A. Cimatti

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1992 - 2009

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153

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The Physics and Mass Assembly of distant galaxies with the E-ELT (2009)

Puech, M., Rosati, P., Toft, S., Cimatti, A., Neichel, B., Fusco, T.

One of the main science goal of the future European Extremely Large Telescope will be to understand the mass assembly process in galaxies as a function of cosmic time. To this aim, a multi-object,...

Properties and environment of Radio Emitting Galaxies in the VLA-zCOSMOS survey (2009)

Bardelli, S., Schinnerer, E., Smolcic, V., Zamorani, G., Zucca, E., Mignoli, M., ...

We investigate the properties and the environment of radio sources with optical counterpart from the combined VLA-COSMOS and zCOSMOS samples. The advantage of this sample is the availability of...

Empirical H-alpha emitter count predictions for dark energy surveys (2009)

Geach, J. E., Cimatti, A., Percival, W., Wang, Y., Guzzo, L., Zamorani, G., ...

Future galaxy redshift surveys aim to measure cosmological quantities from the galaxy power spectrum. A prime example is the detection of baryonic acoustic oscillations (BAOs), providing a standard...

The optical spectra of Spitzer 24 micron galaxies in the COSMOS field: II. Faint infrared sources in the zCOSMOS-bright 10k catalogue (2009)

Caputi, K. I., Lilly, S. J., Aussel, H., Floc'h, E. Le, Sanders, D., Maier, C., ...

We have used the zCOSMOS-bright 10k sample to identify 3244 Spitzer/MIPS 24-micron-selected galaxies with 0.06< S(24um)< 0.50 mJy and I(AB)

Mid- and Far-infrared Luminosity Functions and Galaxy Evolution from Multiwavelength Spitzer Observations up to z~2.5 (2009)

Rodighiero, G., Vaccari, M., Franceschini, A., Tresse, L., Fevre, O. Le, Brun, V. Le, ...

[Abridged]We exploit a large homogeneous dataset to derive a self-consistent picture of IR emission based on the time-dependent 24, 15, 12 and 8micron monochromatic and bolometric IR luminosity...

The nonlinear biasing of the 10k zCOSMOS galaxies up to z~1 (2009)

Kovac, K., Porciani, C., Lilly, S. J., Marinoni, C., Guzzo, L., Cucciati, O., ...

We use the overdensity field reconstructed in the volume of the COSMOS area to study the nonlinear biasing of the zCOSMOS galaxies. The galaxy overdensity field is reconstructed using the current...

Spectroscopic Identifications of Spitzer Sources in the SWIRE/XMM-Newton/ELAIS-S1 Field: A Large Fraction of Active Galactic Nucleus with High F(24 μm)/F(R) Ratio (2009)

Sacchi, N., La Franca, F., Feruglio, C., Fiore, F., Puccetti, S., Cocchia, F., ...

We present a catalog of optical spectroscopic identifications of sources detected by Spitzer at 3.6 or 24 μm down to ~10 and ~280 μJy, respectively, in the SWIRE/XMM-Newton/ELAIS-S1 field and...

The zCOSMOS survey: the role of the environment in the evolution of the luminosity function of different galaxy types (2009)

Zucca, E., Bardelli, S., Bolzonella, M., Zamorani, G., Ilbert, O., Pozzetti, L., ...

(Abridged) We studied the evolution in the B band luminosity function to z~1 in the zCOSMOS 10k sample, for which both accurate galaxy classifications and a detailed description of the local density...

High-redshift elliptical galaxies: are they (all) really compact? (2009)

Mancini, C., Daddi, E., Renzini, A., Salmi, F., McCracken, H. J., Cimatti, A., ...

We investigate the properties of 12 ultra-massive passively evolving early type galaxies (ETGs) at z_phot>1.4 in the COSMOS 2 deg^2 field. These 12 ETGs were selected as pBzKs, have accurate 1.4

Spectroscopic identifications of Spitzer sources in the SWIRE/XMM-NEWTON/ELAIS-S1 field: a large fraction of Active Galactic Nuclei with high F(24micron)/F(R) ratio (2009)

Sacchi, N., La Franca, F., Feruglio, C., Fiore, F., Puccetti, S., Cocchia, F., ...

We present a catalog of optical spectroscopic identifications of sources detected by Spitzer at 3.6 or 24 micron down to 10 and 280 microJy, respectively, in the SWIRE/XMM-Newton/ELAIS-S1 field and...

The 10k zCOSMOS: morphological transformation of galaxies in the group environment since z~1 (2009)

Kovac, K., Lilly, S. J., Knobel, C., Bolzonella, M., Iovino, A., Carollo, C. M., ...

We study the evolution of galaxies inside and outside of the group environment since z=1 using a large well defined set of groups and galaxies from the zCOSMOS-bright redshift survey in the COSMOS...

The zCOSMOS Redshift Survey: How group environment alters global downsizing trends (2009)

Iovino, A., Cucciati, O., Scodeggio, M., Knobel, C., Kovac, K., Lilly, S., ...

We took advantage of the wealth of information provided by the first ~10000 galaxies of the zCOSMOS-bright survey and its group catalogue to study the complex interplay between group environment and...

