Mark Dickinson

Tidal Dwarf Galaxies around a Post-merger Galaxy, NGC 4922 (2009)

Sheen, Yun-Kyeong, Jeong, Hyunjin, Yi, Sukyoung K., Ferreras, Ignacio, Lotz, Jennifer M., Olsen, Knut A. G., ...

One possible channel for the formation of dwarf galaxies involves birth in the tidal tails of interacting galaxies. We report the detection of a bright UV tidal tail and several young tidal dwarf...

BLAST: the far-infrared/radio correlation in distant galaxies (2009)

Ivison, R. J., Alexander, David M., Biggs, Andy D., Brandt, W. N., Chapin, Edward L., Coppin, Kristen E. K., ...

We investigate the correlation between far-infrared (FIR) and radio luminosities in distant galaxies, a lynchpin of modern astronomy. We use data from the Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimetre...

NICMOS Status (2009)

A. M. Koekemoer, P. Goudfrooij, L. L. Dressel, Santiago Arribas, Elizabeth Barker, ...

Abstract. We provide an overview of the most important calibration aspects of the NICMOS instrument on board of HST. We describe the performance of the instrument after the installation of the NICMOS...

Large Area Survey for z=7 Galaxies in SDF and GOODS-N: Implications for Galaxy Formation and Cosmic Reionization (2009)

Ouchi, Masami, Mobasher, Bahram, Shimasaku, Kazuhiro, Ferguson, Henry C., Fall, S. Michael, Ono, Yoshiaki, ...

We present results of our large-area survey for z'-band dropout galaxies at z=7 in a 1568 arcmin^2 sky area covering the SDF and GOODS-N fields. Combining our ultra-deep Subaru/Suprime-Cam z'- and...

Mid-IR Luminosities and UV/Optical Star Formation Rates at z < 1.4 (2009)

Salim, Samir, Dickinson, Mark, Rich, R. Michael, Charlot, Stéphane, Lee, Janice C., Schiminovich, David, ...

Ultraviolet (UV) nonionizing continuum and mid-infrared (IR) emission constitute the basis of two widely used star formation (SF) indicators at intermediate and high redshifts. We study 2430 galaxies...

Mid-IR Luminosities and UV/Optical Star Formation Rates at z (2009)

Salim, Samir, Dickinson, Mark, Rich, R. Michael, Charlot, Stephane, Lee, Janice C., Schiminovich, David, ...

UV continuum and mid-IR emission constitute two widely used star formation indicators at intermediate and high redshifts. We study 2430 galaxies with z10^11 L_sun, yet with little current star...

Evolution of the Lyman-alpha Halos around High-Redshift Radio Galaxies (2009)

Zirm, Andrew W., Dey, Arjun, Dickinson, Mark, Norman, Colin J.

We have obtained the first constraints on extended Ly-alpha emission at z ~ 1 in a sample of five radio galaxies. We detect Ly-alpha emission from four of the five galaxies. The Ly-alpha luminosities...

A submillimetre galaxy at z=4.76 in the LABOCA survey of the Extended Chandra Deep Field South (2009)

Coppin, Kristen, Smail, Ian, Alexander, David M., Weiss, Axel, Walter, Fabian, Swinbank, Mark, ...

We report on the identification of the highest redshift submm-selected source currently known: LESSJ033229.4-275619. This source was detected in the Large Apex BOlometer CAmera (LABOCA) Extended...

A Surprisingly High Pair Fraction for Extremely Massive Galaxies at z ~ 3 in the GOODS NICMOS Survey (2008)

Bluck, Asa F. L., Conselice, Christopher J., Bouwens, Rychard J., Daddi, Emanuele, Dickinson, Mark, Papovich, Casey, ...

We calculate the major pair fraction and derive the major merger fraction and rate for 82 massive ($M_{*}>10^{11}M_{\odot}$) galaxies at $1.7 < z < 3.0$ utilising deep HST NICMOS data taken in the...

A congruence problem for polyhedra (2008)

Borisov, Alexander, Dickinson, Mark, Hastings, Stuart

It is well known that to determine a triangle up to congruence requires three measurements: three sides, two sides and the included angle, or one side and two angles. We consider various...

Size evolution of the most massive galaxies at 1.7 (2008)

Buitrago, Fernando, Trujillo, Ignacio, Conselice, Christopher J., Bouwens, Rychard J., Dickinson, Mark, Yan, Haojing

We measure the sizes of 82 massive (M>10^11 M_sun) galaxies at 1.72 our results are compatible with both a leveling off, or a mild evolution in size. Furthermore, the high density (~2x10^10 M_sun...

Molecular Gas in the z = 1.2 Ultraluminous Merger GOODS J123634.53+621241.3 (2008)

Frayer, David T., Koda, Jin, Pope, Alexandra, Huynh, Minh T., Chary, Ranga-Ram, Scott, Douglas, ...

We report the detection of CO(2→1) emission from the z = 1.2 ultraluminous infrared galaxy (ULIRG) GOODS J123634.53+621241.3 (also known as the submillimeter galaxy GN 26). These observations...

