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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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33 papers

astro-ph.CO2012

Environmental effects in the interaction and merging of galaxies in zCOSMOS survey

P. Kampczyk, S. J. Lilly, the zCOSMOS Collaboration

The zCOSMOS-bright 10k spectroscopic sample reveals a strong environmental dependence of close kinematic galaxy pair fractions in the redshift range 0.2 < z < 1. The fraction of cl…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 45 cited

Environmental effects in the interaction and merging of galaxies in zCOSMOS

P. Kampczyk, S. J. Lilly, L. de Ravel +56

(Abridged) We analyze the environments and galactic properties (morphologies and star-formation histories) of a sample of 153 close kinematic pairs in the redshift range 0.2 < z <…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 15 cited

The zCOSMOS redshift survey : Influence of luminosity, mass and environment on the galaxy merger rate

L. de Ravel, P. Kampczyk, O. Le Fèvre +56

The contribution of major mergers to galaxy mass assembly along cosmic time is an important ingredient to the galaxy evolution scenario. We aim to measure the evolution of the merg…

astro-ph.GA2010★ 33 cited

zCOSMOS 10k-bright spectroscopic sample: exploring mass and environment dependence in early-type galaxies

M. Moresco, L. Pozzetti, A. Cimatti +58

We present the analysis of the U-V rest-frame color distribution and some spectral features as a function of mass and environment for two sample of early-type galaxies up to z=1 ex…

astro-ph.CO2010★ 10 cited

The bimodality of the 10k zCOSMOS-bright galaxies up to z ~ 1: a new statistical and portable classification based on the optical galaxy properties

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

Our goal is to develop a new and reliable statistical method to classify galaxies from large surveys. We probe the reliability of the method by comparing it with a three-dimensiona…

astro-ph.CO2010★ 72 cited

The zCOSMOS 10k-sample: the role of galaxy stellar mass in the colour-density relation up to z=1

O. Cucciati, A. Iovino, K. Kovac +53

[Abridged] With the first 10000 spectra of the flux limited zCOSMOS sample (I<=22.5) we study the evolution of environmental effects on galaxy properties since z=1.0, and disentang…

astro-ph.CO2010★ 27 cited

Understanding the shape of the galaxy two-point correlation function at z~1 in the COSMOS field

S. de la Torre, L. Guzzo, K. Kovac +59

We investigate how the shape of the galaxy two-point correlation function as measured in the zCOSMOS survey depends on local environment, quantified in terms of the density contras…

astro-ph.CO2010★ 2k cited

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

Y. Peng, S. J. Lilly, K. Kovac +61

We explore the inter-relationships between mass, star-formation rate and environment in the SDSS, zCOSMOS and other surveys. The differential effects of mass and environment are co…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 74 cited

The [OIII] emission line luminosity function of optically selected type-2 AGN from zCOSMOS

A. Bongiorno, M. Mignoli, G. Zamorani +61

We present a catalog of 213 type-2 AGN selected from the zCOSMOS survey. The selected sample covers a wide redshift range (0.15<z<0.92) and is deeper than any other previous study,…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 30 cited

Properties and environment of Radio Emitting Galaxies in the VLA-zCOSMOS survey

S. Bardelli, E. Schinnerer, V. Smolcic +62

We investigate the properties and the environment of radio sources with optical counterpart from the combined VLA-COSMOS and zCOSMOS samples. The advantage of this sample is the av…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 25 cited

The zCOSMOS-Bright survey: the clustering of early and late galaxy morphological types since z~1

S. de la Torre, O. Le Fèvre, C. Porciani +53

We measure the spatial clustering of galaxies as a function of their morphological type at z~0.8, for the first time in a deep redshift survey with full morphological information.…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 12 cited

The optical spectra of Spitzer 24 micron galaxies in the COSMOS field: II. Faint infrared sources in the zCOSMOS-bright 10k catalogue

K. I. Caputi, S. J. Lilly, H. Aussel +67

We have used the zCOSMOS-bright 10k sample to identify 3244 Spitzer/MIPS 24-micron-selected galaxies with 0.06< S(24um)< 0.50 mJy and I(AB)<22.5, over 1.5 deg^2 of the COSMOS field…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 21 cited

