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,...
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...
Dawson, K. S., Aldering, G., Amanullah, R., Barbary, K., Barrientos, L. F., Brodwin, M., ...
We present a new survey strategy to discover and study high-redshift Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). By targeting massive galaxy clusters at 0.9 < z < 1.5, we...
Multi-wavelength study of XMMU J2235.3-2557: the most massive galaxy cluster at z > 1 (2009)
Rosati, P., Tozzi, P., Gobat, R., Santos, J. S., Nonino, M., Demarco, R., ...
XMMU J2235.3-2557 is one of the most distant X-ray selected clusters, spectroscopically confirmed at z=1.39. We characterize the galaxy populations of passive members, the thermodynamical properties...
Star Formation Activities of Galaxies in the Large-Scale Structures at z=1.2 (2009)
Tanaka, M., Lidman, C., Bower, R. G., Demarco, R., Finoguenov, A., Kodama, T., ...
Recent wide-field imaging observations of the X-ray luminous cluster RDCSJ1252.9-2927 at z=1.24 uncovered several galaxy groups that appear to be embedded in filamentary structure extending from the...
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
Jee, M. J., Rosati, P., Ford, H. C., Dawson, K. S., Lidman, C., Perlmutter, S., ...
We present a weak-lensing analysis of the z=1.4 galaxy cluster XMMU J2235.3-2557, based on deep Advanced Camera for Surveys images. Despite the observational challenge set by the high redshift of the...
An Intensive HST Survey for z>1 Supernovae by Targeting Galaxy Clusters (2009)
Dawson, K. S., Aldering, G., Amanullah, R., Barbary, K., Barrientos, L. F., Brodwin, M., ...
We present a new survey strategy to discover and study high redshift Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). By targeting massive galaxy clusters at 0.9
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...
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...
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
Photometric mass and mass decomposition in early-type lens galaxies (2009)
Grillo, C., Gobat, R., Lombardi, M., Rosati, P.
By using the SDSS multicolor photometry and lens modeling, we study stellar mass properties and the luminous and dark matter composition of the 57 early-type lens galaxies analyzed by the SLACS...
The cluster gas mass fraction as a cosmological probe: a revised study (2009)
Ettori, S., Morandi, A., Tozzi, P., Balestra, I., Borgani, S., Rosati, P., ...
(Abriged) We present the analysis of the baryonic content of 52 X-ray luminous galaxy clusters observed with Chandra in the redshift range 0.3-1.273. We use the deprojected X-ray surface brightness...
The growth and evolution of super massive black holes (2009)
Murray, S., Gilli, R., Tozzi, P., Paolillo, M., Brandt, N., Tagliaferri, G., ...
We discuss the central role played by X-ray studies to reconstruct the past history of formation and evolution of supermassive Black Holes (BHs), and the role they played in shaping the properties of...
X-ray Cluster Cosmology (2009)
Vikhlinin, A., Murray, S., Gilli, R., Tozzi, P., Paolillo, M., Brandt, N., ...
Sensitive, wide-area X-ray surveys which would be possible with the WFXT will detect huge samples of virialized objects spanning the mass range from sub-groups to the most massive clusters, and...
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
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...
Galaxy clusters and the cosmic cycle of baryons across cosmic times (2009)
Giacconi, R., Borgani, S., Rosati, P., Tozzi, P., Gilli, R., Murray, S., ...
We discuss the central role played by the X-ray study of hot baryons within galaxy clusters to reconstruct the assembly of cosmic structures and to trace the past history of star formation and...
The Very Local Universe in X-rays (2009)
Ptak, A., Feigelson, E., Kuntz, K., Zezas, A., Snowden, S., ...
While the exceptional sensitivity of Chandra and XMM-Newton has resulted in revolutionary studies of the Galactic neighborhood in the soft ( 100 sq. deg.) X-ray surveys.
VLA survey of the CDFS: the nature of faint radio sources (2009)
Tozzi, P., Kellermann, K., Fomalont, E., Miller, N., Norman, C., Mainieri, V., ...
We present the multiwavelength properties of 266 cataloged radio sources identified with 20 and 6 cm VLA deep observations of the CDFS at a flux density limit of 42 \mu Jy at the field centre at 1.4...
Tozzi, P., Mainieri, V., Rosati, P., Padovani, P., Kellermann, K. I., Fomalont, E., ...
We discuss the X-ray properties of the radio sources detected in a deep 1.4 and 5 GHz VLA Radio survey of the Extended Chandra Deep Field South (E-CDFS). Among the 266 radio sources detected, we find...
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...
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 VLA Survey of the Chandra Deep Field South. IV. Source Population (2008)
Padovani, P., Mainieri, V., Tozzi, P., Kellermann, K. I., Fomalont, E. B., Miller, N., ...
We present a detailed analysis of 256 radio sources from our deep (flux density limit of 42 microJy at the field centre at 1.4 GHz) Chandra Deep Field South 1.4 and 5 GHz VLA survey. The radio...
The Chandra Deep Field-South Survey: 2 Ms Source Catalogs (2008)
Luo, B., Bauer, F. E., Brandt, W. N., Alexander, D. M., Lehmer, B. D., Schneider, D. P., ...
We present point-source catalogs for the ≈2 Ms exposure of the Chandra Deep Field-South (CDF-S); this is one of the two most sensitive X-ray surveys ever performed. The survey covers an area of...
[O iii] emitters in the field of the MRC 0316–257 protocluster (2008)
Maschietto, F., Hatch, N. A., Venemans, B. P., Röttgering, H. J. A., Miley, G. K., Overzier, R. A., ...
Venemans et al. found evidence for an overdensity of Lyα emission-line galaxies associated with the radio galaxy MRC 0316−257 at z= 3.13 indicating the presence of a massive protocluster. Here, we...
Lidman, C., Rosati, P., Tanaka, M., Strazzullo, V., Demarco, R., Mullis, C., ...
We use HAWK-I, the recently-commissioned near-IR imager on Yepun (VLT-UT4), to obtain wide-field, high-resolution images of the X-ray luminous galaxy cluster XMMU J2235.3-2557 in the J and Ks bands,...
Tanaka, M., Finoguenov, A., Kodama, T., Morokuma, T., Rosati, P., Stanford, S. A., ...
(Abridged) We report on the environmental dependence of properties of galaxies around the RDCSJ0910+54 cluster at z=1.1. We have obtained multi-band wide-field images of the cluster with Suprime-Cam...
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...
ICM properties and AGN distribution in high-z RCS clusters (2008)
Bignamini, A., Tozzi, P., Borgani, S., Ettori, S., Rosati, P.
Here we discuss the X-ray properties of clusters of galaxies optically selected in the Red-Sequence Cluster Survey (RCS) observed with the Chandra satellite, at redshifts 0.6 < z < 1.2. We intended...
[OIII] emitters in the field of the MRC 0316-257 protocluster (2008)
Maschietto, F., Hatch, N. A., Venemans, B. P., Röttgering, H. J. A., Miley, G. K., Overzier, R. A., ...
Venemans et al. (2005) found evidence for an overdensity of Ly-alpha emission line galaxies associated with the radio galaxy MRC 0316-257 at z=3.13 indicating the presence of a massive protocluster....
