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351. The VLA-VIRMOS deep field I. Radio observations probing the μJy source population

Author: Bondi, M., Ciliegi, P., Zamorani, G., Gregorini, L., Vettolani, G., Parma, P., Ruiter, H., Le Fevre, O., Arnaboldi, M., Guzzo, L., Maccagni, D., Scaramella, R., Adami, C., Bardelli, S., Bolzonella, M., Bottini, D., Cappi, A., Foucaud, S., Franzetti, P., Bianca Garilli, Gwyn, S., Ilbert, O., Iovino, A., Le Brun, V., Marano, B., Marinoni, C., Mccracken, H. J., Meneux, B., Pollo, A., Pozzetti, L., Radovich, M., Ripepi, V., Rizzo, D., Scodeggio, M., Tresse, L., Zanichelli, A., and Zucca, E.

352. The zCOSMOS redshift survey : Influence of luminosity, mass and environment on the galaxy merger rate

Author: Ravel, L., Kampczyk, P., Le Fèvre, O., Lilly, S. J., Tasca, L., Tresse, L., Lopez-Sanjuan, C., Bolzonella, M., Kovac, K., Abbas, U., Bardelli, S., Bongiorno, A., Caputi, K., Contini, T., Coppa, G., Cucciati, O., La Torre, S., Dunlop, J. S., Franzetti, P., Garilli, B., Iovino, A., Kneib, J. -P, Koekemoer, A. M., Knobel, C., Lamareille, F., Le Borgne, J. -F, Le Brun, V., Leauthaud, A., Maier, C., Mainieri, V., Mignoli, M., Pello, R., Peng, Y., Perez Montero, E., Ricciardelli, E., Scodeggio, M., Silverman, J. D., Tanaka, M., Vergani, D., Zamorani, G., Zucca, E., Bottini, D., Cappi, A., Carollo, C. M., Cassata, P., Cimatti, A., Marco Fumana, Guzzo, L., Maccagni, D., Marinoni, C., Mccracken, H. J., Memeo, P., Meneux, B., Oesch, P., Porciani, C., Pozzetti, L., Renzini, A., Scaramella, R., Scarlata, C., Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), and Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: Astrophysics - Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), FOS: Physical sciences, [INFO]Computer Science [cs], Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: The contribution of major mergers to galaxy mass assembly along cosmic time is an important ingredient to the galaxy evolution scenario. We aim to measure the evolution of the merger rate for both luminosity/mass selected galaxy samples and investigate its dependence with the local environment. We use a sample of 10644 spectroscopically observed galaxies from the zCOSMOS redshift survey to identify pairs of galaxies destined to merge, using only pairs for which the velocity difference and projected separation of both components with a confirmed spectroscopic redshift indicate a high probability of merging. We have identified 263 spectroscopically confirmed pairs with r_p^{max} = 100 h^{-1} kpc. We find that the density of mergers depends on luminosity/mass, being higher for fainter/less massive galaxies, while the number of mergers a galaxy will experience does not depends significantly on its intrinsic luminosity but rather on its stellar mass. We find that the pair fraction and merger rate increase with local galaxy density, a property observed up to redshift z=1. We find that the dependence of the merger rate on the luminosity or mass of galaxies is already present up to redshifts z=1, and that the evolution of the volumetric merger rate of bright (massive) galaxies is relatively flat with redshift with a mean value of 3*10^{-4} (8*10^{-5} respectively) mergers h^3 Mpc^{-3} Gyr^{-1}. The dependence of the merger rate with environment indicates that dense environments favors major merger events as can be expected from the hierarchical scenario. The environment therefore has a direct impact in shapping-up the mass function and its evolution therefore plays an important role on the mass growth of galaxies along cosmic time., Comment: submitted to A&A, 17 pages, 12 figures

353. The VIMOS-VLT Deep Survey First Epoch observations: evolution of galaxies, large scale structures and AGNs over 90% of the current age of the Universe

Author: Le Fèvre, O., Vettolani, G., Bottini, D., Garilli, B., Le Brun, V., Maccagni, D., Picat, J. -P, Scaramella, R., Marco Scodeggio, Tresse, L., Zanichelli, A., Adami, C., Arnaboldi, M., Arnouts, S., Bardelli, S., Bolzonella, M., Cappi, A., Charlot, S., Ciliegi, P., Contini, T., Franzetti, P., Foucaud, S., Gavignaud, I., Guzzo, L., Ilbert, O., Iovino, A., Mccracken, H. -J, Marano, B., Marinoni, C., Mazure, A., Meneux, B., Merighi, R., Paltani, S., Pellò, R., Pollo, A., Pozzetti, L., Radovich, M., Zamorani, G., Zucca, E., Bondi, M., Bongiorno, A., Busarello, G., Lamareille, F., Mathez, G., Mellier, Y., Merluzzi, P., Ripepi, V., and Rizzo, D.

