Physics & Atmospheric Science Faculty Research, Publications and Presentations: Recent submissions

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  • HerMES: Candidate High-Redshift Galaxies Discovered with Herschel/SPIRE 

    Dowell, C. Darren, A. Conley, J. Glenn, V. Arumugam, et al. 2014. "HerMES: Candidate High-Redshift Galaxies Discovered with Herschel/SPIRE." The Astrophysical Journal 780:75
    We present a method for selecting $z>4$ dusty, star forming galaxies (DSFGs) using Herschel/SPIRE 250/350/500 $\mu m$ flux densities to search for red sources. We apply this method to 21 deg$^2$ of data from the HerMES ...

  • The All-wavelength Extended Groth Strip International Survey (AEGIS) Data Sets 

    Davis, M., P. Guhathakurta, N. Konidaris, J. A. Newman, et al. 2007. "The All-wavelength Extended Groth Strip International Survey (AEGIS) Data Sets." The Astrophysical Journal 660(1): 1-L6
    In this the first of a series of Letters, we present a description of the panchromatic data sets that have been acquired in the Extended Groth Strip region of the sky. Our survey, the All-wavelength Extended Groth strip ...

  • The SCUBA Half Degree Extragalactic Survey (SHADES) - VII. Optical/IR photometry and stellar masses of sub-millimeter galaxies 

    Dye, Simon, S. A. Eales, I. Aretxaga, S. Serjeant, et al. 2008. "The SCUBA Half Degree Extragalactic Survey (SHADES) - VII. Optical/IR photometry and stellar masses of sub-millimeter galaxies." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 386(2): 1107-1130
    We present estimates of the photometric redshifts, stellar masses and star formation histories of sources in the SCUBA HAlf Degree Extragalactic Survey (SHADES). This paper describes the 60 SCUBA sources detected in the ...

  • An ALMA survey of sub-millimeter galaxies in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South: Sub-millimeter properties of color-selected galaxies 

    Decarli, R., I. Smail, F. Walter, A. M. Swinbank, et al. 2013. "An ALMA survey of sub-millimeter galaxies in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South: Sub-millimeter properties of color-selected galaxies." The Astrophysical Journal 780 (2):12
    We study the sub-mm properties of color-selected galaxies via a stacking analysis applied for the first time to interferometric data at sub-mm wavelengths. We base our study on 344 GHz ALMA continuum observations of ...

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

    Coppin, Kristen, Ian Smail, David M. Alexander, Axel Weiss, et al. 2009. "A submillimetre galaxy at z=4.76 in the LABOCA survey of the Extended Chandra Deep Field South." 395(4): 1905-1914
    We report on the identification of the highest redshift submm-selected source currently known: LESSJ033229.4-275619. This source was detected in the Large Apex BOlometer CAmera (LABOCA) Extended Chandra Deep Field South ...

  • The Spitzer Space Telescope Extra-Galactic First Look Survey: 24 micron data reduction, catalog, and source identification 

    Fadda, Dario, F. R. Marleau, L. J. Storrie-Lombardi, D. Makovoz, et al. 2006. "The Spitzer Space Telescope Extra-Galactic First Look Survey: 24 micron data reduction, catalog, and source identification." The Astronomical Journal 131(6): 2859-2876
    We present the reduction of the 24 micron data obtained during the first cosmological survey performed by the Spitzer Space Telescope (First Look Survey, FLS). The survey consists of a shallow observation of 2.5x2 sq deg ...

  • Most Submillimetre Galaxies are Major Mergers 

    Engel, H., L. J. Tacconi, R. I. Davies, R. Neri, et al. 2010. "Most Submillimetre Galaxies are Major Mergers." The Astrophysical Journal 724(1):233.
    We analyse subarcsecond resolution interferometric CO line data for twelve sub-millimetre-luminous (S850um > 5mJy) galaxies with redshifts between 1 and 3, presenting new data for four of them. Morphologically and kinematically ...

  • The SCUBA HAlf Degree Extragalactic Survey (SHADES) - IV: Radio-mm-FIR photometric redshifts 

    Aretxaga, Itziar, David H. Hughes, Kristen Coppin, Angela M. J. Mortier, et al. 2007. "The SCUBA HAlf Degree Extragalactic Survey (SHADES) - IV: Radio-mm-FIR photometric redshifts." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 379(4): 1571-1588
    We present the redshift distribution of the SHADES galaxy population based on the rest-frame radio-mm-FIR colours of 120 robustly detected 850um sources in the Lockman Hole East (LH) and Subaru XMM-Newton Deep Field (SXDF). ...

  • Evidence for a Major Merger Origin of High Redshift Sub-millimeter Galaxies 

    Conselice, Christopher J., Scott C. Chapman, and Rogier A. Windhorst. 2003. "Evidence for a Major Merger Origin of High Redshift Sub-millimeter Galaxies." The Astrophysical Journal 596(1): 5-L8
    Sub-mm detected galaxies located at redshifts $z > 1$ host a major fraction of the bolometric luminosity at high redshifts due to thermal emission from heated dust grains, yet the nature of these objects remains a mystery. ...

  • Herschel-PACS observations of [OI]63um towards submillimetre galaxies at z 1 

    Coppin, Kristen, Alice Danielson, James E. Geach, Jacqueline Hodge, et al. 2012. "Herschel-PACS observations of [OI]63um towards submillimetre galaxies at z 1." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 427:520.
    We present Herschel-PACS spectroscopy of the [OI]63um far-infrared cooling line from a sample of six unlensed and spectroscopically-confirmed 870um-selected submillimetre (submm) galaxies (SMGs) at 1.13, tentatively detect ...