Star formation histories of early-type galaxies at z = 1.2 in cluster and field environments (2008)
Gobat, R., Rosati, P., Strazzullo, V., Rettura, A., Demarco, R., Nonino, M.
We derive the star formation histories of early-type galaxies at z = 1.2 in both low and high density environments. To this purpose, we compare the co-added spectroscopic and 8-9 band photometric...
Rettura, A., Rosati, P., Nonino, M., Fosbury, R. A. E., Gobat, R., Menci, N., ...
We derive stellar masses, ages and star formation histories of massive early-type galaxies in the z=1.237 RDCS1252.9-2927 cluster and compare them with those measured in a similarly mass-selected...
The Chandra Deep Field-South Survey: 2 Ms Source Catalogs (2008)
Luo, B., Bauer, F. E., Brandt, W. N., Alexander, D. M., Lehmer, B. D., Schneider, D. P., ...
We present point-source catalogs for the ~2 Ms exposure of the Chandra Deep Field-South (CDF-S); this is one of the two most-sensitive X-ray surveys ever performed. The survey covers an area of ~436...
Menci, N., Rosati, P., Gobat, R., Strazzullo, V., Rettura, A., Mei, S., ...
We compare the results from a semi-analytic model of galaxy formation with spectro-photometric observations of distant galaxy clusters observed in the range 0.8< z< 1.3. We investigate the properties...
The VLA Survey of the Chandra Deep Field South: I. Overview of the Radio Data (2008)
Kellermann, K. I., Fomalont, E. B., Mainieri, V., Padovani, P., Rosati, P., Shaver, P., ...
We report 20 and 6 cm VLA deep observations of the CDF-S including the Extended CDF-S. We discuss the radio properties of 266 cataloged radio sources, of which 198 are above a 20 cm completeness...
A twelve-image gravitational lens system in the z ~ 0.84 cluster Cl J0152.7-1357 (2008)
Grillo, C., Lombardi, M., Rosati, P., Bertin, G., Gobat, R., Demarco, R., ...
Gravitational lens modeling is presented for the first discovered example of a three-component source for which each component is quadruply imaged. The lens is a massive galaxy member of the cluster...
Mainieri, V., Kellermann, K. I., Fomalont, E. B., Miller, N., Padovani, P., Rosati, P., ...
We present the optical and infrared identifications of the 266 radio sources detected at 20 cm with the Very Large Array in the Chandra Deep Field South (Kellermann et al. 2008). Using deep i-band...
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...
The VLA 1.4GHz Survey of the Extended Chandra Deep Field South: First Data Release (2008)
Miller, Neal A., Fomalont, E. B., Kellermann, K. I., Mainieri, V., Norman, C., Padovani, P., ...
We have observed the Extended Chandra Deep Field South (E-CDF-S) using a mosaic of six deep Very Large Array (VLA) pointings at 1.4GHz. In this paper, we present the survey strategy, description of...
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...
Fassbender, R., Boehringer, H., Lamer, G., Mullis, C. R., Rosati, P., Schwope, A., ...
X-ray luminous clusters of galaxies at z~1 are emerging as major cosmological probes and are fundamental tools to study the cosmic large-scale structure and environmental effects of galaxy evolution...
Discovery of a Very Bright Strongly-Lensed Galaxy Candidate at z ~ 7.6 (2008)
Bradley, L. D., Bouwens, R. J., Ford, H. C., Illingworth, G. D., Jee, M. J., Benitez, N., ...
Using HST and Spitzer IRAC imaging, we report the discovery of a very bright strongly lensed Lyman break galaxy (LBG) candidate at z~7.6 in the field of the massive galaxy cluster Abell 1689. The...
The Nascent Red Sequence at z~2 (2008)
Zirm, Andrew W., Stanford, S. A., Postman, M., Overzier, R. A., Blakeslee, J. P., Rosati, P., ...
We present new constraints on the evolution of the early-type galaxy color-magnitude relation (CMR) based on deep near-infrared imaging of a galaxy protocluster at z=2.16 obtained using NICMOS...
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...
Searching for cool core clusters at high redshift (2008)
Santos, J. S., Rosati, P., Tozzi, P., Böhringer, H., Ettori, S., Bignamini, A.
The nascent red sequence at z ~ 2 (2008)
Zirm, Andrew W., Stanford, S. A., Postman, M., Overzier, R. A., Blakeslee, J. P., Rosati, P., ...
[O III] emitters in the field of the MRC 0316–257 protocluster (2008)
Maschietto, F., Hatch, N. A., Venemans, B. P., Röttgering, H. J. A., Miley, G. K., Overzier, R. A., ...
The Chandra deep field-south survey: 2 Ms source catalogs (2008)
Luo, B., Bauer, F. E., Brandt, W. N., Alexander, D. M., Lehmer, B. D., Schneider, D. P., ...
The nascent red sequence at z~2 (2008)
Zirm, Andrew W., Stanford, S. A., Postman, M., Overzier, R. A., Blakeslee, J. P., Rosati, P., ...
We present new constraints on the evolution of the early-type galaxy color-magnitude relation (CMR) based on deep near-infrared imaging of a galaxy protocluster at z=2.16 obtained using NICMOS on...
[OIII] emitters in the field of the MRC0316-257 protocluster (2008)
Maschietto, F., Hatch, N. A., Venemans, B. P., Röttgering, H. J. A., Miley, G. K., Overzier, R. A., ...
Venemans et al. found evidence for an overdensity of Lyalpha emission-line galaxies associated with the radio galaxy MRC0316-257 at z = 3.13 indicating the presence of a massive protocluster. Here,...
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 zÃÅ2 by gas-phase oxygen abundances of the interstellar medium using the R{23} and N2 methods. Galaxy stellar metallicities provide...
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...
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...
Grillo, C., Gobat, R., Rosati, P., Lombardi, M.
In this paper we compare two different diagnostics for estimating stellar masses in early-type galaxies and we establish their level of reliability. In particular, we consider the well-studied sample...
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 extended Chandra deep field-south survey : Chandra point-source catalogs. (2007)
Lehmer, B. D., Brandt, W. N., Alexander, D. M., Bauer, F. E., Schneider, D. P., Tozzi, P., ...
We present Chandra point‐source catalogs for the Extended Chandra Deep Field–South (E‐CDF‐S) survey. The E‐CDF‐S consists of four contiguous 250 ks Chandra observations covering an...
Silverman, J. D., Mainieri, V., Lehmer, B. D., Alexander, D. M., Bauer, F. E., Bergeron, J., ...
We present an analysis of 109 moderate-luminosity (41.9 < Log L{0.5-8.0 keV} < 43.7) AGN in the Extended Chandra Deep Field-South survey, which is drawn from 5,549 galaxies from the COMBO-17 and GEMS...
Mass-Selection and the Evolution of the Morphology-Density Relation from z=0.8 to z=0 (2007)
Holden, B. P., Illingworth, G. D., Franx, M., Blakeslee, J. P., Postman, M., Kelson, D. D., ...
We examined the morphology-density relations for galaxy samples selected by luminosity and by mass in each of five massive X-ray clusters from z=0.023 to 0.83 for 674 spectroscopically-confirmed...
Strong Lensing Analysis of the Cluster RCS0224-0002 at $z=0.77$ (2007)
Rzepecki, J., Lombardi, M., Rosati, P., Bignamini, A., Tozzi, P.
