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most citedGalaxy Stellar Mass Functions from ZFOURGE/CANDELS: An Excess of Low-Mass Galaxies Since z=2 and the Rapid Buildup of Quiescent Galaxies

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astro-ph.CO2020★ 4 cited

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: SZ-based masses and dust emission from IR-selected cluster candidates in the SHELA survey

Brittany J. Fuzia, Lalitwadee Kawinwanichakij, Nicola Mehrtens +19

We examine the stacked thermal Sunyaev-Zel\text{'}dovich (SZ) signals for a sample of galaxy cluster candidates from the Spitzer-HETDEX Exploratory Large Area (SHELA) Survey, which…

astro-ph.CO2017★ 1 cited

Galaxies in X-ray Selected Clusters and Groups in Dark Energy Survey Data II: Hierarchical Bayesian Modeling of the Red-Sequence Galaxy Luminosity Function

Y. Zhang, C. J. Miller, P. Rooney +77

Using X-ray selected clusters in the Dark Energy Survey Science Verification data, we constrain the luminosity function (LF) of cluster red sequence galaxies as a functi…

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★ 84 cited

The Spitzer-HETDEX Exploratory Large-Area Survey

Casey Papovich, H. V. Shipley, N. Mehrtens +27

We present post-cryogenic Spitzer imaging at 3.6 and 4.5 micron with the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) of the Spitzer/HETDEX Exploratory Large-Area (SHELA) survey. SHELA covers $\si…

astro-ph.CO2015★ 9 cited

The XMM Cluster Survey: The Halo Occupation Number of BOSS galaxies in X-ray clusters

Nicola Mehrtens, A. Kathy Romer, Robert C. Nichol +26

We present a direct measurement of the mean halo occupation distribution (HOD) of galaxies taken from the eleventh data release (DR11) of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey-III Baryon Os…

astro-ph.CO2015★ 12 cited

The XMM Cluster Survey: evolution of the velocity dispersion -- temperature relation over half a Hubble time

Susan Wilson, Matt Hilton, Philip J. Rooney +26

We measure the evolution of the velocity dispersion--temperature (--) relation up to using a sample of 38 galaxy clusters drawn from the \textit{XMM}…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 88 cited

The sizes of massive quiescent and star forming galaxies at z~4 with ZFOURGE and CANDELS

Caroline M. S. Straatman, Ivo Labbe, Lee R. Spitler +17

We study the rest-frame ultra-violet sizes of massive (~0.8 x 10^11 M_Sun) galaxies at 3.4<z<4.2, selected from the FourStar Galaxy Evolution Survey (ZFOURGE), by fitting single Se…

astro-ph.CO2015★ 96 cited

The XMM Cluster Survey: Testing chameleon gravity using the profiles of clusters

Harry Wilcox, David Bacon, Robert C. Nichol +17

The chameleon gravity model postulates the existence of a scalar field that couples with matter to mediate a fifth force. If it exists, this fifth force would influence the hot X-r…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 54 cited

Galaxies in X-ray Selected Clusters and Groups in Dark Energy Survey Data I: Stellar Mass Growth of Bright Central Galaxies Since z~1.2

Y. Zhang, C. Miller, T. Mckay +80

Using the science verification data of the Dark Energy Survey (DES) for a new sample of 106 X-Ray selected clusters and groups, we study the stellar mass growth of Bright Central G…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 149 cited

ZFOURGE/CANDELS: On the Evolution of M* Galaxy Progenitors from z=3 to 0.5

Casey Papovich, I. Labbé, R. Quadri +38

Galaxies with stellar masses near M* contain the majority of stellar mass in the universe, and are therefore of special interest in the study of galaxy evolution. The Milky Way (MW…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 28 cited

The distribution of satellites around massive galaxies at 1<z<3 in ZFOURGE/CANDELS: dependence on star formation activity

Lalitwadee Kawinwanichakij, Casey Papovich, Ryan F. Quadri +23

We study the statistical distribution of satellites around star-forming and quiescent central galaxies at 1<z<3 using imaging from the FourStar Galaxy Evolution Survey (ZFOURGE) an…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 107 cited

Exploring the z=3-4 massive galaxy population with ZFOURGE: the prevalence of dusty and quiescent galaxies