Spectroscopic Confirmation of Faint Lyman Break Galaxies at Redshifts Four and Five in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (2008)

Rhoads, James E., Malhotra, Sangeeta, Pirzkal, Norbert, Dickinson, Mark, Cohen, Seth, Grogin, Norman, ...

We present the faintest spectroscopically confirmed sample of redshift four and five Lyman break galaxies to date. The sample is based on slitless grism spectra of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field region...

Molecular Gas in the z=1.2 Ultraluminous Merger GOODS J123634.53+621241.3 (2008)

Frayer, David T., Koda, Jin, Pope, Alexandra, Huynh, Minh T., Chary, Ranga-Ram, Scott, Douglas, ...

We report the detection of CO(2-1) emission from the z=1.2 ultraluminous infrared galaxy (ULIRG) GOODS J123634.53+621241.3 (also known as the sub-millimeter galaxy GN26). These observations represent...

Mid-infrared spectral diagnosis of submillimeter galaxies (2008)

Pope, Alexandra, Ranga-Ram, Chary, Alexander, David M., Armus, Lee, Dickinson, Mark, Elbaz, David, ...

We present deep mid-IR spectroscopy with Spitzer of 13 SMGs in the GOODS-N field. We find strong PAH emission in all of our targets, which allows us to measure mid-IR spectroscopic redshifts and...

Mid-infrared spectral diagnosis of submillimeter galaxies (2008)

Pope, Alexandra, Ranga-Ram, Chary, Alexander, David M., Armus, Lee, Dickinson, Mark, Elbaz, David, ...

We present deep mid-IR spectroscopy with Spitzer of 13 SMGs in the GOODS-N field.We find strong PAH emission in all of our targets, which allows us to measure mid-IR spectroscopic redshifts and place...

Multiwavelength constraints on the cosmic star formation history from spectroscopy: the rest-frame ultraviolet, Hα, and infrared luminosity functions at redshifts 1.9 ≾ z ≾ 3.4 (2008)

Reddy, Naveen A., Steidel, Charles C., Pettini, Max, Adelberger, Kurt L., Shapley, Alice E., Erb, Dawn K., ...

We use a sample of rest-frame UV-selected and spectroscopically observed galaxies at redshifts 1.9 ≤ z < 3.4, combined with ground-based spectroscopic Hα and Spitzer MIPS 24 μm data, to derive...

The Discovery of Primeval Galaxies and the Epoch of Galaxy Formation (2007)

Max Pettini, Charles C. Steidel, Kurt L. Adelberger, Melinda Kellogg, Mark Dickinson, Mauro Giavalisco

In the last two years there have been major advances in our ability to identify and study normal star forming galaxies at high redshifts, when the universe was only 15 % of its present age. We review...

The Spectra of Star Forming Galaxies at High Redshift (2007)

At High Redshift, Max Pettini, Charles C. Steidel, Mark Dickinson, Mauro Giavalisco, Kurt L. Adelberger

. We review the spectral properties of the population of star forming galaxies at z ¸ 3 discovered using a colour selection technique which targets the Lyman discontinuity at 912 A. The UV...

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Chris Simpson, Peter Eisenhardt, Lee Armus, Arati Chokshi, Mark Dickinson, G. Djorgovski, ...

Young stars and non-stellar emission in the aligned radio galaxy

Mid-Infrared Spectral Diagnosis of Submillimeter Galaxies (2007)

Pope, Alexandra, Chary, Ranga-Ram, Alexander, David M., Armus, Lee, Dickinson, Mark, Elbaz, David, ...

We present deep mid-infrared spectroscopy with the Spitzer Space Telescope of 13 submillimeter galaxies (SMGs) in the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey North (GOODS-N) field. We find strong...

The Far-Infrared Luminosity Function from GOODS-North: Constraining the Evolution of Infrared Galaxies for z ≤ 1 (2007)

Huynh, Minh T., Frayer, David T., Mobasher, Bahram, Dickinson, Mark, Chary, Ranga-Ram, Morrison, Glenn

We present the IR luminosity function derived from ultradeep 70 μm imaging of the GOODS-North field. The 70 μm observations are longward of the PAH and silicate features which complicate work in...

The Far-Infrared Luminosity Function from GOODS-N: Constraining the Evolution of Infrared Galaxies for z \leq 1 (2007)

Huynh, Minh T., Frayer, David T., Mobasher, Bahram, Dickinson, Mark, Chary, Ranga-Ram, Morrison, Glenn

We present the IR luminosity function derived from ultra-deep 70 micron imaging of the GOODS-North field. The 70 micron observations are longward of the PAH and silicate features which complicate...

New Constraints on the Lyman Continuum Escape Fraction at z~1.3 (2007)

Siana, Brian, Teplitz, Harry I., Colbert, James, Ferguson, Henry C., Dickinson, Mark, Brown, Thomas M., ...

We examine deep far-ultraviolet (1600 Angstrom) imaging of the Hubble Deep Field-North (HDFN) and the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF) to search for leaking Lyman continuum radiation from starburst...

The Massive Hosts of Radio Galaxies Across Cosmic Time (2007)

Seymour, Nick, Stern, Daniel, De Breuck, Carlos, Vernet, Joel, Rettura, Alessandro, Dickinson, Mark, ...