We present a detailed mass reconstruction of the cluster RCS0224-0002 at $z=0.773$ from the strong lensing features observed with HST/WFPC2. The mass profile is reconstructed using a parametric...
A multi-wavelength study of z = 3.15 Lyman-alpha emitters in the GOODS South Field (2007)
Nilsson, Kim K., Moeller, P., Moeller, O., Fynbo, J. P. U., Michalowski, M. J., Watson, D., ...
Context: Ly-alpha-emitters have proven to be excellent probes of faint, star-forming galaxies in the high redshift universe. However, although the sample of known emitters is increasingly growing,...
Boehringer, H., Schuecker, P., Pratt, G. W., Arnaud, M., Ponman, T. J., Croston, J. H., ...
The largest uncertainty for cosmological studies using clusters of galaxies is introduced by our limited knowledge of the statistics of galaxy cluster structure, and of the scaling relations between...
Evolution in the iron abundance of the ICM (2007)
Balestra, I., Tozzi, P., Ettori, S., Rosati, P., Borgani, S., Mainieri, V., ...
We present a Chandra analysis of the X-ray spectra of 56 clusters of galaxies at $z>0.3$, which cover a temperature range of $3> kT > 15$ keV. Our analysis is aimed at measuring the iron abundance in...
Demarco, R., Rosati, P., Lidman, C., Girardi, M., Nonino, M., Rettura, A., ...
We present results from an extensive spectroscopic survey, carried out with VLT FORS, and from an extensive multiwavelength imaging data set from the HST Advanced Camera for Surveys and ground based...
The rest-frame $K$-band luminosity function of galaxies in clusters to $z=1.3$ (2007)
De Propris, R., Stanford, S. A., Eisenhardt, P. R., Holden, B., Rosati, P.
We derive the rest-frame $K$-band luminosity function for galaxies in 32 clusters at $0.6 < z < 1.3$ using deep $3.6\mu$m and $4.5\mu$m imaging from the Spitzer Space Telescope InfraRed Array Camera...
The micro-Jy Radio Source Population: the VLA-CDFS View (2007)
Padovani, P., Mainieri, V., Tozzi, P., Kellermann, K. I., Fomalont, E. B., Miller, N., ...
We analyse the 267 radio sources from our deep (flux limit of 42 microJy at the field center at 1.4 GHz) Chandra Deep Field South 1.4 and 5 GHz VLA survey. The radio population is studied by using a...
Tracing the evolution in the iron content of the intra-cluster medium (2007)
Balestra, I., Tozzi, P., Ettori, S., Rosati, P., Borgani, S., Mainieri, V., ...
Most hard-X-ray-selected quasars in the Chandra deep fields are obscured (2007)
Wang, J. X., Jiang, P., Zheng, Z. Y., Tozzi, P., Norman, C., Giacconi, R., ...
A multi-wavelength study of z = 3.15 Lyman-α emitters in the GOODS south field (2007)
Nilsson, K. K., Møller, P., Möller, O., Fynbo, J. P. U., Michaloswski, M. J., Watson, D., ...
The XMM-Newton distant cluster project (2007)
Fassbender, R., Böhringer, H., Santos, J., Lamer, G., Mullis, C., Schuecker, P., ...
The XDCP prospects of finding cooling core clusters at large lookback times (2007)
Fassbender, R., Böhringer, H., Santos, J., Schuecker, P., Lamer, G., Schwope, A., ...
Tracing the evolution in the iron content of the ICM (2007)
Balestra, I., Tozzi, P., Ettori, S., Rosati, P., Borgani, S., Mainieri, V., ...
Multi-wavelength study of obscured AGN in the Chandra deep field south (2007)
Mainieri, V., Tozzi, P., Gilli, R., Rosati, P., Dickinson, M.
The micro-Jy radio source population: the VLA-CDFS view (2007)
Padovani, P., Mainieri, V., Tozzi, P., Kellermann, K. I., Fomalont, E. B., Miller, N., ...
Dow-Hygelund, C. C., Holden, B. P., Bouwens, R., Illingworth, G. D., Franx, M., ...
We report on deep spectroscopy using LRIS on Keck I and FORS2 on the VLT of a sample of 22 candidate z~6 Lyman Break galaxies (LBGs) selected by the i-z> 1.3 dropout criterion. Redshifts could be...
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...
Most hard X-ray selected quasars in Chandra Deep Fields are obscured (2006)
Wang, J. X., Jiang, P., Zheng, Z. Y., Tozzi, P., Norman, C., Giacconi, R., ...
Measuring the population of obscured quasars is one of the key issues to understand the evolution of active galactic nuclei (AGNs). With a redshift completeness of 99%, the X-ray sources detected in...
Tracing the evolution in the iron content of the ICM (2006)
Balestra, I., Tozzi, P., Ettori, S., Rosati, P., Borgani, S., Mainieri, V., ...
We present a Chandra analysis of the X-ray spectra of 56 clusters of galaxies at z>0.3, which cover a temperature range of 3>kT>15 keV. Our analysis is aimed at measuring the iron abundance in the...
The Spiderweb galaxy: a forming massive cluster galaxy at z~2 (2006)
Miley, G. K., Overzier, R. A., Zirm, A. W., Ford, H. C., Kurk, J. D., Pentericci, L., ...
We present a deep image of the radio galaxy MRC 1138-262 taken with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) at a redshift of z = 2.2. The galaxy is known to have properties of a cD galaxy progenitor and be...
Tracing the evolution in the iron content of the ICM (2006)
Balestra, I., Tozzi, P., Ettori, S., Rosati, P., Borgani, S., Mainieri, V., ...
We present a Chandra analysis of the X-ray spectra of 56 clusters of galaxies at z>0.3, which cover a temperature range 3
Comparing dynamical and photometric-stellar masses of early-type galaxies at z ~ 1 (2006)
Rettura, A., Rosati, P., Strazzullo, V., Dickinson, M., Fosbury, R. A. E., Rocca-Volmerange, B., ...
The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between galaxy stellar masses, based on multiwavelength photometry spectral template fitting and dynamical masses based on published velocity...
X-ray Properties of Intermediate-Redshift Groups of Galaxies (2006)
Jeltema, T. E., Mulchaey, J. S., Lubin, L. M., Rosati, P., Bohringer, H.
We have undertaken a multiwavelength project to study the relatively unknown properties of groups and poor clusters of galaxies at intermediate redshifts. In this paper, we describe the XMM-Newton...
The Formation Epoch of Early-Type Galaxies in the z ~ 0.9 CL1604 Supercluster (2006)
Homeier, N. L., Mei, S., Blakeslee, J. P., Postman, M., Holden, B., Ford, H. C., ...
We analyse the cluster color-magnitude relation (CMR) for early-type galaxies in two of the richer clusters in the z ~ 0.9 supercluster system to derive average ages and formation redshifts for the...
GMASS, Unveiling Distant Massive Galaxies with Spitzer (2006)
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...
The Possible z=0.83 Precursors of z=0 M* Early-type Cluster Galaxies (2006)
Holden, B. P., Franx, M., Illingworth, G. D., Postman, M., Blakeslee, J. P., Homeier, N., ...
We examine the distribution of stellar masses of galaxies in MS 1054-03 and RX J0152.7-1357, two X-ray selected clusters of galaxies at z=0.83. Our stellar mass estimates, from spectral energy...
