Brian F. Gerke

Publication List Details

Period

2002 - 2009

Number

27

Co-Authors

A 1.75 kpc/h Separation Dual AGN at z=0.36 in the COSMOS Field (2009)

Comerford, Julia M., Griffith, Roger L., Gerke, Brian F., Cooper, Michael C., Newman, Jeffrey A., Davis, Marc, ...

We present strong evidence for dual active galactic nuclei (AGN) in the z=0.36 galaxy COSMOS J100043.15+020637.2. COSMOS Hubble Space Telescope (HST) imaging of the galaxy shows a tidal tail,...

Inspiralling Supermassive Black Holes: A New Signpost for Galaxy Mergers (2008)

Comerford, Julia M., Gerke, Brian F., Newman, Jeffrey A., Davis, Marc, Yan, Renbin, Cooper, Michael C., ...

Because structure in the Universe is built up through galaxy mergers and nearly all galaxies host a central supermassive black hole (SMBH), some galaxies should possess two SMBHs near their centers...

X-ray selected AGN in groups at redshifts z~1 (2008)

Georgakakis, A., Gerke, Brian F., Nandra, K., Laird, E. S., Coil, A. L., Cooper, M. C., ...

We explore the role of the group environment in the evolution of AGN at the redshift interval 0.7

The DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey: Environments of Poststarburst Galaxies at z~0.1 and z~0.8 (2008)

Yan, Renbin, Newman, Jeffrey A., Faber, S. M., Coil, Alison L., Cooper, Michael C., Davis, Marc, ...

Postststarburst (K+A) galaxies are candidates for galaxies in transition from a star-forming phase to a passively-evolving phase. We have spectroscopically identified large samples of K+A galaxies...

The DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey: color and luminosity dependence of galaxy clustering at z similar to 1 (2008)

Coil, Alison L., Newman, Jeffrey A., Croton, Darren J., Cooper, Michael C., Davis, Marc, Faber, S. M., ...

We present measurements of the color and luminosity dependence of galaxy clustering at z∼ 1 in the DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey. Using volume-limited subsamples in bins of both color and...

The DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey: Color and Luminosity Dependence of Galaxy Clustering at z~1 (2007)

Coil, Alison L., Newman, Jeffrey A., Croton, Darren, Cooper, Michael C., Davis, Marc, Faber, S. M., ...

We present measurements of the color and luminosity dependence of galaxy clustering at z~1 in the DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey. Using volume-limited subsamples in bins of both color and luminosity,...

The DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey: The Role of Galaxy Environment in the Cosmic Star-Formation History (2007)

Cooper, Michael C., Newman, Jeffrey A., Weiner, Benjamin J., Yan, Renbin, Willmer, Christopher N. A., Bundy, Kevin, ...

Using galaxy samples drawn from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and the DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey, we study the relationship between star formation and environment at z ~ 0.1 and z ~ 1. We estimate...

AEGIS: Chandra observation of DEEP2 galaxy groups and clusters (2007)

Fang, Taotao, Gerke, Brian F., Davis, David S., Newman, Jeffrey A., Davis, Marc, Nandra, Kirpal, ...

We present a 200 ks Chandra observation of seven spectroscopically selected, high-redshift (0.75 < z < 1.03) galaxy groups and clusters discovered by the DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey in the...

The all-wavelength extended groth strip international survey (AEGIS) data sets (2007)

Davis, Michael A., Guhathakurta, Puragra, Konidaris, Nick P., Newman, Jeffrey A., Ashby, Matthew L. N., Biggs, Andrew D., ...

In this the first of a series of Letters, we present a panchromatic data set in the Extended Groth Strip region of the sky. Our survey, the All-Wavelength Extended Groth Strip International Survey...

The DEEP2 galaxy redshift survey: the evolution of the blue fraction in groups and the field (2007)

Gerke, Brian F., Newman, Jeffrey A., Faber, S. M., Cooper, MIchael C., Croton, Darren J., Davis, Marc, ...

We explore the behaviour of the blue galaxy fraction over the redshift range 0.75 ≤z≤ 1.3 in the DEEP2 Survey, both for field galaxies and for galaxies in groups. The primary aim is to...

The DEEP2 galaxy redshift survey: evolution of the colour-density relation at 0.4 less than z less than 1.35 (2007)

Cooper, Michael C., Newman, Jeffery A., Coil, Alison L., Croton, Darren J., Gerke, Brian F., Yan, Renbin, ...

Using a sample of 19 464 galaxies drawn from the DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey, we study the relationship between galaxy colour and environment at 0.4 < z < 1.35 . We find that the fraction of...

Evolution in the halo masses of isolated galaxies between z similar to 1 and z similar to 0: from DEEP2 to SDSS (2007)

Conroy, Charlie, Prada, Francisco, Newman, Jeffrey A., Croton, Darren, Coil, Alison L., Conselice, Christopher J., ...

We measure the evolution in the virial mass-to-light ratio (M 200/LB) and virial-to-stellar mass ratio (M 200/M*) for isolated ∼L* galaxies between z ∼ 1 and z ∼ 0 by combining data...

AEGIS: the environment of X-ray sources at z almost equal to 1 (2007)

Georgakakis, Antonis, Nandra, Kirpal, Laird, Elise S., Cooper, Michael C., Gerke, Brian F., Newman, Jeffrey A., ...

