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most citedCLASH-VLT: A Highly Precise Strong Lensing Model of the Galaxy Cluster RXC J2248.7-4431 (Abell S1063) and Prospects for Cosmography

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17 papers

astro-ph.GA2020★ 24 cited

Faint LAEs near z>4.7 CIV absorbers revealed by MUSE

C. Gonzalo Diaz, Emma Ryan-Weber, Wouter Karman +5

We present the results from the search for Lyman Alpha emitters (LAEs) in the proximity of 11 CIV absorption systems at in the spectrum of the QSO J1030+0524, using data…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 134 cited

The VANDELS ESO public spectroscopic survey: observations and first data release

L. Pentericci, R. J. McLure B. Garilli, O. Cucciati +93

This paper describes the observations and the first data release (DR1) of the ESO public spectroscopic survey "VANDELS, a deep VIMOS survey of the CANDELS CDFS and UDS fields". VAN…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 130 cited

The VANDELS ESO public spectroscopic survey

R. J. McLure, L. Pentericci, A. Cimatti +92

VANDELS is a uniquely-deep spectroscopic survey of high-redshift galaxies with the VIMOS spectrograph on ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT). The survey has obtained ultra-deep optica…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 24 cited

Kinematics of the SN Refsdal host revealed by MUSE: a regularly rotating spiral galaxy at z~1.5

E. M. Di Teodoro, C. Grillo, F. Fraternali +11

We use Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) observations of the galaxy cluster MACS J1149.5+2223 to explore the kinematics of the grand-design spiral galaxy Sp1149 hosting the…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 74 cited

The Grism Lens-Amplified Survey from Space (GLASS) X. Sub-kpc resolution gas-phase metallicity maps at cosmic noon behind the Hubble Frontier Fields cluster MACS1149.6+2223

Xin Wang, Tucker A. Jones, Tommaso Treu +17

(Abridged) We combine deep HST grism spectroscopy with a new Bayesian method to derive maps of gas-phase metallicity, nebular dust extinction, and star-formation rate for 10 star-f…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 56 cited

Illuminating gas in-/outflows in the MUSE deepest fields: discovery of Ly-alpha nebulae around forming galaxies at z~3.3

E. Vanzella, I. Balestra, M. Gronke +11

We report on the discovery of extended Ly-alpha nebulae at z~3.3 in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF, ~ 40 kpc X 80 kpc) and behind the Hubble Frontier Fields galaxy cluster MACSJ…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 129 cited

A refined mass distribution of the cluster MACS J0416.12403 from a new large set of spectroscopic multiply lensed sources

G. B. Caminha, C. Grillo, P. Rosati +11

We report the spectroscopic confirmation of 22 new multiply lensed sources behind the Hubble Frontier Field (HFF) galaxy cluster MACS~J0416.12403 (MACS 0416), using archival dat…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 38 cited

MUSE integral-field spectroscopy towards the Frontier Fields cluster Abell S1063: II. Properties of low luminosity Lyman alpha emitters at z>3

W. Karman, K. I. Caputi, G. B. Caminha +11

In spite of their conjectured importance for the Epoch of Reionization, the properties of low-mass galaxies are currently still under large debate. In this article, we study the st…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 115 cited

High-resolution spectroscopy of a young, low-metallicity optically-thin L=0.02L* star-forming galaxy at z=3.12

E. Vanzella, S. De Barros, G. Cupani +29

We present VLT/X-Shooter and MUSE spectroscopy of an faint F814W=28.60+/-0.33 (Muv=-17.0), low mass (~<10^7 Msun) and compact (Reff=62pc) freshly star-forming galaxy at z=3.1169 ma…

astro-ph.CO2015★ 147 cited

CLASH-VLT: A Highly Precise Strong Lensing Model of the Galaxy Cluster RXC J2248.7-4431 (Abell S1063) and Prospects for Cosmography

G. B. Caminha, C. Grillo, P. Rosati +32

We perform a comprehensive study of the total mass distribution of the galaxy cluster RXCJ2248 () with a set of high-precision strong lensing models, which take advantage…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 43 cited

Discovery of a faint, star-forming, multiply lensed, Lyman-alpha blob

G. B. Caminha, W. Karman, P. Rosati +7

We report the discovery of a multiply lensed Lyman- blob (LAB) behind the galaxy cluster AS1063 using the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) on the Very Large Telescope (V…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 117 cited

The story of supernova 'Refsdal' told by MUSE

C. Grillo, W. Karman, S. H. Suyu +10

We present MUSE observations in the core of the HFF galaxy cluster MACS J1149.5+2223, where the first magnified and spatially-resolved multiple images of SN 'Refsdal' at redshift 1…

astro-ph.CO2015★ 115 cited

"Refsdal" meets Popper: comparing predictions of the re-appearance of the multiply imaged supernova behind MACSJ1149.5+2223

T. Treu, G. Brammer, J. M. Diego +25

Supernova "Refsdal," multiply imaged by cluster MACSJ1149.5+2223, represents a rare opportunity to make a true blind test of model predictions in extragalactic astronomy, on a time…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 25 cited

A highly-ionized region surrounding SN Refsdal revealed by MUSE

W. Karman, C. Grillo, I. Balestra +9

Supernova (SN) Refsdal is the first multiply-imaged, highly-magnified, and spatially-resolved SN ever observed. The SN exploded in a highly-magnified spiral galaxy at z=1.49 behind…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 40 cited

From Discs to Bulges: effect of mergers on the morphology of galaxies

Rahul Kannan, Andrea V. Maccio', Fabio Fontanot +3

We study the effect of mergers on the morphology of galaxies by means of the simulated merger tree approach first proposed by Moster et al. This method combines N-body cosmological…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 15 cited

Star formation in mergers with cosmologically motivated initial conditions

Wouter Karman, Andrea V. Maccio, Rahul Kannan +2

We use semi-analytic models and cosmological merger trees to provide the initial conditions for multi-merger numerical hydrodynamic simulations, and exploit these simulations to ex…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 85 cited

MUSE integral-field spectroscopy towards the Frontier Fields Cluster Abell S1063: I. Data products and redshift identifications

W. Karman, K. I. Caputi, C. Grillo +11

We present the first observations of the Frontier Fields Cluster Abell S1063 taken with the newly commissioned Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) integral field spectrograph.…