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astro-ph.CO2009★ 416 cited

The X-ray to optical-UV luminosity ratio of X-ray selected Type 1 AGN in XMM-COSMOS

E. Lusso, A. Comastri, C. Vignali +29

We present a study of the X-ray to optical properties of a sample of 545 X-ray selected Type 1 AGN, from the XMM-COSMOS survey, over a wide range of redshifts ($0.04<\z<4.25$) and…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 74 cited

The [OIII] emission line luminosity function of optically selected type-2 AGN from zCOSMOS

A. Bongiorno, M. Mignoli, G. Zamorani +61

We present a catalog of 213 type-2 AGN selected from the zCOSMOS survey. The selected sample covers a wide redshift range (0.15<z<0.92) and is deeper than any other previous study,…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 30 cited

Properties and environment of Radio Emitting Galaxies in the VLA-zCOSMOS survey

S. Bardelli, E. Schinnerer, V. Smolcic +62

We investigate the properties and the environment of radio sources with optical counterpart from the combined VLA-COSMOS and zCOSMOS samples. The advantage of this sample is the av…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 25 cited

The zCOSMOS-Bright survey: the clustering of early and late galaxy morphological types since z~1

S. de la Torre, O. Le Fèvre, C. Porciani +53

We measure the spatial clustering of galaxies as a function of their morphological type at z~0.8, for the first time in a deep redshift survey with full morphological information.…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 12 cited

The optical spectra of Spitzer 24 micron galaxies in the COSMOS field: II. Faint infrared sources in the zCOSMOS-bright 10k catalogue

K. I. Caputi, S. J. Lilly, H. Aussel +67

We have used the zCOSMOS-bright 10k sample to identify 3244 Spitzer/MIPS 24-micron-selected galaxies with 0.06< S(24um)< 0.50 mJy and I(AB)<22.5, over 1.5 deg^2 of the COSMOS field…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 363 cited

On the cosmic evolution of the scaling relations between black holes and their host galaxies: Broad Line AGN in the zCOSMOS survey

A. Merloni, A. Bongiorno, M. Bolzonella +56

(Abriged) We report on the measurement of the rest frame K-band luminosity and total stellar mass of the hosts of 89 broad line Active Galactic Nuclei detected in the zCOSMOS surve…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 21 cited

The nonlinear biasing of the 10k zCOSMOS galaxies up to z~1

K. Kovac, C. Porciani, S. J. Lilly +55

We use the overdensity field reconstructed in the volume of the COSMOS area to study the nonlinear biasing of the zCOSMOS galaxies. The galaxy overdensity field is reconstructed us…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 87 cited

The zCOSMOS survey: the role of the environment in the evolution of the luminosity function of different galaxy types

E. Zucca, S. Bardelli, M. Bolzonella +64

(Abridged) We studied the evolution in the B band luminosity function to z~1 in the zCOSMOS 10k sample, for which both accurate galaxy classifications and a detailed description of…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 77 cited

The 10k zCOSMOS: morphological transformation of galaxies in the group environment since z~1

K. Kovac, S. J. Lilly, C. Knobel +57

We study the evolution of galaxies inside and outside of the group environment since z=1 using a large well defined set of groups and galaxies from the zCOSMOS-bright redshift surv…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 90 cited

The zCOSMOS Redshift Survey: How group environment alters global downsizing trends

A. Iovino, O. Cucciati, M. Scodeggio +56

We took advantage of the wealth of information provided by the first ~10000 galaxies of the zCOSMOS-bright survey and its group catalogue to study the complex interplay between gro…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 66 cited

K+a galaxies in the zCOSMOS Survey: Physical properties of systems in their post-starburst phase

D. Vergani, G. Zamorani, S. J. Lilly +59

The identities of the main processes triggering and quenching star-formation in galaxies remain unclear. A key stage in evolution, however, appears to be represented by post-starbu…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 477 cited

zCOSMOS - 10k-bright spectroscopic sample. The bimodality in the Galaxy Stellar Mass Function: exploring its evolution with redshift

