars and galaxies with the VLTI at milli-arcsec resolution

Fabien Malbet, Jean-Philippe Berger, Paulo Garcia +11

The VITRUV project has the objective to deliver milli-arcsecond spectro-images of the environment of compact sources like young stars, active galaxies and evolved stars to the comm…

astro-ph2005★ 1.2k cited

The ages and metallicities of galaxies in the local universe

Anna Gallazzi, Stephane Charlot, Jarle Brinchmann +2

We derive stellar metallicities, light-weighted ages and stellar masses for a magnitude-limited sample of 175,128 galaxies drawn from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release Two…

astro-ph2005★ 61 cited

Seismic analysis of the second ionization region of helium in the Sun: I. Sensitivity study and methodology

M. J. P. F. G. Monteiro, M. J. Thompson

The region of the second ionization of helium in the Sun is a narrow layer near the surface. Ionization induces a local change of the adiabatic exponent , which produces a cha…

astro-ph2005★ 779 cited

The host galaxies of radio-loud AGN: mass dependencies, gas cooling and AGN feedback

P. N. Best, G. Kauffmann, T. M. Heckman +4

The properties of the host galaxies of a well-defined sample of 2215 radio-loud AGN with redshifts 0.03 < z < 0.3, defined from the SDSS, are investigated. These are predominantly…

astro-ph2005★ 40 cited

Number counts in homogeneous and inhomogeneous dark energy models

N. J. Nunes, A. C. da Silva, N. Aghanim

In the simple case of a constant equation of state, redshift distribution of collapsed structures may constrain dark energy models. Different dark energy models having the same ene…

astro-ph2005★ 25 cited

Constraining beta(z) and Omega_m from redshift-space distortions in z~3 galaxy surveys

J. da Angela, P. J. Outram, T. Shanks

We use sample of 813 Lyman-break galaxies (LBGs) with 2.6<z<3.4 to perform a detailed analysis of the redshift-space (z-space) distortions in their clustering pattern and from them…

astro-ph2005★ 40 cited

The 2dF QSO Redshift Survey - XV. Correlation analysis of redshift-Space distortions

J. da Angela, P. J. Outram, T. Shanks +6

We analyse the redshift-space (z-space) distortions of QSO clustering in the 2dF QSO Redshift Survey (2QZ). To interpret the z-space correlation function, xi(sigma,pi), we require…

astro-ph2005★ 133 cited

Evolution of the Near-Infrared Tully-Fisher Relation: Constraints on the Relationship Between the Stellar and Total Masses of Disk Galaxies since z=1

Christopher J. Conselice, Kevin Bundy, Richard S. Ellis +3

Using a combination of Keck spectroscopy and near-infrared imaging, we investigate the K-band and stellar mass Tully-Fisher relation for 101 disk galaxies at 0.2 < z < 1.2, with th…

astro-ph2005★ 52 cited

The Colours of Elliptical galaxies

Ruixiang Chang, Anna Gallazzi, Guinevere Kauffmann +4

We have compiled a sample of 2728 nearby () elliptical galaxies with photometry in the bands from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and photometry from…