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OMEGA – OSIRIS mapping of emission-line galaxies in A901/2 – V. The rich population of jellyfish galaxies in the multi-cluster system Abell 901/2 (2019)
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We present the results of a systematic search and characterisation of galaxies with morphological signatures of ram-pressure stripping, known as jellyfish galaxies, in the multi-cluster system A901/2, at z ∼ 0.165, as part of the OMEGA survey. By vis... Read More about OMEGA – OSIRIS mapping of emission-line galaxies in A901/2 – V. The rich population of jellyfish galaxies in the multi-cluster system Abell 901/2.

Tidal interactions and mergers in intermediate redshift EDisCS clusters (2018)
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We study the fraction of tidal interactions and mergers with well identified observability timescales (fTIM) in group, cluster, and accompanying field galaxies and its dependence on redshift (z), cluster velocity dispersion (sigma) and environment an... Read More about Tidal interactions and mergers in intermediate redshift EDisCS clusters.

A direct test of density wave theory in a grand-design spiral galaxy (2018)
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The exact nature of the arms of spiral galaxies is still an open question1. It has been widely assumed that spiral arms in galaxies with two distinct symmetrical arms are the products of density waves that propagate around the disk, with the spiral a... Read More about A direct test of density wave theory in a grand-design spiral galaxy.

SDSS-IV MaNGA: the formation sequence of S0 galaxies (2018)
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Gas stripping of spiral galaxies or mergers are thought to be the formation mechanisms of lenticular galaxies. In order to determine the conditions in which each scenario dominates, we derive stellar populations of both the bulge and disk regions of... Read More about SDSS-IV MaNGA: the formation sequence of S0 galaxies.

OMEGA-OSIRIS mapping of emission-line galaxies in A901/2:IV: extinction of star-formation estimators with inclination (2018)
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We study the effect of inclination on the apparent brightness of star-forming galaxies in spectral passbands that are commonly used as star-formation indicators. As diagnostics we use mass-to-light ratios in three passbands: the UV continuum at 280 n... Read More about OMEGA-OSIRIS mapping of emission-line galaxies in A901/2:IV: extinction of star-formation estimators with inclination.

Spectroscopic decomposition of the galaxy and halo of the cD galaxy NGC 3311 (2018)
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Information on the star-formation histories of cD galaxies and their extended stellar haloes lie in their spectra. Therefore, to determine whether these structures evolved together or through a two-phase formation, we need to spectroscopically separa... Read More about Spectroscopic decomposition of the galaxy and halo of the cD galaxy NGC 3311.

The fourteenth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: first spectroscopic data from the extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey and from the second phase of the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (2018)
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The fourth generation of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-IV) has been in operation since July 2014. This paper describes the second data release from this phase, and the fourteenth from SDSS overall (making this, Data Release Fourteen or DR14). Th... Read More about The fourteenth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: first spectroscopic data from the extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey and from the second phase of the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment.

SDSS-IV MaNGA: uncovering the angular momentum content of central and satellite early-type galaxies (2018)
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We study 379 central and 159 satellite early-type galaxies with two-dimensional kinematics from the integral field survey Mapping Nearby Galaxies at APO (MaNGA) to determine how their angular momentum content depends on stellar and halo mass. Using t... Read More about SDSS-IV MaNGA: uncovering the angular momentum content of central and satellite early-type galaxies.

The 13th data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: first spectroscopic data from the SDSS-IV survey mapping nearby galaxies at Apache Point Observatory (2017)
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The fourth generation of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-IV) began observations in 2014 July. It pursues three core programs: the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment 2 (APOGEE-2), Mapping Nearby Galaxies at APO (MaNGA), and the... Read More about The 13th data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: first spectroscopic data from the SDSS-IV survey mapping nearby galaxies at Apache Point Observatory.

Determining the halo mass scale where galaxies lose their gas (2017)
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A major question in galaxy formation is how the gas supply that fuels activity in galaxies is modulated by their environment. We use spectroscopy of a set of well characterized clusters and groups at $0.45$\AA\ is $f_{[OII]}=0.08^{+0.03}_{-0.02}$ and... Read More about Determining the halo mass scale where galaxies lose their gas.

