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astro-ph2007★ 48 cited

On the Origin of Bimodal Horizontal-Branches in Massive Globular Clusters: The Case of NGC 6388 and NGC 6441

Suk-Jin Yoon, Seok-Joo Joo, Chang H. Ree +3

Despite the efforts of the past decade, the origin of the bimodal horizontal-branch (HB) found in some globular clusters (GCs) remains a conundrum. Inspired by the discovery of mul…

astro-ph2007★ 381 cited

A Search for Extended Ultraviolet Disk (XUV-disk) Galaxies in the Local Universe

David A. Thilker, Luciana Bianchi, Gerhardt Meurer +26

We have initiated a search for extended ultraviolet disk (XUV-disk) galaxies in the local universe. Herein, we compare GALEX UV and visible--NIR images of 189 nearby (D40 Mpc) S…

astro-ph2007★ 51 cited

Ultraviolet, Optical, and Infrared Constraints on Models of Stellar Populations and Dust Attenuation

Benjamin D. Johnson, David Schiminovich, Mark Seibert +19

The color of galaxies is a fundamental property, easily measured, that constrains models of galaxies and their evolution. Dust attenuation and star formation history (SFH) are the…

astro-ph2007★ 56 cited

A Spectro-photometric Search for Galaxy Clusters in SDSS

Joo H. Yoon, Kevin Schawinski, Yun-Kyeong Sheen +2

Recent large-scale galaxy spectroscopic surveys, such as the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), enable us to execute a systematic, relatively-unbiased search for galaxy clusters. Suc…

astro-ph2007★ 321 cited

The UV-Optical Color Magnitude Diagram II: Physical Properties and Morphological Evolution On and Off of a Star-Forming Sequence

David Schiminovich, Ted K. Wyder, D. Christopher Martin +23

We use the UV-optical color magnitude diagram in combination with spectroscopic and photometric measurements derived from the SDSS spectroscopic sample to measure the distribution…

astro-ph2007

Recent star formation in high-redshift early-type galaxies: insights from the rest-frame UV

S. Kaviraj, S. K. Yi, E. Gawiser +4

We combine deep UBVRIzJK photometry from the MUSYC survey with redshifts from the COMBO-17 survey to study the rest-frame ultraviolet (UV) properties of 674 high-redshift (0.5<z<1)…

astro-ph2007★ 18 cited

Clustering Properties of restframe UV selected galaxies I: the correlation length derived from GALEX data in the local Universe

Bruno Milliard, Sebastien Heinis, Jeremy Blaizot +25

We present the first measurements of the angular correlation function of galaxies selected in the far (1530 A) and near (2310 A) Ultraviolet from the GALEX survey fields overlappin…

astro-ph2007★ 59 cited

The Globular Cluster System of M60 (NGC 4649). II. Kinematics of the Globular Cluster System

Ho Seong Hwang, Myung Gyoon Lee, Hong Soo Park +7

We present a kinematic analysis of the globular cluster (GC) system in the giant elliptical galaxy (gE) M60 in the Virgo cluster. Using the photometric and spectroscopic database o…

astro-ph2007★ 33 cited

The Globular Cluster System of M60 (NGC 4649). I. CFHT MOS Spectroscopy and Database

Myung Gyoon Lee, Ho Seong Hwang, Hong Soo Park +7

We present the measurement of radial velocities for globular clusters in M60, giant elliptical galaxy in the Virgo cluster. Target globular cluster candidates were selected using t…

astro-ph2007★ 766 cited

Observational evidence for AGN feedback in early-type galaxies

Kevin Schawinski, Daniel Thomas, Marc Sarzi +5

A major amendment in recent models of hierarchical galaxy formation is the inclusion of so-called AGN feedback. The energy input from an active central massive black hole is invoke…

astro-ph2007★ 261 cited

Astrometry of Water Maser Sources in Nearby Molecular Clouds with VERA - II. SVS 13 in NGC 1333

Tomoya Hirota, Takeshi Bushimata, Yoon Kyung Choi +25

We report on the results of multi-epoch VLBI observations with VERA (VLBI Exploration of Radio Astrometry) of the 22 GHz H2O masers associated with the young stellar object SVS 13…

astro-ph2007★ 146 cited

Astrometry of Galactic Star Forming Region Sharpless 269 with VERA : Parallax Measurements and Constraint on Outer Rotation Curve