354. The VIMOS-VLT Deep Survey: evolution in the halo occupation number since z∼ 1

Author: Abbas, U., de la Torre, S., Le Fèvre, O., Guzzo, L., Marinoni, C., Meneux, B., Pollo, A., Zamorani, G., Bottini, D., Garilli, B., Le Brun, V., Maccagni, D., Scaramella, R., Scodeggio, M., Tresse, L., Vettolani, G., Zanichelli, A., Adami, C., Arnouts, S., Bardelli, S., Bolzonella, M., Cappi, A., Charlot, S., Ciliegi, P., Contini, T., Foucaud, S., Franzetti, P., Gavignaud, I., Ilbert, O., Iovino, A., Lamareille, F., McCracken, H. J., Marano, B., Mazure, A., Merighi, R., Paltani, S., Pellò, R., Pozzetti, L., Radovich, M., Vergani, D., Zucca, E., Bondi, M., Bongiorno, A., Brinchmann, J., Cucciati, O., de Ravel, L., Gregorini, L., Perez-Montero, E., Mellier, Y., Merluzzi, P., Abbas, U., de la Torre, S., Le Fèvre, O., Guzzo, L., Marinoni, C., Meneux, B., Pollo, A., Zamorani, G., Bottini, D., Garilli, B., Le Brun, V., Maccagni, D., Scaramella, R., Scodeggio, M., Tresse, L., Vettolani, G., Zanichelli, A., Adami, C., Arnouts, S., Bardelli, S., Bolzonella, M., Cappi, A., Charlot, S., Ciliegi, P., Contini, T., Foucaud, S., Franzetti, P., Gavignaud, I., Ilbert, O., Iovino, A., Lamareille, F., McCracken, H. J., Marano, B., Mazure, A., Merighi, R., Paltani, S., Pellò, R., Pozzetti, L., Radovich, M., Vergani, D., Zucca, E., Bondi, M., Bongiorno, A., Brinchmann, J., Cucciati, O., de Ravel, L., Gregorini, L., Perez-Montero, E., Mellier, Y., and Merluzzi, P.
Abstract: We model the evolution of the mean galaxy occupation of dark matter haloes over the range 0.1 < z < 1.3, using the data from the VIMOS-VLT Deep Survey. The galaxy projected correlation function wp(rp) was computed for a set of luminosity-limited subsamples and fits to its shape were obtained using two variants of halo occupation distribution (HOD) models. These provide us with a set of best-fitting parameters, from which we obtain the average mass of a halo and average number of galaxies per halo. We find that after accounting for the evolution in luminosity and assuming that we are largely following the same population, the underlying dark matter halo shows a growth in mass with decreasing redshift as expected in a hierarchical structure formation scenario. Using two different HOD models, we see that the halo mass grows by 90 per cent over the redshift interval z=[0.5, 1.0]. This is the first time the evolution in halo mass at high redshifts has been obtained from a single data survey and it follows the simple form seen in N-body simulations with M(z) =M0 e−βz, and β= 1.3 ± 0.30. This provides evidence for a rapid accretion phase of massive haloes having a present-day mass M0∼ 1013.5 h−1 M⊙, with a m > 0.1 M0 merger event occurring between redshifts of 0.5 and 1.0. Furthermore, we find that more luminous galaxies are found to occupy more massive haloes irrespective of the redshift. Finally, the average number of galaxies per halo shows little increase from redshift z∼ 1.0 to ∼0.5, with a sharp increase by a factor of ∼3 from z∼ 0.5 to ∼0.1, likely due to the dynamical friction of subhaloes within their host haloes

