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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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astro-ph.CO2019★ 26 cited

Euclid preparation III. Galaxy cluster detection in the wide photometric survey, performance and algorithm selection

Euclid Collaboration, R. Adam, M. Vannier +56

Galaxy cluster counts in bins of mass and redshift have been shown to be a competitive probe to test cosmological models. This method requires an efficient blind detection of clust…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 36 cited

An extended Herschel drop-out source in the center of AS1063, a 'normal' dusty galaxy at z=6.1 or SZ substructures?

F. Boone, B. Clément, J. Richard +23

In the course of our 870um APEX/LABOCA follow up of the Herschel Lensing Survey we have detected a source in AS1063 (RXC J2248.7-4431), that has no counterparts in any of the Hersc…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 141 cited

The dependence of Galactic outflows on the properties and orientation of zCOSMOS galaxies at z ~ 1

R. Bordoloi, S. J. Lilly, E. Hardmeier +44

We present an analysis of cool outflowing gas around galaxies, traced by MgII absorption lines in the co-added spectra of a sample of 486 zCOSMOS galaxies at 1 < z < 1.5. These gal…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 102 cited

zCOSMOS 20k: Satellite galaxies are the main drivers of environmental effects in the galaxy population at least to z~0.7

K. Kovac, S. J. Lilly, C. Knobel +41

We explore the role of environment in the evolution of galaxies over 0.1<z<0.7 using the final zCOSMOS-bright data set. Using the red fraction of galaxies as a proxy for the quench…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 408 cited

The VIMOS VLT Deep Survey final data release: a spectroscopic sample of 35016 galaxies and AGN out to z~6.7 selected with 17.5<=i_{AB}<=24.7

O. Le Fevre, P. Cassata, O. Cucciati +42

We describe the completed VIMOS VLT Deep Survey, and the final data release of 35016 galaxies and type-I AGN with measured spectroscopic redshifts up to redshift z~6.7, in areas 0.…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 73 cited

Obscured AGN at z~1 from the zCOSMOS-Bright Survey I. Selection and Optical Properties of a [Ne v]-selected sample

M. Mignoli, C. Vignali, R. Gilli +46

A sample of 94 narrow line AGN with 0.65<z<1.20 has been selected from the 20k-Bright zCOSMOS galaxy sample by detection of the high-ionization [NeV]3426 line. Taking advantage of…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 92 cited

Spot the difference. Impact of different selection criteria on observed properties of passive galaxies in zCOSMOS 20-k sample

M. Moresco, L. Pozzetti, A. Cimatti +50

We present the analysis of photometric, spectroscopic, and morphological properties for differently selected samples of passive galaxies up to z=1 extracted from the zCOSMOS-20k sp…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 20 cited

Investigating the relationship between AGN activity and stellar mass in zCOSMOS galaxies at 0<z<1 using emission line diagnostic diagrams

M. Vitale, M. Mignoli, A. Cimatti +49

We investigate the link between AGN activity, star-formation and stellar mass of the host galaxy at 0<z<1, looking for spectroscopic traces of AGN and aging of the host. This work…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 59 cited

The Colors of Central and Satellite Galaxies in zCOSMOS out to z ~ 0.8 and Implications for Quenching

C. Knobel, S. J. Lilly, K. Kovac +47

We examine the red fraction of central and satellite galaxies in the large zCOSMOS group catalog out to z ~ 0.8 correcting for both the incompleteness in stellar mass and for the l…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 61 cited

Proto-groups at 1.8<z<3 in the zCOSMOS-deep sample

C. Diener, S. J. Lilly, C. Knobel +48

We identify 42 candidate groups lying between 1.8<z<3.0 from a sample of 3502 galaxies with spectroscopic redshifts in the zCOSMOS-deep redshift survey within the same redshift int…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 14 cited

