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most citedThe SFR-M* Relation and Empirical Star-Formation Histories from ZFOURGE at 0.5 < z < 4

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38 papers

astro-ph.GA2023★ 2 cited

Evolved galaxies in high-density environments across using the ZFOURGE survey

Georgia R. Hartzenberg, Michael J. Cowley, Andrew M. Hopkins +1

To explore the role environment plays in influencing galaxy evolution at high redshifts, we study environments using the FourStar Galaxy Evolution (ZFOURGE) survey.…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 7 cited

Hydra II: Characterisation of Aegean, Caesar, ProFound, PyBDSF, and Selavy source finders

M. M. Boyce, A. M. Hopkins, S. Riggi +24

We present a comparison between the performance of a selection of source finders using a new software tool called Hydra. The companion paper, Paper~I, introduced the Hydra tool and…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 5 cited

Hydra I: An extensible multi-source-finder comparison and cataloguing tool

M. M. Boyce, A. M. Hopkins, S. Riggi +24

The latest generation of radio surveys are now producing sky survey images containing many millions of radio sources. In this context it is highly desirable to understand the perfo…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 9 cited

The VMC Survey -- XLIX. Discovery of a population of quasars dominated by nuclear dust emission behind the Magellanic Clouds

Clara M. Pennock, Jacco Th. van Loon, Joy O. Anih +14

Following the discovery of SAGE0536AGN ( 0.14), with the strongest 10-m silicate emission ever observed for an Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN), we discovered SAGE0534AGN (…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 24 cited

MOSEL: Strong [OIII]5007 Å Emitting Galaxies at (3<z<4) from the ZFOURGE Survey

Kim-Vy H. Tran, Ben Forrest, Leo Y. Alcorn +13

To understand how strong emission line galaxies (ELGs) contribute to the overall growth of galaxies and star formation history of the universe, we target Strong ELGs (SELGs) from t…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 10 cited

MOSEL Survey: Tracking the Growth of Massive Galaxies at 2<z<4 using Kinematics and the IllustrisTNG Simulation

Anshu Gupta, Kim-Vy Tran, Jonathan Cohn +13

We use K-band spectroscopic data from the Multi-Object Spectroscopic Emission Line (MOSEL) survey to analyze the kinematic properties of galaxies at z>3. Our sample consists of 34…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 26 cited

Reconstructing the observed ionizing photon production efficiency at z~2 using stellar population models

Themiya Nanayakkara, Jarle Brinchmann, Karl Glazebrook +8

The ionizing photon production efficiency, , is a critical parameter that provides a number of physical constraints to the nature of the early Universe, including the cont…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 37 cited

ZFOURGE: Using Composite Spectral Energy Distributions to Characterize Galaxy Populations at 1<z<4

Ben Forrest, Kim-Vy H. Tran, Adam Broussard +12

We investigate the properties of galaxies as they shut off star formation over the 4 billion years surrounding peak cosmic star formation. To do this we categorize galax…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 21 cited

ZFIRE: 3D Modeling of Rotation, Dispersion, and Angular Momentum of Star-Forming Galaxies at z~2

Leo Y. Alcorn, Kim-Vy Tran, Karl Glazebrook +10

We perform a kinematic and morphological analysis of 44 star-forming galaxies at in the COSMOS legacy field using near-infrared spectroscopy from Keck/MOSFIRE and F160W im…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 5 cited

Decoupled Black Hole Accretion and Quenching: The Relationship Between BHAR, SFR, and Quenching in Milky Way and Andromeda-mass Progenitors Since z = 2.5

Michael J. Cowley, Lee R. Spitler, Ryan F. Quadri +13

We investigate the relationship between the black hole accretion rate (BHAR) and star-formation rate (SFR) for Milky Way (MW) and Andromeda (M31)-mass progenitors from z = 0.2 - 2.…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 87 cited

The Taipan Galaxy Survey: Scientific Goals and Observing Strategy

Elisabete da Cunha, Andrew M. Hopkins, Matthew Colless +37

Taipan is a multi-object spectroscopic galaxy survey starting in 2017 that will cover 2pi steradians over the southern sky, and obtain optical spectra for about two million galaxie…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 27 cited

ZFIRE: Using H equivalent widths to investigate the in situ initial mass function at z~2

Themiya Nanayakkara, Karl Glazebrook, Glenn G. Kacprzak +10

We use the ZFIRE survey (http://zfire.swinburne.edu.au) to investigate the high mass slope of the initial mass function (IMF) for a mass-complete (log10(M/M)~9.3) sampl…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 49 cited