The Correlation of Narrow Line Emission and X-ray Luminosity in Active Galactic Nuclei (2006)
Netzer, Hagai, Mainieri, V., Rosati, P., Trakhtenbrot, Benny
We combine emission line and X-ray luminosities for 45 sources from the Chandra Deep Field South (CDF-S), and seven HELLAS sources, to obtain a new sample of 52 X-ray selected type-II active galactic...
Clusters at Half Hubble Time: Galaxy Structure and Colors in RXJ0152.7-1357 and MS1054-03 (2006)
Blakeslee, J. P., Holden, B. P., Franx, M., Rosati, P., Bouwens, R. J., Demarco, R., ...
We study the photometric and structural properties of spectroscopically confirmed members in the two massive X-ray--selected z=0.83 galaxy clusters MS1054-03 and RXJ0152-1357 using three-band mosaic...
HST/ACS Multiband Coronagraphic Imaging of the Debris Disk around Beta Pictoris (2006)
Golimowski, D. A., Ardila, D. R., Krist, J. E., Clampin, M., Ford, H. C., Illingworth, G. D., ...
(Abridged.) We present F435W (B), F606W (Broad V), and F814W (Broad I) coronagraphic images of the debris disk around Beta Pictoris obtained with HST's Advanced Camera for Surveys. We confirm that...
X-ray spectral properties of AGN in the Chandra Deep Field South (2006)
Tozzi, P., Gilli, R., Mainieri, V., Norman, C., Risaliti, G., Rosati, P., ...
We present a detailed X-ray spectral analysis of the sources in the 1Ms catalog of the Chandra Deep Field South (CDFS) taking advantage of optical spectroscopy and photometric redshifts for 321...
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...
Mei, S., Blakeslee, J. P., Stanford, S. A., Holden, B. P., Rosati, P., Strazzullo, V., ...
The color-magnitude relation has been determined for the RDCS J0910+5422 cluster of galaxies at redshift z = 1.106. Cluster members were selected from HST ACS images, combined with ground--based...
The near-infrared luminosity function of cluster galaxies beyond redshift one (2006)
Strazzullo, V., Rosati, P., Stanford, S. A., Lidman, C., Nonino, M., Demarco, R., ...
We determined the K band luminosity function (LF) of cluster galaxies at redshift z~1.2, using near-infrared images of three X-ray luminous clusters at z=1.11,1.24,1.27. The composite LF was derived...
The XMM-Newton distant cluster project (2006)
Lamer, G., Schwope, A., Böhringer, H., Faßbender, R., Schuecker, P., Mullis, C., ...
The XMM-Newton distant cluster project (2006)
Lamer, G., Schwope, A., Böhringer, H., Faßbender, R., Schuecker, P., Mullis, C., ...
X-ray spectral properties of active galactic nuclei in the Chandra deep field south (2006)
Tozzi, P., Gilli, R., Mainieri, V., Norman, C., Risaliti, G., Rosati, P., ...
The near-infrared luminosity function of cluster galaxies beyond redshift one (2006)
Strazzullo, V., Rosati, P., Stanford, S. A., Lidman, C., Nonino, M., Demarco, R., ...
An Overdensity of Galaxies near the Most Distant Radio-Loud Quasar (2005)
Zheng, W., Overzier, R., Bouwens, R. J., White, R. L., Ford, H. C., Benitez, N., ...
A five square arcminute region around the luminous radio-loud quasar SDSS J0836+0054 (z=5.8) hosts a wealth of associated galaxies, characterized by very red (1.3 < i_775 - z_{850} < 2.0) color. The...
Evidence for a Massive Post-Starburst Galaxy at z ~ 6.5 (2005)
Mobasher, B., Dickinson, M., Ferguson, H. C., Giavalisco, M., Wiklind, T., Stark, D., ...
We present results from a search for high-redshift J--band ``dropout'' galaxies in the portion of the GOODS southern field that is covered by extremely deep imaging from the Hubble Ultradeep Field...
Cluster Evolution Since z~1 (2005)
Demarco, R., Blakeslee, J. P., Ford, H. C., Homeier, N. L., Mei, S., Zirm, A. W., ...
We have used the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) on the HST to obtain optical imaging of a sample of 8 galaxy clusters in the redshift range 0.8 < z < 1.3. The ACS data provides accurate photometry...
Panchromatic Studies of Distant Clusters of Galaxies (2005)
Demarco, R., Ford, H. C., Rosati, P.
High redshift (z >~ 1) clusters are ideal probes to study the formation and evolution of large scale structures and galaxies in the universe. A 10-m class ground based telescope, X-ray observatories...
UV Continuum Spectroscopy of a 6L* z=5.5 Starburst Galaxy (2005)
Dow-Hygelund, C. C., Holden, B. P., Bouwens, R. J., Illingworth, G. D., Zirm, A., ...
We have obtained a high S/N (22.3 hr integration) UV continuum VLT FORS2 spectrum of an extremely bright (z_850 = 24.3) z = 5.515 +/- 0.003 starforming galaxy (BD38) in the field of the z = 1.24...
An X-ray Galaxy Cluster Survey for Investigations of Dark Energy (2005)
Haiman, Z., Allen, S., Bahcall, N., Bautz, M., Boehringer, H., Borgani, S., ...
The amount and nature of dark energy (DE) can be tightly constrained by measuring the spatial correlation features and evolution of a sample of ~ 100,000 galaxy clusters over the redshift range 0
The Extended Chandra Deep Field-South Survey. Chandra Point-Source Catalogs (2005)
Lehmer, B. D., Brandt, W. N., Alexander, D. M., Bauer, F. E., Schneider, D. P., Tozzi, P., ...
We present Chandra point-source catalogs for the Extended Chandra Deep Field-South (E-CDF-S) survey. The E-CDF-S consists of four contiguous 250 ks Chandra observations covering an approximately...
Internal dynamics of the z sim 0.8 cluster RX J0152.7-1357 (2005)
Girardi, M., Demarco, R., Rosati, P., Borgani, S.
We present the results from the dynamical analysis of the cluster of galaxies RX J0152-1357, which shows a complex structure in its X-ray emission, with two major clumps in the central region, and a...
Evolution in the Cluster Early-type Galaxy Size-Surface Brightness Relation at z =~ 1 (2005)
Holden, B. P., Blakeslee, J. P., Postman, M., Illingworth, G. D., Demarco, R., Franx, M., ...
We investigate the evolution in the distribution of surface brightness, as a function of size, for elliptical and S0 galaxies in the two clusters RDCS J1252.9-2927, z=1.237 and RX J0152.7-1357,...
Discovery of an X-ray-Luminous Galaxy Cluster at z=1.4 (2005)
Mullis, C. R., Rosati, P., Lamer, G., Boehringer, H., Schwope, A., Schuecker, P., ...
We report the discovery of a massive, X-ray-luminous cluster of galaxies at z=1.393, the most distant X-ray-selected cluster found to date. XMMU J2235.3-2557 was serendipitously detected as an...
The Chandra Deep Field South/GOODS survey. Optically faint X-ray sources (2005)
Mainieri, V., Rosati, P., Tozzi, P., Bergeron, J., Gilli, R., Hasinger, G., ...