The nonlinear biasing of the 10k zCOSMOS galaxies up to z~1

K. Kovac, C. Porciani, S. J. Lilly +55

We use the overdensity field reconstructed in the volume of the COSMOS area to study the nonlinear biasing of the zCOSMOS galaxies. The galaxy overdensity field is reconstructed us…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 87 cited

The zCOSMOS survey: the role of the environment in the evolution of the luminosity function of different galaxy types

E. Zucca, S. Bardelli, M. Bolzonella +64

(Abridged) We studied the evolution in the B band luminosity function to z~1 in the zCOSMOS 10k sample, for which both accurate galaxy classifications and a detailed description of…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 77 cited

The 10k zCOSMOS: morphological transformation of galaxies in the group environment since z~1

K. Kovac, S. J. Lilly, C. Knobel +57

We study the evolution of galaxies inside and outside of the group environment since z=1 using a large well defined set of groups and galaxies from the zCOSMOS-bright redshift surv…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 90 cited

The zCOSMOS Redshift Survey: How group environment alters global downsizing trends

A. Iovino, O. Cucciati, M. Scodeggio +56

We took advantage of the wealth of information provided by the first ~10000 galaxies of the zCOSMOS-bright survey and its group catalogue to study the complex interplay between gro…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 66 cited

K+a galaxies in the zCOSMOS Survey: Physical properties of systems in their post-starburst phase

D. Vergani, G. Zamorani, S. J. Lilly +59

The identities of the main processes triggering and quenching star-formation in galaxies remain unclear. A key stage in evolution, however, appears to be represented by post-starbu…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 477 cited

zCOSMOS - 10k-bright spectroscopic sample. The bimodality in the Galaxy Stellar Mass Function: exploring its evolution with redshift

L. Pozzetti, M. Bolzonella, E. Zucca +56

We present the Galaxy Stellar Mass Function (MF) up to z~1 from the zCOSMOS-bright 10k spectroscopic sample. We investigate the total MF and the contribution of ETGs and LTGs, defi…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 204 cited

Tracking the impact of environment on the Galaxy Stellar Mass Function up to z~1 in the 10k zCOSMOS sample

M. Bolzonella, K. Kovac, L. Pozzetti +63

We study the impact of the environment on the evolution of galaxies in the zCOSMOS 10k sample in the redshift range 0.1<z<1.0 over an area of ~1.5 deg2. The considered sample of se…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 174 cited

The zCOSMOS Redshift Survey: the role of environment and stellar mass in shaping the rise of the morphology-density relation from z~1

L. A. M. Tasca, J. P. Kneib, A. Iovino +57

For more than two decades we have known that galaxy morphological segregation is present in the Local Universe. It is important to see how this relation evolves with cosmic time. T…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 98 cited

The zCOSMOS Survey. The dependence of clustering on luminosity and stellar mass at z=0.2-1

B. Meneux, L. Guzzo, S. de la Torre +52

We study the dependence of galaxy clustering on luminosity and stellar mass at redshifts z ~ [0.2-1] using the first zCOSMOS 10K sample. We measure the redshift-space correlation f…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 131 cited

The density field of the 10k zCOSMOS galaxies

K. Kovac, S. J. Lilly, O. Cucciati +55

We use the current sample of ~10,000 zCOSMOS spectra of sources selected with I(AB) < 22.5 to define the density field out to z~1, with much greater resolution in the radial dimens…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 181 cited

The Vimos VLT Deep Survey: Stellar mass segregation and large-scale galaxy environment in the redshift range 0.2<z<1.4

M. Scodeggio, D. Vergani, O. Cucciati +49

Hierarchical models of galaxy formation predict that the properties of a dark matter halo depend on the large-scale environment surrounding the halo. As a result of this correlatio…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 129 cited

An optical group catalogue to z = 1 from the zCOSMOS 10k sample

C. Knobel, S. J. Lilly, A. Iovino +55

We present a galaxy group catalogue spanning the redshift range 0.1 <~ z <~ 1 in the ~1.7 deg^2 COSMOS field, based on the first ~10,000 zCOSMOS spectra. The performance of both th…