Discovery of Extreme [OIII]+H Emitting Galaxies Tracing an Overdensity at z~3.5 in CDF-South

Ben Forrest, Kim-Vy H. Tran, Adam Broussard +12

Using deep multi-wavelength photometry of galaxies from ZFOURGE, we group galaxies at by the shape of their spectral energy distributions (SEDs). We identify a populati…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 31 cited

ZFIRE: The Evolution of the Stellar Mass Tully-Fisher Relation to Redshift 2.0 < Z < 2.5 with MOSFIRE

Caroline M. S. Straatman, Karl Glazebrook, Glenn G. Kacprzak +8

Using observations made with MOSFIRE on Keck I as part of the ZFIRE survey, we present the stellar mass Tully-Fisher relation at 2.0 < z < 2.5. The sample was drawn from a stellar…

astro-ph.IM2017

Modelling the Dynamics of a Hypothetical Planet X by way of Gravitational N-body Simulator

Michael J. Cowley, Stephen W. Hughes

This paper describes a novel activity to model the dynamics of a Jupiter-mass, trans-Neptunian planet of a highly eccentric orbit. Despite a history rooted in modern astronomy, "Pl…

physics.ed-ph2017★ 4 cited

Teaching the Doppler Effect in Astrophysics

Stephen W. Hughes, Michael J. Cowley

The Doppler effect is a shift in the frequency of waves emitted from an object moving relative to the observer. By observing and analysing the Doppler shift in electromagnetic wave…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 83 cited

The Size Evolution of Star-forming Galaxies Since z~7 Using ZFOURGE

Rebecca J. Allen, Glenn G. Kacprzak, Karl Glazebrook +10

For the first time, we present the size evolution of a mass-complete (log(M*/Msol)>10) sample of star-forming galaxies over redshifts z=1-7, selected from the FourStar Galaxy Evolu…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 22 cited

ZFIRE: Similar Stellar Growth in H-emitting Cluster and Field Galaxies at z~2

Kim-Vy H. Tran, Leo Y. Alcorn, Glenn G. Kacprzak +13

We compare galaxy scaling relations as a function of environment at with our ZFIRE survey where we have measured H fluxes for 90 star-forming galaxies selected from a m…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 239 cited

The FourStar Galaxy Evolution Survey (ZFOURGE): ultraviolet to far-infrared catalogs, medium-bandwidth photometric redshifts with improved accuracy, stellar masses, and confirmation of quiescent galaxies to z~3.5

Caroline M. S. Straatman, Lee R. Spitler, Ryan F. Quadri +26

The FourStar galaxy evolution survey (ZFOURGE) is a 45 night legacy program with the FourStar near-infrared camera on Magellan and one of the most sensitive surveys to date. ZFOURG…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 82 cited

ZFIRE: A KECK/MOSFIRE Spectroscopic Survey of Galaxies in Rich Environments at z~2

Themiya Nanayakkara, Karl Glazebrook, Glenn G. Kacprzak +11

We present an overview and the first data release of ZFIRE, a spectroscopic redshift survey of star-forming galaxies that utilizes the MOSFIRE instrument on Keck-I to study galaxy…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 51 cited

Cold-Mode Accretion: Driving the Fundamental Mass-Metallicity Relation at z~2

Glenn G. Kacprzak, Freeke van de Voort, Karl Glazebrook +10

We investigate the star formation rate (SFR) dependence on the stellar mass and gas-phase metallicity relation at z=2 with MOSFIRE/Keck as part of the ZFIRE survey. We have identif…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 23 cited

ZFIRE: The Kinematics of Star-Forming Galaxies as a Function of Environment at z~2

Leo Y. Alcorn, Kim-Vy H. Tran, Glenn G. Kacprzak +12

We perform a kinematic analysis of galaxies at in the COSMOS legacy field using near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy from Keck/MOSFIRE as part of the ZFIRE survey. Our sample…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 59 cited

Large scale structure around a z=2.1 cluster

Chao-Ling Hung, Caitlin M. Casey, Yi-Kuan Chiang +10

The most prodigious starburst galaxies are absent in massive galaxy clusters today, but their connection with large scale environments is less clear at . We present a se…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 19 cited

Differences in the structural properties and star-formation rates of field and cluster galaxies at z~1

Rebecca J. Allen, Glenn G. Kacprzak, Karl Glazebrook +5

We investigate the dependance of galaxy sizes and star-formation rates (SFRs) on environment using a mass-limited sample of quiescent and star-forming galaxies with M>10^9.5 at z=0…