Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

All Outputs (49)

Cosmic CARNage II: the evolution of the galaxy stellar mass function in observations and galaxy formation models (2018)
Journal Article
Asquith, R., Pearce, F. R., Almaini, O., Knebe, A., Gonzalez-Perez, V., Benson, A., …Yi, S. K. (2018). Cosmic CARNage II: the evolution of the galaxy stellar mass function in observations and galaxy formation models. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 480(1), 1197–1210. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty1870

We present a comparison of the observed evolving galaxy stellar mass functions with the predictions of eight semi-analytic models and one halo occupation distribution model. While most models are able to fit the data at low redshift, some of them str... Read More about Cosmic CARNage II: the evolution of the galaxy stellar mass function in observations and galaxy formation models.

An ALMA survey of the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey UKIDSS/UDS Field: identifying candidate z∼4.5[CII] emitters (2018)
Journal Article
Cooke, E., Smail, I., Swinbank, A., Stach, S., An, F. X., Gullberg, B., …Werf, P. V. D. (2018). An ALMA survey of the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey UKIDSS/UDS Field: identifying candidate z∼4.5[CII] emitters. Astrophysical Journal, 861(2), https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aac6ba

We report the results of a search for serendipitous [C ii] 157.74 μm emitters at z sime 4.4–4.7 using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). The search exploits the AS2UDS continuum survey, which covers ~50 arcmin2 of the sky toward... Read More about An ALMA survey of the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey UKIDSS/UDS Field: identifying candidate z∼4.5[CII] emitters.

The structure of post-starburst galaxies at 0.5 < z < 2: evidence for two distinct quenching routes at different epochs (2018)
Journal Article
Maltby, D. T., Almaini, O., Wild, V., Hatch, N. A., Hartley, W. G., Simpson, C., …Socolovsky, M. (2018). The structure of post-starburst galaxies at 0.5 < z < 2: evidence for two distinct quenching routes at different epochs. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 480(1), 381-401. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty1794

We present an analysis of the structure of post-starburst (PSB) galaxies in the redshift range 0.5 less than z less than 2, using a photometrically selected sample identified in the Ultra Deep Survey field. We examine the structure of ∼80 of t... Read More about The structure of post-starburst galaxies at 0.5 < z < 2: evidence for two distinct quenching routes at different epochs.

An ALMA survey of the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey UKIDSS/UDS field: number counts of submillimeter galaxies (2018)
Journal Article
Stach, S. M., Smail, I., Swinbank, A., Simpson, J., Geach, J., An, F. X., …Werf, P. V. D. (2018). An ALMA survey of the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey UKIDSS/UDS field: number counts of submillimeter galaxies. Astrophysical Journal, 860(2), https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aac5e5

We report the first results of AS2UDS, an 870 μm continuum survey with the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) of a total area of ~50 arcmin2 comprising a complete sample of 716 submillimeter sources drawn from the SCUBA-2 Cosmology L... Read More about An ALMA survey of the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey UKIDSS/UDS field: number counts of submillimeter galaxies.

A direct calibration of thtae IRX–β relation in Lyman-break galaxies at z=3–5 (2018)
Journal Article
Koprowski, M., Coppin, K., Geach, J., McLure, R., Almaini, O., Blain, A., …van der Werf, P. (2018). A direct calibration of thtae IRX–β relation in Lyman-break galaxies at z=3–5. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 479(4), https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty1527

We use a sample of 4209 Lyman-break galaxies (LBGs) at z~ -3, 4, and 5 in the UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey Ultra Deep Survey field to investigate the relationship between the observed slope of the stellar continuum emission in the ultraviolet, β ,... Read More about A direct calibration of thtae IRX–β relation in Lyman-break galaxies at z=3–5.

The VANDELS ESO public spectroscopic survey (2018)
Journal Article
McLure, R., Pentericci, L., Cimatti, A., Dunlop, J., Elbaz, D., Fontana, A., …Zucca, E. (2018). The VANDELS ESO public spectroscopic survey. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 479(1), https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty1213

VANDELS is a uniquely deep spectroscopic survey of high-redshift galaxies with the VIMOS spectrograph on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT). The survey has obtained ultradeep optical (0.48 < λ < 1.0 μm) spectroscopy of ≃2100 galaxies within the redshif... Read More about The VANDELS ESO public spectroscopic survey.

