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astro-ph.GA2018★ 99 cited

The SAMI Galaxy Survey: Exploring the gas-phase Mass-Metallicity Relation

S. F. Sanchez, J. K. Barrera-Ballesteros, C. Lopez-Coba +13

We present a detailed exploration of the stellar mass vs. gas-phase metallicity relation (MZR) using integral field spectroscopy data obtained from ~1000 galaxies observed by the S…

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★ 14 cited

Characterising the high-mass star forming filament G351.776--0.527 with Herschel and APEX dust continuum and gas observations

S. Leurini, E. Schisano, T. Pillai +13

G351.776-0.527 is among the most massive, closest, and youngest filaments in the inner Galactic plane and therefore it is an ideal laboratory to study the kinematics of dense gas a…

astro-ph.GA2018

The extraordinary linear polarisation structure of the southern Centaurus A lobe revealed by ASKAP

Craig S. Anderson, George Heald, Shane P. O'Sullivan +14

We present observations of linear polarisation in the southern radio lobe of Centaurus A, conducted during commissioning of the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP)…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 55 cited

The SAMI Galaxy Survey: Observing the environmental quenching of star formation in GAMA groups

A. L. Schaefer, S. M. Croom, N. Scott +25

We explore the radial distribution of star formation in galaxies in the SAMI Galaxy Survey as a function of their local group environment. Using a sample of galaxies in groups (wit…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 71 cited

The SAMI Galaxy Survey: Stellar and gas misalignments and the origin of gas in nearby galaxies

J. J. Bryant, S. M. Croom, J. van de Sande +16

Misalignment of gas and stellar rotation in galaxies can give clues to the origin and processing of accreted gas. Integral field spectroscopic observations of 1213 galaxies from th…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 47 cited

Calibrating Interstellar Abundances using SNR Radiative Shocks

Michael A. Dopita, Ivo R. Seitenzahl, Ralph S. Sutherland +4

Using integral field data we extract the optical spectra of shocked interstellar clouds in Kepler's supernova remnant located in the inner regions of our Galaxy, as well as in the…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 50 cited

Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): The sSFR-M* relation part I - -M* as a function of sample, SFR indicator and environment

L. J. M. Davies, C. del P. Lagos, A. Katsianis +11

Recently a number of studies have proposed that the dispersion along the star formation rate - stellar mass relation (-M) is indicative of variations in st…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 21 cited

A Centimeter-wave Study of Methanol and Ammonia Isotopologues in Sgr B2(N): Physical and chemical differentiation between two hot cores

E. A. C. Mills, J. Corby, A. R. Clements +4

We present new radio-frequency interferometric maps of emission from the 14NH3, 15NH3, and 14NH2D isotopologues of ammonia, and the 12CH3OH and 13CH3OH isotopologues of methanol to…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 93 cited

The SAMI Galaxy Survey: comparing 3D spectroscopic observations with galaxies from cosmological hydrodynamical simulations

Jesse van de Sande, Claudia D. P. Lagos, Charlotte Welker +19

Cosmological hydrodynamical simulations are rich tools to understand the build-up of stellar mass and angular momentum in galaxies, but require some level of calibration to observa…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 227 cited

The GALAH survey and Gaia DR2: dissecting the stellar disc's phase space by age, action, chemistry and location

Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Sanjib Sharma, Thor Tepper-Garcia +24

We use the second data releases of the ESA Gaia astrometric survey and the high-resolution GALAH spectroscopic survey to analyse the structure of our Galaxy's disc components. With…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 20 cited

ALMA CO Observations of Supernova Remnant N63A in the Large Magellanic Cloud: Discovery of Dense Molecular Clouds Embedded within Shock-Ionized and Photoionized Nebulae

H. Sano, H. Matsumura, T. Nagaya +19

We carried out new CO( = 1-0, 3-2) observations of a N63A supernova remnant (SNR) from the LMC using ALMA and ASTE. We find three giant molecular clouds toward the northe…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 95 cited

The SAMI Galaxy Survey: Data Release Two with absorption-line physics value-added products