We explore the environment of z ≈ 1 AGNs using a sample of 53 spectroscopically identified X-ray sources in the All-Wavelength Extended Groth Strip International Survey. We quantify the local...

The DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey: AEGIS Observations of a Dual AGN at z=0.7 (2006)

Gerke, Brian F., Newman, Jeffrey A., Lotz, Jennifer, Yan, Renbin, Barmby, P., Coil, Alison L., ...

We present evidence for a dual Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN) within an early-type galaxy at z=0.709 in the Extended Groth Strip. The galaxy lies on the red sequence, with absolute magnitude M_B=-21.0...

The DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey: Evolution of the Color-Density Relation at 0.4 < z < 1.35 (2006)

Cooper, Michael C., Newman, Jeffrey A., Coil, Alison L., Croton, Darren J., Gerke, Brian F., Yan, Renbin, ...

Using a sample of 19,464 galaxies drawn from the DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey, we study the relationship between galaxy color and environment at 0.4 < z < 1.35. We find that the fraction of galaxies...

Evolution in the Halo Masses of Isolated Galaxies between z~1 and z~0: From DEEP2 to SDSS (2006)

Conroy, Charlie, Prada, Francisco, Newman, Jeffrey A., Croton, Darren, Coil, Alison L., Conselice, Christopher J., ...

We measure the evolution in the virial mass-to-light ratio (M_{200}/L_B) and virial-to-stellar mass ratio (M_{200}/M_\ast) for isolated ~ L* galaxies between z~1 and z~0 by combining data from the...

The DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey: The Relationship Between Galaxy Properties and Environment at z ~ 1 (2006)

Cooper, Michael C., Newman, Jeffrey A., Croton, Darren J., Weiner, Benjamin J., Willmer, Christopher N. A., Gerke, Brian F., ...

We study the mean environment of galaxies in the DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey as a function of rest-frame color, luminosity, and [OII] equivalent width. The local galaxy overdensity for >14,000...

The DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey: the relationship between galaxy properties and environment at z similar to 1 (2006)

Cooper, Michael C., Newman, Jeffrey A., Croton, Darren J., Weiner, Benjamin J., Willmer, Christopher N. A., Gerke, Brian F., ...

We study the mean environment of galaxies in the DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey as a function of rest-frame colour, luminosity, and [O ii] 3727 Å equivalent width. The local galaxy overdensity...

The DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey: The Evolution of Void Statistics from z~1 to z~0 (2005)

Conroy, Charlie, Coil, Alison L., White, Martin, Newman, Jeffrey A., Yan, Renbin, Cooper, Michael C., ...

We present measurements of the void probability function (VPF) at z~1 using data from the DEEP2 Redshift Survey and its evolution to z~0 using data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). We...

The DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey: Clustering of Groups and Group Galaxies at z~1 (2005)

Coil, Alison L., Gerke, Brian F., Newman, Jeffrey A., Ma, Chung-Pei, Yan, Renbin, Cooper, Michael C., ...

We study the clustering properties of groups and of galaxies in groups in the DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey dataset at z~1. Four clustering measures are presented: 1) the group correlation function...

Measuring Galaxy Environments with Deep Redshift Surveys (2005)

Cooper, Michael C., Newman, Jeffrey A., Madgwick, Darren S., Gerke, Brian F., Yan, Renbin, Davis, Marc

We study the applicability of several galaxy environment measures (n^th-nearest-neighbor distance, counts in an aperture, and Voronoi volume) within deep redshift surveys. Mock galaxy catalogs are...

The Deep2 Galaxy Redshift Survey: Evolution of Close Galaxy Pairs and Major-Merger Rates Up to z ~ 1.2 (2004)

Lin, Lihwai, Koo, David C., Willmer, Christopher N. A., Patton, David R., Conselice, Christopher J., Yan, Renbin, ...

We derive the close, kinematic pair fraction and merger rate up to z ~ 1.2 from the initial data of the DEEP2 Redshift Survey. Assuming a mild luminosity evolution, the number of companions per...

The DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey: First results on galaxy groups (2004)

Gerke, Brian F., Newman, Jeffrey A., Davis, Marc, Marinoni, Christian, Yan, Renbin, Coil, Alison, ...

We use the first 25% of the DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey spectroscopic data to identify groups and clusters of galaxies in redshift space. The data set contains 8370 galaxies with confirmed redshifts...

The DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey: Probing the Evolution of Dark Matter Halos around Isolated Galaxies at z ~ 1 (2004)

Conroy, Charlie, Newman, Jeffrey A., Davis, Marc, Coil, Alison L., Yan, Renbin, Cooper, Michael C., ...

Using the first 25% of DEEP2 Redshift Survey data, we probe the line-of-sight velocity dispersion profile for isolated galaxies with absolute B-band magnitude -22

Constraining Dark Energy with DEEP2 (2004)

Davis, Marc, Gerke, Brian F., Newman, Jeffrey A.

The DEEP2 survey has now completed half of its planned three-year lifespan, and we have collected approximately 50% of the data, putting us exactly on schedule. The survey plan calls for...

Probing quintessence: reconstruction and parameter estimation from supernovae (2002)

Gerke, Brian F., Efstathiou, G.

We explore the prospects for using future supernova observations to probe the dark energy. We focus on quintessence, an evolving scalar field that has been suggested as a candidate for the dark...