Galaxy evolution from deep multi-wavelength Infrared surveys: a prelude to Herschel (2009)
Franceschini, Alberto, Rodighiero, Giulia, Vaccari, Mattia, Marchetti, Lucia, Mainetti, Gabriele
[abridged] At the end of the Spitzer cryogenic mission and the onset of the Herschel era, we review our current knowledge on galaxy evolution at IR wavelengths. We also develop new tools for the...
MAMBO 1.2 mm Observations of Luminous Starbursts at z ~ 2 in the SWIRE Fields (2009)
Lonsdale, Carol J., Polletta, Maria Del Carmen, Omont, Alain, Shupe, Dave, Berta, Stefano, Zylka, Robert, ...
We report on-off pointed MAMBO observations at 1.2 mm of 61 Spitzer-selected star-forming galaxies from the Spitzer Wide Area Infrared Extragalactic Legacy survey (SWIRE). The sources are selected on...
Vaccari, Mattia, Marchetti, Lucia, Franceschini, Alberto, Perez-Fournon, Ismael
We describe the construction and the properties of the SWIRE-SDSS database, a preliminary derivation of the Far-Infrared Local Luminosity Functions at 24/70/160 micron based on such a database and...
MAMBO 1.2 mm observations of luminous starbursts at z ~ 2 in the SWIRE fields (2009)
Lonsdale, Carol J., Del Carmen Polletta, Maria, Omont, Alain, Shupe, Dave, Berta, Stefano, Zykla, Robert, ...
Vaccari, Mattia, Franceschini, Alberto
The science case for FIR/Submm surveys of the extragalactic sky to be carried from Dome C are reviewed. The main questions concerning the formation and evolution of galaxies making up the CIRB are...
Franceschini, Alberto, Rodighiero, Giulia, Vaccari, Mattia
The background radiations in the optical and the infrared constitute a relevant cause of energy loss in the propagation of high energy particles through space. In particular, TeV observations with...
A spectroscopic study of a z=1.6 galaxy overdensity with GMASS (2008)
Kurk, Jaron, Cimatti, Andrea, Zamorani, Gianni, Halliday, Claire, Mignoli, Marco, Pozzetti, Lucia, ...
The Galaxy Mass Assembly ultra-deep Spectroscopic Survey samples a part of the CDFS to unprecedented depth. The resulting distribution of 150 z>1.4 redshifts reveals a significant peak at z=1.6, part...
High-redshift QSOs in the SWIRE Survey and the z~3 QSO luminosity function (2008)
Siana, Brian, Del Carmen Polletta, Maria, Smith, Harding E., Lonsdale, Carol J., Gonzalez-Solares, Eduardo, Farrah, Duncan, ...
We use a simple optical/infrared (IR) photometric selection of high-redshift QSOs that identifies a Lyman break in the optical photometry and requires a red IR color to distinguish QSOs from common...
Galaxy counts at 24 μm in the SWIRE fields (2008)
Shupe, David L., Rowan-Robinson, Michael, Lonsdale, Carol J., Masci, Frank, Evans, Tracey, Fang, Fan, ...
This paper presents galaxy source counts at 24 μm in the six Spitzer Wide-field InfraRed Extragalactic (SWIRE) fields. The source counts are compared to counts in other fields, and to model...
A spectroscopic study of a z = 1.6 galaxy overdensity in the GMASS field (2008)
Kurk, Jaron, Cimatti, Andrea, Zamorani, Gianni, Halliday, Claire, Mignoli, Marco, Pozzetti, Lucia, ...
Galaxy Counts at 24 Microns in the SWIRE Fields (2007)
Shupe, David L., Rowan-Robinson, Michael, Lonsdale, Carol J., Masci, Frank, Evans, Tracey, Fang, Fan, ...
This paper presents galaxy source counts at 24 microns in the six Spitzer Wide-field InfraRed Extragalactic (SWIRE) fields. The source counts are compared to counts in other fields, and to model...
High-Redshift QSOs in the SWIRE Survey and the z~3 QSO Luminosity Function (2007)
Siana, Brian, Polletta, Maria Del Carmen, Smith, Harding E., Lonsdale, Carol J., Gonzalez-Solares, Eduardo, Farrah, Duncan, ...