We provide important new constraints on the nature and redshift distribution of optically faint (R>25) X-ray sources in the Chandra Deep Field South Survey. We show that we can derive accurate...
Franx, M., Van Dokkum, P. G., Illingworth, G. D., Rosati, P.
We present an analysis of the Fundamental Plane for a sample of 27 field early-type galaxies in the redshift range 0.6
The Morphology - Density Relation in z ~ 1 Clusters (2005)
Postman, M., Franx, M., Cross, N., Holden, B., Ford, H., Illingworth, G., ...
We measure the morphology--density relation (MDR) and morphology-radius relation (MRR) for galaxies in seven z ~ 1 clusters that have been observed with the Advanced Camera for Surveys on board the...
HST/ACS weak lensing analysis of the galaxy cluster RDCS 1252.9-2927 at z=1.24 (2005)
Lombardi, M., Rosati, P., Blakeslee, J. P., Ettori, S., Demarco, R., Ford, H. C., ...
We present a weak lensing analysis of one of the most distant massive galaxy cluster known, RDCS 1252.9-2927 at z=1.24, using deep images from the Advanced Camera for Survey (ACS) on board the Hubble...
Searching Faint and Extended Sources in the X-ray Universe (2005)
Guglielmetti,F., Fischer,R., Rosati,P., Mainieri,V., Dose,V.
A VLT spectroscopic survey of RX J0152.7-1357, a forming cluster of galaxies at z = 0.837 (2005)
Demarco, R., Rosati, P., Lidman, C., Homeier, N. L., Scannapieco, E., Benitez, N., ...
Discovery of an X-ray-luminous galaxy cluster at z=1.4 (2005)
Mullis, C. R., Rosati, P., Lamer, G., Böhringer, H., Schwope, A., Schuecker, P., ...
Discovery of an X-Ray-luminous Galaxy Cluster at z=1.4 (2005)
Mullis, C. R., Rosati, P., Lamer, G., Böhringer, H., Schwope, A., Schuecker, P., ...
The Chandra deep field south/GOODS survey - optically faint X-ray sources (2005)
Mainieri, V., Rosati, P., Tozzi, P., Bergeron, J., Gilli, R., Hasinger, G., ...
The extended Chandra deep field-south survey: Chandra point-source catalogs (2005)
Lehmer, B. D., Brandt, W. N., Alexander, D. M., Bauer, F. E., Bouwens, D. P., Tozzi, P., ...
Searching Faint and Extended Sources in the X-ray Universe (2005)
Guglielmetti, F., Fischer, R., Rosati, P., Mainieri, V., Dose, V.
Searching faint and extended sources in the X-ray universe (2005)
Guglielmetti, F., Fischer, R., Rosati, P., Mainieri, V., Dose, V.
The fundamental plane of cluster elliptical galaxies at z=1.25 (2005)
Holden, B. P., Franx, M., Illingworth, G. D., Blakeslee, J. P., Van Dokkum, P., ...
Using deep Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys imaging and Very Large Telescope FOcal Reducer/low dispersion Spectrograph 2 spectra, we determined the velocity dispersions, effective...
Franx, M., Van Dokkum, P. G., Illingworth, G. D., Rosati, P.
We present an analysis of the fundamental plane for a sample of 27 field early-type galaxies in the redshift range 0.62_1011 Msolar, we find no significant difference between the evolution of field...
The Fundamental Plane of Cluster Ellipticals at z = 1.25 (2004)
Holden, B. P., Franx, M., Illingworth, G. D., Blakeslee, J. P, Van Dokkum, P., ...
Using deep HST ACS imaging and VLT FORS2 spectra, we determined the velocity dispersions, effective radii and surface brightnesses for four early-type galaxies in the $z=1.237$ cluster \cl. All four...
The Transformation of Cluster Galaxies at Intermeidate Redshift (2004)
Homeier, N. L., Demarco, R., Rosati, P., Postman, M., Blakeslee, J. P., Bouwens, R. J., ...
We combine imaging data from the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) with VLT/FORS optical spectroscopy to study the properties of star-forming galaxies in the z=0.837 cluster CL0152-1357. We have...
A VLT spectroscopic survey of RX J0152.7-1357, a forming cluster of galaxies at z=0.837 (2004)
Demarco, R., Rosati, P., Lidman, C., Homeier, N. L., Scannapieco, E., Benitez, N., ...
We present the results of an extensive spectroscopic survey of RX J0152.7-1357, one of the most massive distant clusters of galaxies known. Multi-object spectroscopy, carried out with FORS1 and FORS2...
Gilli, R., Daddi, E., Zamorani, G., Tozzi, P., Borgani, S., Bergeron, J., ...
We investigate the spatial clustering of X-ray selected sources in the two deepest X-ray fields to date, namely the 2Msec Chandra Deep Field North (CDFN) and the 1Msec Chandra Deep Field South...
An X-ray Selected Galaxy Cluster at z = 1.26 ***Sup1,2*** (2004)
Eisenhardt, P., Elston, R., Stern, D., Dey, A., Rosati, P., Stanford, S., ...
We report the discovery of an X-ray luminous galaxy cluster at z = 1.26.
First Results from the Infrared-Selected SPICES Survey (2004)
Stern, D., Eisenhardt, P., Stanford, S., Holden, B., Rosati, P., Tozzi, P., ...
Huo, Z., Xue, S., Xu, H., Squires, G., Rosati, P.
We present joint X-ray and optical observations of the high-redshift lensing cluster Cl J0152.7-1357 made with the Chandra X-Ray Observatory and the Keck telescope.
Weak Lensing Analysis of the z~0.8 cluster CL 0152-1357 with the Advanced Camera for Surveys (2004)
Jee, M. J., White, R. L., Benitez, N., Ford, H. C., Blakeslee, J. P., Rosati, P., ...
We present a weak lensing analysis of the X-ray luminous cluster CL 0152-1357 at z~0.84 using HST/ACS observations. The unparalleled resolution and sensitivity of ACS enable us to measure weakly...
The Evolutionary Status of Clusters of Galaxies at z ~ 1 (2004)
Ford, H., Postman, M., Blakeslee, J. P., Demarco, R., Jee, M. J., Rosati, P., ...
Combined HST, X-ray, and ground-based optical studies show that clusters of galaxies are largely "in place" by $z \sim 1$, an epoch when the Universe was less than half its present age. High...
The Luminosity Function of Early-Type Galaxies at z~0.75 (2004)
Cross, N. J. G., Bouwens, R., Benitez, N., Blakeslee, J. P., Menanteau, F., Ford, H. C., ...
We measure the luminosity function of morphologically selected E/S0 galaxies from $z=0.5$ to $z=1.0$ using deep high resolution Advanced Camera for Surveys imaging data. Our analysis covers an area...
Ultra Compact Dwarf galaxies in Abell 1689: a photometric study with the ACS (2004)
Mieske, S., Infante, L., Benitez, N., Coe, D., Blakeslee, J. P., Zekser, K., ...
The properties of Ultra Compact Dwarf (UCD) galaxy candidates in Abell 1689 (z=0.183) are investigated, based on deep high resolution ACS images. A UCD candidate has to be unresolved, have i
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...
Riess, A. G., Dahlen, T., Livio, M., Panagia, N., Challis, P., ...
