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The Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey - Vlt/Fors2 Spectroscopy In The Goods-South Field: Part Iii, E Vanzella, S Cristiani, M Dickinson, M Giavalisco, H Kuntschner, J Haase, M Nonino, P Rosati, C Cesarsky, Hc Ferguson, Rae Fosbury, A Grazian, La Moustakas, A Rettura, P Popesso, A Renzini, D Stern Jan 2008

The Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey - Vlt/Fors2 Spectroscopy In The Goods-South Field: Part Iii, E Vanzella, S Cristiani, M Dickinson, M Giavalisco, H Kuntschner, J Haase, M Nonino, P Rosati, C Cesarsky, Hc Ferguson, Rae Fosbury, A Grazian, La Moustakas, A Rettura, P Popesso, A Renzini, D Stern

Astronomy Department Faculty Publication Series

No abstract provided.


Multiwavelength Study Of Massive Galaxies At Z Similar To 2. I. Star Formation And Galaxy Growth, E Daddi, M Dickinson, G Morrison, R Chary, A Cimatti, D Elbaz, D Frayer, A Renzini, A Pope, Dm Alexander, Fe Bauer, M Giavalisco, M Huynh, J Kurk, M Mignoli Jan 2007

Multiwavelength Study Of Massive Galaxies At Z Similar To 2. I. Star Formation And Galaxy Growth, E Daddi, M Dickinson, G Morrison, R Chary, A Cimatti, D Elbaz, D Frayer, A Renzini, A Pope, Dm Alexander, Fe Bauer, M Giavalisco, M Huynh, J Kurk, M Mignoli

Astronomy Department Faculty Publication Series

No abstract provided.


The Spatial Clustering Of Mid-Ir Selected Star Forming Galaxies At Z Similar To 1 In The Goods Fields, R Gilli, E Daddi, R Chary, M Dickinson, D Elbaz, M Giavalisco, M Kitzbichler, D Stern, E Vanzella Jan 2007

The Spatial Clustering Of Mid-Ir Selected Star Forming Galaxies At Z Similar To 1 In The Goods Fields, R Gilli, E Daddi, R Chary, M Dickinson, D Elbaz, M Giavalisco, M Kitzbichler, D Stern, E Vanzella

Astronomy Department Faculty Publication Series

We present the first spatial clustering measurements of z~1, 24um-selected, star forming galaxies in the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS). The sample under investigation includes 495 objects in GOODS-South and 811 objects in GOODS-North selected down to flux densities of f_24>20 uJy and z_AB<23.5 mag, for which spectroscopic redshifts are available. The median redshift, IR luminosity and star formation rate (SFR) of the samples are z~0.8, L_IR~4.4 x 10^10 L_sun, and SFR~7.6 M_sun/yr, respectively. We measure the projected correlation function w(r_p) on scales of r_p=0.06-10 h^-1 Mpc, from which we derive a best fit comoving correlation length of r_0 = 4.0 +- 0.4 h^-1 Mpc and slope of gamma=1.5 +- 0.1 for the whole f_24>20uJy sample after combining the two fields. We find indications of a larger correlation length for objects of higher luminosity, with Luminous Infrared Galaxies (LIRGs, L_IR>10^11 L_sun) reaching r_0~5.1 h^-1 Mpc. This would imply that galaxies with larger SFRs are hosted in progressively more massive halos, reaching minimum halo masses of ~3 x …


Evidence For A Population Of High-Redshift Submillimeter Galaxies From Interferometric Imaging, Jd Younger, Gg Fazio, Js Huang, Min Yun, Gw Wilson, Mln Ashby, Ma Gurwell, K Lai, Ab Peck, Gr Petitpas, Dj Wilner, D Iono, K Kohno, R Kawabe, Dh Hughes, I Aretxaga, T Webb, A Martinez-Sansigre, S Kim, Ks Scott, J Austermann, T Perera, Jd Lowenthal, E Schinnerer, V Smolcic Jan 2007

Evidence For A Population Of High-Redshift Submillimeter Galaxies From Interferometric Imaging, Jd Younger, Gg Fazio, Js Huang, Min Yun, Gw Wilson, Mln Ashby, Ma Gurwell, K Lai, Ab Peck, Gr Petitpas, Dj Wilner, D Iono, K Kohno, R Kawabe, Dh Hughes, I Aretxaga, T Webb, A Martinez-Sansigre, S Kim, Ks Scott, J Austermann, T Perera, Jd Lowenthal, E Schinnerer, V Smolcic

