Burkert, A., Genzel, R., Bouche, N., Cresci, G., Khochfar, S., Sommer-Larsen, J., ...
The structure of a sample of high-redshift (z=2), rotating galaxies with high star formation rates and turbulent gas velocities of sigma=40-80 km/s is investigated. Fitting the observed disk...
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...
Mannucci, F., Cresci, G., Maiolino, R., Marconi, A., Pastorini, G., Pozzetti, L., ...
We present the first results of a project, LSD, aimed at obtaining spatially-resolved, near-infrared spectroscopy of a complete sample of Lyman-Break Galaxies at z~3. Deep observations with adaptive...
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., Förster Schreiber, N. M., Davies, R., Bouché, N., ...
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...
Genel, S., Genzel, R., Bouché, N., Sternberg, A., Naab, T., Schreiber, N. M. Förster, ...
Recent observations of UV-/optically selected, massive star forming galaxies at z~2 indicate that the baryonic mass assembly and star formation history is dominated by continuous rapid accretion of...
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...
Integral field near-infrared spectroscopy of II Zw 40 (2008)
Vanzi, L., Cresci, G., Telles, E., Melnick, J.
We present integral field spectroscopy in the near-infrared of the nearby starburst galaxy IIZw40. Our new observations provide an unprecedented detailed view of the interstellar medium and star...
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...
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...
Dynamical Properties of z~2 Star Forming Galaxies and a Universal Star Formation Relation (2007)
Bouche, N., Cresci, G., Davies, R., Eisenhauer, F., Schreiber, N. M. Forster, 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...
SWAN: galaxy morphology and evolution from adaptive optics imaging (2007)
Cresci, G., Davies, R. I., Baker, A. J., Mannucci, F., Lehnert, M. D.
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., ...
Layer-Oriented MCAO projects for 8-m class telescopes and possible scientific outcome (2007)
Lombini, M., Ragazzoni, R., Arcidiacono, C., Baruffolo, A., Cresci, G., Diolaiti, E., ...
Four projects exploiting Multi Conjugate Adaptive Optics with Layer-Oriented wavefront sensing technique are being developed by our group in this period. The purpose of these projects is, in some...
A NICMOS search for obscured Supernovae in starburst galaxies (2006)
Cresci, G., Mannucci, F., Della Valle, M., Maiolino, R.
The detection of obscured supernovae (SNe) in near-infrared monitoring campaigns of starburst galaxies has shown that a significant fraction of SNe is missed by optical surveys. However, the number...
Galaxy morphology and evolution from SWAN Adaptive Optics imaging (2006)
Cresci, G., Davies, R. I., Baker, A. J., Mannucci, F., Lehnert, M. D., Totani, T., ...
We present the results from adaptive optics (AO) assisted imaging in the Ks band of an area of 15 arcmin^2 for SWAN (Survey of a Wide Area with NACO). We derive the high resolution near-IR morphology...
Galaxy morphology and evolution from SWAN adaptive optics imaging (2006)
Cresci, G., Davies, R. I., Baker, A. J., Mannucci, F., Lehnert, M. D., Totani, T., ...
Status progress of AdOpt@TNG and offer to the international astronomical community (2006)
Cecconi, M., Ghedina, A., Bagnara, P., Baruffolo, A., Carmona Rodriguez, C. J., Cresci, G., ...
The Adaptive Optics Module of the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (AdOpt@TNG) has enjoyed a huge refurbishment. A new WaveFront Sensing CCD (EEV39 80x80pixels by SciMeasure) has been mounted, allowing...
Accounting for anisoplanatic point spread function in deep wide-field adaptive optics images (2005)
Cresci, G., Davies, R. I., Baker, A. J., Lehnert, M. D.
In this paper we present the approach we have used to determine and account for the anisoplanatic point spread function (PSF) in deep adaptive optics (AO) images for the Survey of a Wide Area with...
The Star Cluster population of NGC 5253 (2004)
Cresci, G., Vanzi, L., Sauvage, M.
We present a detailed analysis of the star cluster population in the starburst galaxy NGC 5253. Our work is based on HST optical and VLT Ks images. We detect more than 300 clusters, and for all of...
The supernova rate per unit mass (2004)
Mannucci, F., Della Valle, M., Panagia, N., Cappellaro, E., Cresci, G., Maiolino, R., ...
We compute the rate of supernovae (SNe) of different types along the Hubble sequence normalized to the near-infrared luminosity and to the stellar mass of the parent galaxies. This is made possible...
Nuclear star formation in the quasar PG1126-041 from adaptive optics assisted spectroscopy (2004)
Cresci, G., Maiolino, R., Marconi, A., Mannucci, F., Granato, G. L.
We present adaptive optics assisted spectroscopy of three quasars obtained with NACO at VLT. The high angular resolution achieved with the adaptive optics (~0.08"), joined to the diagnostic power of...
The Infrared Supernova Rate (2003)
Mannucci, F., Cresci, G., Maiolino, R., Della Valle, M.
Optical searches can only detect supernovae with a limited amount of dust extinction. This is a severe limitation as most of the core-collapse SNe could explode inside dusty regions. We describe a...
The infrared supernova rate in starburst galaxies (2003)
Mannucci, F., Maiolino, R., Cresci, G., Della Valle, M., Vanzi, L., Ghinassi, F., ...
We report the results of our ongoing search for extincted supernovae (SNe) at near-infrared wavelengths. We have monitored at 2.2 micron a sample of 46 Luminous Infrared Galaxies and detected 4 SNe....
Discovery of two infrared supernovae: a new window on the SN search (2002)
Maiolino, R., Vanzi, L., Mannucci, F., Cresci, G., Ghinassi, F., Della Valle, M.
We report the discovery of two supernovae (SN 1999gw and SN 2001db) obtained within the framework of an infrared monitoring campaign of Luminous Infrared Galaxies, aimed at detecting obscured...