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MAMBO 1.2mm observations of luminous starbursts at z~2 in the SWIRE fields
C. J. Lonsdale, M. Polletta, A. Omont +19
We report on--off pointed MAMBO observations at 1.2 mm of 61 Spitzer-selected star-forming galaxies from the SWIRE survey. The sources are selected on the basis of bright 24um flux…
The Formation & Evolution of Galaxies Making Up the CIRB : FIR/Submm Extragalactic Surveys From Dome C
Mattia Vaccari, Alberto Franceschini
The science case for FIR/Submm surveys of the extragalactic sky to be carried from Dome C are reviewed. The main questions concerning the formation and evolution of galaxies making…
The XMM-Newton survey of the ELAIS-S1 field II: optical identifications and multiwavelength catalogue of X-ray sources
C. Feruglio, F. Fiore, F. La Franca +13
We present optical identifications and a multi-band catalogue of a sample of 478 X-ray sources in the XMM and Chandra surveys of the central 0.6 deg^2 of the ELAIS-S1 field. The op…
The ESO-Spitzer Imaging extragalactic Survey (ESIS) II: VIMOS I,z wide field imaging of ELAIS-S1 and selection of distant massive galaxies
S. Berta, S. Rubele, A. Franceschini +13
(abridged) The ESIS survey is the optical follow up of the SWIRE/Spitzer in the ELAIS-S1 region of the sky. In the era of observational cosmology, the main efforts are focused on t…
The extragalactic optical-infrared background radiations, their time evolution and the cosmic photon-photon opacity
Alberto Franceschini, Giulia Rodighiero, Mattia Vaccari
The background radiations in the optical and the infrared constitute a relevant cause of energy loss in the propagation of high energy particles through space. In particular, TeV o…
A spectroscopic study of a z=1.6 galaxy overdensity with GMASS
Jaron Kurk, Andrea Cimatti, Gianni Zamorani +12
The Galaxy Mass Assembly ultra-deep Spectroscopic Survey samples a part of the CDFS to unprecedented depth. The resulting distribution of 150 z>1.4 redshifts reveals a significant…
GMASS Ultradeep Spectroscopy of Galaxies at z~2. III: The emergence of the color bimodality at z~2
P. Cassata, A. Cimatti, J. Kurk +12
The aim of this work is to study the evolution of the rest frame color distribution of galaxies with the redshift, in particular in the critical interval 1.4<z<3. We combine ultrad…
GMASS Ultradeep Spectroscopy of Galaxies at redshift z~2. I. The stellar metallicity
C. Halliday, E. Daddi, A. Cimatti +12
Context: Galaxy metallicities have been measured to redshift z~2 by gas-phase oxygen abundances of the interstellar medium using the R23 and N2 methods. Galaxy stellar metallicitie…
GMASS Ultradeep Spectroscopy of Galaxies at 1.4<z<2. II. Superdense passive galaxies: how did they form and evolve ?
