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astro-ph.CO2013★ 513 cited

A characteristic oxygen abundance gradient in galaxy disks unveiled with CALIFA

S. F. Sanchez, F. F. Rosales-Ortega, J. Iglesias-Paramo +35

We present the largest and most homogeneous catalog of HII regions and associations compiled so far. The catalog comprises more than 7000 ionized regions, extracted from 306 galaxi…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 82 cited

The effects of spatial resolution on Integral Field Spectrograph surveys at different redshifts. The CALIFA perspective

D. Mast, F. F. Rosales-Ortega, S. F. Sanchez +27

Over the past decade, 3D optical spectroscopy has become the preferred tool for understanding the properties of galaxies and is now increasingly used to carry out galaxy surveys. L…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 61 cited

Supermassive Black Holes and Their Host Galaxies - II. The correlation with near-infrared luminosity revisited

Ronald Läsker, Laura Ferrarese, Glenn van de Ven +1

We present an investigation of the scaling relations between Supermassive Black Hole (SMBH) masses (Mbh), and their host galaxies' K-band bulge (Lbul) and total (Ltot) luminosities…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 35 cited

Supermassive Black Holes and Their Host Galaxies - I. Bulge luminosities from dedicated near-infrared data

Ronald Läsker, Laura Ferrarese, Glenn van de Ven

In an effort to secure, refine and supplement the relation between central Supermassive Black Hole masses (Mbh), and the bulge luminosities of their host galaxies, (Lbul), we obtai…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 346 cited

The ATLAS project - XXV: Two-dimensional kinematic analysis of simulated galaxies and the cosmological origin of fast and slow rotators

T. Naab, L. Oser, E. Emsellem +26

We present a detailed two-dimensional stellar dynamical analysis of a sample of 44 cosmological hydrodynamical simulations of individual central galaxies and their satellites. Kine…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 202 cited

The star formation history of CALIFA galaxies: Radial structures

R. M. González Delgado, E. Pérez, R. Cid Fernandes +24

We study the radial structure of the stellar mass surface density () and stellar population age as a function of the total stellar mass and morphology for a sample of 107 galaxi…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 34 cited

Discovery of a Quadruple Lens in CANDELS with a Record Lens Redshift z=1.53

A. van der Wel, G. van de Ven, M. Maseda +10

Using spectroscopy from the Large Binocular Telescope and imaging from the Hubble Space Telescope we discovered the first strong galaxy lens at z(lens)>1. The lens has a secure pho…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 589 cited

The O3N2 and N2 abundance indicators revisited: improved calibrations based on CALIFA and Te-based literature data

R. A. Marino, F. F. Rosales-Ortega, S. F. Sánchez +31

The use of IFS is since recently allowing to measure the emission line fluxes of an increasingly large number of star-forming galaxies both locally and at high redshift. The main g…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 118 cited

Nebular emission and the Lyman continuum photon escape fraction in CALIFA early-type galaxies

P. Papaderos, J. M. Gomes, J. M. Vilchez +21

We use deep integral field spectroscopy data from the CALIFA survey to study the warm interstellar medium (WIM) of 32 nearby early-type galaxies (ETGs). We propose a tentative subd…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 46 cited

Bottom-heavy initial mass function in a nearby compact L*-galaxy

Ronald Läsker, Remco C. E. van den Bosch, Glenn van de Ven +4

We present orbit-based dynamical models and stellar population analysis of galaxy SDSS J151741.75-004217.6, a low-redshift (z=0.116) early-type galaxy (ETG) which, for its moderate…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 38 cited

ALMA follows streaming of dense gas down to 40 pc from the supermassive black hole in NGC1097

Kambiz Fathi, Andreas A. Lundgren, Kotaro Kohno +14

We present a kinematic analysis of the dense molecular gas in the central 200 parsecs of the nearby galaxy NGC1097, based on Cycle 0 observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter/…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 276 cited

The Mass-Metallicity relation explored with CALIFA: I. Is there a dependence on the star formation rate?