K+a galaxies in the zCOSMOS Survey: Physical properties of systems in their post-starburst phase (2009)

Vergani, D., Zamorani, G., Lilly, S. J., Lamareille, F., Halliday, C., Scodeggio, M., ...

The identities of the main processes triggering and quenching star-formation in galaxies remain unclear. A key stage in evolution, however, appears to be represented by post-starburst galaxies. To...

Hubble Space Telescope/Advanced Camera for Surveys Morphology of Lyα Emitters at Redshift 5.7 in the COSMOS Field (2009)

Taniguchi, Y., Murayama, T., Scoville, N. Z., Sasaki, S. S., Nagao, T., Shioya, Y., ...

We present detailed morphological properties of Lyα emitters (LAEs) at z ≈ 5.7 in the COSMOS field based on Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) data. The ACS imaging in the...

zCOSMOS - 10k-bright spectroscopic sample. The bimodality in the Galaxy Stellar Mass Function: exploring its evolution with redshift (2009)

Pozzetti, L., Bolzonella, M., Zucca, E., Zamorani, G., Lilly, S., Renzini, A., ...

We present the Galaxy Stellar Mass Function (GSMF) up to z~1 from the zCOSMOS-bright 10k spectroscopic sample. We investigate the total MF and the contribution of ETGs and LTGs, defined by broad-band...

Tracking the impact of environment on the Galaxy Stellar Mass Function up to z~1 in the 10k zCOSMOS sample (2009)

Bolzonella, M., Kovac, K., Pozzetti, L., Zucca, E., Cucciati, O., Lilly, S. J., ...

We study the impact of the environment on the evolution of galaxies in the zCOSMOS 10k sample in the redshift range 0.1

Witnessing the assembly at z=1.6 of a galaxy cluster (GMASS ultradeep spectroscopy of galaxies at z~2 - V) (2009)

Kurk, J., Cimatti, A., Zamorani, G., Halliday, C., Mignoli, M., Pozzetti, L., ...

We present a study of a galaxy overdensity at z=1.6, Cl 0332-2742, uncovered in the Galaxy Mass Assembly ultra-deep Spectroscopic Survey (GMASS). We conservatively estimate the overdensity in...

The zCOSMOS Redshift Survey: the role of environment and stellar mass in shaping the rise of the morphology-density relation from z~1 (2009)

Tasca, L. A. M., Kneib, J. P., Iovino, A., Fevre, O. Le, Kovac, K., Bolzonella, M., ...

For more than two decades we have known that galaxy morphological segregation is present in the Local Universe. It is important to see how this relation evolves with cosmic time. To investigate how...

Dynamical masses of early-type galaxies at z~2: Are they truly superdense? (2009)

Cappellari, Michele, Alighieri, S. Di Serego, Cimatti, A., Daddi, E., Renzini, A., Kurk, J. D., ...

We measured stellar velocity dispersions sigma and dynamical masses of 9 massive (M~10^11 Msun) early-type galaxies (ETG) from the GMASS sample at redshift 1.4

HST/ACS Morphology of Lyman Alpha Emitters at Redshift 5.7 in the COSMOS Field (2009)

Taniguchi, Y., Murayama, T., Scoville, N. Z., Sasaki, S. S., Nagao, T., Shioya, Y., ...

We present detailed morphological properties of Lyman alpha emitters (LAEs) at z~ 5.7 in the COSMOS field, based on {\it Hubble Space Telescope} Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) data. The ACS...

The zCOSMOS Survey. The dependence of clustering on luminosity and stellar mass at z=0.2-1 (2009)

Meneux, B., Guzzo, L., Porciani, C., Zamorani, G., Abbas, U., ...

We study the dependence of galaxy clustering on luminosity and stellar mass at redshifts z ~ [0.2-1] using the first zCOSMOS 10K sample. We measure the redshift-space correlation functions xi(rp,pi)...

The Dependence of Star Formation Activity on Stellar Mass Surface Density and Sersic Index in zCOSMOS Galaxies at 0.5 < z < 0.9 Compared with SDSS Galaxies at 0.04 < z < 0.08 (2009)

Maier, C., Lilly, S. J., Zamorani, G., Scodeggio, M., Lamareille, F., Contini, T., ...

In order to try to understand the internal evolution of galaxies and relate this to the global evolution of the galaxy population, we present a comparative study of the dependence of star formation...

GMASS ultradeep spectroscopy of galaxies at z ~ 2. IV. The variety of dust populations (2009)

Noll, S., Pierini, D., Cimatti, A., Daddi, E., Kurk, J. D., Bolzonella, M., ...

The properties of dust attenuation at rest-frame UV wavelengths are inferred from very high-quality FORS2 spectra of 78 galaxies from the GMASS survey at 1

The density field of the 10k zCOSMOS galaxies (2009)

Kovac, K., Lilly, S. J., Cucciati, O., Porciani, C., Iovino, A., Zamorani, G., ...

We use the current sample of ~10,000 zCOSMOS spectra of sources selected with I(AB) < 22.5 to define the density field out to z~1, with much greater resolution in the radial dimension than has been...

SPACE: the spectroscopic all-sky cosmic explorer (2009)

Cimatti, A., Robberto, M., Baugh, C., Beckwith, S. V. W., Content, R., Daddi, E., ...

