The Imperial IRAS-FSC Redshift Catalogue: luminosity functions, evolution and galaxy bias (2009)
Wang, Lingyu, Rowan-Robinson, Michael
We present the luminosity function and selection function of 60 micron galaxies selected from the Imperial IRAS-FSC Redshift Catalogue (IIFSCz). Three methods, including the 1/Vmax} and the...
Modelling the Spoon IRS diagnostic diagram (2009)
Rowan-Robinson, Michael, Efstathiou, Andreas
We explore whether our models for starbursts, quiescent star-forming galaxies and for AGN dust tori are able to model the full range of IRS spectra measured with Spitzer. The diagnostic plot of 9.7...
AGN dust tori: the X-ray-infrared connection (2009)
Rowan-Robinson, Michael, Valtchanov, Ivan, Nandra, Kirpal
We have combined the CLASXS Chandra survey in Lockman with the Spitzer SWIRE survey data to study the X-ray-infrared connection for AGN. The sample consists of 401 X-ray-sources, of which 306 are...
A new model for infrared and submillimetre counts (2008)
A new model for source counts from 8-1100 $\mu$m is presented, which agrees well with source-count data and the observed background spectrum. The model is similar to that of Rowan-Robinson (2001),...
The Imperial IRAS-FSC Redshift Catalogue (IIFSCz) (2008)
Wang, Lingyu, Rowan-Robinson, Michael
We present a new catalogue, the Imperial IRAS-FSC Redshift Catalogue (IIFSCz), of 60,282 galaxies selected at 60 micron from the IRAS Faint Source Catalogue (FSC). The IIFSCz consists of accurate...
Photometric redshifts in the SWIRE survey (2008)
Rowan-Robinson, Michael, Babbedge, Tom, Oliver, Seb, Trichas, Markos, Berta, Stefano, Lonsdale, Carol, ...
We present the SWIRE Photometric Redshift Catalogue 1 025 119 redshifts of unprecedented reliability and of accuracy comparable with or better than previous work. Our methodology is based on fixed...
Timeline analysis and wavelet multiscale analysis of the AKARI All-Sky Survey at 90 micron (2008)
Wang, Lingyu, Rowan-Robinson, Michael, Yamamura, Issei, Shibai, Hiroshi, Savage, Rich, Oliver, Seb, ...
We present a careful analysis of the point source detection limit of the AKARI All-Sky Survey in the WIDE-S 90 $\mu$m band near the North Ecliptic Pole (NEP). Timeline Analysis is used to detect IRAS...
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...
Photometric redshifts in the SWIRE Survey (2008)
Rowan-Robinson, Michael, Babbedge, Tom, Oliver, Seb, Trichas, Markos, Berta, Stefano, Lonsdale, Carol, ...
We present the SWIRE Photometric Redshift Catalogue, 1025119 redshifts of unprecedented reliability and accuracy. Our method is based on fixed galaxy and QSO templates applied to data at 0.36-4.5 mu,...
Timeline analysis and wavelet multiscale analysis of the AKARI all-sky survey at 90 μm (2008)
Wang, Lingyu, Rowan-Robinson, Michael, Yamamura, Issei, Shibai, Hiroshi, Savage, Rich, Oliver, Seb, ...
Photometric redshifts in the SWIRE survey (2008)
Rowan-Robinson, Michael, Babbedge, Tom, Oliver, Seb, Trichas, Markos, Berta, Stefano, Lonsdale, Carol, ...
Will Saunders, Seb Oliver Oliver, Oliver Keeble, Michael Rowan-robinson, Steve Maddox, Will Sutherland
. We present the catalogue and redshift data for the PSCz survey of 15,000 IRAS galaxies over 84% of the sky. The uniformity, completeness and data quality are assessed, and guidelines and caveats...
An Infrared Space Observatory Atlas Of Bright Spiral Galaxies (2007)
George Bendo Robert, Robert D. Joseph, Martyn Wells, Pascal Gallais, Martin Haas, Ana M. Heras, ...
In this first paper in a series we present an atlas of infrared images and photometry from 1.2 to 180 lm for a sample of bright spiral galaxies. The atlas galaxies are an optically selected,...
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 Far-Infrared Surveyor (FIS) for AKARI (2007)
Kawada, Mitsunobu, Baba, Hajime, Barthel, Peter D., Clements, David, Cohen, Martin, Doi, Yasuo, ...
The Far-Infrared Surveyor (FIS) is one of two focal plane instruments on the AKARI satellite. FIS has four photometric bands at 65, 90, 140, and 160 um, and uses two kinds of array detectors. The FIS...
The Far-Infrared Properties of Spatially Resolved AKARI Observations (2007)
Jeong, Woong-Seob, Nakagawa, Takao, Yamamura, Issei, Pearson, Chris P., Savage, Richard S., Lee, Hyung Mok, ...
We present the spatially resolved observations of IRAS sources from the Japanese infrared astronomy satellite AKARI All-Sky Survey during the performance verification (PV) phase of the mission. We...
