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astro-ph.GA2014★ 42 cited

Census of HII regions in NGC 6754 derived with MUSE: Constraints on the metal mixing scale

S. F. Sánchez, L. Galbany, E. Pérez +11

We present a study of the HII regions in the galaxy NGC 6754 from a two pointing mosaic comprising 197,637 individual spectra, using Integral Field Spectrocopy (IFS) recently acqui…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 37 cited

Dissecting galactic bulges in space and time I: the importance of early formation scenarios vs. secular evolution

M. K. Seidel, R. Cacho, T. Ruiz-Lara +7

The details of bulge formation via collapse, mergers, secular processes or their interplay remain unresolved. To start answering this question and quantify the importance of distin…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 111 cited

Planck intermediate results. XXXIII. Signature of the magnetic field geometry of interstellar filaments in dust polarization maps

Planck Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, N. Aghanim +187

Planck observations at 353GHz provide the first fully-sampled maps of the polarized dust emission towards interstellar filaments and their backgrounds. The polarization data provid…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 18 cited

Accretion-Inhibited Star Formation in the Warm Molecular Disk of the Green-valley Elliptical Galaxy NGC 3226

P. N. Appleton, C. Mundell, T. Bitsakis +7

We present archival Spitzer photometry and spectroscopy, and Herschel photometry, of the peculiar "Green Valley" elliptical galaxy NGC~3226. The galaxy, which contains a low-lumino…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 102 cited

Imprints of galaxy evolution on H ii regions Memory of the past uncovered by the CALIFA survey

S. F. Sanchez, E. Perez, F. F. Rosales-Ortega +27

H ii regions in galaxies are the sites of star formation and thus particular places to understand the build-up of stellar mass in the universe. The line ratios of this ionized gas…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 52 cited

Catching Quenching Galaxies: The Nature of the WISE Infrared Transition Zone

Katherine Alatalo, Sabrina L. Cales, Philip N. Appleton +5

We present the discovery of a prominent bifurcation between early-type galaxies and late-type galaxies, in [4.6]-[12] micron colors from the Wide Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WI…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 240 cited

CALIFA, the Calar Alto Legacy Integral Field Area survey. III. Second public data release

R. García-Benito, S. Zibetti, S. F. Sánchez +68

This paper describes the Second Public Data Release (DR2) of the Calar Alto Legacy Integral Field Area (CALIFA) survey. The data for 200 objects are made public, including the 100…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 30 cited

Strong Chromatic Microlensing in HE0047-1756 and SDSS1155+6346

Karina Rojas, Verónica Motta, Evencio Mediavilla +3

We use spectra of the double lensed quasars HE0047-1756 and SDSS1155+6346 to study their unresolved structure through the impact of microlensing. There is no significant evidence o…

astro-ph.GA2014

A Herschel and CARMA view of CO and [C II] in Hickson Compact groups

Katherine Alatalo, Philip N. Appleton, Ute Lisenfeld

Understanding the evolution of galaxies from the starforming blue cloud to the quiescent red sequence has been revolutionized by observations taken with Herschel Space Observatory,…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 34 cited

Strong Far-IR Cooling Lines, Peculiar CO Kinematics and Possible Star Formation Suppression in Hickson Compact Group 57

K. Alatalo, P. N. Appleton, U. Lisenfeld +14

We present [C II] and [O I] observations from Herschel and CO(1-0) maps from the Combined Array for† Research in Millimeter Astronomy (CARMA) of the Hickson Compact Group HCG 57, f…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 69 cited

Planck intermediate results. XXXII. The relative orientation between the magnetic field and structures traced by interstellar dust

Planck Collaboration, R. Adam, P. A. R. Ade +199

The role of the magnetic field in the formation of the filamentary structures observed in the interstellar medium (ISM) is a debated topic. The Planck all-sky maps of linearly pola…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 30 cited

Planck intermediate results. XXXI. Microwave survey of Galactic supernova remnants

Planck Collaboration, M. Arnaud, M. Ashdown +160

The all-sky Planck survey in 9 frequency bands was used to search for emission from all 274 known Galactic supernova remnants. Of these, 16 were detected in at least two Planck fre…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 154 cited

Planck intermediate results. XXIX. All-sky dust modelling with Planck, IRAS, and WISE observations

Plank Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, N. Aghanim +195

We present all-sky modelling of the high resolution Planck, IRAS, and WISE infrared (IR) observations using the physical dust model presented by Draine and Li in 2007 (DL). We stud…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 14 cited

CO in Hickson Compact Group galaxies with enhanced warm \htwo\ emission: Evidence for galaxy evolution?