We describe the scientific motivations, the mission concept and the instrumentation of SPACE, a class-M mission proposed for concept study at the first call of the ESA Cosmic-Vision 2015–2025...

The SINS survey: modeling the dynamics of z~2 galaxies and the high-z Tully-Fisher relation (2009)

Cresci, G., Hicks, E. K. S., Genzel, R., Schreiber, N. M. Foerster, Davies, R., Bouche', N., ...

We present the modeling of SINFONI integral field dynamics of 18 star forming galaxies at z ~ 2 from Halpha line emission. The galaxies are selected from the larger sample of the SINS survey, based...

Applications of DMDs for astrophysical research (2009)

Robberto, M., Cimatti, A., Jacobsen, A., Zamkotsian, F., Zerbi, F. M.

A long-standing problem of astrophysical research is how to simultaneously obtain spectra of thousands of sources randomly positioned in the field of view of a telescope. Digital Micromirror Devices,...

Searching for massive galaxies at z>=3.5 in GOODS-North (2009)

Mancini, C., Matute, I., Cimatti, A., Daddi, E., Dickinson, M., Rodighiero, G., ...

We constrain the space density and properties of massive galaxy candidates at redshifts of z>=3.5 in the GOODS-N field. By selecting sources in the Spitzer+IRAC bands, a highly stellar mass-complete...

The close environment of 24 μm galaxies at 0.6 < z < 1.0 in the cosmos field (2009)

Caputi, K. I., Kovač, K., Bolzonella, M., Lilly, S. J., Zamorani, G., Aussel, H., ...

We investigate the close environment of 203 Spitzer 24 μm -selected sources at 0.6 < z < 1.0 using zCOSMOS-bright redshifts and spectra of I < 22.5 AB mag galaxies, over 1.5 deg^2 of the COSMOS...

The Dependence of Star Formation Activity on Stellar Mass Surface Density and Sersic Index in zCOSMOS Galaxies at 0.5 (2009)

Maier, C., Lilly, S. J., Zamorani, G., Scodeggio, M., Lamareille, F., Contini, T., ...

In order to try to understand the internal evolution of galaxies and relate this to the global evolution of the galaxy population, we present a comparative study of the dependence of star formation...

The zCOSMOS redshift survey: the three-dimensional classification cube and bimodality in galaxy physical properties (2009)

Mignoli, M., Zamorani, G., Scodeggio, M., Cimatti, A., Halliday, C., Lilly, S. J., ...

Aims. We investigate the relationships between three main optical galaxy observables (spectral properties, colors, and morphology), exploiting the data set provided by the COSMOS/zCOSMOS survey. The...

The zCOSMOS redshift survey: the three-dimensional classification cube and bimodality in galaxy physical properties (2009)

Mignoli, M., Zamorani, G., Scodeggio, M., Cimatti, A., Halliday, C., Lilly, S. J., ...

Aims. We investigate the relationships between three main optical galaxy observables (spectral properties, colors, and morphology), exploiting the data set provided by the COSMOS/zCOSMOS survey. The...

The spatial clustering of X-ray selected AGN in the XMM-COSMOS field (2009)

Gilli, R., Zamorani, G., Miyaji, T., Silverman, J., Brusa, M., Mainieri, V., ...

We study the spatial clustering of 538 X-ray selected AGN in the 2 deg^2 XMM-COSMOS field that are spectroscopically identified with I_(AB) < 23 and span the redshift range z = 0.2−3.0. The median...

– Real Time CTL (2008)

A. Cimatti, E. M. Clarke, E. Giunchiglia, F. Giunchiglia, M. Pistore, ...

• A rewrite of SMV developed at CMU. • Incorporates both BDD-based and SAT-based model checking.

From Rings to Bulges: Evidence for Rapid Secular Galaxy Evolution at z ~ 2 from Integral Field Spectroscopy in the SINS Survey (2008)

Genzel, R., Burkert, A., Bouché, N., Cresci, G., Förster Schriber, N. M., Shapley, A., ...

We present Hα integral field spectroscopy of well-resolved, UV/optically selected z ~ 2 star-forming galaxies as part of the SINS survey with SINFONI on the ESO VLT. Our laser guide star adaptive...

The spatial clustering of X-ray selected AGN in the XMM-COSMOS field (2008)

Gilli, R., Zamorani, G., Miyaji, T., Silverman, J., Brusa, M., Mainieri, V., ...

We study the spatial clustering of 538 X-ray selected AGN in the 2 deg^2 XMM-COSMOS field that are spectroscopically identified to I_{AB} 3 x 10^{10} M_sun) at the same redshift. This suggests that...

The zCOSMOS redshift survey: the three-dimensional classification cube and bimodality in galaxy physical properties (2008)

Mignoli, M., Zamorani, G., Scodeggio, M., Cimatti, A., Halliday, C., Lilly, S. J., ...

Aims. We investigate the relationships between three main optical galaxy observables (spectral properties, colours, and morphology), exploiting the data set provided by the COSMOS/zCOSMOS survey. The...

The ESO-Spitzer Imaging extragalactic Survey (ESIS) II. VIMOS I, z wide field imaging of ELAIS-S1 and selection of distant massive galaxies (2008)

Berta, S., Rubele, S., Franceschini, A., Held, E. V., Rizzi, L., Rodighiero, G., ...