Xu, C. Kevin, Shupe, David, Buat, Veronique, Rowan-Robinson, Michael, Iglesias-Páramo, Jorge, Takeuchi, Tsutomu T., ...
We study dust attenuation and stellar mass of $\rm z\sim 0.6$ star-forming galaxies using new SWIRE observations in IR and GALEX observations in UV. Two samples are selected from the SWIRE and GALEX...
The Far-Infrared Surveyor (FIS) for AKARI (2007)
Kawada, Mitsunobu, Baba, Hajime, Barthel, Peter D., Clements, David, Cohen, Martin, Doi, Yasuo, ...
The infrared astronomical mission AKARI (2007)
Murakami, Hiroshi, Baba, Hajime, Barthel, Peter D., Clements, David L., Cohen, Martin, Doi, Yasuo, ...
Optical and Infrared Diagnostics of SDSS galaxies in the SWIRE Survey (2006)
Davoodi, Payam, Pozzi, Francesca, Oliver, Seb, Polletta, Mari, Afonso-Luis, Alejandro, Farrah, Duncan, ...
We present the rest-frame optical and infrared colours of a complete sample of 1114 z
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., ...
Parametric modelling of the 3.6um to 8um colour distributions of galaxies in the SWIRE Survey (2006)
Davoodi, Payam, Oliver, Seb, Polletta, Maria Del Carmen, Rowan-Robinson, Michael, Savage, Richard S., Waddington, Ian, ...
We fit a parametric model comprising a mixture of multi-dimensional Gaussian functions to the 3.6 to 8um colour and optical photo-z distribution of galaxy populations in the ELAIS-N1 and Lockman...
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...
The spatial clustering of ultraluminous infrared galaxies over 1.5 (2006)
Farrah, Duncan, Lonsdale, Carol, Borys, Colin, Fang, Fan, Waddington, Ian, Oliver, Seb, ...
We present measurements of the spatial clustering of galaxies with stellar masses >10^11Msun, infrared luminosities >10^12 Lsun, and star formation rates >200Msun per year in two redshift intervals;...
Large-scale galaxy correlations as a test for dark energy (2005)
Blanchard, Alain, Douspis, Marian, Rowan-Robinson, Michael, Sarkar, Subir
We have shown earlier that, contrary to popular belief, Einstein--de Sitter (E--deS) models can still fit the {\sl WMAP} data on the cosmic microwave background provided one adopts a low Hubble...
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...
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...
Dust and Gas Obscuration in ELAIS Deep X-Ray Survey Reddened Quasars (2004)
Willott, Chris J., Simpson, Chris, Almaini, Omar, Johnson, Olivia, Lawrence, Andrew, Dunlop, James S., ...
Hard X-ray surveys have uncovered a large population of heavily obscured AGNs. They also reveal a population of quasars with moderate obscuration at both visible and X-ray wavelengths. We use...
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....
Angular Clustering of Galaxies at 3.6 micron from the SWIRE survey (2004)
Oliver, Seb, Waddington, Ian, Gonzalez-Solares, Eduardo, Surace, Jason, Fang, Fan, Shupe, Dave, ...
We present the first analysis of large-scale clustering from the Spitzer Wide-area InfraRed Extragalactic legacy survey: SWIRE. We compute the angular correlation function of galaxies selected to...
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...
Photometric redshifts are studied with a template approach using data from HDF-N and -S . The problem of aliasing in photometric redshift estimates is investigated in some detail and found not to be...
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...
Quantifying dust and the ultraviolet radiation-density in the local universe (2003)
A sample of local galaxies for which far infrared and uv fluxes are available is used to estimate the characteristic dust extinction in galaxies and to test whether standard dust properties are...
Cirrus models for local and high z SCUBA galaxies (2003)
Efstathiou, Andreas, Rowan-Robinson, Michael
We present a model for the UV to submillimeter emission from stars embedded in the general interstellar dust in galaxies (the 'infrared cirrus' component). Such emission is characterized by...
An alternative to the cosmological 'concordance model' (2003)
Blanchard, Alain, Douspis, Marian, Rowan-Robinson, Michael, Sarkar, Subir
Precision measurements of the cosmic microwave background by WMAP are believed to have established a flat $\Lambda$-dominated universe, seeded by nearly scale-invariant adiabatic primordial...
Dust Temperatures in the Infrared Space Observatory Atlas of Bright Spiral Galaxies (2003)
Bendo, George J., Joseph, Robert D., Wells, Martyn, Gallais, Pascal, Haas, Martin, Heras, Ana M., ...
We examine far-infrared and submillimeter spectral energy distributions for galaxies in the Infrared Space Observatory Atlas of Bright Spiral Galaxies. For the 71 galaxies where we had complete...
An alternative to the cosmological 'concordance model' (2003)
Blanchard, Alain, Douspis, Marian, Rowan-Robinson, Michael, Sarkar, Subir
Precision measurements of the cosmic microwave background byWMAP are believed to have established a flat $\Lambda$-dominateduniverse, seeded by nearly scale-invariant adiabatic...