We present results from the Hubble Higher-z Supernova Search, the first space-based open field survey for supernovae (SNe). In cooperation with the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey, we have...
Photometric Redshift of X-Ray Sources in the Chandra Deep Field South (2004)
Zheng, W., Mikles, V. J., Mainieri, V., Hasinger, G., Rosati, P., Wolf, C., ...
Based on the photometry of 10 near-UV, optical, and near-infrared bands of the Chandra Deep Field South, we estimate the photometric redshifts for 342 X-ray sources, which constitute ~99% of all the...
Discovery of optically faint obscured quasars with Virtual Observatory tools (2004)
Padovani, P., Allen, M. G., Rosati, P., Walton, N. A.
We use Virtual Observatory (VO) tools to identify optically faint, obscured (i.e., type 2) active galactic nuclei (AGN) in the two Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS) fields. By employing...
Internal Color Properties of Resolved Spheroids in the Deep HST/ACS field of UGC 10214 (2004)
Menanteau, F., Ford, H. C., Illingworth, G. D., Sirianni, M., Blakeslee, J. P., Meurer, G. R., ...
(Abridged) We study the internal color properties of a morphologically selected sample of spheroidal galaxies taken from HST/ACS ERO program of UGC 10214 (``The Tadpole''). By taking advantage of the...
Ks-band luminosity function of the z=1.237 cluster of galaxies RDCS J1252.9-2927 (2004)
Toft, S., Mainieri, V., Rosati, P., Lidman, C., Demarco, R., Nonino, M., ...
We derive the Ks-band luminosity function (LF) of the z=1.237 massive X-ray luminous cluster of galaxies RDCS J1252.9-2927. Photometric redshifts, derived from deep multi-wavelength BVRIzJKs data,...
Ks-band luminosity function of the z = 1.237 cluster of galaxies RDCS J1252.9-2927 (2004)
Toft, S., Mainieri, V., Rosati, P., Lidman, C., Demarco, R., Nonino, M., ...
The Chandra deep field-south: optical spectroscopy. I. (2004)
Szokoly, G. P., Bergeron, J., Hasinger, G., Lehmann, I., Kewley, L., Mainieri, V., ...
Photometric redshift of X-ray sources in the Chandra Deep Field-South (2004)
Zheng, W., Mikles, V. J., Mainieri, V., Hasinger, G., Rosati, P., Wolf, C., ...
Photometric Redshifts for galaxies in the GOODS southern field (2004)
Mobasher, B., Idzi, R., Benítez, N., Cimatti, A., Christiani, S., Daddi, E., ...
ACS Observations of a Strongly Lensed Arc in a Field Elliptical (2003)
Blakeslee, J. P., Zekser, K. C., Benitez, N., Franx, M., White, R. L., Ford, H. C., ...
We report the discovery of a strongly lensed arc system around a field elliptical galaxy in Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) images of a parallel field observed during...
The Chandra Deep Field South: Optical Spectroscopy I (2003)
Szokoly, G. P., Bergeron, J., Hasinger, G., Lehmann, I., Kewley, L., Mainieri, V., ...
We present the results of our spectroscopic follow-up program of the X-ray sources detected in the 942 ks exposure of the Chandra Deep Field South (CDFS). 288 possible counterparts were observed at...
Scaling laws in X-ray Galaxy Clusters at redshift between 0.4 and 1.3 (2003)
Ettori, S., Tozzi, P., Borgani, S., Rosati, P.
(Abriged) We present a study of the integrated physical properties of a sample of 28 X-ray galaxy clusters observed with Chandra at redshift between 0.4 and 1.3. In particular, we have twelve objects...
Nipoti, C., Stiavelli, M., Ciotti, L., Treu, T., Rosati, P.
The X-ray cluster C0337-2522 at redshift $z=0.59$ hosts in its core a group of five elliptical galaxies. Using N-body simulations we show that a multiple merging event among the five galaxies is...
Meurer, G. R., Blakeslee, J. P., Sirianni, M., Ford, H. C., Illingworth, G. D., Benitez, N., ...
We have discovered three globular clusters beyond the Holmberg radius in Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys images of the gas-rich dark matter dominated blue compact dwarf galaxy...
Deep near-infrared imaging of RDCS J1252.9-2927 at z=1.237: The colour-magnitude diagram (2003)
Lidman, C., Rosati, P., Demarco, R., Nonino, M., Mainieri, V., Stanford, S. A., ...
We present deep SofI and ISAAC near-infrared imaging data of the X-ray luminous galaxy cluster RDCS J1252.9-2927. The ISAAC data were taken at the ESO Very Large Telescope under very good seeing...
Chandra and XMM-Newton Observations of RDCS1252.9-2927, A Massive Cluster at z=1.24 (2003)
Rosati, P., Tozzi, P., Ettori, S., Mainieri, V., Demarco, R., Stanford, S. A., ...
We present deep Chandra and XMM obervations of the galaxy cluster RDCS1252.9-2927, which was selected from the ROSAT Deep Cluster Survey (RDCS) and confirmed by extensive spectroscopy with the VLT at...
Grogin, N. A., Koekemoer, A. M., Schreier, E. J., Bergeron, J., Giacconi, R., Hasinger, G., ...
We present quantitative morphological analyses of 37 HST/WFPC2 counterparts of X-ray sources in the 1 Ms Chandra Deep Field-South (CDFS). We investigate: 1) 1-D surface brightness profiles via...
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...
Faint Galaxies in deep ACS observations (2003)
Benitez, N., Ford, H., Bouwens, R., Menanteau, F., Blakeslee, J., Gronwall, C., ...
We present the analysis of the faint galaxy population in the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) Early Release Observation fields VV 29 (UGC 10214) and NGC 4676. Here we attempt to thoroughly consider...
Blakeslee, J. P., Franx, M., Postman, M., Rosati, P., Holden, B. P., Illingworth, G. D., ...
We investigate the color-magnitude (CM) relation of galaxies in the distant X-ray selected cluster RDCS1252.9-2927 at z=1.24 using images obtained with the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) on the...
Near-IR bright galaxies at z~2. Entering the spheroid formation epoch ? (2003)
Daddi, E., Cimatti, A., Renzini, A., Vernet, J., Conselice, C., Pozzetti, L., ...
Spectroscopic redshifts have been measured for 9 K-band luminous galaxies at 1.7 < z < 2.3, selected with Ks < 20 in the "K20 survey" region of the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey area. Star...
Massive star formation in a gravitationally-lensed HII-galaxy at z=3.357 (2003)
Fosbury, R. A. E., Villar-Martin, M., Lombardi, M., Rosati, P., Stern, D., Hook, R. N., ...
The Lynx arc, with a redshift of 3.357, was discovered during spectroscopic follow-up of the z=0.570 cluster RX J0848+4456 from the ROSAT Deep Cluster Survey. The arc is characterized by a very red...
A Possible New Population of Sources with Extreme X-Ray / Optical Ratios (2003)
Koekemoer, Anton M., Alexander, D. M., Bauer, F. E., Bergeron, J., Brandt, W. N., Chatzichristou, E., ...
We describe a possible new class of X-ray sources that have robust detections in ultra-deep Chandra data, yet have no detections at all in our deep multi-band GOODS Hubble Space Telescope (HST) ACS...
