Turning Back the Clock: Inferring the History of the Eight O'clock Arc (2009)
Finkelstein, Steven L., Papovich, Casey, Rudnick, Gregory, Egami, Eiichi, Floc'h, Emeric Le, Rieke, Marcia J., ...
We present the results from an optical and near-infrared spectroscopic study of the ultraviolet-luminous z = 2.73 galaxy, the 8 o'clock arc. Due to gravitational lensing, this galaxy is magnified by...
Astronomical Software Wants To Be Free: A Manifesto (2009)
Weiner, Benjamin J., Blanton, Michael R., Coil, Alison L., Cooper, Michael C., Davé, Romeel, Hogg, David W., ...
Astronomical software is now a fact of daily life for all hands-on members of our community. Purpose-built software for data reduction and modeling tasks becomes ever more critical as we handle...
AEGIS: The Clustering of X-ray AGN Relative to Galaxies at z~1 (2009)
Coil, Alison L., Georgakakis, Antonis, Newman, Jeffrey A., Cooper, Michael C., Croton, Darren, Davis, Marc, ...
We measure the clustering of non-quasar X-ray AGN at z=0.7-1.4 in the AEGIS field. Using the cross-correlation of 113 Chandra-selected AGN, with a median log L_X=42.8 erg s^-1, with ~5,000 DEEP2...
A Strong-Lens Survey in AEGIS: the influence of large scale structure (2008)
Moustakas, Leonidas A., Marshall, Phil, Newman, Jeffrey A., Coil, Alison L., Cooper, Michael C., Davis, Marc, ...
Absolute Physical Calibration in the Infrared (2008)
Rieke, G. H., Blaylock, M., Decin, L., Engelbracht, C., Ogle, P., Avrett, E., ...
We determine an absolute calibration for the MIPS 24 microns band and recommend adjustments to the published calibrations for 2MASS, IRAC, and IRAS photometry to put them on the same scale. We show...
Absolute physical calibration in the infrared (2008)
Rieke, G. H., Blaylock, M., Decin, L., Engelbracht, C., Ogle, P., Avrett, E., ...
We determine an absolute calibration for the Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer 24 μm band and recommend adjustments to the published calibrations for Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS),...
Lin, Lihwai, Patton, David R., Koo, David C., Casteels, Kevin, Conselice, Christopher J., Faber, S. M., ...
We study the redshift evolution of galaxy pair fractions and merger rates for different types of galaxies using kinematic pairs selected from the DEEP2 Redshift Survey. By parameterizing the...
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...
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...
Schiavon, Ricardo P., Faber, S.M., Konidaris, Nicholas, Graves, Genevieve, Willmer, Christopher N.A., Weiner, Benjamin J., ...
Weiner, Benjamin J., Willmer, Christopher N. A., Faber, S. M., Melbourne, Jason, Kassin, Susan A., Phillips, Andrew C., ...
We present kinematic measurements of a large sample of galaxies from the TKRS Survey in the GOODS-N field. We measure line-of-sight velocity dispersions from integrated emission for 1089 galaxies...
Weiner, Benjamin J., Willmer, Christopher N. A., Faber, S. M., Harker, Justin, Kassin, Susan A., Phillips, Andrew C., ...
We use kinematic measurements of a large sample of galaxies from the Team Keck Redshift Survey in the GOODS-N field to measure evolution in the optical and near-IR Tully-Fisher relations to z = 1.2....
The DEEP2 galaxy redshift survey: the evolution of the blue fraction in groups and the field (2006)
Gerke, Brian F., Newman, Jeffrey A., Faber, S. M., Cooper, Michael C., Croton, Darren J., Davis, Marc, ...
We explore the behavior of the blue galaxy fraction over the redshift range 0.75
Lin, Lihwai, Koo, David C., Weiner, Benjamin J., Chiueh, Tzihong, Coil, Alison L., Lotz, Jennifer, ...
Using data from the DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey and HST/ACS imaging in the Extended Groth Strip, we select nearly 100 interacting galaxy systems including kinematic close pairs and morphologically...
The DEEP Groth Strip Survey VI. Spectroscopic, Variability, and X-ray Detection of AGN (2006)
Sarajedini, Vicki L., Koo, David C., Phillips, Andrew C., Kobulnicky, Henry A., Gebhardt, Karl, Willmer, Christopher N. A., ...
We identify active galactic nuclei (AGN) in the Groth-Westphal Survey Strip (GSS) using the independent and complementary selection techniques of optical spectroscopy and photometric variability. We...
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...
