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most citedWEAVE-StePS. A stellar population survey using WEAVE at WHT

20 citations · 41 across the 17 of their papers we have counts for

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17 papers

astro-ph.GA2026★ 1 cited

A big step forward with SHARP: spatially resolved stellar population properties in passive galaxies at z > 1.5

A. Gargiulo, C. Mancini, F. R. Ditrani +6

Understanding when and how massive quiescent galaxies (log(M*/Msun) > 10.5) assembled their stellar mass and quenched remains a central challenge in galaxy evolution. Spatially res…

astro-ph.GA2026

Probing IMF Variations in High-Redshift Early-Type Galaxies with SHARP

F. La Barbera, G. De Lucia, F. Ditrani +9

The stellar initial mass function (IMF), which describes the distribution of stellar masses at birth, is a fundamental ingredient in shaping galaxy evolution. Recent observations i…

astro-ph.GA2026★ 1 cited

A SHARP Look at Quenching and Bulge-Disk Growth in Massive Galaxies at Cosmic Noon

Chiara Mancini, Adriana Gargiulo, Alvio Renzini +11

The physical mechanisms that quench star formation in massive galaxies remain poorly understood. At cosmic noon (1<z<3), when star formation and AGN activity peak, galaxies rapidly…

astro-ph.GA2026

Morpho-kinematic of galaxies at cosmic noon

F. Rigamonti, F. R. Ditrani

Recent studies of local galaxies highlight the need for high-resolution photometry and kinematics to accurately characterize galactic structures. From this, limitations emerged in…

astro-ph.GA2026

Decomposing the growth mechanisms of galaxies over the last 10 billion years

Luke J. M. Davies, Annagrazia Puglisi, Marcella Longhetti +10

Determining how galaxies accumulate stellar mass is paramount to understanding the Universe. Two primary mechanisms drive this process: star-formation (SF) & mergers. Our understan…

astro-ph.GA2026★ 1 cited

Growing in number, passive in nature: tracing the evolution of the most massive quiescent galaxies since z ~ 0.8 with BOSS and DESI

F. R. Ditrani, M. Fossati, M. Longhetti +5

Luminous Red Galaxies (LRGs) are among the most massive galaxies at any epoch, and lack ongoing star formation. As systems hosting most of the baryonic mass in the local Universe,…

astro-ph.GA2025

Archaeological investigation of galaxies' evolutionary history in the cosmic middle ages

Anna R. Gallazzi, Stefano Zibetti, Mark Sargent +14

The cosmic Middle Ages, spanning the last 8-10 Gyr of the Universe, is a critical period in which massive early-formed systems coexist with global star formation quenching in less…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 4 cited

Feeding the Dead: Neutral Gas Inflow in a Long-Quenched Ancient Massive Galaxy at Observed with JWST/NIRSpec

Davide Bevacqua, Danilo Marchesini, Paolo Saracco +16

We report the spectroscopic detection of neutral gas inflow into a massive () quiescent galaxy observed at with JWST. F…

astro-ph.GA2025

From simulations to observations. Methodology and data release of mock TNG50 galaxies at 0.3 < z < 0.7 for WEAVE-StePS

A. Ikhsanova, L. Costantin, A. Pizzella +17

The new generation of optical spectrographs (i.e., WEAVE, 4MOST, DESI, and WST) offer unprecedented opportunities for statistically studying the star formation histories of galaxie…

astro-ph.GA2025

The COSMOS Wall at z ~ 0.73: Quiescent galaxies and their evolution in different environments

F. R. Ditrani, M. Longhetti, A. Iovino +12

The evolution of quiescent galaxies is driven by numerous physical processes, often considered to be related to their stellar mass and environment over cosmic time. Tracing their s…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 2 cited

The COSMOS Wall at z0.73: star-forming galaxies and their evolution in different environments

S. Zhou, A. Iovino, M. Longhetti +11

We present a study of the evolution of star-forming galaxies within the so-called Wall structure at z0.73 in the field of the COSMOS survey. We use a sample of star-forming g…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 3 cited

TP-AGB stars and stellar population properties of a post-starburst galaxy at through optical and NIR spectroscopy with JWST

Davide Bevacqua, Paolo Saracco, Francesco La Barbera +11

We present a detailed optical and NIR spectral analysis of J-138717, a post-starburst galaxy at observed with JWST/NIRSpec, for which we derive a stellar mass of $3.5…

astro-ph.GA2024

Retrieval of the physical parameters of galaxies from WEAVE-StePS-like data using machine learning

J. Angthopo, B. R. Granett, F. La Barbera +46

The WHT Enhanced Area Velocity Explorer (WEAVE) is a new, massively multiplexing spectrograph. This new instrument will be exploited to obtain high S/N spectra of 25000 galax…

astro-ph.GA2024

Understanding the unusual life of the Cartwheel galaxy using stellar populations

F. R. Ditrani, M. Longhetti, M. Fossati +1

RiGs are the result of the impact between two galaxies, with one of them passing close to the centre of the other, piercing its gaseous and stellar disc. In this framework, the imp…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 5 cited

Stellar metallicity from optical and UV spectral indices: Test case for WEAVE-StePS

F. R. Ditrani, M. Longhetti, F. La Barbera +35

The upcoming generation of optical spectrographs on four meter-class telescopes, with their huge multiplexing capabilities, excellent spectral resolution, and unprecedented wavelen…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 20 cited

WEAVE-StePS. A stellar population survey using WEAVE at WHT

A. Iovino, B. M. Poggianti, A. Mercurio +44

The upcoming new generation of optical spectrographs on four-meter-class telescopes will provide valuable opportunities for forthcoming galaxy surveys through their huge multiplexi…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 4 cited

Stellar population gradients at cosmic noon as a constraint to the evolution of passive galaxies

F. R. Ditrani, S. Andreon, M. Longhetti +1

Context: The radial variations of the stellar populations properties within passive galaxies at high redshift contain information about their assembly mechanisms, based on which ga…