A group-galaxy cross-correlation function analysis in zCOSMOS

C. Knobel, S. J. Lilly, C. M. Carollo +46

We present a group-galaxy cross-correlation analysis using a group catalog produced from the 16,500 spectra from the optical zCOSMOS galaxy survey. Our aim is to perform a consiste…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 110 cited

The zCOSMOS 20k Group Catalog

C. Knobel, S. J. Lilly, A. Iovino +48

We present an optical group catalog between 0.1 < z < 1 based on 16,500 high-quality spectroscopic redshifts in the completed zCOSMOS-bright survey. The catalog published herein co…

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.CO2012★ 26 cited

A peculiar galaxy appears at redshift 11: properties of a moderate redshift interloper

Matthew Hayes, Nicolas Laporte, Roser Pello +2

Laporte et al. (2011) reported a very high redshift galaxy candidate: a lensed J-band dropout (A2667-J1). J1 has a photometric redshift of z=9.6-12, the probability density functio…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 18 cited

The COSMOS Density Field: A Reconstruction Using Both Weak Lensing and Galaxy Distributions

A. Amara, S. Lilly, K. Kovac +49

The COSMOS field has been the subject of a wide range of observations, with a number of studies focusing on reconstructing the 3D dark matter density field. Typically, these studie…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 33 cited

Comparison of star formation rates from Halpha and infrared luminosities as seen by Herschel

H. Domínguez, M. Mignoli, F. Pozzi +55

We empirically test the relation between the SFR(LIR) derived from the infrared luminosity, LIR, and the SFR(Ha) derived from the Ha emission line luminosity using simple conversio…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 133 cited

A bright z=5.2 lensed submillimeter galaxy in the field of Abell 773: HLSJ091828.6+514223

F. Combes, M. Rex, T. D. Rawle +20

During our Herschel Lensing Survey (HLS) of massive galaxy clusters, we have discovered an exceptionally bright source behind the z=0.22 cluster Abell 773, which appears to be a st…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 39 cited

A journey from the outskirts to the cores of groups I: Color- and mass-segregation in 20K-zCOSMOS groups

V. Presotto, A. Iovino, M. Scodeggio +49

Using the group catalog obtained from zCOSMOS spectroscopic data and the complementary photometric data from the COSMOS survey, we explore segregation effects occurring in groups o…

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★ 924 cited

Euclid Definition Study Report

R. Laureijs, J. Amiaux, S. Arduini +216

Euclid is a space-based survey mission from the European Space Agency designed to understand the origin of the Universe's accelerating expansion. It will use cosmological probes to…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 20 cited

X-ray Groups of Galaxies at 0.5<z<1 in zCOSMOS: Increased AGN Activities in High Redshift Groups

M. Tanaka, A. Finoguenov, S. J. Lilly +48

We present a photometric and spectroscopic study of galaxies at 0.5<z<1 as a function of environment based on data from the zCOSMOS survey. There is a fair amount of evidence that…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 183 cited

The impact of galaxy interactions on AGN activity in zCOSMOS

J. D. Silverman, P. Kampczyk, K. Jahnke +52

Close encounters between galaxies are expected to be a viable mechanism, as predicted by numerical simulations, by which accretion onto supermassive black holes can be initiated. T…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 338 cited

The radial and azimuthal profiles of Mg II absorption around 0.5 < z < 0.9 zCOSMOS galaxies of different colors, masses and environments

R. Bordoloi, S. J. Lilly, C. Knobel +50

We map the radial and azimuthal distribution of Mg II gas within 200 kpc (physical) of 4000 galaxies at redshifts 0.5 < z < 0.9 using co-added spectra of more than 5000 background…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 85 cited

Black hole accretion and host galaxies of obscured quasars in XMM-COSMOS

V. Mainieri, A. Bongiorno, A. Merloni +61

We explore the connection between black hole growth at the center of obscured quasars selected from the XMM-COSMOS survey and the physical properties of their host galaxies. We stu…