Star Formation at z~6: i-dropouts in the ACS GTO fields (2003)
Bouwens, R. J., Illingworth, G. D., Rosati, P., Lidman, C., Broadhurst, T., Franx, M., ...
Using an i-z dropout criterion, we determine the space density of z~6 galaxies from two deep ACS GTO fields with deep optical-IR imaging. A total of 23 objects are found over 46 arcmin^2, or ~0.5...
Galactic cannibalism in the galaxy cluster C0337-2522 at z=0.59 (2003)
Nipoti, C., Stiavelli, M., Ciotti, L., Treu, T., Rosati, P.
According to the galactic cannibalism model, cD galaxies are formed in the center of galaxy clusters by merging of massive galaxies and accretion of smaller stellar systems: however, observational...
A Puzzling X-Ray Source Found in the chandra Deep Field South (2003)
Wang, J., Yaqoob, T., Szokoly, G., Gilli, R., Kewley, L., Mainieri, V., ...
In this letter we report the detection of an extremely strong X-ray emission line in the 940ks chandra ACIS-I spectrum of CXO CDFS J033225.3-274219. The source was identified as a Type1 AGN at...
Iron abundance in the ICM at high redshift (2003)
Tozzi, P., Rosati, P., Ettori, S., Borgani, S., Mainieri, V., Norman, C.
We present the analysis of the X-ray spectra of 18 distant clusters of galaxies with redshift 0.3 < z < 1.3. Most of them were observed with the Chandra satellite in long exposures ranging from 36 ks...
Tracing the large scale structure in the Chandra Deep Field South (2003)
Gilli, R., Cimatti, A., Daddi, E., Hasinger, G., Rosati, P., Szokoly, G., ...
We report the discovery of large scale structures of X-ray sources in the 1Msec observation of the Chandra Deep Field South. Two main structures appear as narrow (Delta_z < 0.02) spikes in the source...
HST/ACS Coronagraphic Imaging of the Circumstellar Disk around HD1415659A (2003)
Clampin, M., Krist, J. E., Ardila, D. R., Golimowski, D. A., Hartig, G. F., Ford, H. C., ...
Multicolor coronagraphic images of the circumstellar disk around HD141569A have been obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Advanced Camera for Surveys. B, V, and I images show that the...
Blakeslee, John P., Tsvetanov, Zlatan I., Riess, Adam G., Ford, Holland C., Illingworth, Garth D., Magee, Daniel, ...
We present observations of the first two supernovae discovered with the recently installed Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) on the Hubble Space Telescope. The supernovae were found in Wide Field...
Maughan, B. J., Jones, L. R., Ebeling, H., Perlman, E., Rosati, P., Frye, C., ...
We present an analysis of Chandra observations of two high-redshift clusters of galaxies, ClJ1113.1-2615 at z=0.725 and ClJ0152.7-1357 at z=0.833. We find ClJ1113 to be relaxed with...
Chandra Deep Field South : the optically faint population (2003)
Mainieri, V., Rosati, P., Nonino, M., Szokoly, G., Bergeron, J., Hasinger, G., ...
Tracing the large-scale structure in the Chandra deep field south. (2003)
Gilli, R., Cimatti, A., Daddi, E., Hasinger, G., Rosati, P., Szokoly, G., ...
A puzzling X-ray source found in the Chandra Deep Field-South (2003)
Wang, J., Yaqoob, T., Szokoly, G., Gilli, R., Kewley, L., Mainieri, V., ...
Tran, Hien D., Sirianni, M., Ford, H. C., Illingworth, G. D., Clampin, M., Hartig, G., ...
We present the first Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) observations of young star clusters in the colliding/merging galaxy UGC 10214. The observations were made as part of the Early Release...
Ettori, S., Tozzi, P., Rosati, P.
We present a study of the baryonic fraction in galaxy clusters aimed at constraining the cosmological parameters Omega_m, Omega_Lambda and the ratio between the pressure and density of the ``dark''...
XMM-Newton observation of the Lockman Hole II. Spectral analysis (2002)
Mainieri, V., Bergeron, J., Hasinger, G., Lehmann, I., Rosati, P., Schmidt, M., ...
We present the results of the X-ray spectral analysis of the first deep X-ray survey with the XMM-Newton observatory during Performance Verification. We restrict the analysis to the sample of 98...
Renzini, A., Cesarsky, C., Cristiani, S., Da Costa, L., Fosbury, R., Hook, R., ...
Currently public ESO data sets pertinent to the CDFS/GOODS field are briefly illustrated along with an indication on how to get access to them. Future ESO plans for complementing the GOODS database...
Holden, B. P., Stanford, S. A., Squires, G. K., Rosati, P., Tozzi, P., Eisenhardt, P., ...
We present our discovery observations and analysis of RDCS1317+2911, z = 0.805, and RDCS1350+6007, z= 0.804, two clusters of galaxies identified through X-ray emission in the ROSAT Deep Cluster...
XMM-Newton observations of the Lockman Hole : Spectral analysis (2002)
Mainieri, V., Bergeron, J., Rosati, P., Hasinger, G., Lehmann, I.
We present the results of the X-ray spectral analysis of the deep survey obtained with the XMM-Newton observatory on the Lockman Hole. The X-ray data and the cumulative source counts were reported by...
XMM-Newton observation of the Lockman Hole - II. Spectral analysis (2002)
Mainieri, V., Bergeron, J., Hasinger, G., Lehmann, I., Rosati, P., Schmidt, M., ...
We present the results of the X-ray spectral analysis of the first deep X-ray survey with the XMM-Newton observatory during Performance Verification. The X-ray data of the Lockman Hole field and the...
Chandra Deep Field South: The 1Msec Catalog (2001)
Giacconi, R., Zirm, A., Wang, J., Rosati, P., Nonino, M., Tozzi, P., ...
In this Paper we present the source catalog obtained from a 942 ks exposure of the Chandra Deep Field South (CDFS), using ACIS-I on the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Catalog generation proceeded...
An X-ray Selected Galaxy Cluster at z=1.11 in the Rosat Deep Cluster Survey (2001)
Stanford, S. A., Holden, B. P., Rosati, P., Eisenhardt, P. R., Stern, D., Squires, G., ...
We report the discovery of an X-ray luminous galaxy cluster at z =1.11. RDCS J0910+5422 was selected as an X-ray cluster candidate in the ROSAT Deep Cluster Survey on the basis of its spatial extent...
The Chandra Deep Field South: the 1 Million Second (2001)
Rosati, P., Tozzi, P., Giacconi, R., Gilli, R., Hasinger, G., Kewley, L., ...
We present the main results from our 940 ksec observation of the Chandra Deep Field South (CDFS), using the source catalog described in an accompanying paper (Giacconi et al. 2001). We extend the...
Koekemoer, A. M., Grogin, N. A., Schreier, E. J., Giacconi, R., Gilli, R., Kewley, L., ...
We present HST/WFPC2 observations of a well-defined sample of 40 X-ray sources with X-ray fluxes above the detection threshold of the full 1 Msec Chandra Deep Field South (CDFS). The sensitivity and...
X-ray temperature and morphology of z>0.8 clusters of galaxies (2001)
Holden, B., Stanford, S. A., Rosati, P., Tozzi, P., Squires, G., Borgani, S., ...
