The Relationship Between Stellar Populations and Lyman Alpha Emission in Lyman Break Galaxies (2009)
Kornei, Katherine A., Shapley, Alice E., Erb, Dawn K., Steidel, Charles C., Reddy, Naveen A., Pettini, Max, ...
We present the results of a photometric and spectroscopic survey of 321 Lyman break galaxies (LBGs) at z ~ 3 to investigate systematically the relationship between Lya emission and stellar...
Quider, Anna M., Shapley, Alice E., Pettini, Max, Steidel, Charles C., Stark, Daniel P.
We report the results of a study of the rest-frame UV spectrum of the Cosmic Eye, a luminous Lyman break galaxy at z=3.07331 gravitationally lensed by a factor of 25. The spectrum, recorded with the...
Quider, Anna M., Pettini, Max, Shapley, Alice E., Steidel, Charles C.
Taking advantage of strong gravitational lensing, we have recorded the rest-frame ultraviolet (UV) spectrum of the z= 2.38115 galaxy 'the Cosmic Horseshoe' (J1148+1930) at higher resolution and...
Nilsson, Kim K., Moeller-Nilsson, Ole, Moeller, Palle, Fynbo, Johan P. U., Shapley, Alice E.
We show that with the simple assumption of no correlation between the Ly-alpha equivalent width and the UV luminosity of a galaxy, the observed distribution of high redshift galaxies in an equivalent...
Wright, Shelley A., Larkin, James E., Law, David R., Steidel, Charles C., Shapley, Alice E., Erb, Dawn K.
We present 0".2 resolution near-infrared integral field spectroscopy of Hα emission from six star-forming galaxies at z ~ 1.6 (a look-back time of ~9.6 Gyr). These observations were obtained with...
Quider, Anna M., Pettini, Max, Shapley, Alice E., Steidel, Charles C.
Taking advantage of strong gravitational lensing, we have recorded the rest-frame UV spectrum of the z = 2.38115 galaxy `The Cosmic Horseshoe' (J1148+1930) at higher resolution and S/N than is...
Rest-Frame Optical Spectra of Three Strongly Lensed Galaxies at z~2 (2009)
Hainline, Kevin N., Shapley, Alice E., Kornei, Katherine A., Pettini, Max, Buckley-Geer, Elizabeth, Allam, Sahar S., ...
We present Keck II NIRSPEC rest-frame optical spectra for three recently discovered lensed galaxies: the Cosmic Horseshoe (z = 2.38), the Clone (z = 2.00), and SDSS J090122.37+181432.3 (z = 2.26)....
The Kiloparsec-scale Kinematics of High-redshift Star-forming Galaxies (2009)
Law, David R., Steidel, Charles C., Erb, Dawn K., Larkin, James E., Pettini, Max, Shapley, Alice E., ...
We present the results of a spectroscopic survey of the kinematic structure of star-forming galaxies at redshift z ~ 2-3 using Keck/OSIRIS integral field spectroscopy. Our sample is comprised of 12...
The Kiloparsec-Scale Kinematics of High-Redshift Star-Forming Galaxies (2009)
Law, David R., Steidel, Charles C., Erb, Dawn K., Larkin, James E., Pettini, Max, Shapley, Alice E., ...
We present the results of a spectroscopic survey of the kinematic structure of star-forming galaxies at redshift z ~ 2 - 3 using Keck/OSIRIS integral field spectroscopy. Our sample is comprised of 12...
Wright, Shelley A., Larkin, James E., Law, David R., Steidel, Charles C., Shapley, Alice E., Erb, Dawn K.
We present 0.2" resolution near-infrared integral field spectroscopy of H-alpha emission from six star forming galaxies at z~1.6 (look-back time of ~9.6 Gyr). These observations were obtained with...
McCandliss, Stephan R., Kruk, Jeffrey W., Blair, William P., Kaiser, Mary Elizabeth, Feldman, Paul D., Meurer, Gerhardt R., ...
We explore the design of a space mission, Project Lyman, which has the goal of quantifying the ionization history of the universe from the present epoch to a redshift of z ~ 3. Observations from WMAP...
Reddy, Naveen A., Steidel, Charles C., Pettini, Max, Adelberger, Kurt L., Shapley, Alice E., Erb, Dawn K., ...
We use a sample of rest-frame UV-selected and spectroscopically observed galaxies at redshifts 1.9 ≤ z < 3.4, combined with ground-based spectroscopic Hα and Spitzer MIPS 24 μm data, to derive...