We present the results of a comprehensive Spitzer survey of 69 radio galaxies across 1

IR Background Anisotropies in Spitzer GOODS images and constraints on first galaxies (2006)

Cooray, Asantha, Sullivan, Ian, Chary, Ranga-Ram, Bock, James J., Dickinson, Mark, Ferguson, Henry C., ...

We describe the angular power spectrum of unresolved 3.6 micron IR light in Spitzer GOODS fields. The amplitude of the anisotropy spectrum decreases with decreasing flux threshold to which resolved...

New Hubble Space Telescope Discoveries of Type Ia Supernovae at z > 1: Narrowing Constraints on the Early Behavior of Dark Energy (2006)

Riess, Adam G., Strolger, Louis-Gregory, Casertano, Stefano, Ferguson, Henry C., Mobasher, Bahram, Gold, Ben, ...

We have discovered 21 new Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and have used them to trace the history of cosmic expansion over the last 10 billion years. These objects,...

Clustering of the IR Background Light with Spitzer: Contribution from Resolved Sources (2006)

Sullivan, Ian, Cooray, Asantha, Chary, Ranga-Ram, Bock, James J., Brodwin, Mark, Brown, Michael J. I., ...

We describe the angular power spectrum of resolved sources at 3.6 microns (L-band) in Spitzer imaging data of the GOODS HDF-N, the GOODS CDF-S, and the NDWFS Bootes field in several source magnitude...

Evolution of the Luminosity Function, Star Formation Rate, Morphology and Size of Star-forming Galaxies Selected at Rest-frame 1500A and 2800A (2006)

Dahlen, Tomas, Mobasher, Bahram, Dickinson, Mark, Ferguson, Henry C., Giavalisco, Mauro, Kretchmer, Claudia, ...

Using the multiwavelength photometric and spectroscopic data covering the CDF-S obtained within the GOODS, we investigate the rest-frame UV properties of galaxies to z~2.2, including the evolution of...

The Hubble deep field-north SCUBA super-map – IV. Characterizing submillimetre galaxies using deep Spitzer imaging (2006)

Pope, Alexandra, Scott, Douglas, Dickinson, Mark, Chary, Ranga-Ram, Morrison, Glenn, Borys, Colin, ...

We present spectral energy distributions (SEDs), Spitzer colours, and infrared (IR) luminosities for 850-μm selected galaxies in the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey Northern (GOODS-N) field....

The Hubble Deep Field North SCUBA Super-map IV - Characterizing submillimetre galaxies using deep Spitzer imaging (2006)

Pope, Alexandra, Scott, Douglas, Dickinson, Mark, Chary, Ranga-Ram, Morrison, Glenn, Borys, Colin, ...

We present SEDs, Spitzer colours, and IR luminosities for 850 micron selected galaxies in the GOODS-N field. Using the deep Spitzer Legacy images and new data and reductions of the VLA-HDF radio...

Star Formation History of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field: Comparison with the HDFN (2006)

Thompson, Rodger I., Eisenstein, Daniel, Fan, Xiaohui, Dickinson, Mark, Illingworth, Garth, Kennicutt, Robert C.

We use the NICMOS Treasury and ACS HUDF images to measure the extinction corrected star formation history for 4681 galaxies in the region common to both images utilizing the star formation rate...

The Stellar Masses and Star Formation Histories of Galaxies at z ~ 6: Constraints from Spitzer Observations in the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (2006)

Yan, Haojing, Dickinson, Mark, Giavalisco, Mauro, Stern, Daniel, Eisenhardt, Peter R. M., Ferguson, Henry C.

Using the deep Spitzer IRAC observations of the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS), we study the stellar masses and star formation histories of galaxies at z ~ 6. Our study is based on...

NICMOS Status (2006)

De Jong, Roelof S., Arribas, Santiago, Barker, Elizabeth, Bergeron, Louis E., Bohlin, Ralph C., Calzetti, Daniela, ...

We provide an overview of the most important calibration aspects of the NICMOS instrument on board of HST. We describe the performance of the instrument after the installation of the NICMOS Cooling...

Using Spitzer to probe the nature of submillimetre galaxies in GOODS-N (2006)

Pope, Alexandra, Scott, Douglas, Dickinson, Mark, Chary, Ranga-Ram, Morrison, Glenn, Borys, Colin, ...

How does the submm galaxy population detected by SCUBA fit into galaxy evolution? How do these rare starbursting systems, which contribute significantly to high redshift star-formation, relate to...

The large-scale and small-scale clustering of Lyman Break Galaxies at 3.5 (2006)

Lee, Kyoung-Soo, Giavalisco, Mauro, Gnedin, Oleg Y., Somerville, Rachel S., Ferguson, Henry C., Dickinson, Mark, ...

We report on the angular correlation function of Lyman break galaxies (LBGs) at z~4 and 5 from deep samples obtained from the Great Observatories Deep Origins Survey (GOODS). As for LBGs at z~3, the...

Spitzer Number Counts of AGN in the GOODS fields (2005)

Treister, Ezequiel, Urry, C. Megan, Van Duyne, Jeffrey, Dickinson, Mark, Chary, Ranga-Ram, Alexander, David M., ...

