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most citedThe Evolution of the Galaxy Rest-Frame Ultraviolet Luminosity Function Over the First Two Billion Years

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28 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

3D-Herschel: Constraining Dust Emission with Panchromatic Modeling of 3D-HST Galaxies

Seamus McNulty, Mimi Song, Katherine E. Whitaker +9

We present 3D-Herschel, a new publicly released 0.3-350m photometric catalog that combines deblended Herschel far-infrared (FIR) imaging with the CANDELS/3D-HST legacy fields to…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 15 cited

New Lyman-alpha Emitters in EGS: Evidence of an Extended Ionized Structure at

Intae Jung, Steven L. Finkelstein, Rebecca L. Larson +21

We perform a ground-based near-infrared spectroscopic survey using the Keck/MOSFIRE spectrograph to target Ly emission at from 61 galaxies to trace the ionization st…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 11 cited

Bright z~9 Galaxies in Parallel: The Bright End of the Rest-UV Luminosity Function from HST Parallel Programs

Micaela B. Bagley, Steven L. Finkelstein, Sofía Rojas-Ruiz +7

The abundance of bright galaxies at z>8 can provide key constraints on models of galaxy formation and evolution, as the predicted abundance varies greatly when different physical p…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 21 cited

REQUIEM-2D: A diversity of formation pathways in a sample of spatially-resolved massive quiescent galaxies at z~2

Mohammad Akhshik, Katherine E. Whitaker, Joel Leja +16

REQUIEM-2D (REsolving QUIEscent Magnified galaxies with 2D grism spectroscopy) is comprised of a sample of 8 massive () strongly lensed quiescent galaxies…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 38 cited

Diagnosing DASH: A Catalog of Structural Properties for the COSMOS-DASH Survey

Sam E. Cutler, Katherine E. Whitaker, Lamiya A. Mowla +16

We present the morphological catalogs for the COSMOS-DASH survey, the largest area near-IR survey using HST-WFC3 to date. Utilizing the "Drift And SHift" observing techni…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 212 cited

On the Stellar Populations of Galaxies at z=9-11: The Growth of Metals and Stellar Mass at Early Times

Sandro Tacchella, Steven L. Finkelstein, Micaela Bagley +18

We present a detailed stellar population analysis of 11 bright () galaxies at (three spectroscopically confirmed) to constrain the chemical enrichment and growth o…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 122 cited

A Census of the Bright z=8.5-11 Universe with the Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes in the CANDELS Fields

Steven L. Finkelstein, Micaela Bagley, Mimi Song +21

We present the results from a new search for candidate galaxies at z ~ 8.5-11 discovered over the 850 arcmin^2 area probed by the Cosmic Assembly Near-Infrared Deep Extragalactic L…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 143 cited

Texas Spectroscopic Search for Ly Emission at the End of Reionization III. the Ly Equivalent-width Distribution and Ionized Structures at

Intae Jung, Steven L. Finkelstein, Mark Dickinson +11

Ly emission from galaxies can be utilized to characterize the ionization state in the intergalactic medium (IGM). We report our search for Ly emission at using a compre…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 11 cited

The VIRUS-P Exploration of Nearby Galaxies (VENGA): The stellar populations and assembly of NGC 2903's bulge, bar, and outer disc

Andreia Carrillo, Shardha Jogee, Niv Drory +5

We study the stellar populations and assembly of the nearby spiral galaxy NGC 2903's bulge, bar, and outer disc using the VIRUS-P Exploration of Nearby Galaxies IFS survey. We obse…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 73 cited

Near-Infrared Spectroscopy of Galaxies During Reionization: Measuring CIII] in a Galaxy at

Taylor A. Hutchison, Casey Papovich, Steven L. Finkelstein +9

We present Keck/MOSFIRE -band spectroscopy targeting CIII] 1907,1909 in a galaxy previously identified via Ly emission. We detect strong line emission at $1…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 24 cited

Texas Spectroscopic Search for Ly Emission at the End of Reionization II. The Deepest Near-Infrared Spectroscopic Observation at

Intae Jung, Steven L. Finkelstein, Mark Dickinson +12

Realizing the utility of Ly emission to trace the evolution of the intergalactic medium (IGM) during the epoch of reionization requires deep spectroscopy across the boundary of…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 31 cited

Texas Spectroscopic Search for Ly Emission at the End of Reionization I. Constraining the Ly Equivalent Width Distribution at 6.0 < < 7.0

Intae Jung, Steven L. Finkelstein, Rachael C. Livermore +6

The distribution of Ly emission is an presently accessible method for studying the state of the intergalactic medium (IGM) into the reionization era. We carried out deep spectro…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 20 cited

