- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/474/3875
- Title:
- Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): DR3
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/474/3875
- Date:
- 19 Jan 2022 09:03:58
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We describe data release 3 (DR3) of the Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey. The GAMA survey is a spectroscopic redshift and multiwavelength photometric survey in three equatorial regions each of 60.0deg^2^ (G09, G12, and G15), and two southern regions of 55.7deg^2^ (G02) and 50.6deg^2^ (G23). DR3 consists of: the first release of data covering the G02 region and of data on H-ATLAS (Herschel - Astrophysical Terahertz Large Area Survey) sources in the equatorial regions; and updates to data on sources released in DR2. DR3 includes 154809 sources with secure redshifts across four regions. A subset of the G02 region is 95.5 per cent redshift complete to r<19.8mag over an area of 19.5deg^2^, with 20086 galaxy redshifts, that overlaps substantially with the XXL survey (X-ray) and VIPERS (redshift survey). In the equatorial regions, the main survey has even higher completeness (98.5 per cent), and spectra for about 75 per cent of H-ATLAS filler targets were also obtained. This filler sample extends spectroscopic redshifts, for probable optical counterparts to H-ATLAS submillimetre sources, to 0.8mag deeper (r<20.6mag) than the GAMA main survey. There are 25814 galaxy redshifts for H-ATLAS sources from the GAMA main or filler surveys. GAMA DR3 is available at the survey website (www.gama-survey.org/dr3/).
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/733/L47
- Title:
- Galaxy bulge types within 11Mpc
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/733/L47
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present an inventory of galaxy bulge types (elliptical galaxy, classical bulge, pseudobulge, and bulgeless galaxy) in a volume-limited sample within the local 11Mpc sphere using Spitzer 3.6um and Hubble Space Telescope data. We find that whether counting by number, star formation rate, or stellar mass, the dominant galaxy type in the local universe has pure disk characteristics (either hosting a pseudobulge or being bulgeless). Galaxies that contain either a pseudobulge or no bulge combine to account for over 80% of the number of galaxies above a stellar mass of 10^9^M_{sun}_. Classical bulges and elliptical galaxies account for ~1/4, and disks for ~3/4 of the stellar mass in the local 11Mpc. About 2/3 of all star formation in the local volume takes place in galaxies with pseudobulges. Looking at the fraction of galaxies with different bulge types as a function of stellar mass, we find that the frequency of classical bulges strongly increases with stellar mass, and comes to dominate above 10^10.5^M_{sun}_. Galaxies with pseudobulges dominate at 10^9.5^-10^10.5^M_{sun}_. Yet lower-mass galaxies are most likely to be bulgeless. If pseudobulges are not a product of mergers, then the frequency of pseudobulges in the local universe poses a challenge for galaxy evolution models.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/144/127
- Title:
- 204 galaxy candidates from VVV infrared photometry
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/144/127
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) is an ESO variability survey that is performing observations in near-infrared bands (ZY JHK_s_) toward the Galactic bulge and part of the disk with the completeness limits at least 3mag deeper than Two Micron All Sky Survey. In the present work, we searched in the VVV survey data for background galaxies near the Galactic plane using ZY JHK_s_ photometry that covers 1.636deg^2^. We identified 204 new galaxy candidates by analyzing colors, sizes, and visual inspection of multi-band (ZY JHK_s_) images. The galaxy candidate colors were also compared with the predicted ones by star count models considering a more realistic extinction model at the same completeness limits observed by VVV. A comparison of the galaxy candidates with the expected one by Millennium simulations is also presented. Our results increase the number density of known galaxies behind the Milky Way by more than one order of magnitude. A catalog with galaxy properties including ellipticity, Petrosian radii, and ZY JHK_s_magnitudes is provided, as well as comparisons of the results with other surveys of galaxies toward the Galactic plane.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/820/98
- Title:
- Galaxy candidates in the Hubble Frontier Fields
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/820/98
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In this paper we present the results of our search for and study of z>~6 galaxy candidates behind the third Frontier Fields (FFs) cluster, MACS J0717.5+3745, and its parallel field, combining data from Hubble and Spitzer. We select 39 candidates using the Lyman break technique, for which the clear non-detection in optical make the extreme mid-z interlopers hypothesis unlikely. We also take benefit from z>~6 samples selected using the previous FF data sets of Abell 2744 and MACS 0416 to improve the constraints on the properties of very high redshift objects. We compute the redshift and the physical properties such emission lines properties, star formation rate, reddening, and stellar mass for all FF objects from their spectral energy distribution using templates including nebular emission lines. We study the relationship between several physical properties and confirm the trend already observed in previous surveys for evolution of star formation rate with galaxy mass and between the size and the UV luminosity of our candidates. The analysis of the evolution of the UV luminosity function with redshift seems more compatible with an evolution of density. Moreover, no robust z>=8.5 object is selected behind the cluster field and few z~9 candidates have been selected in the two previous data sets from this legacy survey, suggesting a strong evolution in the number density of galaxies between z~8 and 9. Thanks to the use of the lensing cluster, we study the evolution of the star formation rate density produced by galaxies with L>0.03 L_{star}_, and confirm the strong decrease observed between z~8 and 9.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/140/89
- Title:
- Galaxy coordinates. II
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/140/89
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Using images of the Digitized Sky Survey we measured coodinates for 17298 galaxies having poorly defined coordinates. As a control, we measured with the same method 1522 galaxies having accurate coordinates. The comparison with our own measurements shows that the accuracy of the method is about 6 arcsec on each axis (RA and DEC).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/748/15