We use a simple optical/infrared (IR) photometric selection of high-redshift QSOs that identifies a Lyman Break in the optical photometry and requires a red IR color to distinguish QSOs from common...
The Herschel SPIRE Instrument (2006)
Griffin, Matthew Joseph, Abergel, Alain, Ade, Peter A. R., Andre, Philippe, Baluteau, Jean-Paul, Bock, James J., ...
The Herschel SPIRE Instrument (2006)
Griffin, Matthew Joseph, Abergel, Alain, Ade, Peter A. R., Andre, Philippe, Baluteau, Jean-Paul, Bock, James J., ...
Understanding Infrared Galaxy Populations: the SWIRE Legacy Survey (2006)
Rowan-Robinson, Michael, Lonsdale, Carol, Smith, Gene, Surace, Jason, Shupe, Dave, Polletta, Maria, ...
We discuss spectral energy distributions, photometric redshifts, redshift distributions, luminosity functions, source-counts and the far infrared to optical luminosity ratio for sources in the SWIRE...
Rowan-Robinson, Michael, Babbedge, Tom, Surace, Jason, Shupe, Dave, Fang, Fan, Lonsdale, Carol, ...
We discuss optical associations, spectral energy distributions (SEDs), and photometric redshifts for Spitzer Wide-Area Infrared Extragalactic (SWIRE) Survey sources in the European Large-Area ISO...
Rowan-Robinson, Michael, Babbedge, Tom, Surace, Jason, Shupe, Dave, Fang, Fan, Lonsdale, Carol, ...
We discuss optical associations, spectral energy distributions (SEDs), and photometric redshifts for Spitzer Wide-Area Infrared Extragalactic (SWIRE) Survey sources in the European Large-Area ISO...
FORS spectroscopy of galaxies in the Hubble Deep Field South (2005)
Rigopoulou, Dimitra, Vacca, William D., Berta, Stefano, Franceschini, Alberto, Aussel, Herve
We present low resolution multi-object spectroscopy of an I-band magnitude limited (I_{AB} ~ 23--23.5) sample of galaxies located in an area centered on the Hubble Deep Field-South (HDFS). The...
Carramiñana, Alberto, Serjeant, Stephen, Gonzáles-Solares, Eduardo, Héraudeau, Phillipe, Mújica, Raúl, Perez-Fournon, Ismael, ...
We present the 90-mum luminosity function of the Final Analysis of the European Large Area ISO Survey (ELAIS), extending the sample size of our previous analysis (Paper IV) by about a factor of 4....
Lonsdale, Carol, Polletta, Maria Del Carmen, Surace, Jason, Shupe, Dave, Fang, Fan, Xu, C. Kevin, ...
We present sub-millimeter statistical detections of galaxies discovered in the 5'x5' Spitzer Early Release Observations (to 4-15 microJy 5 sigma at 3.6-8 microns, 170 microJy at 24 microns) through a...
Fadda, Dario, Lari, Carlo, Rodighiero, Giulia, Franceschini, Alberto, Elbaz, David, Cesarsky, Catherine, ...
We present the image and catalogue of the 14.3 micron shallow survey of 0.55 square degrees in the region of the Lockman Hole (10h52m03s +57d21m46s, J2000) with the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO)....
First Insights into the SWIRE Galaxy Populations (2004)
Lonsdale, Carol, Polletta, Maria, Surace, Jason, Shupe, David, Fang, Fan, Xu, C. Kevin, ...
We characterize the SWIRE galaxy populations in the SWIRE validation field within the Lockman Hole, based on the 3.6-24$\mu$ Spitzer data and deep U,g',r',r' optical imaging within an area ~1/3 sq....
Luminous Infrared Starbursts in a Cluster of Galaxies (2004)
Duc, Pierre-Alain, Fadda, Dario, Poggianti, Bianca, Elbaz, David, Biviano, Andrea, Flores, Hector, ...
Analysing mid--infrared ISOCAM images of the cluster of galaxies J1888.16CL, we identified among its members several particularly active galaxies with total infrared luminosities well above 10^{11}...
