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,...
The physics of galaxy evolution with EAGLE (2009)
Puech, M., Lehnert, M., Yang, Y., Morris, S., Evans, C., ...
One of the prominent science goal of the ELTs will be to study the physics and mass assembly of galaxies at very high redshifts. Here, we present the galaxy evolution science case for EAGLE, which is...
A forming disk at z~0.6: Collapse of a gaseous disk or major merger remnant? (2008)
Puech, M., Hammer, F., Flores, H., Neichel, B., Yang, Y.
[Abridged] We present and analyze observations of J033241.88-274853.9 at z=0.6679, using multi-wavelength photometry and imaging with FLAMES/GIRAFFE 3D spectroscopy. J033241.88-274853.9 is found to...
Several Wide Field of view Adaptive Optics (WFAO) concepts like Multi-Conjugate AO (MCAO), Multi-Object AO (MOAO) or Ground-Layer AO (GLAO) are currently studied for the next generation of Extremely...
Rodrigues, M., Hammer, F., Flores, H., Puech, M., Liang, Y. C., Fuentes-Carrera, I., ...
Intermediate mass galaxies (logM(Msun)>10) at z~0.6 are the likeliest progenitors of the present-day numerous population of spirals. There is growing evidence that they have evolved rapidly since the...
Coupling MOAO with Integral Field Spectroscopy: specifications for the VLT and the E-ELT (2008)
Puech, M., Flores, H., Lehnert, M., Neichel, B., Fusco, T., Rosati, P., ...
[Abridged] We have developed an end-to-end simulation to specify the science requirements of a MOAO-fed integral field spectrograph on either an 8m or 42m telescope. Our simulations re-scales...
IMAGES-III: The evolution of the Near-Infrared Tully-Fisher relation over the last 6 Gyr (2008)
Puech, M., Flores, H., Hammer, F., Yang, Y., Neichel, B., Lehnert, M., ...
Using the multi-integral field spectrograph GIRAFFE at VLT, we have derived the K-band Tully-Fisher relation (TFR) at z~0.6 for a representative sample of 65 galaxies with emission lines. We confirm...
Neichel, B., Hammer, F., Puech, M., Flores, H., Lehnert, M., Rawat, A., ...
We present a first combined analysis of the morphological and dynamical properties for the Intermediate MAss Galaxy Evolution Sequence (IMAGES) sample. It is a representative sample of 52 z~0.6...
Images I. Strong evolution of galaxy kinematics since z=1 (2008)
Yang, Y., Flores, H., Hammer, F., Neichel, B., Puech, M., Nesvadba, N., ...
IMAGES. I. Strong evolution of galaxy kinematics since z = 1 (2008)
Yang, Y., Flores, H., Hammer, F., Neichel, B., Puech, M., Nesvadba, N., ...
Nearly half the stellar mass of present-day spiral galaxies has formed since z = 1, and galaxy kinematics is an ideal tool to identify the underlying mechanisms responsible for the galaxy mass...
Rodrigues, M., Hammer, F., Flores, H., Puech, M., Liang, Y. C., Fuentes-Carrera, I., ...
Context: Intermediate mass galaxies (> 1010 M_o) at z ~ 0.6 are the likeliest progenitors of the present-day, numerous population of spirals. There is growing evidence that they have evolved rapidly...
IMAGES. III. The evolution of the near-infrared Tully-Fisher relation over the last 6 Gyr (2008)
Puech, M., Flores, H., Hammer, F., Yang, Y., Neichel, B., Lehnert, M., ...
Using the multi-integral field spectrograph GIRAFFE at VLT, we have derived the K-band Tully-Fisher relation (TFR) at z ÃÅ 0.6 for a representative sample of 65 galaxies with emission lines...
Neichel, B., Hammer, F., Puech, M., Flores, H., Lehnert, M., Rawat, A., ...
We present a first combined analysis of the morphological and dynamical properties for the intermediate-mass Galaxy Evolution Sequence (IMAGES) sample. It is a representative sample of 52...
IMAGES: a unique view of the galaxy mass assembly since z=1 (2007)
Puech, M., Hammer, F., Flores, H., Yang, Y., Neichel, B.
The Large Program IMAGES is near 2/3 of its completion. It provides us with kinematics (GIRAFFE deployable IFUs), gas chemistry (FORS2), detailed morphologies (HST/ACS) and IR photometry (Spitzer)...
IMAGES I. Strong evolution of galaxy kinematics since z=1 (2007)
Yang, Y., Flores, H., Hammer, F., Neichel, B., Puech, M., Nesvadba, N., ...
(abbreviated) We present the first results of the ESO large program, ``IMAGES'' which aims at obtaining robust measurements of the kinematics of distant galaxies using the multi-IFU mode of GIRAFFE...
First detection of a minor merger a z~0.6 (2007)
Puech, M., Hammer, F., Flores, H., Neichel, B., Yang, Y., Rodrigues, M.
Numerical simulations predict that minor mergers are an important channel for the mass assembly of galaxies. However, minor mergers are relatively difficult to detect using imaging, especially at...
ELTs Adaptive Optics for Multi-Objects 3D Spectroscopy : Key Parameters and Design Rules (2006)
Neichel, B., Conan, J-M., Fusco, T., Gendron, E., Puech, M., Rousset, G., ...
In the last few years, new Adaptive Optics [AO] techniques have emerged to answer new astronomical challenges: Ground-Layer AO [GLAO] and Multi-Conjugate AO [MCAO] to access a wider Field of View...
Adaptive Optics Concept For Multi-Objects 3D Spectroscopy on ELTs (2005)
Neichel, B., Fusco, T., Puech, M., Conan, J-M., Lelouarn, M., Gendron, E., ...
In this paper, we present a first comparison of different Adaptive Optics (AO) concepts to reach a given scientific specification for 3D spectroscopy on Extremely Large Telescope (ELT). We consider...