We discuss our current progress in studying a sample of z>0.8 clusters of galaxies from the ROSAT Distant Cluster Survey. To date, we have Chandra observations for four of the ten clusters. We find...
Measuring $\Omega_m$ with the ROSAT Deep Cluster Survey (2001)
Borgani, S., Rosati, P., Tozzi, P., Stanford, S. A., Eisenhardt, P. E., Lidman, C., ...
We analyze the ROSAT Deep Cluster Survey (RDCS) to derive cosmological constraints from the evolution of the cluster X-ray luminosity distribution. The sample contains 103 galaxy clusters out to...
HST Imaging in the Chandra Deep Field South: I. Multiple AGN Populations (2001)
Schreier, E. J., Koekemoer, A. M., Grogin, N. A., Giacconi, R., Gilli, R., Kewley, L., ...
We present preliminary results from imaging three HST/WFPC2 fields in V and I within the Chandra Deep Field South (CDFS). HST's sensitivity and resolution are sufficient to reveal optical...
RX J0848+4456: Disentangling a Moderate Redshift Cluster (2001)
Holden, B. P., Stanford, S. A., Rosati, P., Squires, G., Tozzi, P., Fosbury, R. A. E., ...
We present a multi-wavelength study of RX J0848+4456, a cluster of galaxies discovered through X-ray emission in the ROSAT Deep Cluster Survey. Our observations consist of WFPC2 imaging, optical...
Norman, C., Hasinger, G., Giacconi, R., Gilli, R., Kewley, L., Nonino, M., ...
In the Chandra Deep Field South 1Msec exposure we have found, at redshift 3.700 +- 0.005, the most distant Type 2 AGN ever detected. It is the source with the hardest X-ray spectrum with redshift...
Tozzi, P., Rosati, P., Nonino, M., Bergeron, J., Borgani, S., Gilli, R., ...
We present results from 300 ks of X-ray observations of the Chandra Deep Field South. The field of the four combined exposures is now 0.1035 deg^2 and we reach a flux limit of 10^{-16} erg s^{-1}...
The Intracluster Medium in z > 1 Galaxy Clusters (2000)
Stanford, S. A., Holden, B., Rosati, P., Tozzi, P., Borgani, S., Eisenhardt, P. R., ...
The Chandra X-ray Observatory was used to obtain a 190 ks image of three high redshift galaxy clusters in one observation. The results of our analysis of these data are reported for the two z > 1...
Weak lensing mass reconstruction of MS1008.1-1224 (2000)
Lombardi, M., Rosati, P., Nonino, M., Girardi, M., Borgani, S., Squires, G.
We present an in-depth weak lensing analysis of the cluster MS1008 based on deep multicolor imaging obtained during the Science Verification of FORS1 at the VLT. The image quality (half arcsec...
First Results from the X-ray and Optical Survey of the Chandra Deep Field South (2000)
Giacconi, R., Rosati, P., Tozzi, P., Nonino, M., Hasinger, G., Norman, C., ...
We present our first results from 130 ks of X-ray observations obtained with the Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer on the Chandra X-ray Observatory. We reach a flux of 2 X 10^(-16) erg s^(-1) cm^(-2)...
Boehringer, H., Voges, W., Huchra, J. P., McLean, B., Giacconi, R., Rosati, P., ...
In the construction of an X-ray selected sample of galaxy clusters for cosmological studies, we have assembled a sample of 495 X-ray sources found to show extended X-ray emission in the first...
The Most Distant X-ray Clusters and the Evolution of their Space Density (2000)
Rosati, P., Borgani, S., Della Ceca, R., Stanford, S. A., Eisenhardt, P. R., Lidman, C.
We briefly review our current knowledge of the space density of distant X-ray clusters as measured by several ROSAT serendipitous surveys. We compare old and new determinations of the cluster X-ray...
A Hard Medium Survey with ASCA. III.: a Type 2 AGN revealed from X-ray Spectroscopy (2000)
Della Ceca, R., Maccacaro, T., Rosati, P., Braito, V.
In this paper we report the discovery of an hard X-ray selected Type 2 Seyfert galaxy and we present and discuss its X-ray and optical spectrum together with the radio to X-ray energy distribution....
The ROSAT Deep Cluster Survey: Constraints on Cosmology (1999)
Borgani, S., Rosati, P., Della Ceca, R., Tozzi, P., Norman, C.
We use the ROSAT Deep Cluster Survey (RDCS) to trace the evolution of the cluster abundance out to $z\simeq 0.8$ and constrain cosmological models. We resort to a phenomenological prescription to...
Della Ceca, R., Scaramella, R., Gioia, I. M., Rosati, P., Fiore, F., Squires, G.
We present X-ray observations of two high redshift clusters of galaxies carried out with the BeppoSAX satellite. One cluster, RXJ0152.7-1357 at z = 0.83, was selected from the ROSAT Deep Cluster...
Fontana, A., D'Odorico, S., Fosbury, R., Giallongo, E., Hook, R., Poli, F., ...
We present the deep UBVRI observations of the HDF-S NICMOS field obtained as part of the Science Verification of the VLT Unit 1 telescope. The images have been used to construct object catalogs and...
Da Costa, L., Scodeggio, M., Olsen, L. F., Nonino, M., Rengelink, R., Bender, R., ...
Optical data from the ESO VLT-UT1 Science Verification observations are combined with near-infrared data from SOFI at the NTT to obtain optical-infrared color-magnitude diagrams for the objects in...
Cosmological Constraints from the ROSAT Deep Cluster Survey (1999)
Borgani, S., Rosati, P., Tozzi, P., Norman, C.
The ROSAT Deep Cluster Survey (RDCS) has provided a new large deep sample of X-ray selected galaxy clusters. Observables such as the flux number counts n(S), the redshift distribution n(z) and the...
Stiavelli, M., Treu, T., Carollo, C. M., Rosati, P., Viezzer, R., Casertano, S., ...
The combined use of the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT) UT1 Science Verification (SV) images and of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Hubble Deep Field South observations allows us to strengthen the...
Search and analysis of small scale structures in two X-ray clusters of galaxies (1997)
Lazzati, D., Campana, S., Rosati, P., Chincarini, G., Giacconi, R.
We present a refinement of the wavelet analysis technique for the detection and characterisation of small scale features embedded in a strongly varying background. This technique handles with...
The ROSAT Deep Cluster Survey: the X-ray Luminosity Function out to z=0.8 (1997)
Rosati, P., Della Ceca, R., Norman, C., Giacconi, R.
We present the X-ray Luminosity Function (XLF) of the ROSAT Deep Cluster Survey (RDCS) sample over the redshift range 0.05-0.8. Our results are derived from a complete flux-limited subsample of 70...
A Serendipitous Deep Cluster Survey from ROSAT--PSPC pointed observations (1995)
We present a deep X-ray selected sample of galaxy clusters which has been created from a serendipitous search in ROSAT-PSPC deep pointed observations at high galactic latitude. This survey, hereafter...
A FIRST DETERMINATION OF THE SURFACE DENSITY OF GALAXY CLUSTERS AT VERY LOW X--RAY FLUXES (1995)
Rosati, P., Della Ceca, R., Burg, R., Norman, C., Giacconi, R.
We present the first results of a serendipitous search for clusters of galaxies in deep ROSAT-PSPC pointed observations at high galactic latitude. The survey is being carried out using a Wavelet...