S. F. Sanchez, F. F. Rosales-Ortega, B. Jungwiert +40

We present the results on the study of the global and local M-Z relation based on the first data available from the CALIFA survey (150 galaxies). This survey provides integral fiel…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 43 cited

Aperture corrections for disk galaxy properties derived from the CALIFA survey. Balmer emission lines in spiral galaxies

J. Iglesias-Páramo, J. M. Vílchez, L. Galbany +37

This work investigates the effect of the aperture size on derived galaxy properties for which we have spatially-resolved optical spectra. We focus on some indicators of star format…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 46 cited

The complex nature of the nuclear star cluster in FCC 277

Mariya Lyubenova, Remco C. E. van den Bosch, Patrick Cote +6

Recent observations have shown that compact nuclear star clusters (NSCs) are present in up to 80% of galaxies. However, detailed studies of their dynamical and chemical properties…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 38 cited

The central molecular gas structure in LINERs with low luminosity AGN: evidence for gradual disappearance of the torus

F. Müller-Sánchez, M. A. Prieto, M. Mezcua +3

We present observations of the molecular gas in the nuclear environment of three prototypical low luminosity AGN (LLAGN), based on VLT/SINFONI AO-assisted integral-field spectrosco…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 41 cited

A census of orbital properties of the M31 satellites

Laura L. Watkins, N. Wyn Evans, Glenn van de Ven

We present an analysis of the dynamics of the M31 satellite system. Proper motion data exist for only two of the M31 satellites. We account for this incompleteness in velocity data…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 49 cited

Formation and evolution of dwarf early-type galaxies in the Virgo cluster II. Kinematic Scaling Relations

E. Toloba, A. Boselli, R. Peletier +3

We place our sample of 18 Virgo dwarf early-type galaxies (dEs) on the V-K - velocity dispersion, Faber-Jackson, and Fundamental Plane (FP) scaling relations for massive early-type…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 57 cited

Virgo Cluster and field dwarf ellipticals in 3D: I. On the variety of stellar kinematic and line-strength properties

Agnieszka Ryś, Jesús Falcón-Barroso, Glenn van de Ven

We present the first large-scale stellar kinematic and line-strength maps for dwarf elliptical galaxies (9 in the Virgo Cluster and 3 in the field environment) obtained with the SA…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 93 cited

Orbit-based dynamical models of the Sculptor dSph galaxy

Maarten A. Breddels, A. Helmi, R. C. E. van den Bosch +2

We have developed spherically symmetric dynamical models of dwarf spheroidal galaxies using Schwarzschild's orbit superposition method. This type of modelling yields constraints bo…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 15 cited

The SAURON project-XXI. The spatially-resolved UV-line strength relations of early-type galaxies

Hyunjin Jeong, Sukyoung K. Yi, Martin Bureau +13

The unexpected rising flux of early-type galaxies at decreasing ultraviolet (UV) wavelengths is a long-standing mystery. One important observational constraint is the correlation b…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 9 cited

Spatially resolved properties of the grand-design spiral galaxy UGC 9837: a case for high-redshift 2D observations

K. Viironen, S. F. Sanchez, E. Marmol-Queralto +8

Context. We carry out a detailed 2D study of the ionised gas in the local universe galaxy UGC9837. In nearby galaxies, like the galaxy in question here, the spatial distribution of…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 1.3k cited

CALIFA, the Calar Alto Legacy Integral Field Area survey: I. Survey presentation

S. F. Sanchez, R. C. Kennicutt, A. Gil de Paz +69

We present here the Calar Alto Legacy Integral Field Area (CALIFA) survey, which has been designed to provide a first step in this direction.We summarize the survey goals and desig…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 41 cited

The central dark matter distribution of NGC 2976

Joshua J. Adams, Karl Gebhardt, Guillermo A. Blanc +5

We study the mass distribution in the late-type dwarf galaxy NGC 2976 through stellar kinematics obtained with the VIRUS-P integral-field spectrograph and anisotropic Jeans models…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 3 cited

Schwarzschild models of the Sculptor dSph galaxy

Maarten A. Breddels, Amina Helmi, R. C. E. van den Bosch +2

We have developed a spherically symmetric dynamical model of a dwarf spheroidal galaxy using the Schwarzschild method. This type of modelling yields constraints both on the total m…