Castellano, M., Fontana, A., Boutsia, K., Grazian, A., Pentericci, L., Bouwens, R., ...
We perform a deep search for galaxies in the redshift range 6.5
Superdense Massive Galaxies in Wings Local Clusters (2009)
Valentinuzzi, T., Fritz, J., Poggianti, B. M., Bettoni, D., Cava, A., Fasano, G., ...
Massive quiescent galaxies at z>1 have been found to have small physical sizes, hence to be superdense. Several mechanisms, including minor mergers, have been proposed for increasing galaxy sizes...
Deep U band and R imaging of GOODS-South: Observations,data reduction and first results (2009)
Nonino, M., Dickinson, M., Rosati, P., Grazian, A., Reddy, N., Cristiani, S., ...
We present deep imaging in the {\em U} band covering an area of 630 arcmin$^{2}$ centered on the southern field of the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS). The data were obtained with the...
Star formation and mass assembly in high redshift galaxies (2009)
Santini, P., Fontana, A., Grazian, A., Salimbeni, S., Fiore, F., Fontanot, F., ...
We study the star formation and the mass assembly process of 0.31.5, but they systematically underpredict the average SSFR.
A Comprehensive Study of Large Scale Structures in the GOODS-SOUTH Field up to z \sim 2.5 (2009)
Salimbeni, S., Castellano, M., Pentericci, L., Trevese, D., Fiore, F., Grazian, A., ...
The aim of this paper is to identify and study the properties and galactic content of groups and clusters in the GOODS-South field up to z\sim2.5, and to analyse the physical properties of galaxies...
The evolution of spiral, S0 and elliptical galaxies in clusters (2009)
Poggianti, Bianca M., Fasano, Giovanni, Bettoni, Daniela, Cava, Antonio, Dressler, A., Vanzella, E., ...
We quantify the evolution of the spiral, S0 and elliptical fractions in galaxy clusters as a function of cluster velocity dispersion ($\sigma$) and X-ray luminosity ($L_X$) using a new database of 72...
E. Vanzella, S. Cristiani, S. Arnouts, M. Dennefeld, A. Fontana, A. Grazian, ...
Abstract. We report on low-resolution multi-object spectroscopy of 65 objects from I(AB) � 20 to I(AB) � 25 in the HDF-S obtained with the VLT Focal Reducer/low dispersion Spectrograph (FORS2)....
Vanzella, E., Giavalisco, M., Dickinson, M., Cristiani, S., Nonino, M., Kuntschner, H., ...
We report on observations of Lyman-break galaxies (LBGs) selected from the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey at mean redshift z~4, 5 and 6, obtained with FORS2 spectrograph at the ESO-VLT.This...
The Fraction of Quiescent Massive Galaxies in the Early Universe (2009)
Fontana, A., Santini, P., Grazian, A., Pentericci, L., Fiore, F., Castellano, M., ...
Aims: The aim of this work is to collect a complete, mass--selected sample of galaxies with very low specific star formation rate, for a comparison with the prediction of recent theoretical models....
The evolution of spiral, S0 and elliptical galaxies in clusters (2009)
Poggianti, Bianca M., Fasano, Giovanni, Bettoni, Daniela, Cava, Antonio, Dressler, A., Vanzella, E., ...
We quantify the evolution of the spiral, S0 and elliptical fractions in galaxy clusters as a function of cluster velocity dispersion (sigma) and X-ray luminosity (L_X) using a new database of 72...
The great observatories origins deep survey: VLT/VIMOS spectroscopy in the GOODS-south field (2009)
Popesso, P., Dickinson, M., Nonino, M., Vanzella, E., Daddi, E., Fosbury, R. A. E., ...
The evolution of spiral, S0 and elliptical galaxies in clusters (2009)
Poggianti, Bianca M., Fasano, Giovanni, Bettoni, Daniela, Cava, Antonio, Dressler, A., Vanzella, E., ...
We quantify the evolution of the spiral, S0 and elliptical fractions in galaxy clusters as a function of cluster velocity dispersion (sigma) and X-ray luminosity (L_X) using a new database of 72...