Context. The ESO-Spitzer Imaging extragalactic Survey (ESIS) is the optical follow up of the Spitzer Wide-area Infra-Red Extragalactic survey (SWIRE) in the ELAIS-S1 region of the sky. Aims. In the...

The close environment of 24 micron galaxies at 0.6 (2008)

Caputi, K. I., Kovac, K., Bolzonella, M., Lilly, S. J., Zamorani, G., Aussel, H., ...

We investigate the close environment of 203 Spitzer 24 micron-selected sources at 0.6

From rings to bulges: evidence for rapid secular galaxy evolution at z~2 from integral field spectroscopy in the SINS survey (2008)

Genzel, R., Burkert, A., Bouche, N., Cresci, G., Schreiber, N. M. Foerster, Shapley, A., ...

We present Ha integral field spectroscopy of well resolved, UV/optically selected z~2 star-forming galaxies as part of the SINS survey with SINFONI on the ESO VLT. Our laser guide star adaptive...

The ESO-Spitzer Imaging extragalactic Survey (ESIS) II: VIMOS I,z wide field imaging of ELAIS-S1 and selection of distant massive galaxies (2008)

Berta, S., Rubele, S., Franceschini, A., Held, E., Rizzi, L., Rodighiero, G., ...

(abridged) The ESIS survey is the optical follow up of the SWIRE/Spitzer in the ELAIS-S1 region of the sky. In the era of observational cosmology, the main efforts are focused on the study of galaxy...

The optical spectra of 24 μm galaxies in the COSMOS field. I. Spitzer MIPS bright sources in the zCOSMOS-bright 10k catalog (2008)

Caputi, K. I., Lilly, S. J., Aussel, H., Sanders, D., Frayer, D., Le Févre, O., ...

We study zCOSMOS-bright optical spectra for 609 Spitzer MIPS 24 μm-selected galaxies with S_(24) μ m > 0.30 mJy and I < 22.5 (AB mag) over 1.5 deg^2 of the COSMOS field. From emission-line...

AMAZE. I. The evolution of the mass-metallicity relation at z>3 (2008)

Maiolino, R., Nagao, T., Grazian, A., Cocchia, F., Marconi, A., Mannucci, F., ...

We present initial results of an ESO-VLT large programme (AMAZE) aimed at determining the evolution of the mass-metallicity relation at z>3 by means of deep near-IR spectroscopy. Gas metallicities...

Submillimeter galaxies at z ~ 2: evidence for major mergers and constraints on lifetimes, IMP and CO-H_2 conversion factor (2008)

Tacconi, L. J., Genzel, R., Smail, I., Neri, R., Chapman, S. C., Ivison, R. J., ...

We report subarcsecond resolution IRAM PdBI millimeter CO interferometry of four z ~ 2 submillimeter galaxies (SMGs), and sensitive CO(3-2) flux limits toward three z ~ 2 UV/optically selected...

SPACE: the SPectroscopic All-sky Cosmic Explorer (2008)

Cimatti, A., Robberto, M., Baugh, C. M., Beckwith, S. V. W., Content, R., Daddi, E., ...

We describe the scientific motivations, the mission concept and the instrumentation of SPACE, a class-M mission proposed for concept study at the first call of the ESA Cosmic-Vision 2015-2025...

GMASS Ultradeep Spectroscopy of Galaxies at z~2. III: The emergence of the color bimodality at z~2 (2008)

Cassata, P., Cimatti, A., Kurk, J., Rodighiero, G., Pozzetti, L., Bolzonella, M., ...

The aim of this work is to study the evolution of the rest frame color distribution of galaxies with the redshift, in particular in the critical interval 1.42 are passively evolving, with the bulk of...

ABSTRACT Formal Analysis of Hardware Requirements ∗ (2008)

I. Pill, S. Semprini, R. Cavada, M. Roveri, R. Bloem, A. Cimatti

Formal languages are increasingly used to describe the functional requirements (specifications) of circuits. These requirements are used as a means to communicate design intent and as basis for...

Kinemetry of SINS High-Redshift Star-Forming Galaxies: Distinguishing Rotating Disks from Major Mergers (2008)

Shapiro, K. L., Genzel, R., Schreiber, N. M. Forster, Tacconi, L. J., Bouche, N., Cresci, G., ...

We present a simple set of kinematic criteria that can distinguish between galaxies dominated by ordered rotational motion and those involved in major merger events. Our criteria are based on the...

Submillimeter Galaxies at z~2: Evidence for Major Mergers & Constraints on Lifetimes, IMF and CO-H2 Conversion Factor (2008)

Tacconi, L. J., Genzel, R., Smail, I., Neri, R., Chapman, S. C., Ivison, R. J., ...

We report sub-arcsecond resolution IRAM PdBI millimeter CO interferometry of four z~2 submillimeter galaxies (SMGs), and sensitive CO (3-2) flux limits toward three z~2 UV-/optically selected star...

GMASS Ultradeep Spectroscopy of Galaxies at 1.4 (2008)

Cimatti, A., Cassata, P., Pozzetti, L., Kurk, J., Mignoli, M., Renzini, A., ...