Astronomy Department Faculty Publication Series

We have used the Submillimeter Array to image a flux-limited sample of seven submillimeter galaxies, selected by the AzTEC camera on the JCMT at 1.1 mm, in the COSMOS field at 890 μ m with ~2'' resolution. All of the sources—two radio-bright and five radio-dim—are detected as single point sources at high significance (>6 σ), with positions accurate to ~0.2'' that enable counterpart identification at other wavelengths observed with similarly high angular resolution. All seven have IRAC counterparts, but only two have secure counterparts in deep HST ACS imaging. As compared to the two radio-bright sources in the sample, …


Interferometric 890 Mu M Images Of High-Redshift Submillimeter Galaxies, D Iono, Ab Peck, A Pope, C Borys, D Scott, Dj Wilner, M Gurwell, Ptp Ho, Min Yun, S Matsushita, Gr Petitpas, Js Dunlop, M Elvis, A Blain, E Le Floc'h Jan 2006

Interferometric 890 Mu M Images Of High-Redshift Submillimeter Galaxies, D Iono, Ab Peck, A Pope, C Borys, D Scott, Dj Wilner, M Gurwell, Ptp Ho, Min Yun, S Matsushita, Gr Petitpas, Js Dunlop, M Elvis, A Blain, E Le Floc'h

Astronomy Department Faculty Publication Series

We present high-resolution 890 μm images of two 20 mJy submillimeter galaxies, SMM J123711+622212 and MIPS J142824.0+352619, obtained using the Submillimeter Array (SMA). Using submillimeter interferometric observations with an angular resolution of 25, the coordinates of these high-redshift sources are determined with an accuracy of 02. The new SMA data on SMM J123711+622212 reveal an unresolved submillimeter source offset to the east by 08 from an optical galaxy found in deep HST images, suggesting either a large galaxy with a dusty central region or an interacting galaxy system. The SMA image of hyperluminous (LFIR = 3.2 × 10 …


The Canada-Uk Deep Submillimeter Survey. Vii. Optical And Near-Infrared Identifications For The 14 Hour Field, Tma Webb, Sj Lilly, Dl Clements, S Eales, Min Yun, M Brodwin, L Dunne, Wk Gear Jan 2003

The Canada-Uk Deep Submillimeter Survey. Vii. Optical And Near-Infrared Identifications For The 14 Hour Field, Tma Webb, Sj Lilly, Dl Clements, S Eales, Min Yun, M Brodwin, L Dunne, Wk Gear

Astronomy Department Faculty Publication Series

We present the multiwavelength identifications for 23 sources in the Canada-UK Deep Submillimeter Survey (CUDSS) 14h field. The identifications have been selected on the basis of radio and near-infrared data, and we argue that, to our observational limits, both are effective at selecting the correct counterparts of the SCUBA sources. We discuss the properties of these identifications and find that they are very red in near-infrared color, with many classified as extremely red objects, and show disturbed morphologies. Using the entire CUDSS catalog of 50 sources, we use a combination of spectroscopic redshifts (four objects), 1.4 GHz : 850 …


Toward A Precise Measurement Of Matter Clustering: Ly Alpha Forest Data At Redshifts 2-4, Rac Croft, Dh Weinberg, M Bolte, S Burles, L Hernquist, N Katz, D Kirkman, D Tytler Jan 2002

Toward A Precise Measurement Of Matter Clustering: Ly Alpha Forest Data At Redshifts 2-4, Rac Croft, Dh Weinberg, M Bolte, S Burles, L Hernquist, N Katz, D Kirkman, D Tytler

Astronomy Department Faculty Publication Series

We measure the filling factor, correlation function, and power spectrum of transmitted flux in a large sample of Lyα forest spectra, comprised of 30 Keck HIRES spectra and 23 Keck LRIS spectra. We infer the linear matter power spectrum P(k) from the flux power spectrum PF(k), using an improved version of the method of Croft et al. that accounts for the influence of redshift-space distortions, nonlinearity, and thermal broadening on the shape of PF(k). The evolution of the shape and amplitude of P(k) over the redshift …


X-Ray Scaling Relations Of Galaxy Groups In A Hydrodynamic Cosmological Simulation, R Dave, N Katz, Dh Weinberg Jan 2002

X-Ray Scaling Relations Of Galaxy Groups In A Hydrodynamic Cosmological Simulation, R Dave, N Katz, Dh Weinberg