Nicholas Scott, Jesse van de Sande, Scott M. Croom +34

We present the second major release of data from the SAMI Galaxy Survey. Data Release Two includes data for 1559 galaxies, about 50% of the full survey. Galaxies included have a re…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 8 cited

The SAMI Galaxy Survey: embedded discs and radial trends in outer dynamical support across the Hubble sequence

Caroline Foster, J. van de Sande, L. Cortese +11

We study the balance in dynamical support of 384 galaxies with stellar kinematics out to >1.5R_e in the Sydney AAO Multi-object Integral Field (SAMI) Galaxy Survey. We present radi…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 37 cited

ZFOURGE: Using Composite Spectral Energy Distributions to Characterize Galaxy Populations at 1<z<4

Ben Forrest, Kim-Vy H. Tran, Adam Broussard +12

We investigate the properties of galaxies as they shut off star formation over the 4 billion years surrounding peak cosmic star formation. To do this we categorize galax…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 237 cited

Near infrared spectroscopy and star-formation histories of 3<z<4 quiescent galaxies

C. Schreiber, K. Glazebrook, T. Nanayakkara +8

We present Keck-MOSFIRE H and K spectra for a sample of 24 candidate quiescent galaxies (QGs) at 3<z<4, identified from UVJ colors and photometric redshifts in the ZFOURGE and 3DHS…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 95 cited

The SAMI Galaxy Survey: Spatially Resolved Metallicity and Ionization Mapping

Henry Poetrodjojo, Brent Groves, Lisa J. Kewley +16

We present gas-phase metallicity and ionization parameter maps of 25 star-forming face-on spiral galaxies from the SAMI Galaxy Survey Data Release 1. Self-consistent metallicity an…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 41 cited

The GALAH Survey and Gaia DR2: (Non)existence of five sparse high-latitude open clusters

Janez Kos, Gayandhi de Silva, Joss Bland-Hawthorn +21

Sparse open clusters can be found at high galactic latitudes where loosely populated clusters are more easily detected against the lower stellar background. Because most star forma…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 131 cited

Intracluster light: a luminous tracer for dark matter in clusters of galaxies

Mireia Montes, Ignacio Trujillo

The bulk of stars in galaxy clusters are confined within their constituent galaxies. Those stars do not trace the extended distribution of dark matter well as they are located in t…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 30 cited

Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): Accurate number densities & environments of massive ultracompact galaxies at 0.02 < z < 0.3

F. Buitrago, I. Ferreras, L. S. Kelvin +15

Massive Ultracompact Galaxies (MUGs) are common at z=2-3, but very rare in the nearby Universe. Simulations predict that the few surviving MUGs should reside in galaxy clusters, wh…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 4 cited

Origin of Metals around Galaxies I: Catalogs of Metal-line Absorption Doublets from High-Resolution Quasar Spectra

Lluís Mas-Ribas, Signe Riemer-Sørensen, Joseph F. Hennawi +5

We present the first paper of the series Origin of Metals around Galaxies (OMG) aimed to study the origin of the metals observed in the circumgalactic and intergalactic media. In t…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 7 cited

Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): the signatures of galaxy interactions as viewed from small scale galaxy clustering

M. L. P. Gunawardhana, P. Norberg, I. Zehavi +11

Statistical studies of galaxy-galaxy interactions often utilise net change in physical properties of progenitors as a function of the separation between their nuclei to trace both…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 26 cited

Shocked Interstellar clouds and dust grain destruction in the LMC Supernova Remnant N132D

Michael A. Dopita, Frédéric P. A. Vogt, Ralph S. Sutherland +3

From integral field data we extract the optical spectra of 20 shocked clouds in the supernova remnant N132D in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Using self-consistent shock modelli…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 65 cited

HDUV: The Hubble Deep UV Legacy Survey

P. A. Oesch, M. Montes, N. Reddy +15

We present the Hubble Deep UV Legacy Survey (HDUV), a 132 orbit imaging program with the WFC3/UVIS camera onboard the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The HDUV extends and builds on t…