Metallicities and Physical Conditions in Star-forming Galaxies at z~1.0-1.5 (2008)
Liu, Xin, Shapley, Alice E., Coil, Alison L., Brinchmann, Jarle, Ma, Chung-Pei
We present a study of the mass-metallicity (M-Z) relation and H II region physical conditions in a sample of 20 star-forming galaxies at 1.0
The varied fates of z 2 star-forming galaxies (2008)
Conroy, Charlie, Shapley, Alice E., Tinker, Jeremy L., Santos, Michael R., Lemson, Gerard
The Sightline to Q2343-BX415: Clues to Galaxy Formation in a Quasar Environment (2007)
Rix, Samantha A., Pettini, Max, Steidel, Charles C., Reddy, Naveen A., Adelberger, Kurt L., Erb, Dawn K., ...
We have discovered a strong DLA coincident in redshift with the faint QSO Q2343-BX415 (R = 20.2, z_(em) = 2.57393). Follow-up observations at intermediate spectral resolution reveal that the metal...
Law, David R., Steidel, Charles C., Erb, Dawn K., Larkin, James E., Pettini, Max, Shapley, Alice E., ...
We present early results from an ongoing study of the kinematic structure of star-forming galaxies at redshift z similar to 2-3 using integral-field spectroscopy of rest-frame optical nebular...
The Varied Fates of z~2 Star-forming Galaxies (2007)
Conroy, Charlie, Shapley, Alice E., Tinker, Jeremy L., Santos, Michael R., Lemson, Gerard
Star-forming galaxies constitute the majority of galaxies with stellar masses >10^10 M_Sun/h^2 at z~2 and dominate the star-formation rate density of the Universe at this early epoch. It is thus...
Morphologies of Galaxies in and around a Protocluster at z = 2.300 (2007)
Peter, Annika H. G., Shapley, Alice E., Law, David R., Steidel, Charles C., Erb, Dawn K., Reddy, Naveen A., ...
We present results from the first robust investigation of galaxy morphology as a function of environment at z > 1.5. Our study is motivated by the fact that star-forming galaxies contained within a...
Younger, Joshua D., Huang, Jia-Sheng, Fazio, Giovanni G., Cox, Thomas J., Lai, Kamson, Hopkins, Philip F., ...
We present the rest-frame ultraviolet through near infrared spectral energy distribution for an interacting Lyman break galaxy at a redshift z=4.42, the highest redshift merging system known with...
The Sightline to Q2343-BX415: Clues to Galaxy Formation in a Quasar Environment (2007)
Rix, Samantha A., Pettini, Max, Steidel, Charles C., Reddy, Naveen A., Adelberger, Kurt L., Erb, Dawn K., ...
(Abridged) We have discovered a strong DLA coincident in redshift with the faint QSO Q2343-BX415 (R = 20.2, z_em = 2.57393). Follow-up observations at intermediate spectral resolution reveal that the...
Law, David R., Steidel, Charles C., Erb, Dawn K., Larkin, James E., Pettini, Max, Shapley, Alice E., ...
We present early results from an ongoing study of the kinematic structure of star-forming galaxies at redshift z ~ 2 - 3 using integral-field spectroscopy of rest-frame optical nebular emission lines...
Reddy, Naveen A., Steidel, Charles C., Pettini, Max, Adelberger, Kurt L., Shapley, Alice E., Erb, Dawn K., ...
We use a sample of rest-frame UV selected and spectroscopically observed galaxies at redshifts 1.9
Morphologies of Galaxies in and around a Protocluster at z=2.300 (2007)
Peter, Annika H. G., Shapley, Alice E., Law, David R., Steidel, Charles C., Erb, Dawn K., Reddy, Naveen A., ...
We present results from the first robust investigation of galaxy morphology as a function of environment at z>1.5. Our study is motivated by the fact that star-forming galaxies contained within a...
The physical nature of rest-UV galaxy morphology during the peak epoch of galaxy formation (2007)
Law, David R., Steidel, Charles C., Erb, Dawn K., Pettini, Max, Reddy, Naveen A., Shapley, Alice E., ...
Motivated by the irregular and little-understood morphologies of z similar to 2-3 galaxies, we use nonparametric coefficients to quantify the morphologies of 216 galaxies that have been...
The Physical Nature of Rest-UV Galaxy Morphology During the Peak Epoch of Galaxy Formation (2006)
Law, David R., Steidel, Charles C., Erb, Dawn K., Pettini, Max, Reddy, Naveen A., Shapley, Alice E., ...