Lee R. Spitler, Caroline M. S. Straatman, Ivo Labbe +17

Our understanding of the redshift galaxy population relies largely on samples selected using the popular "dropout" technique, typically consisting of UV-bright galaxies with…

astro-ph.GA2013★ 223 cited

A substantial population of massive quiescent galaxies at z~4 from ZFOURGE

Caroline M. S. Straatman, Ivo Labbé, Lee R. Spitler +21

We report the likely identification of a substantial population of massive M~10^11M_Sun galaxies at z~4 with suppressed star formation rates (SFRs), selected on rest-frame optical…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 460 cited

Galaxy Stellar Mass Functions from ZFOURGE/CANDELS: An Excess of Low-Mass Galaxies Since z=2 and the Rapid Buildup of Quiescent Galaxies

Adam R. Tomczak, Ryan F. Quadri, Kim-Vy H. Tran +16

Using observations from the FourStar Galaxy Evolution Survey (ZFOURGE), we obtain the deepest measurements to date of the galaxy stellar mass function at 0.5 < z < 2.5. ZFOURGE pro…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 31 cited

The XMM Cluster Survey: Evidence for energy injection at high redshift from evolution of the X-ray luminosity-temperature relation

Matt Hilton, A. Kathy Romer, Scott T. Kay +21

We measure the evolution of the X-ray luminosity-temperature (L_X-T) relation since z~1.5 using a sample of 211 serendipitously detected galaxy clusters with spectroscopic redshift…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 75 cited

The XMM Cluster Survey: The interplay between the brightest cluster galaxy and the intra-cluster medium via AGN feedback

John P. Stott, Ryan C. Hickox, Alastair C. Edge +16

Using a sample of 123 X-ray clusters and groups drawn from the XMM-Cluster Survey first data release, we investigate the interplay between the brightest cluster galaxy (BCG), its b…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 65 cited

The XMM Cluster Survey: The Stellar Mass Assembly of Fossil Galaxies

Craig D. Harrison, Christopher J. Miller, Joseph W. Richards +13

This paper presents both the result of a search for fossil systems (FSs) within the XMM Cluster Survey and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and the results of a study of the stellar ma…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 5 cited

The XMM Cluster Survey: Predicted overlap with the Planck Cluster Catalogue

Pedro T. P. Viana, António da Silva, Elsa P. R. G. Ramos +13

We present a list of 15 clusters of galaxies, serendipitously detected by the XMM Cluster Survey (XCS), that have a high probability of detection by the Planck satellite. Three of…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 176 cited

The XMM Cluster Survey: Optical analysis methodology and the first data release

Nicola Mehrtens, A. Kathy Romer, E. J. Lloyd-Davies +34

The XMM Cluster Survey (XCS) is a serendipitous search for galaxy clusters using all publicly available data in the XMM-Newton Science Archive. Its main aims are to measure cosmolo…

astro-ph.CO2010★ 78 cited

The XMM Cluster Survey: X-ray analysis methodology

E. J. Lloyd-Davies, A. Kathy Romer, Nicola Mehrtens +20

The XMM Cluster Survey (XCS) is a serendipitous search for galaxy clusters using all publicly available data in the XMM-Newton Science Archive. Its main aims are to measure cosmolo…

astro-ph.CO2010★ 116 cited

The XMM Cluster Survey: The build up of stellar mass in Brightest Cluster Galaxies at high redshift

J. P. Stott, C. A. Collins, M. Sahlen +14

We present deep J and Ks band photometry of 20 high redshift galaxy clusters between z=0.8-1.5, 19 of which are observed with the MOIRCS instrument on the Subaru Telescope. By usin…

astro-ph.CO2010★ 132 cited

The XMM Cluster Survey: Active Galactic Nuclei and Starburst Galaxies in XMMXCS J2215.9-1738 at z=1.46

Matt Hilton, Ed Lloyd-Davies, S. Adam Stanford +11

We use Chandra X-ray and Spitzer infrared observations to explore the AGN and starburst populations of XMMXCS J2215.9-1738 at z=1.46, one of the most distant spectroscopically conf…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 164 cited

Early assembly of the most massive galaxies

Chris A. Collins, John P. Stott, Matt Hilton +15

The current consensus is that galaxies begin as small density fluctuations in the early Universe and grow by in situ star formation and hierarchical merging. Stars begin to form re…

astro-ph2008★ 55 cited

The XMM Cluster Survey: Forecasting cosmological and cluster scaling-relation parameter constraints

Martin Sahlén, Pedro T. P. Viana, Andrew R. Liddle +16

We forecast the constraints on the values of sigma_8, Omega_m, and cluster scaling relation parameters which we expect to obtain from the XMM Cluster Survey (XCS). We assume a flat…