Bournaud, F., Daddi, E., Elmegreen, B. G., Elmegreen, D. M., Nesvadba, N., Vanzella, E., ...
We investigate the properties of a clump-cluster galaxy at redshift 1.57. The morphology of this galaxy is dominated by eight star-forming clumps in optical observations, and has photometric...
The Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey. VLT/VIMOS Spectroscopy in the GOODS-South Field (2008)
Popesso, P., Dickinson, M., Nonino, M., Vanzella, E., Daddi, E., Fosbury, R. A. E., ...
We present the first results of the VIsible Multiobject Spectrograph (VIMOS) ESO/GOODS program of spectroscopy of faint galaxies in the Chandra Deep Field South (CDF-S). The program complements the...
Liske, J., Pasquini, L., Bonifacio, P., Bouchy, F., Carswell, R. F., Cristiani, S., ...
CODEX and ESPRESSO are concepts for ultra-stable, high-resolution spectrographs at the E-ELT and VLT, respectively. Both instruments are well motivated by distinct sets of science drivers. However,...
Cosmic dynamics in the era of Extremely Large Telescopes (2008)
Liske, J., Grazian, A., Vanzella, E., Dessauges, M., Viel, M., Pasquini, L., ...
The redshifts of all cosmologically distant sources are expected to experience a small, systematic drift as a function of time due to the evolution of the Universe's expansion rate. A measurement of...
Large Scale Structures at High Redshift in the GOODS Field (2008)
Castellano, M., Salimbeni, S., Trevese, D., Pentericci, L., Grazian, A., Fontana, A., ...
We present a catalogue of overdensities in the GOODS-South field. We find various high density peaks that are embedded in structures diffused on the entire field, up to z ~ 2.5. The slope of their...
The CODEX-ESPRESSO experiment: cosmic dynamics, fundamental physics, planets and much more.. (2007)
Cristiani, S., Avila, G., Bonifacio, P., Bouchy, F., Carswell, B., D'Odorico, S., ...
CODEX, a high resolution, super-stable spectrograph to be fed by the E-ELT, the most powerful telescope ever conceived, will for the first time provide the possibility of directly measuring the...
Vanzella, E., Cristiani, S., Dickinson, M., Giavalisco, M., Kuntschner, H., Haase, J., ...
Aims. We present the full data set of the spectroscopic campaign of the ESO/GOODS program in the GOODS-South field, obtained with the FORS2 spectrograph at the ESO/VLT. Method. Objects were selected...
The red and blue galaxy populations in the GOODS field: evidence for an excess of red dwarfs (2007)
Salimbeni, S., Giallongo, E., Menci, N., Castellano, M., Fontana, A., Grazian, A., ...
We study the evolution of the galaxy population up to z\sim3 as a function of its colour properties. In particular, luminosity functions and luminosity densities have been derived as a function of...
The spatial clustering of mid-IR selected star forming galaxies at z ~ 1 in the GOODS fields (2007)
Gilli, R., Daddi, E., Chary, R., Dickinson, M., Elbaz, D., Giavalisco, M., ...
We present the first spatial clustering measurements of z~1, 24um-selected, star forming galaxies in the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS). The sample under investigation includes 495...
A Photometrically Detected Forming Cluster of Galaxies at Redshift 1.6 in the GOODS Field (2007)
Castellano, M., Salimbeni, S., Trevese, D., Grazian, A., Pentericci, L., Fiore, F., ...
We report the discovery of a localized overdensity at z~1.6 in the GOODS-South Field, presumably a poor cluster in the process of formation. The three-dimensional galaxy density has been estimated on...
The reversal of the star formation-density relation in the distant universe (2007)
Elbaz, D., Daddi, E., Borgne, D. Le, Dickinson, M., Alexander, D. M., Chary, R-R, ...
We study the relationship between the local environment of galaxies and their star formation rate (SFR) in the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey, GOODS, at z~1, from ultradeep imaging at 24...
The reversal of the star formation-density relation in the distant universe (2007)
Elbaz, D., Daddi, E., Le Borgne, D., Dickinson, M., Alexander, D. M., ...
The spatial clustering of mid-IR selected star forming galaxies at z ~ 1 in the GOODS fields (2007)
Gilli, R., Daddi, E., Chary, R., Dickinson, M., Elbaz, D., Giavalisco, M., ...