355. Understanding the shape of the galaxy two-point correlation function at z ≃ 1 in the COSMOS field

Author: de la Torre, S., Guzzo, L., Kovač, K., Porciani, C., Abbas, U., Meneux, B., Carollo, C. M., Contini, T., Kneib, J. P., Le Fèvre, O., Lilly, S. J., Mainieri, V., Renzini, A., Sanders, D., Scodeggio, M., Scoville, N., Zamorani, G., Bardelli, S., Bolzonella, M., Bongiorno, A., Caputi, K., Coppa, G., Cucciati, O., de Ravel, L., Franzetti, P., Garilli, B., Iovino, A., Kampczyk, P., Knobel, C., Koekemoer, A. M., Lamareille, F., Le Borgne, J.-F, Le Brun, V., Maier, C., Mignoli, M., Pelló, R., Peng, Y., Perez-Montero, E., Ricciardelli, E., Silverman, J., Tanaka, M., Tasca, L., Tresse, L., Vergani, D., Welikala, N., Zucca, E., Bottini, D., Cappi, A., Cassata, P., Cimatti, A., Fumana, M., Ilbert, O., Leauthaud, A., Maccagni, D., Marinoni, C., McCracken, H. J., Memeo, P., Nair, P., Oesch, P., Pozzetti, L., Presotto, V., Scaramella, R., de la Torre, S., Guzzo, L., Kovač, K., Porciani, C., Abbas, U., Meneux, B., Carollo, C. M., Contini, T., Kneib, J. P., Le Fèvre, O., Lilly, S. J., Mainieri, V., Renzini, A., Sanders, D., Scodeggio, M., Scoville, N., Zamorani, G., Bardelli, S., Bolzonella, M., Bongiorno, A., Caputi, K., Coppa, G., Cucciati, O., de Ravel, L., Franzetti, P., Garilli, B., Iovino, A., Kampczyk, P., Knobel, C., Koekemoer, A. M., Lamareille, F., Le Borgne, J.-F, Le Brun, V., Maier, C., Mignoli, M., Pelló, R., Peng, Y., Perez-Montero, E., Ricciardelli, E., Silverman, J., Tanaka, M., Tasca, L., Tresse, L., Vergani, D., Welikala, N., Zucca, E., Bottini, D., Cappi, A., Cassata, P., Cimatti, A., Fumana, M., Ilbert, O., Leauthaud, A., Maccagni, D., Marinoni, C., McCracken, H. J., Memeo, P., Nair, P., Oesch, P., Pozzetti, L., Presotto, V., and Scaramella, R.
Abstract: We investigate how the shape of the galaxy two-point correlation function as measured in the zCOSMOS survey depends on local environment, quantified in terms of the density contrast on scales of 5 h−1 Mpc. We show that the flat shape previously observed at redshifts between z= 0.6 and 1 can be explained by this volume being simply 10 per cent overabundant in high-density environments, with respect to a universal density probability distribution function. When galaxies corresponding to the top 10 per cent tail of the distribution are excluded, the measured wp(rp) steepens and becomes indistinguishable from Lambda cold dark matter (ΛCDM) predictions on all scales. This is the same effect recognized by Abbas & Sheth in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) data at z≃ 0 and explained as a natural consequence of halo-environment correlations in a hierarchical scenario. Galaxies living in high-density regions trace dark matter haloes with typically higher masses, which are more correlated. If the density probability distribution function of the sample is particularly rich in high-density regions because of the variance introduced by its finite size, this produces a distorted two-point correlation function. We argue that this is the dominant effect responsible for the observed ‘peculiar' clustering in the COSMOS field