Photometric Estimates of Stellar Masses in High-Redshift Galaxies (2004)
Berta, Stefano, Fritz, Jacopo, Franceschini, Alberto, Bressan, Alessandro, Lonsdale, Carol
We present a new tool for the photometric estimate of stellar masses in distant galaxies. The observed SEDs are fitted by combining single stellar populations, with different SFRs and amounts of dust...
Floquet analysis of disk instabilities and superhumps in Cataclysmic Variables (2003)
Tamburini, Fabrizio, Bassett, Bruce, Bianchini, Antonio, Franceschini, Alberto
We analyze the dynamical stability of hydrodynamical flows in the equatorial plane of a thin axisymmetric accretion disk in close binary systems. The periodic tidal forces of the companion star...
SWIRE: The SIRTF Wide-Area Infrared Extragalactic Survey (2003)
Lonsdale, Carol J., Smith, Harding E., Rowan-Robinson, Michael, Surace, Jason, Shupe, David, Xu, Cong, ...
The SIRTF Wide-Area Infrared Extragalactic Survey (SWIRE), the largest SIRTF Legacy program, is a wide-area imaging survey to trace the evolution of dusty, star-forming galaxies, evolved stellar...
SWIRE: The SIRTF Wide-area InfraRed Extragalactic Survey (2003)
Lonsdale, Carol J., Smith, Harding E., Rowan-Robinson, Michael, Surace, Jason, Shupe, David, Xu, Cong, ...
The SIRTF Wide-area InfraRed Extragalactic survey (SWIRE), the largest SIRTF Legacy program, is a wide-area, imaging survey to trace the evolution of dusty, star-forming galaxies, evolved stellar...
Spatially-resolved spectrophotometric analysis and modelling of the Superantennae (2003)
Berta, Stefano, Fritz, Jacopo, Franceschini, Alberto, Bressan, Alessandro, Pernechele, Claudio
We have performed spatially-resolved spectroscopy of the double-nucleated Ultra-Luminous Infrared Galaxy IRAS 19254-7245, ``the Superantennae'', along the line connecting the two nuclei. These data...
Kinematics of ISOCAM selected star-forming galaxies at z~1 in Hubbel deep field south (2003)
Rigopoulou, Dimitra, Franceschini, Alberto, Genzel, Reinhard, Thatte, Niranjan
The LARI Method for ISO-CAM/PHOT Data Reduction and Analysis (2002)
Lari, Carlo, Vaccari, Mattia, Rodighiero, Giulia, Fadda, Dario, Gruppioni, Carlotta, Pozzi, Francesca, ...
The techniques and software tools developed for the reduction and analysis of ISO-CAM/PHOT data with the LARI method are presented. The method, designed for the detection of faint sources in ISO...
Mann, Robert G., Oliver, Seb, Carballo, Ruth, Franceschini, Alberto, Rowan-Robinson, Michael, Heavens, Alan F., ...
We present results from a deep mid-infrared survey of the Hubble Deep Field South (HDF-S) region performed at 6.7 and 15mum with the ISOCAM instrument on board the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO )....
Oliver, Seb, Mann, Robert G, Carballo, Ruth, Franceschini, Alberto, Rowan-Robinson, Michael, Kontizas, Maria, ...
We present results from a deep mid-infrared survey of the Hubble Deep Field South (HDF-S) region performed at 6.7 and 15mum with the ISOCAM instrument on board the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO )....
Franceschini, Alberto, Lonsdale, Carol
The SIRTF Wide-area Infrared Extragalactic (SWIRE) survey is a "Legacy Program" using 851 hours of SIRTF observing time to conduct a set of large-area (67 sq. deg. split into 7 fields) high Galactic...
Oliver, Seb, Mann, Robert G., Carballo, Ruth, Franceschini, Alberto, Rowan-Robinson, Michael, Kontizas, Maria, ...
We present results from a deep mid-infrared survey of the Hubble Deep Field South (HDF-S) region performed at 6.7 and 15 mum with the ISOCAM instrument on board the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO )....
Mann, Robert G., Oliver, Seb, Carballo, Ruth, Franceschini, Alberto, Rowan-Robinson, Michael, Heavens, Alan F., ...