Fontanot, F., Cristiani, S., Monaco, P., Nonino, M., Vanzella, E., Brandt, W. N., ...
Aims.In this work the luminosity function of QSOs is measured in the redshift range 3.5
Lyman Break Galaxies in the VLT/FORS2 spectroscopic campaign in the GOODS-S field (2006)
Vanzella, E., Cristiani, S., Dickinson, M., Giavalisco, M., Lee, K., Nonino, M., ...
We present initial results from our ongoing campaign of spectroscopic identifications of Lyman--break galaxies (LBGs) at z ~ 4, 5 and 6 with FORS2 at the ESO VLT. The sample of LBGs is selected from...
Fontana, A., Salimbeni, S., Grazian, A., Giallongo, E., Pentericci, L., Nonino, M., ...
The goal of this work is to measure the evolution of the Galaxy Stellar Mass Function and of the resulting Stellar Mass Density up to redshift ~4, in order to study the assembly of massive galaxies...
The Luminosity Function of high-redshift QSOs - A combined analysis of GOODS and SDSS (2006)
Fontanot, F., Cristiani, S., Monaco, P., Nonino, M., Vanzella, E., Brandt, W. N., ...
Aims: In this work the luminosity function of QSOs is measured in the redshift range 3.5
High-z massive galaxies in the HDF-South (2006)
Saracco, P., Longhetti, M., Giallongo, E., Arnouts, S., Cristiani, S., D'Odorico, S., ...
[abr] We report the analysis of three galaxies selected in the Hubble Deep Field South at Ks3. We have used population synthesis models to constrain their redshifts and their stellar masses. One...
Vanzella, E., Cristiani, S., Fontana, A., Nonino, M., Arnouts, S., Giallongo, E., ...
We present a technique for the estimation of photometric redshifts based on feed-forward neural networks. The Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) Artificial Neural Network is used to predict photometric...
Grazian, A., Fontana, A., De Santis, C., Nonino, M., Salimbeni, S., Giallongo, E., ...
We present a high quality multiwavelength (from 0.3 to 8.0 micron) catalog of the large and deep area in the GOODS Southern Field covered by the deep near-IR observations obtained with the ESO VLT....
The Clustering Evolution of Distant Red Galaxies in the GOODS-MUSIC Sample (2006)
Grazian, A., Fontana, A., Moscardini, L., Salimbeni, S., Menci, N., Giallongo, E., ...
We use the GOODS-MUSIC sample, a catalog of ~3000 Ks-selected galaxies based on VLT and HST observation of the GOODS-South field with extended multi-wavelength coverage (from 0.3 to 8 micron) and...
Vanzella, E., Cristiani, S., Dickinson, M., Kuntschner, H., Nonino, M., Rettura, A., ...
We present the second campaign of the ESO/GOODS program of spectroscopy of faint galaxies in the GOODS-South field. Objects were selected as candidates for VLT/FORS2 observations primarily based on...
Franceschini, A., Rodighiero, G., Cassata, P., Berta, S., Vaccari, M., Nonino, M., ...
We constrain the evolution of the galaxy mass and luminosity functions from the analysis of (public) multi-wavelength data in the Chandra Deep Field South (CDFS) area, obtained from the GOODS and...
Saracco, P., Fiano, A., Chincarini, G., Vanzella, E., Longhetti, M., Cristiani, S., ...
[Abridged] We present the rest-frame Js-band and Ks-band luminosity function of a sample of about 300 galaxies selected in the HDF-S at Ks
A VLT/FORS2 spectroscopic survey in the HDF-S (2005)
Vanzella, E., Cristiani, S., Arnouts, S., Dennefeld, M., Fontana, A., Grazian, A., ...
We report on low-resolution multi-object spectroscopy of 65 objects from I(AB) ~= 20 to I(AB) ~= 25 in the HDF-S obtained with the VLT Focal Reducer/low dispersion Spectrograph (FORS2). 18 objects...
selected galaxies in the GOODS-South field ⋆,⋆⋆ (2005)
A. Grazian, A. Fontana, C. De Santis, M. Nonino, S. Salimbeni, E. Giallongo, ...
Aims. We present a high quality multiwavelength (from 0.3 to 8.0 µm) catalog of the large and deep area in the GOODS Southern Field covered by the deep near-IR observations obtained with the ESO...