Schiavon, Ricardo P., Faber, S. M., Konidaris, Nicholas, Graves, Genevieve, Willmer, Christopher N. A., Weiner, Benjamin J., ...
As part of the DEEP2 galaxy redshift survey, we analyze absorption line strengths in stacked Keck/DEIMOS spectra of red field galaxies with weak to no emission lines, at redshifts 0.7
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...
Bundy, Kevin, Ellis, Richard S., Conselice, Christopher J., Taylor, James E., Cooper, Michael C., Willmer, Christopher N. A., ...
We characterize the mass-dependent evolution in a large sample of more than 8,000 galaxies using spectroscopic redshifts drawn from the DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey in the range 0.4 < z < 1.4 and...
The DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey: Clustering of Galaxies as a Function of Luminosity at z=1 (2005)
Coil, Alison L., Newman, Jeffrey A., Cooper, Michael C., Davis, Marc, Faber, S. M., Koo, David C., ...
We measure the clustering of DEEP2 galaxies at z=1 as a function of luminosity on scales 0.1 Mpc/h to 20 Mpc/h. Drawing from a parent catalog of 25,000 galaxies at 0.7
Hoyos, Carlos, Koo, David C., Phillips, Andrew C., Willmer, Christopher N. A., Guhathakurta, Puragra
We have discovered a sample of 17 metal-poor, yet luminous, star-forming galaxies at redshifts z~0.7. They were selected from the initial phase of the DEEP2 survey of 3900 galaxies and the Team Keck...
Colors of Luminous Bulges in Cluster MS1054-03 and Field Galaxies at Redshifts z ~ 0.83 (2005)
Koo, David C., Datta, Susmita, Willmer, Christopher N. A., Simard, Luc, Tran, Kim-Vy, Im, Myungshin
Using HST images, we separate the bulge-like (pbulge) and disk-like (pdisk) components of 71 galaxies in the rich cluster MS1054-03 and of 21 in the field. Our key finding is that luminous pbulges...
HI Observations of SA 68-6597: the faintest Blue Compact Dwarf Galaxy (2005)
Pisano, D. J., Koo, David C., Willmer, Christopher N. A., Noeske, Kai Gerhard, Phillips, A. C.
Blue compact dwarf galaxies (BCDs) are faint (M(B) < -17 mag) compact (R ~3x10^7 M(sun). The M(HI)/L(B)=1.0+-0.3 M(sun)/L(sun), M(dyn)/L(B) >= 2 M(sun)/L(sun) and M(HI)/M(dyn)
The DEEP Groth Strip Survey. I. The Sample (2005)
Vogt, Nicole P., Koo, David C., Phillips, Andrew C., Wu, Katherine, Faber, S. M., Willmer, Christopher N. A., ...
The Deep Extragalactic Exploratory Probe (DEEP) is a multi-phase research program dedicated to the study of the formation and evolution of galaxies and of large scale structure in the distant...
The DEEP groth strip survey. VIII. The evolution of luminous field bulges at redshift z ~ 1 (2005)
Koo, David C., Simard, Luc, Willmer, Christopher N. A., Gebhardt, Karl, Bouwens, Rychard J., Kauffmann, Guinevere, ...
Koo, David C., Simard, Luc, Willmer, Christopher N. A., Gebhardt, Karl, Bouwens, Rychard J., Kauffmann, Guinevere, ...
We present a sample of over 50 luminous field bulges (including ellipticals) found in the Groth Strip Survey (GSS), with 0.73< z < 1.04 and with bulge magnitudes I
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 DEEP Groth Strip Galaxy Redshift Survey. III. Redshift Catalog and Properties of Galaxies (2004)
Weiner, Benjamin J., Phillips, Andrew C., Faber, S. M., Willmer, Christopher N. A., Vogt, Nicole P., Simard, Luc, ...
The Deep Extragalactic Evolutionary Probe (DEEP) is a series of spectroscopic surveys of faint galaxies, targeted at the properties and clustering of galaxies at redshifts z ~ 1. We present the...
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 Aquarius Superclusters II. Spectroscopic and Photometric Data (2004)
Caretta, Cesar A., Maia, Marcio A. G., Willmer, Christopher N. A.
We present spectroscopic and photometric data for 920 galaxies selected in 68 fields of the Aquarius Cluster Catalog. Typically the 15 brightest candidate members with magnitudes in the range 16 <...
Effects of the Environment on the Properties of Seyfert Galaxies (2004)
Maia, Marcio A. G., Willmer, Christopher N. A., Rossetto, Bruno M., Machado, Rodolfo S.