Growing up in a megalopolis: environmental effects on galaxy evolution in a supercluster at z?0.65 in UKIDSS UDS (2018)
Journal Article
Galametz, A., Pentericci, L., Castellano, M., Mendel, T., Hartley, W. G., Fossati, M., …Kocevski, D. D. (2018). Growing up in a megalopolis: environmental effects on galaxy evolution in a supercluster at z∼0.65 in UKIDSS UDS. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 475(3), https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty095

We present a large-scale galaxy structure Cl J021734-0513 at z ∼ 0.65 discovered in the UKIDSS UDS field, made of ∼ 20 galaxy groups and clusters, spreading over 10 Mpc. We report on a VLT/VIMOS spectroscopic follow-up program that, combined with pas... Read More about Growing up in a megalopolis: environmental effects on galaxy evolution in a supercluster at z?0.65 in UKIDSS UDS.

SCUBA-2 Ultra Deep Imaging EAO Survey (STUDIES): faint-end counts at 450 ?m (2017)
Journal Article
Wang, W., Lin, W., Lim, C., Smail, I., Chapman, S. C., Zheng, X. Z., …Wardlow, J. L. (2017). SCUBA-2 Ultra Deep Imaging EAO Survey (STUDIES): faint-end counts at 450 μm. Astrophysical Journal, 850(1), https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa911b

The SCUBA-2 Ultra Deep Imaging EAO Survey (STUDIES) is a three-year JCMT Large Program aiming to reach the 450 μm confusion limit in the COSMOS-CANDELS region to study a representative sample of the high-redshift far-infrared galaxy population that g... Read More about SCUBA-2 Ultra Deep Imaging EAO Survey (STUDIES): faint-end counts at 450 ?m.

The UKIRT Hemisphere Survey: definition and J-band data release (2017)
Journal Article
Dye, S., Lawrence, A., Read, M., Fan, X., Kerr, T., Varricatt, W., …Tedds, J. (2018). The UKIRT Hemisphere Survey: definition and J-band data release. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 473(4), 5113-5125. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx2622

This paper defines the UK Infra-Red Telescope (UKIRT) Hemisphere Survey (UHS) and release of the remaining ∼12 700 deg2 of J-band survey data products. The UHS will provide continuous J- and K-band coverage in the Northern hemisphere from a declinati... Read More about The UKIRT Hemisphere Survey: definition and J-band data release.

CANDELS: Elevated black hole growth in the progenitors of compact quiescent galaxies at z ? 2 (2017)
Journal Article
Kocevski, D. D., Barro, G., Faber, S., Dekel, A., Somerville, R. S., Young, J. A., …Yan, H. (2017). CANDELS: Elevated black hole growth in the progenitors of compact quiescent galaxies at z ∼ 2. Astrophysical Journal, 846(2), https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa8566

We examine the fraction of massive (M* > 1010 M) compact star-forming galaxies (cSFGs) that host an active galactic nucleus (AGN) at z ~ 2. These cSFGs are likely the direct progenitors of the compact quiescent galaxies observed at this epoch, which... Read More about CANDELS: Elevated black hole growth in the progenitors of compact quiescent galaxies at z ? 2.

Massive post-starburst galaxies at z > 1 are compact proto-spheroids (2017)
Journal Article
Almaini, O., Wild, V., Maltby, D. T., Hartley, W. G., Simpson, C., Hatch, N. A., …Rowlands, K. (2017). Massive post-starburst galaxies at z > 1 are compact proto-spheroids. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 472(2), 1401-1412. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1957

We investigate the relationship between the quenching of star formation and the structural transformation of massive galaxies, using a large sample of photometrically-selected poststarburst galaxies in the UKIDSS UDS field. We find that post-starburs... Read More about Massive post-starburst galaxies at z > 1 are compact proto-spheroids.

Enhancement of AGN in a protocluster at z=1.6 (2017)
Journal Article
Krishnan, C., Hatch, N. A., Almaini, O., Kocevski, D., Cooke, E. A., Hartley, W. G., …Simpson, C. (2017). Enhancement of AGN in a protocluster at z=1.6. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 470(2), 2170-2178. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1315

We investigate the prevalence of AGN in the high-redshift protocluster Cl 0218.3–0510 at z = 1.62. Using imaging from the Chandra X-ray Telescope, we find a large overdensity of AGN in the protocluster; a factor of 23±9 times the field density of AGN... Read More about Enhancement of AGN in a protocluster at z=1.6.

A consistent measure of the merger histories of massive galaxies using close-pair statistics I: Major mergers at z < 3:5 (2017)
Journal Article
Mundy, C. J., Conselice, C. J., Duncan, K. J., Almaini, O., Häußler, B., & Hartley, W. G. (2017). A consistent measure of the merger histories of massive galaxies using close-pair statistics I: Major mergers at z < 3:5. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 470(3), 3507–3531. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1238

We use a large sample of ?350,000 galaxies constructed by combining the UKIDSS UDS, VIDEO/CFHT-LS, UltraVISTA/COSMOS and GAMA survey regions to probe the major merging histories of massive galaxies (>1010 M?) at 0.00510?4 Mpc?3, and find rates a fact... Read More about A consistent measure of the merger histories of massive galaxies using close-pair statistics I: Major mergers at z < 3:5.