A. Cimatti, P. Cassata, L. Pozzetti +13
We combine ultradeep optical spectroscopy from the GMASS project ("Galaxy Mass Assembly ultradeep Spectroscopic Survey") with GOODS multi-band photometry and HST imaging to study a…
Galaxy Counts at 24 Microns in the SWIRE Fields
David L. Shupe, Michael Rowan-Robinson, Carol J. Lonsdale +21
This paper presents galaxy source counts at 24 microns in the six Spitzer Wide-field InfraRed Extragalactic (SWIRE) fields. The source counts are compared to counts in other fields…
Clustering of galaxies at 3.6 microns in the Spitzer Wide-area Infrared Extragalactic legacy survey
I. Waddington, S. J. Oliver, T. S. R. Babbedge +11
We investigate the clustering of galaxies selected in the 3.6 micron band of the Spitzer Wide-area Infrared Extragalactic (SWIRE) legacy survey. The angular two-point correlation f…
High-Redshift QSOs in the SWIRE Survey and the z~3 QSO Luminosity Function
Brian Siana, Maria del Carmen Polletta, Harding E. Smith +10
We use a simple optical/infrared (IR) photometric selection of high-redshift QSOs that identifies a Lyman Break in the optical photometry and requires a red IR color to distinguish…
The contribution of very massive high-redshift SWIRE galaxies to the stellar mass function
S. Berta, C. J. Lonsdale, M. Polletta +18
(Abridged) We selected high-z massive galaxies at 5.8 microns, in the SWIRE ELAIS-S1 field (1 sq. deg.). Galaxies with the 1.6 microns stellar peak redshifted into the IRAC bands (…
3-5 micron spectroscopy of obscured AGNs in ULIRGs
E. Sani, G. Risaliti, M. Salvati +6
We present the results of infrared L-band (3-4 micron) and M-band (4-5 micron) VLT-ISAAC spectroscopy of five bright Ultraluminous InfraRed Galaxies (ULIRGs) hosting an AGN. From o…
Unveiling the oldest and most massive galaxies at very high redshift
G. Rodighiero, A. Cimatti, A. Franceschini +3
(Abridged) This work explores the existence of high redshift massive galaxies unveiled with Spitzer+IRAC, but missed by conventional selection techniques based on optical and near-…
Obscured and unobscured AGN populations in a hard-X-ray selected sample of the XMDS survey
M. Tajer, M. Polletta, L. Chiappetti +16
Our goal is to probe the populations of obscured and unobscured AGN investigating their optical-IR and X-ray properties as a function of X-ray flux, luminosity and redshift within…
Spectral Energy Distributions of Hard X-ray selected AGNs in the XMDS Survey
M. Polletta, M. Tajer, L. Maraschi +18
We present the spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of a hard X-ray selected sample. The sample contains 136 sources with F(2-10 keV)>10^-14 erg/cm^2/s and 132 are AGNs. The source…
Keck spectroscopy of z=1-3 ULIRGs from the Spitzer SWIRE survey
S. Berta, C. J. Lonsdale, B. Siana +9
(Abridged) High-redshift ultra luminous infrared galaxies contribute the bulk of the cosmic IR background and are the best candidates for very massive galaxies in formation at z>1.…
The Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS): The morphological content and enviromental dependence of the galaxy color-magnitude relation at z~0.7
P. Cassata, L. Guzzo, A. Franceschini +11
We study the enviromental dependence and the morphological composition of the galaxy color-magnitude diagram at z~0.7, using a pilot sub-sample of ~2000 galaxies from the COSMOS su…
The Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS): a large-scale structure at z=0.73 and the relation of galaxy morphologies to local environment
L. Guzzo, P. Cassata, A. Finoguenov +29
We have identified a large-scale structure at z~0.73 in the COSMOS field, coherently described by the distribution of galaxy photometric redshifts, an ACS weak-lensing convergence…
The Spitzer Legacy Survey of the HST-ACS 2 sq. deg. COSMOS Field: survey strategy and first analysis
D. B. Sanders, M. Salvato, H. Aussel +39
The Spitzer-COSMOS survey (S-COSMOS) is a Legacy program (Cycles 2+3) designed to carry out a uniform deep survey of the full 2 sq deg COSMOS field in all seven Spitzer bands (3.6,…
Hidden activity in high-redshift spheroidal galaxies from mid-infrared and X-ray observations in the GOODS-North field
G. Rodighiero, C. Gruppioni, F. Civano +6
We exploit very deep mid-IR (MIR) and X-ray observations by Spitzer and Chandra in the GOODS North to identify signs of hidden (either starburst or AGN) activity in spheroidal gala…
The XMM-Newton wide-field survey in the COSMOS field: I. Survey description
G. Hasinger, N. Cappelluti, H. Brunner +21
We present the first set of XMM-Newton EPIC observations in the 2 square degree COSMOS field. The strength of the COSMOS project is the unprecedented combination of a large solid a…
COSMOS : Hubble Space Telescope Observations
N. Scoville, A. Benson, A. W. Blain +50
The Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS) was initiated with an extensive allocation (590 orbits in Cycles 12-13) using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) for high resolution imaging. Her…