Old Galaxies in the Young Universe (2004)
Cimatti, A., Daddi, E., Renzini, A., Cassata, P., Vanzella, E., Pozzetti, L., ...
More than half of all stars in the local Universe are found in massive spheroidal galaxies, which are characterized by old stellar populations with little or no current star formation. In present...
The Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey - VLT/FORS2 Spectroscopy in the GOODS-South Field (2004)
Vanzella, E., Cristiani, S., Dickinson, M., Kuntschner, H., Moustakas, L. A., Nonino, M., ...
We present the first results of the ESO/GOODS program of spectroscopy of faint galaxies in the Chandra Deep Field South (CDF-S). 399 spectra of 303 unique targets have been obtained in service mode...
High-redshift QSOs in the GOODS (2004)
Cristiani, S., Alexander, D. M., Bauer, F., Brandt, W. N., Chatzichristou, E. T., Fontanot, F., ...
The Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey provides significant constraints on the space density of less luminous QSOs at high redshift, which is particularly important to understand the interplay...
High-z massive galaxies in the HDF-South (2004)
Saracco, P., Longhetti, M., Giallongo, E., Arnouts, S., Cristiani, S., D'Odorico, S., ...
[abr] We report the analysis of three galaxies selected in the Hubble Deep Field South at Ks3. We have used population synthesis models to constrain their redshifts and their stellar masses. One...
High-z massive galaxies in the HDF-South (2004)
Saracco, P., Longhetti, M., Giallongo, E., Arnouts, S., Cristiani, S., D'Odorico, S., ...
[abr] We report the analysis of three galaxies selected in the Hubble Deep Field South at Ks3. We have used population synthesis models to constrain their redshifts and their stellar masses. One...
Photometric Redshifts for galaxies in the GOODS southern field (2004)
Mobasher, B., Idzi, R., Benítez, N., Cimatti, A., Christiani, S., Daddi, E., ...
Tracing the evolution of massive galaxies up to z \sim 3 (2003)
Longhetti, M., Saracco, P., Cristiani, S., Fontana, A., Giallongo, E., Nonino, M., ...
A census of massive galaxies at redshift increasingly higher than $z\sim$1 may provide strong constraints on the history of mass assembly and of star formation. Here we report on the analysis of...
Vanzella, E., Cristiani, S., Fontana, A., Nonino, M., Arnouts, S., Giallongo, E., ...
We present a technique for the estimation of photometric redshifts based on feed-forward neural networks. The Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) Artificial Neural Network is used to predict photometric...
High-z massive galaxies in the HDF-South (2003)
Saracco, P., Longhetti, M., Giallongo, E., Arnouts, S., Cristiani, S., D'Odorico, S., ...
[abr] We report the analysis of three galaxies selected in the Hubble Deep Field South at Ks3. We have used population synthesis models to constrain their redshifts and their stellar masses. One...
The Space Density of High-Redshift QSOs in the GOODS Survey (2003)
Cristiani, S., Alexander, D. M., Bauer, F., Brandt, W. N., Chatzichristou, E. T., Fontanot, F., ...
We present a sample of 17 high-redshift (3.5
Photometric Redshifts for Galaxies in the GOODS Southern Field (2003)
Mobasher, B., Idzi, R., Benitez, N., Cimatti, A., Cristiani, S., Daddi, E., ...
We use extensive multi-wavelength photometric data from the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS) to estimate photometric redshifts for a sample of 434 galaxies with spectroscopic redshifts...
Color-selected galaxies at z~6 in the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (2003)
Dickinson, M., Stern, D., Giavalisco, M., Ferguson, H. C., Tsvetanov, Z., Chornock, R., ...
We report early results on galaxies at z~6, selected from Hubble Space Telescope imaging for the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey. Spectroscopy of one object with the Advanced Camera for...