- Title:
- Galaxy distances with the Fundamental Manifold
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/748/15
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We demonstrate how the Fundamental Manifold (FM) can be used to cross-calibrate distance estimators even when those "standard candles" are not found in the same galaxy. Such an approach greatly increases the number of distance measurements that can be utilized to check for systematic distance errors and the types of estimators that can be compared. Here we compare distances obtained using Type Ia supernova (SN Ia), Cepheids, surface brightness fluctuations, the luminosity of the tip of the red giant branch, circumnuclear masers, eclipsing binaries, RR Lyrae stars, and the planetary nebulae luminosity functions. We find no significant discrepancies (differences are <2{sigma}) between distance methods, although differences at the ~10% level cannot yet be ruled out. The potential exists for significant refinement because the data used here are heterogeneous B-band magnitudes that will soon be supplanted by homogeneous, near-infrared magnitudes. We illustrate the use of FM distances to (1) revisit the question of the metallicity sensitivity of various estimators, confirming the dependence of SN Ia distances on host galaxy metallicity, and (2) provide an alternative calibration of H_0_ that replaces the classical ladder approach in the use of extragalactic distance estimators with one that utilizes data over a wide range of distances simultaneously.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/454/1886
- Title:
- Galaxy morphologies with Illustris Simulation
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/454/1886
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We study how optical galaxy morphology depends on mass and star formation rate (SFR) in the Illustris Simulation. To do so, we measure automated galaxy structures in 10808 simulated galaxies at z=0 with stellar masses 109.7<M*/M_{sun}_< 1012.3. We add observational realism to idealized synthetic images and measure non-parametric statistics in rest-frame optical and near-IR images from four directions. We find that Illustris creates a morphologically diverse galaxy population, occupying the observed bulge strength locus and reproducing median morphology trends versus stellar mass, SFR, and compactness. Morphology correlates realistically with rotation, following classification schemes put forth by kinematic surveys. Type fractions as a function of environment agree roughly with data. These results imply that connections among mass, star formation, and galaxy structure arise naturally from models matching global star formation and halo occupation functions when simulated with accurate methods. This raises a question of how to construct experiments on galaxy surveys to better distinguish between models. We predict that at fixed halo mass near 10^12^M_{sun}_, disc-dominated galaxies have higher stellar mass than bulge-dominated ones, a possible consequence of the Illustris feedback model. While Illustris galaxies at M*~10^11^M_{sun}_ have a reasonable size distribution, those at M*~10^10^M_{sun}_ have half-light radii larger than observed by a factor of 2. Furthermore, at M*~10^10.5^-10^11^M_{sun}_, a relevant fraction of Illustris galaxies have distinct 'ring-like' features, such that the bright pixels have an unusually wide spatial extent.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/134/1508
- Title:
- Galaxy morphology catalog
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/134/1508
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Careful inspection of large-scale photographs of Shapley-Ames galaxies seems to show a smooth transition between the morphological characteristics of galaxies located on the narrow red and on the broad blue sequences in the galaxian color-magnitude diagram. In other words, there does not appear to be a dichotomy between blue and red galaxies. Both the colors and the morphologies of galaxies are found to correlate strongly with their environments. Red and early-type Shapley-Ames galaxies are dominant in clusters, whereas blue late-type star-forming objects dominate the general field. Interestingly, the colors and morphologies of galaxies in small groups resemble the field and differ from those in clusters. As noted by Baade, the presence of dust and star formation are very closely correlated, except in a few galaxies that probably had unusual evolutionary histories. Over the entire range from S0 to Sc there is no significant difference between the integrated colors of normal and barred objects, suggesting that the formation of a bar does not significantly affect the stellar evolutionary history of a galaxy.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/122/621
- Title:
- Galaxy morphology in the CFRS
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/122/621
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The images of 229 galaxies in the Canada-France Redshift Survey have been classified on the DDO system. These observations were combined with previous classifications of galaxies with known redshifts in the Hubble Deep Field. The combined sample provides homogeneous morphological classifications for 425 galaxies of known redshift. The fraction of all galaxies that are of type E, S0, or E/S0 appears to remain approximately constant at ~17% over the redshift range 0.25<z<1.2. Over the same range, the fraction of irregular (Ir) galaxies increases from ~5% to ~12%. Part of this increase may be due to mild luminosity evolution of Ir galaxies. The frequency of mergers is found to rise by a factor of 2 or 3 over the redshift range covered by the present survey. These results are in qualitative agreement with those obtained previously by Brinchmann et al. (Cat. <J/ApJ/499/112>) using a coarser galaxy classification system.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/565/208
- Title:
- Galaxy pairs in the CNOC2 Redshift Survey
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/565/208
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We investigate redshift evolution in the galaxy merger and accretion rates, using a well-defined sample of 4184 galaxies with 0.12<=z<=0.55 and R_C_<=21.5. We identify 88 galaxies in close (5<=rp<=20h^-1^kpc) dynamical ({Delta}<=500km/s) pairs. These galaxies are used to compute global pair statistics, after accounting for selection effects resulting from the flux limit, k-corrections, luminosity evolution, and spectroscopic incompleteness.