The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: multi-wavelength properties of ALMA-identified submillimeter galaxies in UKIDSS UDS (2017)
Journal Article
Simpson, J., Smail, I., Swinbank, A., Ivison, R., Dunlop, J., Geach, J., …Werf, P. V. D. (2017). The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: multi-wavelength properties of ALMA-identified submillimeter galaxies in UKIDSS UDS. Astrophysical Journal, 839(1), Article 58. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa65d0

We present a multi-wavelength analysis of 52 submillimeter galaxies (SMGs), identified using ALMA 870 μm continuum imaging in a pilot program to precisely locate bright SCUBA-2-selected submillimeter sources in the UKIDSS Ultra Deep Survey (UDS) fiel... Read More about The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: multi-wavelength properties of ALMA-identified submillimeter galaxies in UKIDSS UDS.

The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: 850 ?m maps, catalogues and number counts (2016)
Journal Article
Serjeant, S., Geach, J. E., Dunlop, J. S., Halpern, M., Smail, I., van der Werf, P., …Zemcov, M. (2017). The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: 850 μm maps, catalogues and number counts. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 465(2), 1789-1806. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw2721

We present a catalogue of ∼3000 submillimetre sources detected (≥3.5σ) at 850 μm over ∼5 deg2 surveyed as part of the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey (S2CLS). This is the largest survey of its kind at 850 μm, incr... Read More about The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: 850 ?m maps, catalogues and number counts.

Faint submillimeter galaxies identified through their optical/near-infrared colors: 1. Spatial clustering and halo masses (2016)
Journal Article
Chen (陳建州), C., Smail, I., Swinbank, A., Simpson, J. M., Almaini, O., Conselice, C. J., …Wilkinson, A. (2016). Faint submillimeter galaxies identified through their optical/near-infrared colors: 1. Spatial clustering and halo masses. Astrophysical Journal, 831(1), https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/831/1/91

The properties of submillimeter galaxies (SMGs) that are fainter than the confusion limit of blank-field single-dish surveys (S850  2 mJy) are poorly constrained. Using a newly developed color selection technique, Optical-Infrared Triple Color (OIRT... Read More about Faint submillimeter galaxies identified through their optical/near-infrared colors: 1. Spatial clustering and halo masses.

Galaxy Zoo: quantitative visual morphological classifications for 48 000 galaxies from CANDELS (2016)
Journal Article
Simmons, B., Lintott, C., Willett, K. W., Masters, K. L., Kartaltepe, J. S., Häußler, B., …Wiklind, T. (2017). Galaxy Zoo: quantitative visual morphological classifications for 48 000 galaxies from CANDELS. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 464(4), https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw2587

We present quantified visual morphologies of approximately 48 000 galaxies observed in three Hubble Space Telescope legacy fields by the Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey (CANDELS) and classified by participants in the Ga... Read More about Galaxy Zoo: quantitative visual morphological classifications for 48 000 galaxies from CANDELS.

Exploring the progenitors of brightest cluster galaxies at z ∼ 2 (2016)
Journal Article
Zhao, D., Conselice, C. J., Aragón-Salamanca, A., Almaini, O., Hartley, W. G., Lani, C., …Old, L. (2017). Exploring the progenitors of brightest cluster galaxies at z ∼ 2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 464(2), 1393-1414. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw2406

We present a new method for tracing the evolution of brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs) from z ∼ 2 to z ∼ 0. We conclude on the basis of semi-analytical models that the best method to select BCG progenitors at z ∼ 2 is a hybrid environmental density a... Read More about Exploring the progenitors of brightest cluster galaxies at z ∼ 2.

The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: The clustering of submillimetre galaxies in the UKIDSS UDS field (2016)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, A., Almaini, O., Chen, C. C., Smail, I., Arumugam, V., Blain, A., …Wild, V. (2017). The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: The clustering of submillimetre galaxies in the UKIDSS UDS field. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 464(2), 1380-1392. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw2405

© 2016 The Authors. Submillimetre galaxies (SMGs) are among the most luminous dusty galaxies in the Universe, but their true nature remains unclear; are SMGs the progenitors of the massive elliptical galaxies we see in the local Universe, or are they... Read More about The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: The clustering of submillimetre galaxies in the UKIDSS UDS field.