Astronomy Department Faculty Publication Series

We examine the scalings of X-ray luminosity, temperature, and dark matter or galaxy velocity dispersion for galaxy groups in a ΛCDM cosmological simulation, which incorporates gravity, gas dynamics, radiative cooling, and star formation, but no substantial nongravitational heating. In agreement with observations, the simulated LX-σ and LX-TX relations are steeper than those predicted by adiabatic simulations or self-similar models, with LX σ4.4 and LX T for massive groups and significantly steeper relations below a break at σ 180 km s-1 (TX 0.7 keV). The TX-σ relation …


Baryons In The Warm-Hot Intergalactic Medium, R Dave, R Cen, Jp Ostriker, Gl Bryan, L Hernquist, N Katz, Dh Weinberg, Ml Norman, B O'Shea Jan 2001

Baryons In The Warm-Hot Intergalactic Medium, R Dave, R Cen, Jp Ostriker, Gl Bryan, L Hernquist, N Katz, Dh Weinberg, Ml Norman, B O'Shea

Astronomy Department Faculty Publication Series

Approximately 30%-40% of all baryons in the present-day universe reside in a warm-hot intergalactic medium (WHIM), with temperatures in the range 105 < T < 107 K. This is a generic prediction from six hydrodynamic simulations of currently favored structure formation models having a wide variety of numerical methods, input physics, volumes, and spatial resolutions. Most of these warm-hot baryons reside in diffuse large-scale structures with a median overdensity around 10-30, not in virialized objects such as galaxy groups or galactic halos. The evolution of the WHIM is primarily driven by shock heating from gravitational perturbations breaking on mildly nonlinear, nonequilibrium …


Simulating The Effects Of Intergalactic Gray Dust, Rac Croft, R Dave, L Hernquist, N Katz Jan 2000

Simulating The Effects Of Intergalactic Gray Dust, Rac Croft, R Dave, L Hernquist, N Katz

Astronomy Department Faculty Publication Series

Using a high-resolution cosmological hydrodynamic simulation, we present a method to constrain extinction due to intergalactic gray dust based on the observed magnitudes of distant Type Ia supernovae. We apply several simple prescriptions to relate the intergalactic dust density to the gas density in the simulation, thereby obtaining dust extinctions that may be directly compared with the observed distribution of supernova magnitudes. Our analysis is sensitive to the spatial distribution of gray dust but is not dependent on its intrinsic properties, such as its opacity or grain size. We present an application of our technique to the supernova data of …


Closing In On Omega(M): The Amplitude Of Mass Fluctuations From Galaxy Clusters And The Ly Alpha Forest, Dh Weinberg, Rac Croft, L Hernquist, N Katz, M Pettini Jan 1999

Closing In On Omega(M): The Amplitude Of Mass Fluctuations From Galaxy Clusters And The Ly Alpha Forest, Dh Weinberg, Rac Croft, L Hernquist, N Katz, M Pettini

Astronomy Department Faculty Publication Series

We estimate the present-day value of the matter density parameter ΩM by combining constraints from the galaxy cluster mass function with Croft et al.'s recent measurement of the mass power spectrum, P(k), from Lyα forest data. The key assumption of the method is that cosmic structure formed by gravitational instability from Gaussian primordial fluctuations. For a specified value of ΩM, matching the observed cluster mass function then fixes the value of σ8, the rms amplitude of mass fluctuations in 8 h-1 Mpc spheres, and it thus determines the normalization of P …


The Power Spectrum Of Mass Fluctuations Measured From The Ly Alpha Forest At Redshift Z=2.5, Rac Croft, Dh Weinberg, M Pettini, L Hernquist, N Katz Jan 1999

The Power Spectrum Of Mass Fluctuations Measured From The Ly Alpha Forest At Redshift Z=2.5, Rac Croft, Dh Weinberg, M Pettini, L Hernquist, N Katz

Astronomy Department Faculty Publication Series

We measure the linear power spectrum of mass-density fluctuations at redshift z = 2.5 from the Lyα forest absorption in a sample of 19 QSO spectra, using the method introduced by Croft et al. The P(k) measurement covers the range 2π/k ~ 450-2350 km s-1 (2-12 comoving h-1 Mpc for Ω = 1), limited on the upper end by uncertainty in fitting the unabsorbed QSO continuum and on the lower end by finite spectral resolution (0.8-2.3 Å FWHM) and by nonlinear dynamical effects. We examine a number of possible sources of systematic error and …