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most citedMass and environment as drivers of galaxy evolution in SDSS and zCOSMOS and the origin of the Schechter function

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astro-ph2008★ 110 cited

The Environments of Active Galactic Nuclei within the zCOSMOS Density Field

J. D. Silverman, K. Kovac, C. Knobel +58

The impact of environment on AGN activity up to z~1 is assessed by utilizing a mass-selected sample of galaxies from the 10k catalog of the zCOSMOS spectroscopic redshift survey. W…

astro-ph2008★ 107 cited

The spatial clustering of X-ray selected AGN in the XMM-COSMOS field

R. Gilli, G. Zamorani, T. Miyaji +70

We study the spatial clustering of 538 X-ray selected AGN in the 2 deg^2 XMM-COSMOS field that are spectroscopically identified to I_{AB}<23 and span the redshift range z=0.2-3.0.…

astro-ph2008★ 103 cited

The XMM-Newton Serendipitous Survey. VI. The X-ray Luminosity Function

J. Ebrero, F. J. Carrera, M. J. Page +6

We present the X-ray luminosity function of AGN in three energy bands (Soft: 0.5-2 keV, Hard: 2-10 keV and Ultrahard: 4.5-7.5 keV). We have used the XMS survey along with other hig…

astro-ph2008★ 236 cited

Ongoing and co-evolving star formation in zCOSMOS galaxies hosting Active Galactic Nuclei

J. D. Silverman, F. Lamareille, C. Maier +60

We present a study of the host galaxies of AGN selected from the zCOSMOS survey to establish if accretion onto supermassive black holes and star formation are explicitly linked up…

astro-ph2008★ 57 cited

The zCOSMOS redshift survey: the three-dimensional classification cube and bimodality in galaxy physical properties

M. Mignoli, G. Zamorani, M. Scodeggio +56

Aims. We investigate the relationships between three main optical galaxy observables (spectral properties, colours, and morphology), exploiting the data set provided by the COSMOS/…

astro-ph2008★ 224 cited

Chasing highly obscured QSOs in the COSMOS field

F. Fiore, S. Puccetti, M. Brusa +41

(abridged) We take advantage of the deep Chandra and Spitzer coverage of a large area (more than 10 times the area covered by the Chandra deep fields, CDFs in the COSMOS field, to…

astro-ph2008★ 83 cited

A Full Year's Chandra Exposure on SDSS Quasars from the Chandra Multiwavelength Project

Paul J. Green, T. L. Aldcroft, G. T. Richards +13

We study the spectral energy distributions and evolution of a large sample of optically selected quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) that were observed in 323 Chandra…

astro-ph2008★ 27 cited

The ChaMP Extended Stellar Survey (ChESS): Photometric and Spectroscopic Properties of Serendipitously Detected Stellar X-ray Sources

K. R. Covey, M. A. Agueros, P. J. Green +9

We present 348 X-ray emitting stars identified from correlating the Extended Chandra Multiwavelength Project (ChaMP), a serendipitous wide-area X-ray survey, with the Sloan Digital…

astro-ph2008★ 83 cited

Tracing the Mass-Dependent Star Formation History of Late-Type Galaxies using X-ray Emission: Results from the Chandra Deep Fields

B. D. Lehmer, W. N. Brandt, D. M. Alexander +11

We report on the X-ray evolution over the last ~9 Gyr of cosmic history (i.e., since z = 1.4) of late-type galaxy populations in the Chandra Deep Field-North and Extended Chandra D…

astro-ph2007★ 2 cited

X-ray source counts in the COSMOS field

N. Cappelluti, G. Hasinger, M. Brusa +13

We present the analysis of the source counts in the XMM-COSMOS survey using data of the first year of XMM-Newton observations. The survey covers ~2 deg^2 within the region of sky b…

astro-ph2007★ 169 cited

The XMM-Newton wide-field survey in the COSMOS field II: X-ray data and the logN-logS

N. Cappelluti, G. Hasinger, M. Brusa +13

We present the data analysis and the X-ray source counts for the first season of XMM-Newton observations in the COSMOS field. The survey covers ~2 deg^2 within the region of sky bo…

astro-ph2006★ 111 cited

The XMM-Newton wide-field survey in the COSMOS field. IV: X-ray spectral properties of Active Galactic Nuclei

V. Mainieri, G. Hasinger, N. Cappelluti +25

We present a detailed spectral analysis of point-like X-ray sources in the XMM-COSMOS field. Our sample of 135 sources only includes those that have more than 100 net counts in the…

astro-ph2006★ 315 cited

The XMM-Newton wide-field survey in the COSMOS field: VI. Statistical properties of clusters of galaxies