Mareki Honma, Takeshi Bushimata, Yoon Kyung Choi +28

We have performed high-precision astrometry of H2O maser sources in Galactic star forming region Sharpless 269 (S269) with VERA. We have successfully detected a trigonometric paral…

astro-ph2007★ 92 cited

The UV colours of high-redshift early-type galaxies: evidence for recent star formation and stellar mass assembly over the last 8 billion years

S. Kaviraj, S. Khochfar, K. Schawinski +7

We combine deep UBVRIzJK photometry from the Multiwavelength Survey by Yale-Chile (MUSYC) with redshifts from the COMBO-17 survey to perform a large-scale study of the rest-frame u…

astro-ph2007★ 70 cited

The Star Formation and Extinction Co-Evolution of UV-Selected Galaxies over 0.05<z<1.2

D. Christopher Martin, Todd Small, David Schiminovich +22

We use a new stacking technique to obtain mean mid IR and far IR to far UV flux ratios over the rest near-UV/near-IR color-magnitude diagram. We employ COMBO-17 redshifts and COMBO…

astro-ph2007

Star Formation in Bulges from GALEX

Sukyoung K. Yi

Early-type galaxies, considered as large bulges, have been found to have had a much-more-than-boring star formation history in recent years by the UV satellite GALEX. The most mass…

astro-ph2007★ 26 cited

Decoding the spectra of SDSS early-type galaxies: New indicators of age and recent star formation

Ben Rogers, Ignacio Ferreras, Ofer Lahav +3

(Abridged) We apply Principal Component Analysis (PCA) to a sample of early-type galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) in order to infer differences in their star forma…

astro-ph2007★ 26 cited

Intrinsic Axis Ratio Distribution of Early-type Galaxies From Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Taysun Kimm, Sukyoung K. Yi

Using Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 5, we have investigated the intrinsic axis ratio distribution (ARD) for early-type galaxies. We have constructed a volume-limited sample…

astro-ph2007★ 84 cited

UV to IR SEDs of UV selected galaxies in the ELAIS fields: evolution of dust attenuation and star formation activity from z=0.7 to z=0.2

J. Iglesias-Paramo, V. Buat, J. Hernandez-Fernandez +34

We study the ultraviolet to far-infrared (hereafter UV-to-IR) SEDs of a sample of intermediate redshift (0.2 < z < 0.7) UV-selected galaxies from the ELAIS-N1 and ELAIS-N2 fields b…

astro-ph2007★ 49 cited

Extinction Corrected Star Formation Rates Empirically Derived from Ultraviolet-Optical Colors

Marie Treyer, David Schiminovich, Ben Johnson +20

Using a sample of galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey spectroscopic catalog with measured star-formation rates (SFRs) and ultraviolet (UV) photometry from the GALEX Medium I…

astro-ph2007★ 48 cited

The Young and the Dustless: Interpreting Radio Observations of UltraViolet Luminous Galaxies

Antara R. Basu-Zych, David Schiminovich, Benjamin D. Johnson +23

Ultraviolet Luminous Galaxies (UVLGs) have been identified as intensely star-forming, nearby galaxies. A subset of these, the supercompact UVLGs, are believed to be local analogs o…

astro-ph2007

Globular clusters with the extended horizontal-branch as remaining cores of galaxy building blocks

Young-Wook Lee, Hansung B. Gim, Chul Chung

The relics of building blocks that made stellar halo and bulge are yet to be discovered unless they were completely disrupted throughout the history of the Galaxy. Here we suggest…

astro-ph2007★ 19 cited

Nitrogen Production in Starburst Galaxies Detected by GALEX

Ryan P. Mallery, Lisa Kewley, R. Michael Rich +22

We investigate the production of nitrogen in star forming galaxies with ultraviolet (UV) radiation detected by the Galaxy Evolution Explorer Satellite (GALEX). We use a sample of 8…

astro-ph2007★ 436 cited

The UV-optical Galaxy Color-Magnitude Diagram I: Basic Properties

Ted K. Wyder, D. Christopher Martin, David Schiminovich +19

We have analyzed the bivariate distribution of galaxies as a function of ultraviolet-optical colors and absolute magnitudes in the local universe. The sample consists of galaxies w…

astro-ph2007★ 2 cited

Keck/Deimos Spectroscopy of a GALEX UV Selecte Sample from the Medium Imaging Survey

Ryan P. Mallery, R. Michael Rich, Samir Salim +20

We report results from a pilot program to obtain spectroscopy for objects detected in the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) Medium Imaging Survey (MIS). Our study examines the prop…