SDSS-IV MaNGA: the different quenching histories of fast and slow rotators (2017)
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Do the theorised different formation mechanisms of fast and slow rotators produce an observable difference in their star formation histories? To study this we identify quenching slow rotators in the MaNGA sample by selecting those which lie below the... Read More about SDSS-IV MaNGA: the different quenching histories of fast and slow rotators.

Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV: Mapping the Milky Way, Nearby Galaxies, and the Distant Universe (2017)
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We describe the Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV (SDSS-IV), a project encompassing three major spectroscopic programs. The Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment 2 (APOGEE-2) is observing hundreds of thousands of Milky Way stars at high re... Read More about Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV: Mapping the Milky Way, Nearby Galaxies, and the Distant Universe.

OMEGA - OSIRIS mapping of emission-line galaxies in A901/2: III. - Galaxy properties across projected phase space in A901/2 (2017)
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We conduct a comprehensive projected phase-space analysis of the A901/2 multicluster system at z ∼ 0.165. Aggregating redshifts from spectroscopy, tunable-filter imaging and prism techniques, we assemble a sample of 856 cluster galaxies reaching 108.... Read More about OMEGA - OSIRIS mapping of emission-line galaxies in A901/2: III. - Galaxy properties across projected phase space in A901/2.

The effect of the environment on the structure, morphology and star-formation history of intermediate-redshift galaxies (2017)
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With the aim of understanding the effect of the environment on the star formation history and morphological transformation of galaxies, we present a detailed analysis of the colour, morphology and internal structure of cluster and field galaxies at 0... Read More about The effect of the environment on the structure, morphology and star-formation history of intermediate-redshift galaxies.

SDSS-IV MaNGA IFS galaxy survey—survey design, execution, and initial data quality (2016)
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The MaNGA Survey (Mapping Nearby Galaxies at Apache Point Observatory) is one of three core programs in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV. It is obtaining integral field spectroscopy for 10,000 nearby galaxies at a spectral resolution of R ∼ 2000 from... Read More about SDSS-IV MaNGA IFS galaxy survey—survey design, execution, and initial data quality.

The demographics of galactic bulges in the SDSS database (2016)
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We present a new database of our two-dimensional bulge–disk decompositions for 14,233 galaxies drawn from Sloan Digital Sky Survey DR12 in order to examine the properties of bulges residing in the local universe (0.005 < z < 0.05). We performed decom... Read More about The demographics of galactic bulges in the SDSS database.

Wavelength self-calibration and sky subtraction for Fabry–Pérot interferometers: applications to OSIRIS (2015)
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We describe techniques concerning wavelength calibration and sky subtraction to maximize the scientific utility of data from tunable filter instruments. While we specifically address data from the Optical System for Imaging and low Resolution Integra... Read More about Wavelength self-calibration and sky subtraction for Fabry–Pérot interferometers: applications to OSIRIS.

OMEGA - OSIRIS Mapping of Emission-line Galaxies in A901/2: I. Survey description, data analysis, and star formation and AGN activity in the highest density regions (2015)
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We present an overview of and first results from the OMEGA (OSIRIS Mapping of Emission-line Galaxies in the multicluster system A901/2) survey. The ultimate goal of this project is to study star formation and active galactic nucleus (AGN) activity ac... Read More about OMEGA - OSIRIS Mapping of Emission-line Galaxies in A901/2: I. Survey description, data analysis, and star formation and AGN activity in the highest density regions.

GLACE survey: OSIRIS/GTC tuneable filter H? imaging of the rich galaxy cluster ZwCl 0024.0+1652 at z=0.395 (2015)
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The cores of clusters at 0 ≲ z ≲ 1 are dominated by quiescent early-type galaxies, whereas the field is dominated by star-forming late-type galaxies. Clusters grow through the accretion of galaxies and groups from the surrounding field, which implies... Read More about GLACE survey: OSIRIS/GTC tuneable filter H? imaging of the rich galaxy cluster ZwCl 0024.0+1652 at z=0.395.

Galaxy sizes as a function of environment at intermediate redshift from the ESO Distant Cluster Survey (2015)
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In order to assess whether the environment has a significant effect on galaxy sizes, we compare the mass–size relations of cluster and field galaxies in the 0.4