We present results from a deep mid-infrared survey of the Hubble Deep Field South (HDF-S) region performed at 6.7 and 15 mum with the ISOCAM instrument on board the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO )....
The AGN contribution to mid-infrared surveys (2001)
Fadda, Dario, Flores, Hector, Hasinger, Guenther, Franceschini, Alberto, Altieri, Bruno, Cesarsky, Catherine, ...
We provide constraints on the AGN contribution to the mid-IR extragalactic background light from a correlation analysis of deep X-ray and mid-IR observations in two regions centred on the Lockman...
Franceschini, Alberto, Fadda, Dario, Cesarsky, Catherine, Elbaz, David, Flores, Hector, Granato, Gian Luigi
We analyse very deep X-ray and mid-IR surveys in common areas of the Lockman Hole and the HDF North to study the sources of the X-ray background (XRB) and to test the standard obscured accretion...
Star Formation and Selective Dust Extinction in Luminous Starburst Galaxies (2000)
Poggianti, Bianca M., Bressan, Alessandro, Franceschini, Alberto
We investigate the star formation and dust extinction properties of very luminous infrared galaxies whose spectra display a strong Hdelta line in absorption and a moderate [OII] emission (e[a]...
High-Redshift Galaxies: The Far-Infrared and Sub-Millimeter View (2000)
Observations at long wavelengths, in the wide interval from a few to 1000 micron, are essential to study diffuse media in galaxies, including all kinds of atomic, ionic and molecular gases and dust...
On the Relationship between Galaxy Formation and Quasar Evolution (1999)
Franceschini, Alberto, Hasinger, Guenther, Miyaji, Takamitsu, Malquori, Diego
We compare the evolution with cosmic time of the star-formation rate per comoving volume in galaxies and of the volume emissivity by Active Galactic Nuclei, as a clue to understand the relationship...
Dust Emission from Quasars and Quasar Host Galaxies (1999)
Andreani, Paola, Franceschini, Alberto, Granato, Gianluigi
We test emission models of circum-nuclear dust torii around quasars, at low and high redshifts, by using a large collection of photometric data for an unbiased sample of 120 optically-selected...
Source Counts from the 15 microns ISOCAM Deep Surveys (1999)
Elbaz, David, Cesarsky, C.J., Fadda, Dario, Franceschini, Alberto, Danese, Luigi
We present the results of the five mid-IR 15 microns (12-18 microns LW3 band) ISOCAM Guaranteed Time Extragalactic Surveys performed in the regions of the Lockman Hole and Marano Field. The roughly...
Constraints on the Extragalactic Infrared Background from Gamma Ray Observations of Mrk 501 (1997)
Stanev, Todor, Franceschini, Alberto
We use the new results of the HEGRA detector on the TeV gamma-ray emission from MKN 501 to set upper limits on the energy density of the cosmic infrared background (CIRB). Contrary to previous...
Models of Galaxy Evolution from the UV to the Sub-Millimeter (1997)
Granato, Gian Luigi, Silva, Laura, Danese, Lugi, Bressan, Alessandro, Franceschini, Alberto, Chiosi, Cesare
We present the first results of a detailed modeling of chemical and photometric evolution of galaxies including the effects of a dusty interstellar medium. A chemical evolution code follows the SF...
Franceschini, Alberto, Silva, Laura, Granato, Gian Luigi, Bressan, Alessandro, Danese, Luigi
We have investigated the properties of a bright K-band selected sample of early-type galaxies in the Hubble Deep Field, as representative of the field galaxy population. This dataset is unique as for...
Granato, Gian Luigi, Danese, Luigi, Franceschini, Alberto
Two families of models of dusty tori in AGNs (moderately thick and extended versus very thick and compact) are tested against available observations. The confrontation suggests that the former class...
Dust Enshrouded AGN Models for Hyperluminous High Redshift IR Galaxies (1996)
Granato, Gian Luigi, Danese, Luigi, Franceschini, Alberto
We investigate models for the power supply and broad-band spectral energy distribution (SED) of hyperluminous IR galaxies, recently discovered at high redshifts, in terms of the emission from an...