An alternative to the cosmological 'concordance model' (2003)
Blanchard, Alain, Douspis, Marian, Rowan-Robinson, Michael, Sarkar, Subir
Precision measurements of the cosmic microwave background byWMAP are believed to have established a flat $\Lambda$-dominateduniverse, seeded by nearly scale-invariant adiabatic...
An alternative to the cosmological 'concordance model' (2003)
Blanchard, Alain, Douspis, Marian, Rowan-Robinson, Michael, Sarkar, Subir
Precision measurements of the cosmic microwave background byWMAP are believed to have established a flat $\Lambda$-dominateduniverse, seeded by nearly scale-invariant adiabatic...
An alternative to the cosmological 'concordance model' (2003)
Blanchard, Alain, Douspis, Marian, Rowan-Robinson, Michael, Sarkar, Subir
Precision measurements of the cosmic microwave background byWMAP are believed to have established a flat $\Lambda$-dominateduniverse, seeded by nearly scale-invariant adiabatic...
Star Formation in the ISO Atlas of Spiral Galaxies (2002)
Bendo, George J., Joseph, Robert D., Wells, Martyn, Gallais, Pascal, Haas, Martin, Heras, Ana M., ...
We investigate star formation along the Hubble sequence using the ISO Atlas of Spiral Galaxies. Using mid-infrared and far-infrared flux densities normalized by K-band flux densities as indicators of...
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 )....
Verma, Aprajita, Rowan-Robinson, Michael, McMahon, Richard, Efstathiou, Andreas
We present 7-180micron photometry of a sample of hyperluminous infrared galaxies (HyLIGs) obtained with the photometer and camera mounted on the Infrared Space Observatory. We have used radiative...
Do Type Ia Supernovae prove Lambda > 0 ? (2002)
The evidence for positive cosmological constant $\Lambda$ from Type Ia supernovae is reexamined. Both high redshift supernova teams are found to underestimate the effects of host galaxy extinction....
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 )....
Verma, Aprajita, Rowan-Robinson, Michael, McMahon, Richard, Efstathiou, Andreas
We present 7-180 mum photometry of a sample of hyperluminous infrared galaxies (HyLIGs) obtained with the photometer and camera mounted on the Infrared Space Observatory. We have used radiative...
First detections of FIRBACK sources with SCUBA (1999)
Scott, Douglas, Lagache, Guilaine, Borys, Colin, Chapman, Scott C., Halpern, Mark, Sajina, Anna, ...
The FIRBACK (Far InfraRed BACKground) survey represents the deepest extensive 170 micron images obtained by the ISO satellite. The sources detected comprise about 10% of the Cosmic IR Background...
Density and Velocity Fields from the PSCz Survey (1999)
Saunders, Will, Branchini, Enzo, Teodoro, Luis, Heavens, Alan, Taylor, Andy, Valentine, Helen, ...
We present the results for the predicted density and peculiar velocity fields and the dipole from the PSCz survey of 15,000 IRAS galaxies over 84% of the sky. We find a significant component to the...
Saunders, Will, Oliver, Seb, Keeble, Oliver, Rowan-Robinson, Michael, Maddox, Steve, McMahon, Richard, ...
We present the catalogue and redshift data for the PSCz survey of 15,000 IRAS galaxies over 84% of the sky. The uniformity, completeness and data quality are assessed, and guidelines and caveats for...
Hughes, David H., Dunlop, James, Rowan-Robinson, Michael, Serjeant, Steve, Blain, Andrew, Mann, Robert G., ...
The advent of sensitive sub-mm array cameras now allows a proper census of dust-enshrouded massive star-formation in very distant galaxies, previously hidden activity to which even the deepest...
Hughes, David, Serjeant, Steve, Dunlop, James, Rowan-Robinson, Michael, Blain, Andrew, Mann, Robert G., ...
The advent of sensitive sub-mm array cameras now allows a proper census of dust-enshrouded massive star-formation in very distant galaxies, previously hidden activity to which even the faintest...
A spectroscopic study of IRAS F10214+4724 (1998)
Serjeant, Stephen, Rawlings, Steve, Lacy, Mark, McMahon, Richard G., Lawrence, Andy, Rowan-Robinson, Michael, ...
The z=2.286 IRAS galaxy F10214+4724 remains one of the most luminous galaxies in the Universe, despite its gravitational lens magnification. We present optical and near-infrared spectra of...
First results from the PSC-z survey (1997)
Saunders, Will, Taylor, Andy, Ballinger, Bill, Heavens, Alan, Oliver, Seb, Keeble, Oliver, ...
The Brightest Stars in Galaxies Are Not Good Distance Indicators - (1993)
Rozanski, Richard, Rowan-Robinson, Michael
Use of the brightest stars in galaxies as a distance indicator and claims that the method supports the `short' distance scale are examined. Data from several different observational programmes are...