We identify 175 Seyfert galaxies from the Southern Sky Redshift Survey - SSRS2. We use the entire SSRS2 catalog to investigate the correlation between the presence of AGN with host environment. The...
The Team Keck Treasury Redshift Survey of the GOODS-North Field (2004)
Wirth, Gregory D., Willmer, Christopher N. A., Amico, Paola, Chaffee, Frederic H., Goodrich, Robert W., Kwok, Shui, ...
We report the results of an extensive imaging and spectroscopic survey in the GOODS-North field completed using DEIMOS on the Keck II telescope. Observations of 2018 targets in a magnitude-limited...
The DEEP Groth Strip Survey VII: The Metallicity of Field Galaxies at 0.26 (2003)
Kobulnicky, Henry A., Willmer, Christopher N. A., Weiner, Benjamin J., Koo, David C., Phillips, Andrew C., Faber, S. M., ...
Using spectroscopic data from the Deep Extragalactic Evolutionary Probe (DEEP) Groth Strip survey (DGSS), we analyze the gas-phase oxygen abundances in the warm ionized medium for 64 emission-line...
The DEEP Groth Strip Survey IX: Evolution of the Fundamental Plane of Field Galaxies (2003)
Gebhardt, Karl, Faber, S. M., Koo, David C., Im, Myungshin, Simard, Luc, Illingworth, Garth D., ...
Fundamental Plane studies provide an excellent means of understanding the evolutionary history of early-type galaxies. Using the Low Resolution Imaging Spectrograph on the Keck telescope, we obtained...
The Seyfert Population in the Local Universe (2003)
Maia, Marcio A. G., Machado, Rodolfo S., Willmer, Christopher N. A.
The magnitude-limited catalog of the Southern Sky Redshift Survey (SSRS2), is used to characterize the properties of galaxies hosting Active Galactic Nuclei. Using emission-line ratios, we identify a...
The DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey: Clustering of Galaxies in Early Data (2003)
Coil, Alison L., Davis, Marc, Madgwick, Darren S., Newman, Jeffrey A., Conselice, Christopher J., Cooper, Michael, ...
We measure the two-point correlation function xi(r) using a sample of 2219 galaxies in an area of 0.32 degrees^2 at z=0.7-1.35 from the first season of the DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey. We find that...
The DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey: Spectral classification of galaxies at z~1 (2003)
Madgwick, Darren S., Coil, Alison L., Conselice, Christopher J., Cooper, Michael C., Davis, Marc, Ellis, Richard S., ...
We present a Principal Component Analysis (PCA)-based spectral classification, eta, for the first 5600 galaxies observed in the DEEP2 Redshift Survey. This parameter provides a very pronounced...
The DEEP Groth Strip Survey XII: The Metallicity of Field Galaxies at 0.26 (2003)
Kobulnicky, Henry A., Willmer, Christopher N. A., Weiner, Benjamin J., Koo, David C., Phillips, Andrew C., Faber, S. M., ...
Using spectroscopic data from the Deep Extragalactic Evolutionary Probe (DEEP) Groth Strip survey (DGSS), we analyze the gas-phase oxygen abundances for 56 emission-line field galaxies in the...
Simard, Luc, Willmer, Christopher N. A., Vogt, Nicole P., Sarajedini, Vicki L., Phillips, Andrew C., Weiner, Benjamin J., ...
The quantitative morphological classification of distant galaxies is essential to the understanding of the evolution of galaxies over the history of the Universe. This paper presents Hubble Space...
The Aquarius Superclusters - I. Identification of Clusters and Superclusters (2001)
Caretta, Cesar A., Maia, Marcio A. G., Kawasaki, Wataru, Willmer, Christopher N. A.
We study the distribution of galaxies and galaxy clusters in a 10^deg x 6^deg field in the Aquarius region. In addition to 63 clusters in the literature, we have found 39 new candidate clusters using...
Are There Blue, Massive E/S0s at z < 1 ?: Kinematics of Blue Spheroidal Galaxy Candidates (2001)
Im, Myungshin, Faber, S. M., Gebhardt, Karl, Koo, David C., Phillips, Andrew C., Schiavon, Ricardo P., ...
Several recent studies find that 10 - 50% of morphologically selected field early-type galaxies at redshifts z
A Quantitative Evaluation of the Galaxy Component of COSMOS and APM Catalogs (1999)
Caretta, Cesar A., Maia, Marcio A. G., Willmer, Christopher N. A.
We have carried out an independent quantitative evaluation of the galaxy component of the "COSMOS/UKST Southern Sky Object Catalogue" (SSC) and the "APM/UKST J Catalogue" (APM). Using CCD...