A. Finoguenov, L. Guzzo, G. Hasinger +30

We present the results of a search for galaxy clusters in the first 36 XMM-Newton pointings on the COSMOS field. We reach a depth for a total cluster flux in the 0.5-2 keV band of…

astro-ph2006★ 175 cited

The XMM-Newton wide-field survey in the COSMOS field: III. optical identification and multiwavelength properties of a large sample of X-ray selected sources

M. Brusa, G. Zamorani, A. Comastri +31

[ABRIGED] We present the optical identification of a sample of 695 X-ray sources detected in the first 1.3 deg^2 of the XMM-COSMOS survey, down to a 0.5-2 keV (2-10 keV) limiting f…

astro-ph2006★ 115 cited

Chandra Multiwavelength Project X-ray Point Source Number Counts and the Cosmic X-ray Background

Minsun Kim, Belinda J. Wilkes, Dong-Woo Kim +5

We present the Chandra Multiwavelength Project (ChaMP) X-ray point source number counts and the cosmic X-ray background (CXRB) flux densities in multiple energy bands. From the Cha…

astro-ph2006★ 58 cited

ChaMP Serendipitous Galaxy Cluster Survey

W. A. Barkhouse, P. J. Green, A. Vikhlinin +12

We present a survey of serendipitous extended X-ray sources and optical cluster candidates from the Chandra Multi-wavelength Project (ChaMP). Our main goal is to make an unbiased c…

astro-ph2005★ 29 cited

Chandra Multiwavelength Project: Normal Galaxies at Intermediate Redshift

D. -W. Kim, W. A. Barkhouse, E. R. Colmenero +11

(abridged) We have investigated 136 Chandra extragalactic sources without broad optical emission lines, including 93 galaxies with narrow emission lines (NELG) and 43 with only abs…

astro-ph2005★ 1 cited

Extending the X-ray luminosity function of AGN to high redshift

J. Silverman, P. Green, W. Barkhouse +6

X-ray surveys of the extragalactic universe are now able to detect significant numbers of AGN out to high redshift (z~5). We highlight some results from the Chandra Multiwavelength…

astro-ph2005★ 287 cited

The Extended Chandra Deep Field-South Survey. Chandra Point-Source Catalogs

B. D. Lehmer, W. N. Brandt, D. M. Alexander +17

We present Chandra point-source catalogs for the Extended Chandra Deep Field-South (E-CDF-S) survey. The E-CDF-S consists of four contiguous 250 ks Chandra observations covering an…

astro-ph2004★ 1 cited

Ionization Mechanisms in Jet-Dominated Seyferts: A Detailed Case Study

D. J. Rosario, M. Whittle, J. D. Silverman +2

For the past 10 years there has been an active debate over whether fast shocks play an important role in ionizing emission line regions in Seyfert galaxies. To investigate this cla…

astro-ph2004★ 1 cited

Discovery of a Jet-Like Structure at the High Redshift QSO CXOMP J084128.3+131107

D. A. Schwartz, J. Silverman, M. Birkinshaw +7

The Chandra Multiwavelength Project (ChaMP) has discovered a jet-like structure associated with a newly recognized QSO at redshift z=1.866. The system was 9.4 arcmin off-axis durin…

astro-ph2003

X-ray emitting AGN unveiled by the Chandra Multiwavelength Project

John D. Silverman, Paul J. Green, Thomas L. Aldcroft +4

We present an X-ray and optical analysis of a 2-8 keV flux limited (fx > 10e-14 erg s^-1 cm^-2) sample of 126 AGN detected in 16 Chandra fields. This work represents a small though…

astro-ph2003★ 81 cited

Chandra Multi-wavelength Project (ChaMP). II. First Results of X-ray Source Properties

D. -W. Kim, B. J. Wilkes, P. J. Green +15

We present the first results of ChaMP X-ray source properties obtained from the initial sample of 62 observations. The data have been uniformly reduced and analyzed with techniques…

astro-ph2002★ 20 cited

Chandra Observations of the QSO Pair Q2345+007: Binary Quasar or Massive Dark Lens?

Paul J. Green, Chris Kochanek, Aneta Siemiginowska +6

The components of the wide (7.3") separation quasar pair Q2345+007A,B (z=2.15) have the most strikingly similar optical spectra seen to date (Steidel & Sargent 1991) yet no detecte…