We present mid-infrared observations of AGN in the GOODS fields, performed with the Spitzer Space Telescope. These are the deepest infrared and X-ray fields to date and cover a total area of ~0.1...

The FLAMINGOS Extragalactic Survey (2005)

Elston, Richard J., Gonzalez, Anthony H., McKenzie, Eric, Brodwin, Mark, Brown, Michael J. I., Cardona, Gustavo, ...

Using the Florida Multi-object Imaging Near-IR grism Observational Spectrometer (FLAMINGOS), we have conducted the FLAMINGOS Extragalactic Survey (FLAMEX), a deep imaging survey covering 7.1 square...

The Large-scale and Small-scale Clustering of Lyman-Break Galaxies at 3.5 < z< 5.5 from the GOODS survey (2005)

Lee, Kyoung-Soo, Giavalisco, Mauro, Gnedin, Oleg Y., Somerville, Rachel S., Ferguson, Henry C., Dickinson, Mark, ...

We report on the angular correlation function of Lyman-break galaxies (LBGs) at z~4 and 5 from deep samples obtained from the Great Observatories Deep Origins Survey (GOODS). Similar to LBGs at z~3,...

Rest-frame Ultraviolet-to-Optical Properties of Galaxies at z ~ 6 and 5 in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field: from Hubble to Spitzer (2005)

Yan, Haojing, Dickinson, Mark, Stern, Daniel, Eisenhardt, Peter R. M., Chary, Ranga-Ram, Giavalisco, Mauro, ...

We use data from the first epoch of observations with the IRAC/Spitzer for the GOODS to detect and study a collection of LBGs at z ~ 6 to 5 in the HUDF, six of which have spectroscopic confirmation....

The Evolution of the Optical and Near-Infrared Galaxy Luminosity Functions and Luminosity Densities to z~2 (2005)

Dahlen, Tomas, Mobasher, Bahram, Somerville, Rachel S., Moustakas, Leonidas A., Dickinson, Mark, Ferguson, Henry C., ...

Using Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based U through K- band photometry from the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS), we measure the evolution of the luminosity function and luminosity...

The NICMOS Ultra Deep Field: Observations, Data Reduction, and Galaxy Photometry (2005)

Thompson, Rodger I., Illingworth, Garth, Bouwens, Rychard, Dickinson, Mark, Eisenstein, Daniel, Fan, Xiaohui, ...

This paper describes the observations and data reduction techniques for the version 2.0 images and catalog of the NICMOS Ultra Deep Field Treasury program. All sources discussed in this paper are...

The Hubble Deep Field North SCUBA Super-map III - Optical and near-infrared properties of submillimetre galaxies (2005)

Pope, Alexandra, Borys, Colin, Scott, Douglas, Conselice, Christopher, Dickinson, Mark, Mobasher, Bahram

We present a new sub-mm Super-map in the HDF-North region (GOODS-North field), containing 40 statistically robust sources at 850 microns. This map contains additional data, and several new sources,...

The Assembly of Diversity in the Morphologies and Stellar Populations of High-Redshift Galaxies (2005)

Papovich, Casey, Dickinson, Mark, Giavalisco, Mauro, Conselice, Christopher J., Ferguson, Henry C.

We have studied the evolution in the morphologies, sizes, stellar-masses, colors, and internal color dispersion (ICD) of galaxies at z=1 and 2.3, using a near-IR, flux-limited catalog for the HDF-N....

Optical and near-infrared properties of submillimetre galaxies in the GOODS-North field (2004)

Pope, Alexandra, Scott, Douglas, Borys, Colin, Conselice, Christopher, Dickinson, Mark, Mobasher, Bahram

We investigate the photometric redshift distribution, colours and morphologies of a large sample of submillimetre sources in the GOODS-North region. With the depth achieved by the deep ACS images,...

High-Redshift Extremely Red Objects in the HST Ultra Deep Field Revealed by the GOODS IRAC Observations (2004)

Yan, Haojing, Dickinson, Mark, Eisenhardt, Peter R. M., Ferguson, Henry C., Grogin, Norman A., Paolillo, Maurizio, ...

Using early data from the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) on the Spitzer Space Telescope, taken for the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS), we identify and study objects that are...

Type Ia Supernova Discoveries at z>1 From the Hubble Space Telescope: Evidence for Past Deceleration and Constraints on Dark Energy Evolution (2004)

Riess, Adam G., Strolger, Louis-Gregory, Tonry, John, Casertano, Stefano, Ferguson, Henry C., Mobasher, Bahram, ...

We have discovered 16 Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and have used them to provide the first conclusive evidence for cosmic deceleration that preceded the current...

Evolution in the Colors of Lyman-Break Galaxies from Z~4 to Z~3 (2003)

Papovich, Casey, Dickinson, Mark, Ferguson, Henry C., Giavalisco, Mauro, Lotz, Jennifer, Madau, Piero, ...

The integrated colors of distant galaxies provide a means for interpreting the properties of their stellar content. Here, we use rest-frame UV-to-optical colors to constrain the spectral-energy...

The Size Evolution of High Redshift Galaxies (2003)

Ferguson, Henry C., Dickinson, Mark, Giavalisco, Mauro, Kretchmer, Claudia, Ravindranath, Swara, Idzi, Rafal, ...