L. Pozzetti, M. Bolzonella, E. Zucca +56

We present the Galaxy Stellar Mass Function (MF) up to z~1 from the zCOSMOS-bright 10k spectroscopic sample. We investigate the total MF and the contribution of ETGs and LTGs, defi…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 204 cited

Tracking the impact of environment on the Galaxy Stellar Mass Function up to z~1 in the 10k zCOSMOS sample

M. Bolzonella, K. Kovac, L. Pozzetti +63

We study the impact of the environment on the evolution of galaxies in the zCOSMOS 10k sample in the redshift range 0.1<z<1.0 over an area of ~1.5 deg2. The considered sample of se…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 174 cited

The zCOSMOS Redshift Survey: the role of environment and stellar mass in shaping the rise of the morphology-density relation from z~1

L. A. M. Tasca, J. P. Kneib, A. Iovino +57

For more than two decades we have known that galaxy morphological segregation is present in the Local Universe. It is important to see how this relation evolves with cosmic time. T…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 54 cited

Witnessing the assembly at z=1.6 of a galaxy cluster (GMASS ultradeep spectroscopy of galaxies at z~2 - V)

J. Kurk, A. Cimatti, G. Zamorani +12

We present a study of a galaxy overdensity at z=1.6, Cl 0332-2742, uncovered in the Galaxy Mass Assembly ultra-deep Spectroscopic Survey (GMASS). We conservatively estimate the ove…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 166 cited

Dynamical masses of early-type galaxies at z~2: Are they truly superdense?

Michele Cappellari, S. di Serego Alighieri, A. Cimatti +11

We measured stellar velocity dispersions sigma and dynamical masses of 9 massive (M~10^11 Msun) early-type galaxies (ETG) from the GMASS sample at redshift 1.4<z<2.0. The sigma are…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 116 cited

GMASS ultradeep spectroscopy of galaxies at z ~ 2. IV. The variety of dust populations

S. Noll, D. Pierini, A. Cimatti +14

The properties of dust attenuation at rest-frame UV wavelengths are inferred from very high-quality FORS2 spectra of 78 galaxies from the GMASS survey at 1<z<2.5. These objects com…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 131 cited

The density field of the 10k zCOSMOS galaxies

K. Kovac, S. J. Lilly, O. Cucciati +55

We use the current sample of ~10,000 zCOSMOS spectra of sources selected with I(AB) < 22.5 to define the density field out to z~1, with much greater resolution in the radial dimens…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 129 cited

An optical group catalogue to z = 1 from the zCOSMOS 10k sample

C. Knobel, S. J. Lilly, A. Iovino +55

We present a galaxy group catalogue spanning the redshift range 0.1 <~ z <~ 1 in the ~1.7 deg^2 COSMOS field, based on the first ~10,000 zCOSMOS spectra. The performance of both th…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 1.1k cited

The SINS survey: SINFONI Integral Field Spectroscopy of z ~ 2 Star-forming Galaxies

N. M. Forster Schreiber, R. Genzel, N. Bouche +27

We present the SINS survey with SINFONI of high redshift galaxies. With 80 objects observed and 63 detected, SINS is the largest survey of spatially resolved gas kinematics, morpho…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 28 cited

The HELLAS2XMM Survey. XII. The infrared/sub-millimeter view of an X-ray selected Type 2 quasar at z=2

C. Vignali, F. Pozzi, J. Fritz +11

We present multi-wavelength observations (from optical to sub-millimeter, including Spitzer and SCUBA) of H2XMMJ 003357.2-120038 (also GD158_19), an X-ray selected, luminous narrow…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 45 cited

The Dependence of Star Formation Activity on Stellar Mass Surface Density and Sersic Index in zCOSMOS Galaxies at 0.5<z<0.9 Compared with SDSS Galaxies at 0.04<z<0.08

C. Maier, S. J. Lilly, G. Zamorani +56

One of the key unanswered questions in the study of galaxy evolution is what physical processes inside galaxies drive the changes in the SFRs in individual galaxies that, taken tog…