We combine ultradeep optical spectroscopy from the GMASS project ("Galaxy Mass Assembly ultradeep Spectroscopic Survey") with GOODS multi-band photometry and HST imaging to study a sample of passive...

GMASS Ultradeep Spectroscopy of Galaxies at redshift z~2. I. The stellar metallicity (2008)

Halliday, C., Daddi, E., Cimatti, A., Kurk, J., Renzini, A., Mignoli, M., ...

Context: Galaxy metallicities have been measured to redshift z~2 by gas-phase oxygen abundances of the interstellar medium using the R23 and N2 methods. Galaxy stellar metallicities provide crucial...

Submillimeter galaxies at z ~ 2: evidence for major mergers and constraints on lifetimes, IMF, and CO-H2 conversion factor (2008)

Tacconi, L. J., Genzel, R., Smail, I., Neri, R., Chapman, S. C., Ivison, R. J., ...

We report subarcsecond resolution IRAM PdBI millimeter CO interferometry of four z~2 submillimeter galaxies (SMGs), and sensitive CO(3-2) flux limits toward three z~2 UV/optically selected...

A spectroscopic study of a z=1.6 galaxy overdensity in the GMASS field (2008)

Kurk, J., Cimatti, A., Zamorani, G., Halliday, C., Mignoli, M., Pozzetti, L., ...

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,...

GMASS, Unveiling Distant Massive Galaxies with Spitzer (2008)

Kurk, J. D., Cimatti, A., Daddi, E., Dickinson, M., Mignoli, M., Pozzetti, L., ...

One of the main questions of galaxy formation is how and when galaxies assembled their mass. Observations suggest that most mass assembly and star formation occured at 1 < z < 3. However, in the same...

GMASS ultradeep spectroscopy of galaxies at z ~ 2 . I. The stellar metallicity (2008)

Halliday, C., Daddi, E., Cimatti, A., Kurk, J., Renzini, A., Mignoli, M., ...

Context: Galaxy metallicities have been measured to redshift z˜2 by gas-phase oxygen abundances of the interstellar medium using the R{23} and N2 methods. Galaxy stellar metallicities provide...

GMASS ultradeep spectroscopy of galaxies at z ~ 2. II. Superdense passive galaxies: how did they form and evolve? (2008)

Cimatti, A., Cassata, P., Pozzetti, L., Kurk, J., Mignoli, M., Renzini, A., ...

Aims. The aim of this work is to investigate the physical, structural and evolutionary properties of old, passive galaxies at z > 1.4 and to place new constraints on massive galaxy formation and...

GMASS ultradeep spectroscopy of galaxies at z ~2. III. The emergence of the color bimodality at z ~2 (2008)

Cassata, P., Cimatti, A., Kurk, J., Rodighiero, G., Pozzetti, L., Bolzonella, M., ...

Aims. The aim of this work is to study the evolution of the rest-frame color distribution of galaxies with the redshift, in particular in the critical interval 1.42 we still find red galaxies in the...

The evolution of the mass-metallicity relation at z~3 (2007)

Maiolino, R., Nagao, T., Grazian, A., Cocchia, F., Marconi, A., Mannucci, F., ...

We present preliminary results of an ESO-VLT large programme (AMAZE) aimed at determining the evolution of the mass-metallicity relation at z~3 by means of deep near-IR spectroscopy. Gas...

Dynamical Properties of z ~ 2 Star-forming Galaxies and a Universal Star Formation Relation (2007)

Bouché, N., Cresci, G., Davies, R., Eisenhauer, F., Förster Schreiber, N. M., Genzel, R., ...

We present the first comparison of the dynamical properties of different samples of z ~ 1.4-3.4 star-forming galaxies from spatially resolved imaging spectroscopy from SINFONI/VLT integral field...

The contribution of very massive high-redshift SWIRE galaxies to the stellar mass function (2007)

Berta, S., Lonsdale, C. J., Polletta, M., Savage, R. S., Franceschini, A., Buttery, H., ...

Context. In the last couple of years a population of very massive (M_* > 10^(11) M_⊙), high-redshift (z ≥ 2) galaxies has been identified, but its role in galaxy evolution has not yet been fully...

Flexible planning (2007)

Cimatti A, Giunchiglia E, Pecchiari P, Spalazzi L, Traverso P, A. Armando, ...

istituto per la ricerca scientifica e tecnologica

Mechanized Reasoning Group (2007)

A. Cimatti, F. Giunchiglia, M. Roveri

Planning via Model Checking is a novel approach to planning. It is based on the reformulation of a planning problem to the exploration of a finite state automaton. Automata exploration can be...

Formal Specification and Development of a Safety-Critical Train Management System (2007)

A. Chiappini, Safety-critical Train, Management System, A. Cimatti, C. Porzia, G. Rotondo, ...

. In this paper we describe the on-going specication and development of Ansaldo's Radio Block Center (RBC), a component of the next-generation European Rail Trac Management System (ERTMS). The...

Formal Specification and Validation of a Vital Communication Protocol (2007)

A. Cimatti, P. L. Pieraccini, R. Sebastiani, P. Traverso, A. Villafiorita

. Formal methods have a great potential of application as powerful specification and early debugging methods in the development of industrial systems. In certain application fields, formal methods...