Hubble Space Telescope images of high-redshift galaxies selected via color and photometric redshifts are used to examine the size and axial-ratio distribution of galaxies as a function of redshift at...

The Redshift Distribution of Near-IR Selected Galaxies in the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey as a Test of Galaxy Formation Scenarios (2003)

Somerville, Rachel S., Moustakas, Leonidas A., Mobasher, Bahram, Gardner, Jonathan P., Cimatti, Andrea, Conselice, Christopher, ...

The redshift distribution of near-IR selected galaxies is often used to attempt to discriminate between the classical view of galaxy formation, in which present-day luminous galaxies were assembled...

The Internal Ultraviolet-to-Optical Color Dispersion: Quantifying the Morphological K-Correction (2003)

Papovich, Casey, Giavalisco, Mauro, Dickinson, Mark, Conselice, Christopher J., Ferguson, Henry C.

We present a quantitative measure of the internal color dispersion within galaxies, which quantifies differences in morphology as a function of wavelength. We apply this statistic to a local galaxy...

Identification of Type Ia Supernovae at Redshift 1.3 and Beyond with the Advanced Camera for Surveys on HST (2003)

Riess, Adam G., Strolger, Louis-Gregory, Tonry, John, Tsvetanov, Zlatan, Casertano, Stefano, Ferguson, Henry C., ...

We present discoveries of SNe Ia at z > 1 and the photometric diagnostic used to discriminate them from other types of SNe detected during the GOODS Hubble Space Telescope Treasury program with the...

The K-selected Butcher-Oemler Effect (2003)

De Propris, Roberto, Stanford, S. A., Eisenhardt, Peter R., Dickinson, Mark

[abridged] We investigate the Butcher-Oemler effect in a sample of K-selected galaxies in 33 clusters at 0.15 < z < 0.92. We attempt to duplicate the original Butcher-Oemler analysis as closely as...

A Direct Measurement of Major Galaxy Mergers at z < 3 (2003)

Conselice, Christopher J., Bershady, Matthew A., Dickinson, Mark, Papovich, Casey

This paper presents direct evidence for hierarchical galaxy assembly out to redshifts z ~ 3. We identify major mergers using the model-independent CAS (concentration, asymmetry, clumpiness) physical...

The Evolution of the Global Stellar Mass Density at 0 < z < 3 (2002)

Dickinson, Mark, Papovich, Casey, Ferguson, Henry C., Budavari, Tamas

The build-up of stellar mass in galaxies is the consequence of their past star formation and merging histories. Here we report measurements of rest-frame optical light and calculations of stellar...

The magnification of SN 1997ff, the farthest known Supernova (2002)

Benitez, Narciso, Riess, Adam G., Nugent, Peter E., Dickinson, Mark, Chornock, Ryan, Filippenko, Alexei V.

With a redshift of z~1.7, SN 1997ff is the most distant type Ia supernova discovered so far. This SN is close to several bright, z=0.6-0.9 galaxies, and we consider the effects of lensing by those...

The Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (2002)

Dickinson, Mark, Giavalisco, Mauro, Team, For The GOODS

The Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS) is designed to gather the best and deepest multiwavelength data for studying the formation and evolution of galaxies and active galactic nuclei,...

Lyman Break Galaxies and the Reionization of the Intergalactic Medium (2002)

Ferguson, Henry C., Dickinson, Mark, Papovich, Casey

Near-infrared observations of Lyman-break galaxies at redshifts z~3 are beginning to provide constraints on ages, star-formation histories, dust content, metallicities, and stellar masses. At...

Lyman Break Galaxies in the NGST Era (2002)

Ferguson, Henry C., Dickinson, Mark, Papovich, Casey

With SIRTF and NGST in the offing, it is interesting to examine what the stellar populations of z~3 galaxies models imply for the existence and nature of Lyman-break galaxies at higher redshift. To...

Optical and Near-Infrared Photometry of Distant Galaxy Clusters (2002)

Stanford, S. A., Eisenhardt, Peter R., Dickinson, Mark, Holden, B. P., De Propris, Roberto

We present optical and near-infrared photometry of 45 clusters of galaxies at 0.1 < z < 1.3. Galaxy catalogs in each cluster were defined at the longest wavelenth available, generally the K-band,...

Stellar Masses of High-Redshift Galaxies (2002)

Papovich, Casey, Dickinson, Mark, Ferguson, Harry

We present constraints on the stellar-mass distribution of distant galaxies. These stellar-mass estimates derive from fitting population-synthesis models to the galaxies' observed multi-band...

Distant Cluster Hunting II: A comparison of X-ray and optical cluster detection techniques and catalogs from the ROX Survey (2001)

Donahue, Megan, Scharf, Caleb, Mack, Jennifer, Lee, Paul, Postman, Marc, Rosati, Piero, ...

We present and analyze the optical and X-ray catalogs of moderate-redshift cluster candidates from the ROSAT Optical X-ray Survey, or ROXS. The survey covers 4.8 square degrees (23 ROSAT PSPC...

