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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…
Photometric redshifts for the CFHTLS T0004 Deep and Wide fields
J. Coupon, O. Ilbert, M. Kilbinger +15
We compute photometric redshifts based on the template-fitting method in the fourth public release of the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Legacy Survey. This unique multi-colour cat…
The VVDS-VLA Deep Field - IV: Radio-optical properties
S. Bardelli, E. Zucca, M. Bolzonella +51
(abridged) We use the 1.4 GHz VIMOS-VLA Deep Survey and the optical VVDS and the CFHT-LS to compare the properties of radio loud galaxies with respect to the whole population of op…
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…
The close environment of 24 micron galaxies at 0.6<z<1.0 in the COSMOS field
K. I. Caputi, K. Kovac, M. Bolzonella +62
We investigate the close environment of 203 Spitzer 24 micron-selected sources at 0.6<z<1.0 using zCOSMOS-bright redshifts and spectra of I<22.5 AB mag galaxies, over 1.5 sq. deg.…
The VIMOS VLT Deep Survey :Evolution of the major merger rate since z~1 from spectroscopicaly confirmed galaxy pairs
L. de Ravel, O. Le Fèvre, L. Tresse +48
From the VIMOS VLT Deep Survey we use a sample of 6447 galaxies with I_{AB} < 24 to identify 251 pairs of galaxies, each member with a secure spectroscopic redshift, which are clos…
The optical spectra of 24 micron galaxies in the COSMOS field: I. Spitzer/MIPS bright sources in the zCOSMOS-bright 10k catalogue
K. I. Caputi, S. J. Lilly, H. Aussel +23
We study zCOSMOS-bright optical spectra for 609 Spitzer/MIPS 24 micron-selected galaxies with S(24um)> 0.30 mJy and I<22.5 (AB mag) over 1.5 sq. deg. of the COSMOS field. From emis…
The SWIRE-VVDS-CFHTLS surveys: stellar mass assembly over the last 10 Gyears. Evidence for a major build up of the red sequence between z=2 and z=1
S. Arnouts, C. J. Walcher, O. Le Fevre +43
(abridged abstract) We present an analysis of the stellar mass growth over the last 10 Gyrs using a large 3.6 selected sample. We split our sample into active (blue) and quiesce…
NIR Follow-Up of the VVDS 02hr Field
S. Temporin, A. Iovino, H. J. McCracken +46
We present a new K-band survey covering 623 arcmin in the VVDS 0226-0430 deep field down to a limiting magnitude K 20.5. We use the spectroscopic sample ex…
Galaxy luminosity function per morphological type up to z=1.2
O. Ilbert, S. Lauger, L. Tresse +47
We have computed the evolution of the rest-frame B-band luminosity function (LF) for bulge and disk-dominated galaxies since z=1.2. We use a sample of 605 spectroscopic redshifts w…
Accurate photometric redshifts for the CFHT Legacy Survey calibrated using the VIMOS VLT Deep Survey
O. Ilbert, S. Arnouts, H. J. McCracken +49
We present photometric redshifts for an uniquely large and deep sample of 522286 objects with i'_{AB}<25 in the Canada-France Legacy Survey ``Deep Survey'' fields, which cover a to…
A large population of galaxies 9 to 12 billion years back in the history of the Universe
O. Le Fevre, S. Paltani, S. Arnouts +6
To understand the evolution of galaxies, we need to know as accurately as possible how many galaxies were present in the Universe at different epochs. Galaxies in the young Univers…
The VIMOS Integral Field Unit: data reduction methods and quality assessment
A. Zanichelli, B. Garilli, M. Scodeggio +38
With new generation spectrographs integral field spectroscopy is becoming a widely used observational technique. The Integral Field Unit of the VIsible Multi-Object Spectrograph on…
The GALEX-VVDS Measurement of the Evolution of the 1500A Luminosity Function
S. Arnouts, D. Schiminovich, O. Ilbert +8
We present the first measurement of the galaxy luminosity function at 1500A between 0.2<z<1.2 based on GALEX-VVDS observations (1000 spectroscopic redshifts for galaxies with NUV<2…
The VIMOS-VLT Deep Survey: Evolution of the galaxy luminosity function up to z=2 in first epoch data
O. Ilbert, L. Tresse, E. Zucca +44
We investigate the evolution of the galaxy luminosity function from the VIMOS-VLT Deep Survey (VVDS) from the present to z=2 in five (U, B, V, R and I) rest-frame band-passes. We u…
The VIMOS VLT Deep Survey - First epoch VVDS-Deep survey: 11564 spectra with 17.5<=IAB<=24, and the redshift distribution over 0< z <=5
O. Le Fevre, G. Vettolani, B. Garilli +41
This paper presents the ``First Epoch'' sample from the VIMOS VLT Deep Survey (VVDS). The VVDS goals, observations, data reduction with VIPGI, and redshift measurement with KBRED a…
Early results from the VIMOS VLT Deep Survey
O. Le Fèvre, G. Vettolani, D. Maccagni +40
The VIMOS VLT Deep Survey (VVDS) is underway to study the evolution of galaxies, large scale structures and AGNs, from the measurement of more than 100000 spectra of faint objects.…
Small scale structure in diffuse molecular gas from repeated FUSE and visible spectra of HD 34078
Patrick Boisse, Emmanuel Rollinde, Franck Le Petit +5
We present preliminary results from an ongoing program devoted to a study of small scale structure in the spatial distribution of molecular gas. Our work is based on multi-epoch FU…
Constraints on the Lyman continuum radiation from galaxies: first results with FUSE on Mrk 54
J. -M. Deharveng, V. Buat, V. Le Brun +4
We present Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer observations of the star-forming galaxy Mrk 54 at z = 0.0448. The Lyman continuum radiation is not detected above the HI absorptio…
The VIRMOS-VLT Deep Survey
O. Le Fèvre, G. Vettolani, D. Maccagni +30
The aim of the VIRMOS VLT Deep Survey (VVDS) is to study of the evolution of galaxies, large scale structures and AGNs from a sample of more than 150,000 galaxies with measured red…
High Metallicity Mg II Absorbers in the z < 1 Lyman alpha Forest of PKS 0454+039: Giant LSB Galaxies?
Christopher W. Churchill, Vincent Le Brun
We report the discovery of two iron-group enhanced high-metallicity Mg II absorbers in a search through 28 Lyman Alpha forest clouds along the PKS 0454+039 sight line. Based upon o…
Mg II Detection in the Lyman Alpha Forest: Metal Rich Cloud or LSB/Dwarf Galaxy?
Christopher W. Churchill, Vincent Le Brun
We report the detection of Mg II absorption in two Lyman alpha forest clouds along the line of sight to PKS 0454+039. These clouds, at redshifts z=0.6248 and z=0.9315, respectively…