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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…
The spatial clustering of X-ray selected AGN in the XMM-COSMOS field
R. Gilli, G. Zamorani, T. Miyaji +70
We study the spatial clustering of 538 X-ray selected AGN in the 2 deg^2 XMM-COSMOS field that are spectroscopically identified to I_{AB}<23 and span the redshift range z=0.2-3.0.…
Physical properties of galaxies and their evolution in the VIMOS VLT Deep Survey. II. Extending the mass-metallicity relation to the range z=0.89-1.24
E. Perez-Montero, T. Contini, F. Lamareille +39
Aims. We present a continuation of our study about the relation between stellar mass and gas-phase metallicity in the VIMOS VLT Deep Survey (VVDS). In this work we extend the deter…
Physical properties of galaxies and their evolution in the VIMOS VLT Deep Survey. I. The evolution of the mass-metallicity relation up to z~0.9
F. Lamareille, J. Brinchmann, T. Contini +43
We derive the mass-metallicity relation of star-forming galaxies up to , using data from the VIMOS VLT Deep Survey. Automatic measurement of emission-line fluxes and equi…
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 zCOSMOS redshift survey: the three-dimensional classification cube and bimodality in galaxy physical properties
M. Mignoli, G. Zamorani, M. Scodeggio +56
Aims. We investigate the relationships between three main optical galaxy observables (spectral properties, colours, and morphology), exploiting the data set provided by the COSMOS/…
Eddington ratios of faint AGN at intermediate redshift: Evidence for a population of half-starved black holes
I. Gavignaud, L. Wisotzki, A. Bongiorno +51
We use one of the deepest spectroscopic samples of broad line active galactic nuclei (AGN) currently available, extracted from the VIMOS VLT Deep Survey (VVDS), to compute MgII and…
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.…
COSMOS Photometric Redshifts with 30-bands for 2-deg2
O. Ilbert, P. Capak, M. Salvato +60
We present accurate photometric redshifts in the 2-deg2 COSMOS field. The redshifts are computed with 30 broad, intermediate, and narrow bands covering the UV (GALEX), Visible-NIR…
The VVDS-SWIRE-GALEX-CFHTLS surveys: Physical properties of galaxies at z below 1.2 from photometric data
C. J. Walcher, F. Lamareille, D. Vergani +42
We intend to show that it is possible to derive the physical parameters of galaxies from their broad-band spectral energy distribution out to a redshift of 1.2. This method has the…
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 Vimos VLT Deep Survey: Global properties of 20000 galaxies in the I_AB<=22.5 WIDE survey
B. Garilli, O. Le Fèvre, L. Guzzo +44
The VVDS-Wide survey has been designed with the general aim of tracing the large-scale distribution of galaxies at z~1 on comoving scales reaching ~100Mpc/h, while providing a good…
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…
A test of the nature of cosmic acceleration using galaxy redshift distortions
L. Guzzo, M. Pierleoni, B. Meneux +48
Observations of distant supernovae indicate that the Universe is now in a phase of accelerated expansion the physical cause of which is a mystery. Formally, this requires the inclu…
The VIMOS VLT Deep Survey: Testing the gravitational instability paradigm at z ~ 1
C. Marinoni, L. Guzzo, A. Cappi +5
We have reconstructed the three-dimensional density fluctuation maps to z ~ 1.5 using the distribution of galaxies observed in the VVDS-Deep survey. We use this overdensity field t…
The VIMOS VLT Deep Survey: The K-band follow-up in the 0226-04 field
S. Temporin, A. Iovino, M. Bolzonella +45
AIMS. We present a new Ks-band survey that represents a significant extension to the previous wide-field Ks-band imaging survey within the 0226-04 field of the VIMOS-VLT deep surve…
Geometrical tests of cosmological models. III. The cosmology-evolution diagram at z=1
C. Marinoni, A. Saintonge, T. Contini +22
The rotational velocity of distant galaxies, when interpreted as a size (luminosity) indicator, may be used as a tool to select high redshift standard rods (candles) and probe worl…
The XMM large scale structure survey: optical vs. X-ray classifications of active galactic nuclei and the unified scheme
O. Garcet, P. Gandhi, E. Gosset +25
Our goal is to characterize AGN populations by comparing their X-ray and optical classifications. We present a sample of 99 spectroscopically identified X-ray point sources in the…
Precision photometric redshift calibration for galaxy-galaxy weak lensing
R. Mandelbaum, U. Seljak, C. M. Hirata +26
Accurate photometric redshifts are among the key requirements for precision weak lensing measurements. Both the large size of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and the existence…
Neon and Argon optical emission lines in ionized gaseous nebulae: Implications and applications
Enrique Perez-Montero, Guillermo F. Hagele, Thierry Contini +1
In this work we present a study of the strong optical collisional emission lines of Ne and Ar in an heterogeneous sample of ionized gaseous nebulae for which it is possible to deri…
Comparison of dust-to-gas ratios in luminous, ultraluminous, and hyperluminous infrared galaxies
M. Contini, T. Contini
The dust-to-gas ratios in three different samples of luminous, ultraluminous, and hyperluminous infrared galaxies are calculated by modelling their radio to soft X-ray spectral ene…
The VIMOS VLT Deep Survey: Tracing the galaxy stellar mass assembly history over the last 8Gyr
D. Vergani, M. Scodeggio, L. Pozzetti +46
We selected a mass-limited sample of 4048 objects from the VIMOS VLT Deep Survey in the redshift interval 0.5<z<1.3. We used the amplitude of the 4000 Balmer break (Dn4000) to sepa…
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…