U. Lisenfeld, P. N. Appleton, M. E. Cluver +3

Galaxies in Hickson Compact Groups (HCGs) are believed to experience morphological transformations from blue, star-forming galaxies to red, early-type galaxies. Galaxies with a hig…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 46 cited

Planck intermediate results. XXV. The Andromeda Galaxy as seen by Planck

Planck Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, N. Aghanim +202

The Andromeda Galaxy (M31) is one of a few galaxies that has sufficient angular size on the sky to be resolved by the Planck satellite. Planck has detected M31 in all of its freque…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 79 cited

Dark Matter Fraction in Lens Galaxies: New Estimates from Microlensing

J. Jiménez-Vicente, E. Mediavilla, C. S. Kochanek +1

We present a joint estimate of the stellar/dark matter mass fraction in lens galaxies and the average size of the accretion disk of lensed quasars from microlensing measurements of…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 207 cited

Stellar Population gradients in galaxy discs from the CALIFA survey

P. Sanchez-Blazquez, F. Rosales-Ortega, J. Mendez-Abreu +27

While studies of gas-phase metallicity gradients in disc galaxies are common, very little has been done in the acquisition of stellar abundance gradients in the same regions. We pr…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 22 cited

Gaseous-phase metallicities and stellar populations in the centres of barred galaxies

Raúl Cacho, Patricia Sánchez-Blázquez, Javier Gorgas +1

Numerical simulations predict that bars represent a very important agent for triggering gas inflows, which in turn could lead to central star formation. Bars thus are thought to co…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 26 cited

Planck intermediate results. XXIII. Galactic plane emission components derived from Planck with ancillary data

Planck Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, N. Aghanim +189

Planck data when combined with ancillary data provide a unique opportunity to separate the diffuse emission components of the inner Galaxy. The purpose of the paper is to elucidate…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 43 cited

The Mice at play in the CALIFA survey: A case study of a gas-rich major merger between first passage and coalescence

Vivienne Wild, Fabian Rosales-Ortega, Jesus Falcon-Barroso +43

We present optical integral field spectroscopy (IFS) observations of the Mice, a major merger between two massive (>10^11Msol) gas-rich spirals NGC4676A and B, observed between fir…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 422 cited

Planck intermediate results. XIX. An overview of the polarized thermal emission from Galactic dust

Planck Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, N. Aghanim +199

This paper presents the large-scale polarized sky as seen by Planck HFI at 353 GHz, which is the most sensitive Planck channel for dust polarization. We construct and analyse large…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 190 cited

Planck intermediate results. XXII. Frequency dependence of thermal emission from Galactic dust in intensity and polarization

Planck Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, M. I. R. Alves +177

Planck has mapped the intensity and polarization of the sky at microwave frequencies with unprecedented sensitivity. We make use of the Planck 353 GHz I, Q, and U Stokes maps as du…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 101 cited

Planck intermediate results. XXI. Comparison of polarized thermal emission from Galactic dust at 353 GHz with interstellar polarization in the visible

Planck Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, N. Aghanim +192

The Planck survey provides unprecedented full-sky coverage of the submillimetre polarized emission from Galactic dust, bringing new constraints on the properties of dust. The dust…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 170 cited

Planck intermediate results. XX. Comparison of polarized thermal emission from Galactic dust with simulations of MHD turbulence

Planck Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, N. Aghanim +186

Polarized emission observed by Planck HFI at 353 GHz towards a sample of nearby fields is presented, focusing on the statistics of polarization fractions and angles . The po…