Evidence for Reduced Specific Star Formation Rates in the Centers of Massive Galaxies at z = 4

Intae Jung, Steven L. Finkelstein, Mimi Song +11

We perform the first spatially-resolved stellar population study of galaxies in the early universe (z = 3.5 - 6.5), utilizing the Hubble Space Telescope Cosmic Assembly Near-infrar…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 60 cited

The VIRUS-P Exploration of Nearby Galaxies (VENGA): Spatially Resolved Gas-Phase Metallicity Distributions in Barred and Unbarred Spirals

Kyle F. Kaplan, Shardha Jogee, Lisa Kewley +6

We present a study of the excitation conditions and metallicity of ionized gas (Z_gas) in eight nearby barred and unbarred spiral galaxies from the VIRUS-P Exploration of Nearby Ga…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 53 cited

Keck/MOSFIRE Spectroscopy of z=7-8 Galaxies: Ly Emission from a Galaxy at z=7.66

Mimi Song, Steven L. Finkelstein, Rachael C. Livermore +3

We report the results from some of the deepest Keck/Multi-Object Spectrometer For Infra-Red Exploration data yet obtained for candidate galaxies. Our data show one si…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 330 cited

The Evolution of the Galaxy Stellar Mass Function at z= 4-8: A Steepening Low-mass-end Slope with Increasing Redshift

Mimi Song, Steven L. Finkelstein, Matthew L. N. Ashby +16

We present galaxy stellar mass functions (GSMFs) at 4-8 from a rest-frame ultraviolet (UV) selected sample of 4500 galaxies, found via photometric redshifts over an area…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 5 cited

An Increasing Stellar Baryon Fraction in Bright Galaxies at High Redshift

Steven L. Finkelstein, Mimi Song, Peter Behroozi +12

Recent observations have shown that the characteristic luminosity of the rest-frame ultraviolet (UV) luminosity function does not significantly evolve at 4 < z < 7 and is approxima…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 297 cited

The galaxy stellar mass function at 3.5<z<7.5 in the CANDELS/UDS, GOODS-South, and HUDF fields

A. Grazian, A. Fontana, P. Santini +38

The galaxy stellar mass function (GSMF) at high-z provides key information on star-formation history and mass assembly in the young Universe. We aimed to use the unique combination…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 734 cited

The Evolution of the Galaxy Rest-Frame Ultraviolet Luminosity Function Over the First Two Billion Years

Steven L. Finkelstein, Russell E. Ryan, Casey Papovich +26

We present a robust measurement and analysis of the rest-frame ultraviolet (UV) luminosity function at z=4-8. We use deep Hubble Space Telescope imaging over the CANDELS/GOODS fiel…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 94 cited

The HETDEX Pilot Survey V: The Physical Origin of Lyman-alpha Emitters Probed by Near-infrared Spectroscopy

Mimi Song, Steven L. Finkelstein, Karl Gebhardt +19

We present the results from a VLT/SINFONI and Keck/NIRSPEC near-infrared spectroscopic survey of 16 Lyman-alpha emitters (LAEs) at = 2.1 - 2.5 in the COSMOS and GOODS-N fields…

astro-ph.CO2014★ 185 cited

Rapid Decline of Lyman-alpha Emission Toward the Reionization Era

Vithal Tilvi, Casey Papovich, Steven L. Finkelstein +7

The observed deficit of strongly Lyman-alpha emitting galaxies at z>6.5 is attributed to either increasing neutral hydrogen in the intergalactic medium (IGM) and/or to the evolving…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 56 cited

Spectral Energy Distribution Fitting of HETDEX Pilot Survey Lyman-alpha Emitters in COSMOS and GOODS-N

Alex Hagen, Robin Ciardullo, Caryl Gronwall +15

We use broadband photometry extending from the rest-frame UV to the near-IR to fit the individual spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of 63 bright (L(Ly-alpha) > 10^43 ergs/s) Ly-…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 265 cited

A Rapidly Star-forming Galaxy 700 Million Years After the Big Bang at z=7.51

S. L. Finkelstein, C. Papovich, M. Dickinson +18

Out of several dozen z > 7 candidate galaxies observed spectroscopically, only five have been confirmed via Lyman-alpha emission, at z=7.008, 7.045, 7.109, 7.213 and 7.215. The sma…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 50 cited

The Spectrally Resolved Lyman-alpha Emission of Three Lyman-alpha Selected Field Galaxies at z~2.4 from the HETDEX Pilot Survey

Taylor S. Chonis, Guillermo A. Blanc, Gary J. Hill +11

We present new results on the spectrally resolved Lyman-alpha (LyA) emission of three LyA emitting field galaxies at z~2.4 with high LyA equivalent width (>100 Angstroms) and LyA l…