Motivated by the irregular and little-understood morphologies of z ~ 2 - 3 galaxies, we use non-parametric coefficents to quantify the morphologies of 216 galaxies which have been spectroscopically...
A Spectroscopic Survey of Redshift 1.4 (2006)
Reddy, Naveen A., Steidel, Charles C., Erb, Dawn K., Shapley, Alice E., Pettini, Max
We present the results of a spectroscopic survey with the Keck I telescope of more than 280 star-forming galaxies and AGN at redshifts 1.41.4 sample are undetected in the deep X-ray data but exhibit...
The Direct Detection of Lyman-Continuum Emission from Star-forming Galaxies at z~3 (2006)
Shapley, Alice E., Steidel, Charles C., Pettini, Max, Adelberger, Kurt L., Erb, Dawn K.
We present the results of rest-frame ultraviolet spectroscopic observations of a sample of 14 z~3 star-forming galaxies in the SSA22a field. These spectra are characterized by unprecedented depth in...
Erb, Dawn K., Steidel, Charles C., Shapley, Alice E., Pettini, Max, Reddy, Naveen A., Adelberger, Kurt L.
Using H-alpha spectra of 114 rest-frame UV-selected galaxies at z~2, we compare inferred star formation rates (SFRs) with those determined from the UV continuum luminosity. After correcting for...
The Stellar, Gas and Dynamical Masses of Star-Forming Galaxies at z~2 (2006)
Erb, Dawn K., Steidel, Charles C., Shapley, Alice E., Pettini, Max, Reddy, Naveen A., Adelberger, Kurt L.
We present analysis of the near-infrared spectra of 114 rest-frame UV-selected star-forming galaxies at z~2. By combining the H-alpha spectra with photometric measurements from observed 0.3--8...
Reddy, Naveen A., Steidel, Charles C., Fadda, Dario, Yan, Lin, Pettini, Max, Shapley, Alice E., ...
Using very deep Spitzer/MIPS 24 micron observations, we present an analysis of the bolometric luminosities (L[bol]) and UV extinction properties of more than 200 spectroscopically identified,...
The Mass-Metallicity Relation at z~2 (2006)
Erb, Dawn K., Shapley, Alice E., Pettini, Max, Steidel, Charles C., Reddy, Naveen A., Adelberger, Kurt L.
We use a sample of 87 rest-frame UV-selected star-forming galaxies with mean spectroscopic redshift z=2.26 to study the correlation between metallicity and stellar mass at high redshift. Using...
The SINS survey: rotation curves and dynamical evolution of distant galaxies with SINFONI (2006)
Förster Schreiber, Natascha M., Genzel, Reinhard, Eisenhauer, Frank, Lehnert, Matthew D., Tacconi, Linda J., Nesvadba, Nicole, ...
Chemical Abundances of DEEP2 Star-forming Galaxies at 1.0 (2005)
Shapley, Alice E., Coil, Alison, Ma, Chung-Pei, Bundy, Kevin
We present the results of near-infrared spectroscopic observations for a sample of 12 star-forming galaxies at 1.0
Reddy, Naveen A., Erb, Dawn K., Steidel, Charles C., Shapley, Alice E., Adelberger, Kurt L., Pettini, Max
Using the extensive multi-wavelength data in the GOODS-North field, we construct and draw comparisons between samples of optical and near-IR selected star-forming and passively evolving galaxies at...
Shapley, Alice E., Steidel, Charles C., Erb, Dawn K., Reddy, Naveen A., Adelberger, Kurt L., Pettini, Max, ...
We present the broad-band UV through mid-infrared spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of a sample of 72 spectroscopically-confirmed star-forming galaxies at z=2.30+/-0.3. Located in a 72...
Steidel, Charles C., Adelberger, Kurt L., Shapley, Alice E., Erb, Dawn K., Reddy, Naveen A., Pettini, Max
We have discovered a highly significant over-density of galaxies at z=2.300+/-0.015 in the course of a redshift survey designed to select star-forming galaxies in the redshift range z=2.3+/-0.4 in...
Strong Spatial Clustering of UV-selected Galaxies with Magnitude Ks (2005)
Adelberger, Kurt L., Erb, Dawn K., Steidel, Charles C., Reddy, Naveen A., Pettini, Max, Shapley, Alice E.