The assembly of massive galaxies from NIR observations of the Hubble Deep Field South (2003)
Fontana, A., Donnarumma, I., Vanzella, E., Giallongo, E., Menci, N., Nonino, M., ...
We use a deep K(AB)2 form stars with an average specific rate at least ~4 x10^{-10} yr$^{-1}$, 3 times higher than the z2.
The evolution of the galaxy luminosity function in the rest frame blue band up to z=3.5 (2003)
Poli, F., Giallongo, E., Fontana, A., Menci, N., Zamorani, G., Nonino, M., ...
We present an estimate of the cosmological evolution of the field galaxy luminosity function (LF) in the rest frame 4400 Angstrom B -band up to redshift z=3.5. To this purpose, we use a composite...
Vanzella, E., Cristiani, S., Fontana, A., Nonino, M., Arnouts, S., Giallongo, E., ...
We present a technique for the estimation of photometric redshifts based on feed-forward neural networks. The Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) Artificial Neural Network is used to predict photometric...
Vanzella, E., Cristiani, S., Fontana, A., Nonino, M., Arnouts, S., Giallongo, E., ...
We present a technique for the estimation of photometric redshifts based on feed-forward neural networks. The Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) Artificial Neural Network is used to predict photometric...
A VLT/FORS2 spectroscopic survey in the HDF-S (2002)
Vanzella, E., Cristiani, S., Arnouts, S., Dennefeld, M., Fontana, A., Grazian, A., ...
We report on low-resolution multi-object spectroscopy of 65 objects from I(AB) ~= 20 to I(AB) ~= 25 in the HDF-S obtained with the VLT Focal Reducer/low dispersion Spectrograph (FORS2). 18 objects...
The Asiago-ESO/RASS QSO Survey II. The Southern Sample (2002)
Grazian, A., Omizzolo, A., Corbally, C., Cristiani, S., Haehnelt, M. G., Vanzella, E.
This is the second paper of a series describing the Asiago-ESO/RASS QSO survey, a project aimed at the construction of an all-sky statistically well-defined sample of very bright QSOs (B_J < 15)....
Clustering at high redshift (2002)
Cristiani, S., Arnouts, S., Fontana, A., Saracco, P., Vanzella, E.
The addition of deep near infrared images to the database provided by the HDF-S WFPC2 is essential to monitor the SEDs of the objects on a wide baseline and address a number of key issues including...
A VLT/FORS2 spectroscopic survey in the HDF-S (2002)
Vanzella, E., Cristiani, S., Arnouts, S., Dennefeld, M., Fontana, A., Grazian, A., ...
We report on low-resolution multi-object spectroscopy of 65 objects from I(AB) ~= 20 to I(AB) ~= 25 in the HDF-S obtained with the VLT Focal Reducer/low dispersion Spectrograph (FORS2). 18 objects...
A VLT/FORS2 spectroscopic survey in the HDF-S (2002)
Vanzella, E., Cristiani, S., Arnouts, S., Dennefeld, M., Fontana, A., Grazian, A., ...
We report on low-resolution multi-object spectroscopy of 65 objects from I(AB) ~= 20 to I(AB) ~= 25 in the HDF-S obtained with the VLT Focal Reducer/low dispersion Spectrograph (FORS2). 18 objects...
Measuring the Redshift Evolution of Clustering: the Hubble Deep Field South (2001)
Arnouts, S., Moscardini, L., Vanzella, E., Colombi, S., Cristiani, S., Fontana, A., ...
We present an analysis of the evolution of galaxy clustering in the redshift interval 0
Multicolor observations of the Hubble Deep Field South (2001)
Vanzella, E., Cristiani, S., Saracco, P., Arnouts, S., Bianchi, S., D'Odorico, S., ...
We present a deep multicolor (UBVIJsHKs) catalog of galaxies in the HDF-S, based on observations obtained with the HST WFPC2 in 1998 and VLT-ISAAC in 1999. The photometric procedures were tuned to...
Saracco, P., Giallongo, E., Cristiani, S., D'Odorico, S., Fontana, A., Iovino, A., ...
We present near-IR (J and Ks) number counts and colors of galaxies detected in deep VLT-ISAAC images centered on the Chandra Deep Field and Hubble Deep Field-South for a total area of 13.6...