Distant Cluster Hunting I: A Comparison Between the Optical and X-ray Luminosity Functions from an Optical/X-ray Survey (2001)

Donahue, Megan, Mack, Jennifer, Scharf, Caleb, Lee, Paul, Postman, Marc, Rosati, Piero, ...

We present a comparison of X-ray and optical luminosities and luminosity functions of cluster candidates from a joint optical/X-ray survey, the ROSAT Optical X-Ray Survey. Completely independent...

On icosahedral Artin representations (2001)

Buzzard, Kevin, Dickinson, Mark, Shepherd-Barron, Nick, Taylor, Richard

If ρ : Gal(ℚac/ℚ))→GL2(ℂ) is a continuous odd irreducible representation wit nonsolvable image, then under certain local hypotheses we prove that ρ is the representation associated to a...

On the modularity of certain 2-adic Galois representations (2001)

Dickinson, Mark

We prove some results of the form "r residually irreducible and residually modular implies r is modular," where r is a suitable continuous odd 2-dimensional 2-adic representation of the absolute...

Deep Near-Infrared Imaging Surveys and the Stellar Content of High Redshift Galaxies (2001)

Dickinson, Mark, Papovich, Casey, Ferguson, Henry C.

Deep, near-infrared imaging surveys have been motivated by the desire to study the rest-frame optical properties and stellar content of galaxies at high redshift. Here we briefly review their...

The Stellar Populations and Evolution of Lyman Break Galaxies (2001)

Papovich, Casey, Dickinson, Mark, Ferguson, Henry C.

Using deep near-IR and optical observations of the HDF-N from the HST NICMOS and WFPC2 and from the ground, we examine the spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of Lyman break galaxies (LBGs) at 2.0 <...

The Farthest Known Supernova: Support for an Accelerating Universe and a Glimpse of the Epoch of Deceleration (2001)

Riess, Adam G., Nugent, Peter E., Schmidt, Brian P., Tonry, John, Dickinson, Mark, Gilliland, Ronald L., ...

We present photometric observations of an apparent Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) at a redshift of ~1.7, the farthest SN observed to date. SN 1997ff, was discovered in a repeat observation by the HST of...

The farthest known supernova: Support for an accelerating universe and a glimpse of the epoch of deceleration (2001)

Riess, Adam G., Nugent, Peter E., Schmidt, Brian P., Tonry, John, Dickinson, Mark, Gilliland, Ronald L., ...

We present photometric observations of an apparent Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) at a redshift of approximately 1.7, the farthest SN observed to date. The supernova, SN 1997, was discovered in a repeat...

The Rest Frame Optical Spectra of Lyman Break Galaxies: Star Formation, Extinction, Abundances, and Kinematics (2001)

Pettini, Max, Shapley, Alice E., Steidel, Charles C., Cuby, Jean-Gabriel, Dickinson, Mark, Moorwood, Alan F. M., ...

We present the first results of a spectroscopic survey of Lyman break galaxies in the near-infrared aimed at detecting the emission lines of [O II], [O III], and Hbeta from the H II regions of star...

Deep Observations of Lyman Break Galaxies (2001)

Pettini, Max, Steidel, Charles C., Shapley, Alice E., Adelberger, Kurt L., Moorwood, Alan F. M., Cuby, Jean-Gabriel, ...

We summarise the main results of recent work on the Lyman break galaxy population which takes advantage of newly commissioned instrumentation on the VLT and Keck telescopes to push the detection of...

The Farthest Known Supernova: Support for an Accelerating Universe and a Glimpse of the Epoch of Deceleration,” Astrophys (2001)

Adam G. Riess, Peter E. Nugent, Ronald L. Gilliland, Brian P. Schmidt, John Tonry, Mark Dickinson, ...

We present photometric observations of an apparent Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) at a redshift of D1.7, the farthest SN observed to date. The supernova, SN 1997+, was discovered in a repeat observation...

Clustering Segregation With UV Luminosity in Lyman-Break Galaxies at z~3 and Its Implications (2000)

Giavalisco, Mauro, Dickinson, Mark

We report on the clustering properties of Lyman-break galaxies (LBGs) at z~3. The correlation length of flux-limited samples of LBGs depends on their rest-frame ultraviolet (UV) luminosity at lambda...

The Relative Star Formation Histories of Spiral Bulges and Elliptical Galaxies in the Hubble Deep Fields (2000)

Ellis, Richard S., Abraham, Roberto G., Dickinson, Mark

Hierarchical galaxy formation models make specific predictions concerning the relative assembly rates and star formation histories of spiral bulges and field ellipticals. Independently of the...

WFPC2 Observations of the Hubble Deep Field-South (2000)

Casertano, Stefano, De Mello, Duilia, Dickinson, Mark, Ferguson, Henry C., Fruchter, Andrew S., Gonzalez-Lopezlira, Rosa A., ...

The Hubble Deep Field-South observations targeted a high-galactic-latitude field near QSO J2233-606. We present WFPC2 observations of the field in four wide bandpasses centered at roughly 300, 450,...

The Hubble Deep Fields (2000)

Ferguson, Henry C., Dickinson, Mark, Williams, Robert

The Hubble space telescope observations of the northern Hubble deep field, and more recently its counterpart in the south, provide detections and photometry for stars and field galaxies to the...