  • The Hubble Space Telescope GOODS NICMOS Survey: Overview and the Evolution of Massive Galaxies at 1.5 < z < 3 

    Conselice, C. J., A. F. L. Bluck, F. Buitrago, A. E. Bauer, et al. 2010. "The Hubble Space Telescope GOODS NICMOS Survey: Overview and the Evolution of Massive Galaxies at 1.5 < z < 3." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 413:80.
    We present the details and early results from a deep near-infrared survey utilising the NICMOS instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope centred around massive M_* > 10^11 M_0 galaxies at 1.7 10^11 M_0, whereby we find an ...

  • The SCUBA HAlf Degree Extragalactic Survey (SHADES) -- II. Submillimetre maps, catalogue and number counts 

    Coppin, K., E. L. Chapin, A. M. J. Mortier, S. E. Scott, et al. 2006. "The SCUBA HAlf Degree Extragalactic Survey (SHADES) -- II. Submillimetre maps, catalogue and number counts." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 372(4): 1621-1652
    We present the maps, source catalogue and number counts of the largest, most complete and unbiased extragalactic submillimetre survey ever undertaken: the 850-micron SCUBA HAlf Degree Extragalactic Survey (SHADES). Using ...

  • An 850-micron SCUBA map of the Groth Strip and reliable source extraction 

    Coppin, Kristen, Mark Halpern, Douglas Scott, Colin Borys, et al. 2005. "An 850-micron SCUBA map of the Groth Strip and reliable source extraction." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 357(3): 1022-1028
    We present an 850-micron map and list of candidate sources in a 70 arcmin^2 sub-area of the Groth Strip observed using SCUBA. We initially detect 7 candidate sources with signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) between 3.0 and 3.5 ...

  • Detection of molecular gas in a distant submillimetre galaxy at z=4.76 with ATCA 

    Coppin, Kristen, Scott Chapman, Ian Smail, Mark Swinbank, et al. 2010. "Detection of molecular gas in a distant submillimetre galaxy at z=4.76 with ATCA." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 407:103
    We have detected the CO(2-1) transition from the submillimetre galaxy (SMG) LESSJ033229.4-275619 at z=4.755 using the new Compact Array Broadband Backend system on the Australian Telescope Compact Array. These data have ...

  • The SCUBA HAlf Degree Extragalactic Survey (SHADES) -- VI. 350 micron mapping of submillimetre galaxies 

    Coppin, Kristen, Mark Halpern, Douglas Scott, Colin Borys, et al. 2008. "The SCUBA HAlf Degree Extragalactic Survey (SHADES) -- VI. 350 micron mapping of submillimetre galaxies." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 384(4):1597-1610
    A follow-up survey using the Submillimetre High-Angular Resolution Camera (SHARC-II) at 350 microns has been carried out to map the regions around several 850 micron-selected sources from the Submillimetre HAlf Degree ...

  • The Three-Dimensional Structure of the M31 Satellite System; Strong Evidence for an Inhomogeneous Distribution of Satellites 

    Conn, Anthony R., Geraint F. Lewis, Rodrigo A. Ibata, Quentin A. Parker, et al. 2013. "The Three-Dimensional Structure of the M31 Satellite System; Strong Evidence for an Inhomogeneous Distribution of Satellites." The Astrophysical Journal 766(2):120.
    We undertake an investigation into the spatial structure of the M31 satellite system utilizing the distance distributions presented in a previous publication. These distances make use of the unique combination of depth and ...

  • A Bayesian Approach to Locating the Red Giant Branch Tip Magnitude (Part II); Distances to the Satellites of M31 

    Conn, Anthony R., Rodrigo A. Ibata, Geraint F. Lewis, Quentin A. Parker, et al. 2012. "A Bayesian Approach to Locating the Red Giant Branch Tip Magnitude (Part II); Distances to the Satellites of M31." The Astrophysical Journal 758:11.
    In `A Bayesian Approach to Locating the Red Giant Branch Tip Magnitude (PART I),' a new technique was introduced for obtaining distances using the TRGB standard candle. Here we describe a useful complement to the technique ...

  • The masses of Local Group dwarf spheroidal galaxies: The death of the universal mass profile 

    Collins, Michelle L. M., Scott C. Chapman, R. M. Rich, Rodrigo A. Ibata, et al. 2013. "The masses of Local Group dwarf spheroidal galaxies: The death of the universal mass profile." The Astrophysical Journal 783(1):7.
    We investigate the claim that all dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs) reside within halos that share a common, universal mass profile as has been derived for dSphs of the Galaxy. By folding in kinematic information for 25 ...

  • The scatter about the "Universal" dwarf spheroidal mass profile: A kinematic study of the M31 satellites, And V and And VI 

    Collins, M. L. M., S. C. Chapman, R. M. Rich, R. A. Ibata, et al. 2011. "The scatter about the "Universal" dwarf spheroidal mass profile: A kinematic study of the M31 satellites, And V and And VI." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 417:1170.
    While the satellites of the Milky Way (MW) have been shown to be largely consistent in terms of their mass contained within one half--light radius (M_{half}) with a "Universal" mass profile, a number of M31 satellites are ...

  • A kinematic study of the Andromeda dwarf spheroidal system 

    Collins, Michelle L. M., Scott C. Chapman, R. Michael Rich, Rodrigo A. Ibata, et al. 2013. "A kinematic study of the Andromeda dwarf spheroidal system."Astrophysical Journal 768(2):36.
    We present a homogeneous kinematic analysis of red giant branch stars within 18 of the 28 Andromeda dwarf spheroidal (dSph) galaxies, obtained using the Keck I LRIS and Keck II DEIMOS spectrographs. Based on their g-i ...