356. The zCOSMOS-Bright survey: the clustering of early and late galaxy morphological types since z≃ 1

Author: de la Torre, S., Le Fèvre, O., Porciani, C., Guzzo, L., Meneux, B., Abbas, U., Tasca, L., Carollo, C. M., Contini, T., Kneib, J.-P, Lilly, S. J., Mainieri, V., Renzini, A., Scodeggio, M., Zamorani, G., Bardelli, S., Bolzonella, M., Bongiorno, A., Caputi, K., Coppa, G., Cucciati, O., de Ravel, L., Franzetti, P., Garilli, B., Halliday, C., Iovino, A., Kampczyk, P., Knobel, C., Koekemoer, A. M., Kovač, K., Lamareille, F., Le Borgne, J.-F, Le Brun, V., Maier, C., Mignoli, M., Pelló, R., Peng, Y., Perez-Montero, E., Ricciardelli, E., Silverman, J., Tanaka, M., Tresse, L., Vergani, D., Zucca, E., Bottini, D., Cappi, A., Cassata, P., Cimatti, A., Leauthaud, A., Maccagni, D., Marinoni, C., McCracken, H. J., Memeo, P., Oesch, P., Pozzetti, L., Scaramella, R., de la Torre, S., Le Fèvre, O., Porciani, C., Guzzo, L., Meneux, B., Abbas, U., Tasca, L., Carollo, C. M., Contini, T., Kneib, J.-P, Lilly, S. J., Mainieri, V., Renzini, A., Scodeggio, M., Zamorani, G., Bardelli, S., Bolzonella, M., Bongiorno, A., Caputi, K., Coppa, G., Cucciati, O., de Ravel, L., Franzetti, P., Garilli, B., Halliday, C., Iovino, A., Kampczyk, P., Knobel, C., Koekemoer, A. M., Kovač, K., Lamareille, F., Le Borgne, J.-F, Le Brun, V., Maier, C., Mignoli, M., Pelló, R., Peng, Y., Perez-Montero, E., Ricciardelli, E., Silverman, J., Tanaka, M., Tresse, L., Vergani, D., Zucca, E., Bottini, D., Cappi, A., Cassata, P., Cimatti, A., Leauthaud, A., Maccagni, D., Marinoni, C., McCracken, H. J., Memeo, P., Oesch, P., Pozzetti, L., and Scaramella, R.
Abstract: We measure the spatial clustering of galaxies as a function of their morphological type at z≃ 0.8, for the first time in a deep redshift survey with full morphological information. This is obtained by combining high-resolution Hubble Space Telescope imaging and Very Large Telescope spectroscopy for about 8500 galaxies to with accurate spectroscopic redshifts from the zCOSMOS-Bright redshift survey. At this epoch, early-type galaxies already show a significantly stronger clustering than late-type galaxies on all probed scales. A comparison to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data at z≃ 0.1 shows that the relative clustering strength between early and late morphological classes tends to increase with cosmic time at small separations, while on large scales it shows no significant evolution since z≃ 0.8. This suggests that most early-type galaxies had already formed in intermediate and dense environments at this epoch. Our results are consistent with a picture in which the relative clustering of different morphological types between z≃ 1 and 0 reflects the evolving role of environment in the morphological transformation of galaxies, on top of a global evolution driven by mass

357. VIPERS view of the star formation history of early-type galaxies

Author: Romaniuk, Ryszard S., Siudek, M., Malek, K., Garilli, B., Scodeggio, M., Fritz, A., Pollo, A., Abbas, U., Adami, C., Arnouts, S., Bel, J., Bolzonella, M., Bottini, D., Branchini, E., Cappi, A., Coupon, J., Cucciati, O., Davidzon, I., De Lucia, G., de la Torre, S., Franzetti, P., Fumana, M., Granett, B. R., Guzzo, L., Ilbert, O., Iovino, A., Krywult, J., Le Brun, V., Le Fèvre, O., Maccagni, D., Marulli, F., McCracken, H. J., Paioro, L., Polletta, M., Schlagenhaufer, H., Tasca, L. A. M., Tojeiro, R., Vergani, D., Zanichelli, A., Burden, A., Di Porto, C., Marchetti, A., Marinoni, C., Mellier, Y., Moscardini, L., Nichol, R. C., Peacock, J. A., Percival, W. J., Phleps, S., Wolk, M., and Zamorani, G.
Published: 2015
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358. The bimodality of the 10k zCOSMOS-bright galaxies up to z~ 1: a new statistical and portable classification based on optical galaxy properties⋆