Galaxy Evolution at 0 < z < 2 from the NICMOS HDF-North (2000)

Dickinson, Mark

We have carried out a deep infrared imaging survey (1.1um and 1.6um) of the Hubble Deep Field North (HDF-N) using NICMOS on board the Hubble Space Telescope. The combined WFPC2+NICMOS data set lets...

The first galaxies: structure and stellar populations (2000)

Dickinson, Mark

The Hubble Deep Fields continue to be a valuable resource for studying the distant universe, particularly at z>2 where their comoving volume becomes large enough to encompass several hundred L*...

Three-micron imaging of the Hubble Deep Field (1999)

Hogg, David W., Neugebauer, Gerry, Cohen, Judith G., Dickinson, Mark, Djorgovski, S. G., Matthews, Keith, ...

Images of the Hubble Deep Field at 3.2 um, taken with the 10-m Keck Telescope, are presented. The images cover a total area of ~2.5 arcmin^2. To a 5-sigma limit of [3.2](total)=17.5 mag...

A search for the submillimetre counterparts to Lyman break galaxies (1999)

Chapman, Scott C., Scott, Douglas, Steidel, Charles C., Borys, Colin, Halpern, Mark, Morris, Simon L., ...

We have carried out targetted sub-mm observations as part of a programme to explore the connection between the rest-frame UV and far-IR properties of star-forming galaxies at high redshift, which is...

The Unusual Infrared Object HDF-N J123656.3+621322 (1999)

Dickinson, Mark, Hanley, Christopher, Elston, Richard, Eisenhardt, Peter R., Stanford, S. A., Adelberger, Kurt L., ...

We describe an object in the Hubble Deep Field North with very unusual near-infrared properties. It is readily visible in Hubble Space Telescope NICMOS images at 1.6um and from the ground at 2.2um,...

The Ultraviolet Spectrum of MS 1512-cB58: An Insight into Lyman Break Galaxies (1999)

Pettini, Max, Steidel, Charles C., Adelberger, Kurt L., Dickinson, Mark, Giavalisco, Mauro

We present an intermediate resolution, high S/N spectrum of the z = 2.7268 galaxy MS 1512-cB58, obtained with LRIS on the Keck I telescope and covering the rest frame far-UV from 1150 to 1930 A....

Young stars and non-stellar emission in the aligned radio galaxy 3C 256 (1999)

Simpson, Chris, Eisenhardt, Peter, Armus, Lee, Chokshi, Arati, Dickinson, Mark, Djorgovski, S. G., ...

We present ground-based images of the z=1.824 radio galaxy 3C 256 in the standard BVRIJHK filters and an interference filter centered at 8800A, a Hubble Space Telescope image in a filter dominated by...

Nearinfrared camera and multi-object spectrometer observations of the hubble deep field: Observations, data reduction, and galaxy photometry (1999)

Rodger I. Thompson, Garth Illingworth, Rychard Bouwens, Mark Dickinson, Daniel Eisenstein, Xiaohui Fan, ...

This paper describes the observations and data reduction techniques for the version 2.0 images and catalog of the Near-Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer Ultra Deep Field (NICMOS UDF)...

New High-Redshift Radio Galaxies from the MIT-Green Bank Catalog (1998)

Stern, Daniel, Dey, Arjun, Spinrad, Hyron, Maxfield, Leslie, Dickinson, Mark, Schlegel, David, ...

We present optical identifications and redshifts for seventeen new high-redshift radio sources. Fifteen of these sources are radio galaxies; the remaining two are high-redshift, steep-spectrum,...

Alaska Loran C Probe Test Results. (1998)

Erikson, Robert, Evans, Jean, Dickinson, Mark, Wisser, Thomas, Wortham, Martin

This report describes a flight test probe into Alaska to determine the extent of usable signals in space from Loran C stations Port Clarence, Narrow Cape, and Tok, Alaska. Flight measurements...

Loran C TSO Data Base. (1998)

Evans, Jean, Bernheisel, Robert, Dickinson, Mark, Wisser, Thomas, Wortham, Martin

This report lists a data base for bench simulation testing aviation Loran C receivers for en route and terminal position accuracy. A set of data points was selected from Loran C stability flight...

Infared Observations of Nebular Emission Lines from Galaxies at z = 3 (1998)

Pettini, Max, Kellogg, Melinda, Steidel, Charles C., Dickinson, Mark, Adelberger, Kurt L., Giavalisco, Mauro

We present the first results from a program of near-infrared spectroscopy aimed at studying the familiar rest-frame optical emission lines from the H II regions of Lyman break galaxies at z = 3. By...

The Infrared Luminosity Function of Galaxies in the Coma Cluster (1998)

De Propris, Roberto, Eisenhardt, Peter R., Stanford, Adam, Dickinson, Mark

An infrared survey of the central 650 arcmin$^2$ of the Coma cluster is used to determine the $H$ band luminosity function for the cluster. Redshifts are available for all galaxies in the survey with...

Color-Selected High Redshift Galaxies and the HDF (1998)

Dickinson, Mark

The quality, depth, and multi-color nature of the Hubble Deep Field images makes them an excellent resource for studying galaxies at z > 2 using selection techniques based on the presence of the 912A...