Spectropolarimetry of the Circinus galaxy (2007)

Oliva Marconi, E. Oliva, A. Marconi, A. Cimatti

. High quality 4500--6800 A spectropolarimetric observations of the Circinus galaxy are reported. These show polarized and relatively broad (FWHM¸3300 km/s) Hff (as well as marginal Hfi) arising...

NuSMV Version 2: BDD-based + SAT-based Symbolic Model Checking (2007)

Scientifica E Tecnologica, Cimatti A, Giunchiglia E, Pistore M, Roveri M, Sebastiani R, ...

This report has been submittedforted 17881 outside of ITC and will probably be copyrighted if accepted for publication. It has been issued as a Technical Reportfort 17 dissemination of its contents....

Conformant Planning via Symbolic Model Checking Conformant Planning via Symbolic Model Checking (2007)

Scientifica E Tecnologica, A. Cimatti, M. Roveri, Alessandro Cimatti, Marco Roveri

This report has been submitted for publication outside of ITC and will probably be copyrighted if accepted for publication. It has been issued as a Technical Report for early dissemination of its...

Multiwavelength Study of Massive Galaxies at z ~ 2. II. Widespread Compton-thick Active Galactic Nuclei and the Concurrent Growth of Black Holes and Bulges (2007)

Daddi, E., Alexander, D. M., Dickinson, M., Gilli, R., Renzini, A., Elbaz, D., ...

Approximately 20%-30% of 1.4 ≾ z ≾ 2.5 galaxies with K_(Vega) < 22 detected with Spitzer MIPS at 24 μm show excess mid-IR emission relative to that expected based on the rates of star formation...

Bounded Model Checking for Timed Systems (2007)

Scientifica E Tecnologica, Audemard G, Cimatti A, Kornilowicz A, Sebastiani R, G. Audemard, ...

This report has been submittedforted 17881 outside of ITC and will probably be copyrighted if accepted for publication. It has been issued as a Technical Reportfort 17 dissemination of its contents....

An Overview of the SPACE Mission Proposal (2007)

Robberto, M., Cimatti, A., Team, The SPACE Science

SPACE (SPectroscopic All-sky Cosmic Explorer) is a class-M mission proposed to ESA for the Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 call and recently promoted to the next assessment study phase. SPACE will produce...

The contribution of very massive high-redshift SWIRE galaxies to the stellar mass function (2007)

Berta, S., Lonsdale, C. J., Polletta, M., Savage, R. S., Franceschini, A., Buttery, H., ...

(Abridged) We selected high-z massive galaxies at 5.8 microns, in the SWIRE ELAIS-S1 field (1 sq. deg.). Galaxies with the 1.6 microns stellar peak redshifted into the IRAC bands (z~1-3, called...

UVES/VLT high resolution spectroscopy of GRB 050730 afterglow: probing the features of the GRB environment (2007)

D'Elia, V., Fiore, F., Meurs, E., Chincarini, G., Melandri, A., Norci, L., ...

We analyze high resolution spectroscopic observations of the optical afterglow of GRB050730, obtained with UVES@VLT about hours after the GRB trigger. The spectrum shows that the ISM of the GRB host...

UVES/VLT high resolution spectroscopy of GRB 050730 afterglow: probing the features of the GRB environment (2007)

D'Elia, V., Fiore, F., Meurs, E., Chincarini, G., Melandri, A., Norci, L., ...

We analyze high resolution spectroscopic observations of the optical afterglow of GRB050730, obtained with UVES@VLT about hours after the GRB trigger. The spectrum shows that the ISM of the GRB host...

UVES/VLT high resolution spectroscopy of GRB 050730 afterglow: probing the features of the GRB environment (2007)

D'Elia, V., Fiore, F., Meurs, E., Chincarini, G., Melandri, A., Norci, L., ...

We analyze high resolution spectroscopic observations of the optical afterglow of GRB050730, obtained with UVES@VLT about hours after the GRB trigger. The spectrum shows that the ISM of the GRB host...

UVES/VLT high resolution spectroscopy of GRB 050730 afterglow: probing the features of the GRB environment (2007)

D'Elia, V., Fiore, F., Meurs, E.J.A., Chincarini, G., Melandri, A., Norci, Laura, ...

Aims. The aim of this paper is to study the Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) environment through the analysis of the optical absorption features due to the gas surrounding the GRB. Methods. To this purpose we...

UVES/VLT high resolution spectroscopy of GRB 050730 afterglow: probing the features of the GRB environment (2007)

D'Elia, V., Fiore, F., Meurs, E.J.A., Chincarini, G., Melandri, A., Norci, Laura, ...

Aims. The aim of this paper is to study the Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) environment through the analysis of the optical absorption features due to the gas surrounding the GRB. Methods. To this purpose we...

New spectroscopic redshifts from the CDFS and a test of the cosmological relevance of the GOODS-South field (2007)

Ravikumar, C. D., Puech, M., Flores, H., Proust, D., Hammer, F., Lehnert, M., ...