We obtained deep 8.5'x8.5' near-infrared images within four high-redshift survey fields, measured the Ks magnitudes of 300 optically selected galaxies with spectroscopic redshift 1.8
The Kinematics of Morphologically Selected z~2 Galaxies in the GOODS-N Field (2004)
Erb, Dawn K., Steidel, Charles C., Shapley, Alice E., Pettini, Max, Adelberger, Kurt L.
We present near-IR spectra of H-alpha emission from 13 galaxies at z~2 in the GOODS-N field. The galaxies were selected primarily because they appear to have elongated morphologies, and slits were...
Optical Selection of Galaxies at Redshifts 1 (2004)
Adelberger, Kurt L., Steidel, Charles C., Shapley, Alice E., Hunt, Matthew P., Erb, Dawn K., Reddy, Naveen A., ...
Few galaxies have been found between the redshift ranges z < ~1 probed by magnitude-limited surveys and z > ~3 probed by Lyman-break surveys. Comparison of galaxy samples at lower and higher redshift...
The faint end of the QSO luminosity function at z=3 (2003)
Hunt, Matthew P., Steidel, Charles C., Adelberger, Kurt L., Shapley, Alice E.
We present the first measurement of the faint end of the QSO luminosity function at z=3. The QSOs, which range from M_1450 = -21 to M_1450 = -27, were discovered in 17 fields totaling 0.43 deg^2...
H-alpha Spectroscopy of Galaxies at z>2: Kinematics and Star Formation (2003)
Erb, Dawn K., Shapley, Alice E., Steidel, Charles C., Pettini, Max, Adelberger, Kurt L., Hunt, Matthew P., ...
We present near-infrared spectroscopy of H-alpha emission lines in a sample of 16 star-forming galaxies at redshifts 2.0
New Observations of the Interstellar Medium in the Lyman Break Galaxy MS 1512-cB58 (2001)
Pettini, Max, Rix, Samantha A., Steidel, Charles C., Adelberger, Kurt L., Hunt, Matthew P., Shapley, Alice E.
We present the results of a detailed study of the interstellar medium of MS 1512-cB58, an L* Lyman break galaxy at z = 2.7276, based on new spectral observations obtained with the Echelle...
Riess, Adam G., Nugent, Peter E., Schmidt, Brian P., Tonry, John, Dickinson, Mark, Gilliland, Ronald L., ...
We present photometric observations of an apparent Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) at a redshift of ~1.7, the farthest SN observed to date. SN 1997ff, was discovered in a repeat observation by the HST of...
Riess, Adam G., Nugent, Peter E., Schmidt, Brian P., Tonry, John, Dickinson, Mark, Gilliland, Ronald L., ...
We present photometric observations of an apparent Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) at a redshift of approximately 1.7, the farthest SN observed to date. The supernova, SN 1997, was discovered in a repeat...
Pettini, Max, Shapley, Alice E., Steidel, Charles C., Cuby, Jean-Gabriel, Dickinson, Mark, Moorwood, Alan F. M., ...
We present the first results of a spectroscopic survey of Lyman break galaxies in the near-infrared aimed at detecting the emission lines of [O II], [O III], and Hbeta from the H II regions of star...
Deep Observations of Lyman Break Galaxies (2001)
Pettini, Max, Steidel, Charles C., Shapley, Alice E., Adelberger, Kurt L., Moorwood, Alan F. M., Cuby, Jean-Gabriel, ...
We summarise the main results of recent work on the Lyman break galaxy population which takes advantage of newly commissioned instrumentation on the VLT and Keck telescopes to push the detection of...
Adam G. Riess, Peter E. Nugent, Ronald L. Gilliland, Brian P. Schmidt, John Tonry, Mark Dickinson, ...
We present photometric observations of an apparent Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) at a redshift of D1.7, the farthest SN observed to date. The supernova, SN 1997+, was discovered in a repeat observation...
Ellison, Sara L., Pettini, Max, Steidel, Charles C., Shapley, Alice E.
We present the results of a series of imaging and spectroscopic observations aimed at identifying and studying the galaxy responsible for the z = 3.38639 damped lya system in the z = 3.61 QSO...
Si and Mn Abundances in Damped Lya Systems with Low Dust Content (1999)
Pettini, Max, Ellison, Sara, Steidel, Charles C., Shapley, Alice E., Bowen, David V.
We have measured the abundances of Zn, Si, Mn, Cr, Fe, and Ni in three damped Lyman alpha systems at redshifts z < 1 from high resolution echelle spectra of QSOs recorded with the Keck I telescope....