A blind test of photometric redshift prediction (1998)

Hogg, David W., Cohen, Judith G., Blandford, Roger, Gwyn, Stephen D. J., Hartwick, F. D. A., Mobasher, B., ...

Results of a blind test of photometric redshift predictions against spectroscopic galaxy redshifts obtained in the Hubble Deep Field with the Keck Telescope are presented. The best photometric...

The Star Formation History of Field Galaxies (1997)

Madau, Piero, Pozzetti, Lucia, Dickinson, Mark

We develop a method for interpreting faint galaxy data which focuses on the integrated light radiated from the galaxy population as a whole. The emission history of the universe at ultraviolet,...

The Discovery of Primeval Galaxies and the Epoch of Galaxy Formation (1997)

Pettini, Max, Steidel, Charles C., Adelberger, Kurt L., Kellogg, . Melinda, Dickinson, Mark, Giavalisco, Mauro

We review the steps which have led to the discovery of a widespread population of objects at z = 3 with many of the characteristics which we expect for primeval galaxies, and emphasize in particular...

The Evolution of Early-Type Galaxies in Distant Clusters (1997)

Stanford, S. A., Eisenhardt, Peter R., Dickinson, Mark

We present results from an optical-IR photometric study of early-type galaxies in 19 galaxy clusters out to z=0.9. The galaxy sample is selected on the basis of morphologies determined from HST WFPC2...

The Spectra of Star Forming Galaxies at High Redshift (1997)

Pettini, Max, Steidel, Charles C., Dickinson, Mark, Kellogg, Melinda, Giavalisco, Mauro, Adelberger, Kurt L.

We review the spectral properties of the population of star forming galaxies at z = 3 discovered using a colour selection technique which targets the Lyman discontinuity at 912 Angstroms. The UV...

The Evolution of the Global Star Formation History as Measured from the Hubble Deep Field (1997)

Connolly, A. J., Szalay, A. S., Dickinson, Mark, SubbaRao, M. U., Brunner, R. J.

The Hubble Deep Field (HDF) is the deepest set of multicolor optical photometric observations ever undertaken, and offers a valuable data set with which to study galaxy evolution. Combining the...

Properties of High Redshift Cluster Ellipticals (1997)

Dickinson, Mark

Cluster ellipticals are often thought to be among the oldest galaxies in the universe, with the bulk of their stellar mass formed at early cosmic epochs. I review recent observations of color...

Searches for High Redshift Clusters (1996)

Dickinson, Mark

High redshift galaxy clusters have traditionally been a fruitful place to study galaxy evolution. I review various search strategies for finding clusters at z > 1. Most efforts to date have...

Clusters of Galaxies at z > 1 (1996)

Dickinson, Mark

Although field galaxy studies have begun to probe the universe at z > 1, evidence for galaxy clusters at such redshifts has been sparse. New observations are accumulating rapidly, however, providing...

Spectroscopy of Lyman Break Galaxies in the Hubble Deep Field (1996)

Steidel, Charles C., Giavalisco, Mauro, Dickinson, Mark, Adelberger, Kurt L.

We report on the initial results of a spectroscopic investigation of galaxies in the Hubble Deep Field which exhibit spectral discontinuities between the F450W and F300W passbands, indicative of the...

What is 3C 324? (1995)

Dickinson, Mark, Dey, Arjun, Spinrad, Hyron

We report ground based and HST observations of the z=1.206 radio galaxy 3C 324, a prototypical example of the radio-optical ``alignment effect.'' While infrared images shows a simple, round object...

Lensing by Distant Clusters: HST Observations of Weak Shear in the Field of 3C324 (1995)

Smail, Ian, Dickinson, Mark

We present the detection of weak gravitational lensing in the field of the radio galaxy 3C324 (z=1.206) using deep HST imaging. ~From an analysis of the shapes of faint R=24.5-27.5 galaxies in the...

Cluster Ellipticals at High Redshift: The View from the Ground and with HST (1995)

Dickinson, Mark

New ground-based and HST observations of distant clusters make it possible to trace the history of E/S0 galaxies to lookback times of ~10 $h_{50}^{-1}$ Gyr. The data strongly favor a scenario in...

EVOLUTION OF IR-SELECTED GALAXIES IN Z~0.4 CLUSTERS (1995)

Stanford, S. A., Eisenhardt, P. R. M., Dickinson, Mark

Wide-field optical and near--IR ($JHK$) imaging is presented for two rich galaxy clusters: Abell~370 at $z=0.374$ and Abell~851 (Cl0939+47) at $z=0.407$. Galaxy catalogs selected from the near--IR...

Discovery of a z=2.76 Dusty Radio Galaxy? (1994)

Dey, Arjun, Spinrad, Hyron, Dickinson, Mark

We report the discovery of a z=2.76 radio galaxy, MG1019+0535, with an unusual spectrum. Ly$\alpha$, which usually dominates the spectra of high redshift radio galaxies, is very weak and the...

The cluster environments of distant radio galaxies /--by Mark Dickinson. (1994)

Dickinson, Mark.

Thesis (Ph. D. in Astronomy)--University of California, Berkeley, Dec. 1994.