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The 2dF-SDSS LRG and QSO Survey: The spectroscopic QSO catalogue
Scott M. Croom, Gordon T. Richards, Tom Shanks +27
We present the final spectroscopic QSO catalogue from the 2dF-SDSS LRG and QSO (2SLAQ) Survey. This is a deep, 18<g<21.85 (extinction corrected), sample aimed at probing in detail…
Observations of CO in the eastern filaments of NGC 1275
P. Salomé, Y. Revaz, F. Combes +4
We recently found extended CO(2-1) emission from cold molecular gas embedded in the network of Halpha filaments surrounding the galaxy NGC 1275 (Salome et al. 2006). We now present…
First-Year Spectroscopy for the SDSS-II Supernova Survey
Chen Zheng, Roger W. Romani, Masao Sako +77
This paper presents spectroscopy of supernovae discovered in the first season of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II Supernova Survey. This program searches for and measures multi-band…
Near-infrared evolution of brightest cluster galaxies in the most X-ray luminous clusters since z=1
J. P. Stott, A. C. Edge, G. P. Smith +2
We investigate the near infrared evolution of brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs) from a sample of rich galaxy clusters since z=1. By employing an X-ray selection of Lx>1e44 erg s-1…
The discovery of a massive supercluster at z=0.9 in the UKIDSS DXS
A. M. Swinbank, A. Edge, I. Smail +19
We analyse the first publicly released deep field of the UKIDSS Deep eXtragalactic Survey (DXS) to identify candidate galaxy over-densities at z~1 across ~1 sq. degree in the ELAIS…
Separation of the visible and dark matter in the Einstein ring LBG J213512.73-010143
Simon Dye, Ian Smail, A. M. Swinbank +2
We model the mass distribution in the recently discovered Einstein ring LBG J213512.73-010143 (the `Cosmic Eye') using archival Hubble Space Telescope imaging. We reconstruct the m…
The 2dF-SDSS LRG and QSO Survey: The LRG 2-Point Correlation Function and Redshift-Space Distortions
Nicholas P. Ross, J. da Angela, T. Shanks +17
We present a clustering analysis of Luminous Red Galaxies (LRGs) using nearly 9 000 objects from the final catalogue of the 2dF-SDSS LRG And QSO (2SLAQ) Survey. We measure the reds…
New members in the Upper Sco association from the UKIDSS Early Data Release
N. Lodieu, N. C. Hambly, R. F. Jameson
We present the results of a 9.3 square degree infrared (ZYJHK) survey in the Upper Scorpius association extracted from the UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS) Galactic Cluster…
The 2dF-SDSS LRG and QSO Survey: The Star Formation Histories of Luminous Red Galaxies
Isaac G. Roseboom, Kevin A. Pimbblet, Michael J. Drinkwater +21
We present a detailed investigation into the recent star formation histories of 5,697 Luminous Red Galaxies (LRGs) based on the Hdelta (4101A) and [OII] (3727A) lines. LRGs are lum…
Galaxy clusters at 0.6 < z < 1.4 in the UKIDSS Ultra Deep Survey Early Data Release
C. van Breukelen, L. Clewley, D. G. Bonfield +16
We present the first cluster catalogue extracted from the UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey Early Data Release. The catalogue is created using UKIDSS Ultra Deep Survey infrared J and…
Integral field spectroscopy of H-alpha emission in cooling flow cluster cores: disturbing the molecular gas reservoir
R. J. Wilman, A. C. Edge, A. M. Swinbank
We present optical integral field spectroscopy of the H-alpha-luminous (>1E42 erg/s) central cluster galaxies in the cores of the cooling flows A1664, A1835, A2204 and Zw8193. From…
Number counts and clustering properties of bright Distant Red Galaxies in the UKIDSS Ultra Deep Survey Early Data Release
S. Foucaud, O. Almaini, I. Smail +10
We describe the number counts and spatial distribution of 239 Distant Red Galaxies (DRGs), selected from the Early Data Release of the UKIDSS Ultra Deep Survey. The DRGs are identi…
The UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey Early Data Release
S. Dye, S. J. Warren, N. C. Hambly +11
This paper defines the UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS) Early Data Release (EDR). UKIDSS is a set of five large near-infra-red surveys defined by Lawrence et al. (2006), bei…
Cataclysmic variables from a ROSAT/2MASS selection I: Four new intermediate polars
B. T. Gaensicke, T. R. Marsh, A. Edge +8
We report the first results from a new search for cataclysmic variables (CVs) using a combined X-ray (ROSAT) / infrared (2MASS) target selection that discriminates against backgrou…
X-ray Surveys of Low-redshift Clusters
Alastair C. Edge
The selection of clusters of galaxies through their X-ray emission has proved to be an extremely powerful technique over the past four decades. The growth of X-ray astronomy has pr…
Chandra observations of the galaxy cluster A478: the interaction of hot gas and radio plasma in the core, and an improved determination of the Compton y-parameter
M. Sun, C. Jones, S. S. Murray +3
We present the results from a 42 ks \chandra ACIS observation of the galaxy cluster A478. This cluster is generally considered to be highly relaxed. The \chandra image reveals, for…
Exciting molecular hydrogen in the central galaxies of cooling flows
R. J. Wilman, A. C. Edge, R. M. Johnstone +3
The origin of rovibrational H_2 emission in the central galaxies of cooling flow clusters is poorly understood. Here we address this issue using data from our near-infrared spectro…
A survey of molecular hydrogen in the central galaxies of cooling flows
A. C. Edge, R. J. Wilman, R. M. Johnstone +3
We present a large sample of H- and K-band spectra of 32 optically line luminous central cluster galaxies. We find significant rovibrational H_2 emission in 23 of these galaxies as…
The ROSAT-ESO Flux Limited X-Ray (REFLEX) Galaxy Cluster Survey I: The Construction of the Cluster Sample
H. Boehringer, P. Schuecker, L. Guzzo +10
We describe the construction of an X-ray flux-limited sample of galaxy clusters, the REFLEX survey catalogue, to be used for cosmological studies. The survey is based on the ROSAT…
A simluated TCDM cosmology cluster catalogue: the NFW profile and the temperature-mass scaling relations
P. A. Thomas, O. Muanwong, F. R. Pearce +4
We have extracted over 400 clusters, covering more than 2 decades in mass, from three simulations of the TCDM cosmology. This represents the largest, uniform catalogue of simulated…
Molecular hydrogen emission in Cygnus A
R. J. Wilman, A. C. Edge, R. M. Johnstone +2
We present J, H and K-band spectroscopy of Cygnus A, spanning 1.0-2.4 micron in the rest-frame and hence several rovibrational H2, H recombination and [FeII] emission lines. The li…
X-ray variability in a deep, flux limited sample of QSOs
O. Almaini, A. Lawrence, T. Shanks +6
We present an analysis of X-ray variability in a flux limited sample of QSOs. Selected from our deep ROSAT survey, these QSOs span a wide range in redshift () and are ty…
The effect of radiative cooling on X-ray emission from clusters of galaxies
F. R. Pearce, H. M. P. Couchman, P. A. Thomas +1
In this paper we use state-of-the-art N-body hydrodynamic simulations of a cosmological volume of side 100Mpc to produce many galaxy clusters simultaneously in both the standard co…
Zw 1718.1-0108: a highly disturbed galaxy cluster at low Galactic latitude
K. Iwasawa, S. Ettori, A. C. Fabian +2
We report the discovery of highly distorted X-ray emission associated with the nearby cluster Zw1718.1-0108, one of whose dominant members is the powerful radio galaxy 3C353. This…