Context: .This paper prepares a series of papers analysing the Intermediate MAss Galaxy Evolution Sequence (IMAGES) up to a redshift of one. Intermediate mass galaxies (MJ

Lya emitters at redshift 5.7 in the COSMOS field (2007)

Murayama, T., Taniguchi, Y., Scoville, N. Z., Ajiki, M., Sanders, D. B., Mobasher, B., ...

We present results from a narrowband optical survey of a contiguous area of 1.95 deg2, covered by the Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS). Both optical narrowband (lambdac=8150 Å and Deltalambda=120...

Erratum: ``Evidence for TP-AGB stars in high-redshift galaxies, and their effect on deriving stellar population parameters'' (2007)

Maraston, C., Daddi, E., Renzini, A., Cimatti, A., Dickinson, M., Papovich, C., ...

Due to an error at the Press, in Table 1 data are incorrect for HUDF 4650 for the J, F160W, K, and m bands, and for all galaxies in the last two columns, m(8.0 mum) and MIPS (24 mum) (which...

zCOSMOS: a large VLT/VIMOS redshift survey covering 0 < z < 3 in the COSMOS field (2007)

Lilly, S. J., Le Fevre, O., Renzini, A., Zamorani, G., Scodeggio, M., Contini, T., ...

zCOSMOS is a large redshift survey that is being undertaken in the COSMOS field using 600 hours of observation with the VIMOS spectrograph on the 8-m VLT. The survey is designed to characterise the...

Multiwavelength study of massive galaxies at z~2. II. Widespread compton-thick active galactic nuclei and the concurrent growth of black holes and bulges (2007)

Daddi, E., Alexander, D. M., Dickinson, M., Gilli, R., Renzini, A., Elbaz, D., ...

Approximately 20%-30% of 1.4~1024 cm-2 and an average, unobscured X-ray luminosity L2-8keV~(1-4)×1043 ergs s-1. Their sky density (~3200 deg-2) and space density (~2.6×10-4 Mpc-3) are twice those...

Diagnostic information for realizability (2007)

A. Cimatti, M. Roveri, A. Tchaltsev

Abstract. Realizability – checking whether a specification can be implemented by an open system – is a fundamental step in the design flow. However, if the specification turns out not to be...

UVES/VLT high resolution spectroscopy of GRB 050730 afterglow: probing the features of the GRB environment (2006)

D'Elia, V., Fiore, F., Meurs, E., Chincarini, G., Melandri, A., Norci, L., ...

We analyze high resolution spectroscopic observations of the optical afterglow of GRB050730, obtained with UVES@VLT about hours after the GRB trigger. The spectrum shows that the ISM of the GRB host...

Evidence for TP-AGB stars in high redshift galaxies, and their effect on deriving stellar population parameters (2006)

Maraston, C., Daddi, E., Renzini, A., Cimatti, A., Dickinson, M., Papovich, C., ...

We explore the effects of stellar population models on estimating star formation histories, ages and masses of high redshift galaxies. The focus is on the Thermally-Pulsing Asymptotic Giant Branch...

Evidence for TP-AGB stars in high-redshift galaxies, and their effect on deriving stellar population parameters (2006)

Maraston, C., Daddi, E., Renzini, A., Cimatti, A., Dickinson, M., Papovich, C., ...

We explore the effects of using different stellar population models on estimates of star formation histories, ages, and masses of high-redshift galaxies by fitting the SEDs with models by Maraston...

Passively Evolving Early-type Galaxies at 1.4 (2005)

Daddi, E., Renzini, A., Pirzkal, N., Cimatti, A., Malhotra, S., Stiavelli, M., ...

We report on a complete sample of 7 luminous early-type galaxies in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (UDF) with spectroscopic redshifts between 1.39 and 2.47 and to K1.4. Low-resolution spectra of these...

The K20 survey. VI. The Distribution of the Stellar Masses in Galaxies up to z~2 (2004)

Fontana, A., Pozzetti, L., Donnarumma, I., Renzini, A., Cimatti, A., Zamorani, G., ...

We present a detailed analysis of the stellar mass content of galaxies up to z=2.5 in the K20 galaxy sample, that has a 92% spectroscopic completeness and a complete $UBVRIzJK_s$ multicolor coverage....

A catalogue of the Chandra Deep Field South with multi-colour classification and photometric redshifts from COMBO-17 (2004)

Wolf, C., Meisenheimer, K., Kleinheinrich, M., Borch, A., Dye, S., Gray, M., ...

We present the COMBO-17 object catalogue of the Chandra Deep Field South for public use, covering a field which is 31.5' x 30' in size. This catalogue lists astrometry, photometry in 17 passbands...

A catalogue of the Chandra Deep Field South with multi-colour classification and photometric redshifts from COMBO-17 (2004)

Wolf, C., Meisenheimer, K., Kleinheinrich, M., Borch, A., Dye, S., Gray, M., ...

We present the COMBO-17 object catalogue of the Chandra Deep Field South for public use, covering a field which is 31.5 arcmin ‚‚times; 30 arcmin in size. This catalogue lists astrometry,...

Conformant Planning via Symbolic Model Checking and Heuristic Search (2004)

Scientifica E Tecnologica, Cimatti A, Roveri M, Bertoli P, A. Cimatti, ...

This report has been submitted for publication outside of ITC and will probably be copyrighted if accepted for publication. It has been issued as a Technical Report for early dissemination of its...

Heuristic Search in Belief Space, Symbolic Model Checking (2004)

A. Cimatti, M. Roveri, P. Bertoli

In this paper we tackle the problem of Conformant Planning: find a sequence of actions that guarantees goal achievement regardless of an uncertain initial condition and of nondeterministic action...

SAT-based Induction for Temporal Safety Properties................. 7 (2004)

Armin Biere, Ofer Strichman, Alessandro Cimatti, Sharad Malik, Koen Claessen, João Marques Silva, ...

These are the preliminary proceedings of the second international workshop on Bounded Model Checking (BMC’04), which is affiliated to the 16th International Conference on Computer-Aided...

A. Cimatti, M. Pistore, and M. Roveri (2003)

International Conference On, A. Cimatti, M. Pistore, M. Roveri

This document is part of the distribution package of the NuSMV model checker, available at http://nusmv.irst.itc.it

Polarimetric observations of GRB 011211 (2002)

Covino, S., Lazzati, D., Malesani, D., Ghisellini, G., Israel, G. L., Stella, L., ...

We present and discuss polarimetric observations performed with the VLT-UT3 (Melipal) on the afterglow of GRB 011211, ~35 hours after the burst onset. The observations yielded a 3-sigma upper limit...

Search for sub-mm, mm and radio continuum emission from extremely red objects (2002)

Mohan, Niruj R., Cimatti, A., Röttgering, H. J. A., Andreani, P., Severgnini, P., Tilanus, R. P. J., ...

We present the results of sub-mm, mm (850 mum, 450 mum and 1250 mum) and radio (1.4 and 4.8 GHz) continuum observations of a sample of 27 K-selected Extremely Red Objects, or EROs, (14 of which form...

Bounded model checking for timed systems (2002)

G. Audemard, A. Cimatti, A. Kornilowicz, R. Sebastiani

Abstract. Enormous progress has been achieved in the last decade in the verification of timed systems, making it possible to analyze significant real-world protocols. An open challenge is the...

NuSMV: a new symbolic model checker (2000)

A. Cimatti, E. Clarke, F. Giunchiglia, M. Roveri

This paper describes a new symbolic model checker, called NUSMV, developed as part of a joint project between CMU and IRST. NUSMV is the result of the reengineering, reimplementation, and, to a...

NuSMV: a new symbolic model checker (2000)

A. Cimatti, E. Clarke, F. Giunchiglia, M. Roveri

This paper describes a new symbolic model checker, called NUSMV, developed as part of a joint project between CMU and IRST. NUSMV is the result of the reengineering, reimplementation, and, to a...

NUSMV: a new symbolic model checker (2000)

Cimatti Clarke Giunchiglia, A. Cimatti, E. Clarke, F. Giunchiglia, M. Roveri

This paper describes a new symbolic model checker, called NUSMV, developed as part of a joint project between CMU and IRST. NUSMV is the result of the reengineering, reimplementation, and, to a...

NuSMV: A new symbolic model verifier (1999)

A. Cimatti, E. Clarke, F. Giunchiglia, M. Roveri

1 Introduction This paper describes NUSMV, a new symbolic model checker developed as a jointproject between Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and Istituto per la Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnolgica...

Symbolic Model Checking Using SAT Procedures instead of BDDs (1999)

A. Biere, A. Cimatti, E. M. Clarke, M. Fujita, Y. Zhu

In this paper, we study the application of propositional decision procedures in hardware verification. In particular, we apply bounded model checking, as introduced in [1], to equivalence and...

NUSMV: a new Symbolic Model Verifier (1999)

Cimatti Clarke Giunchiglia, A. Cimatti, E. Clarke, F. Giunchiglia, M. Roveri

This paper describes NUSMV, a new symbolic model checker developed as a joint project between Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and Istituto per la Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnolgica (IRST). NUSMV is...

Symbolic Model Checking Using SAT Procedures instead of BDDs (1999)

A. Biere, A. Cimatti, E. M. Clarke, M. Fujita, Y. Zhu

Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of NSF or the United States Government. The U....

Symbolic Model Checking Using SAT Procedures instead of BDDs (1999)

A. Biere, A. Cimatti, E. M. Clarke, M. Fujita, Y. Zhu

Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of NSF or the United States Government. The U....

Symbolic Model Checking Using SAT Procedures instead of BDDs (1999)

A. Biere, A. Cimatti, E. M. Clarke, M. Fujita, Y. Zhu

In this paper, we study the application of propositional decision procedures in hardware verification. In particular, we apply bounded model checking, as introduced in [1], to equivalence and...

Multi-Agent Reasoning with Belief Contexts: the Approach and a Case Study (1995)

A. Cimatti, L. Serafini, Ro Cimatti, Luciano Serafini

Abstract. In this paper we discuss the use of belief contexts for the formalization of multi-agent reasoning. In addition to representational power, belief contexts provide implementational...

Experiencing Real-Life Interactions with the Experimental Platform of MAIA (1994)

G. Antoniol, B. Caprile, A. Cimatti, R. Fiutem

Over the years, automated vehicles have evolved from reliable yet rigidly constrained AGV to the fairly flexible ones of the HelpMate generation. If many problems related to the autonomous navigation...