Author: Coppa, G., Mignoli, M., Zamorani, G., Bardelli, S., Lilly, S. J., Bolzonella, M., Scodeggio, M., Vergani, D., Nair, P., Pozzetti, L., Cimatti, A., Zucca, E., Carollo, C. M., Contini, T., Le Fèvre, O., Renzini, A., Mainieri, V., Bongiorno, A., Caputi, K. I., Cucciati, O., de la Torre, S., de Ravel, L., Franzetti, P., Garilli, B., Memeo, P., Iovino, A., Kampczyk, P., Kneib, J.-P., Knobel, C., Koekemoer, A. M., Kovač, K., Lamareille, F., le Borgne, J.-F., le Brun, V., Maier, C., Pellò, R., Peng, Y., Perez-Montero, E., Ricciardelli, E., Scarlata, C., Silverman, J. D., Tanaka, M., Tasca, L., Tresse, L., Abbas, U., Bottini, D., Capak, P., Cappi, A., Cassata, P., Fumana, M., Guzzo, L., Leauthaud, A., Maccagni, D., Marinoni, C., Meneux, B., Oesch, P., Porciani, C., Scaramella, R., and Scoville, N.
Abstract: Aims.Our goal is to develop a new and reliable statistical method to classify galaxies from large surveys. We probe the reliability of the method by comparing it with a three-dimensional classification cube, using the same set of spectral, photometric and morphological parameters.
Published: 2011
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359. Comparison of the VIMOS-VLT Deep Survey with the Munich semi-analytical model

Author: de la Torre, S., Meneux, B., De Lucia, G., Blaizot, J., Le Fèvre, O., Garilli, B., Cucciati, O., Mellier, Y., Pollo, A., Abbas, U., Bottini, D., Le Brun, V., Maccagni, D., Scodeggio, M., Tresse, L., Vettolani, G., Zanichelli, A., Adami, C., Arnouts, S., Bardelli, S., Bolzonella, M., Cappi, A., Charlot, S., Ciliegi, P., Contini, T., Foucaud, S., Franzetti, P., Gavignaud, I., Guzzo, L., Ilbert, O., Iovino, A., McCracken, H. J., Marinoni, C., Mazure, A., Merighi, R., Paltani, S., Pelló, R., Pozzetti, L., Vergani, D., Zamorani, G., and Zucca, E.
Abstract: Aims.This paper presents a detailed comparison between high-redshift observations from the VIMOS-VLT Deep Survey (VVDS) and predictions from the Munich semi-analytical model of galaxy formation. In particular, we focus this analysis on the magnitude, redshift, and colour distributions of galaxies, as well as their clustering properties.
Published: 2011
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360. Tracking the impact of environment on the galaxy stellar mass function up to z ~ 1 in the 10 k zCOSMOS sample ⋆

Author: Bolzonella, M., Kovač, K., Pozzetti, L., Zucca, E., Cucciati, O., Lilly, S. J., Peng, Y., Iovino, A., Zamorani, G., Vergani, D., Tasca, L. A. M., Lamareille, F., Oesch, P., Caputi, K., Kampczyk, P., Bardelli, S., Maier, C., Abbas, U., Knobel, C., Scodeggio, M., Carollo, C. M., Contini, T., Kneib, J.-P., Le Fèvre, O., Mainieri, V., Renzini, A., Bongiorno, A., Coppa, G., de la Torre, S., de Ravel, L., Franzetti, P., Garilli, B., Le Borgne, J.-F., Le Brun, V., Mignoli, M., Pelló, R., Perez-Montero, E., Ricciardelli, E., Silverman, J. D., Tanaka, M., Tresse, L., Bottini, D., Cappi, A., Cassata, P., Cimatti, A., Guzzo, L., Koekemoer, A. M., Leauthaud, A., Maccagni, D., Marinoni, C., McCracken, H. J., Memeo, P., Meneux, B., Porciani, C., Scaramella, R., Aussel, H., Capak, P., Halliday, C., Ilbert, O., Kartaltepe, J., Salvato, M., Sanders, D., Scarlata, C., Scoville, N., Taniguchi, Y., and Thompson, D.
Abstract: We study the impact of the environment on the evolution of galaxies in the zCOSMOS 10 k sample in the redshift range 0.1 ≤ z≤ 1.0 over an area of ~1.5 deg2. The considered sample of secure spectroscopic redshifts contains about 8500 galaxies, with their stellar masses estimated by SED fitting of the multiwavelength optical to near-infrared (NIR) photometry. The evolution of the galaxy stellar mass function (GSMF) in high and low density regions provides a tool to study the mass assembly evolution in different environments; moreover, the contributions to the GSMF from different galaxy types, as defined by their SEDs and their morphologies, can be quantified. At redshift z~ 1, the GSMF is only slightly dependent on environment, but at lower redshifts the shapes of the GSMFs in high- and low-density environments become extremely different, with high density regions exhibiting a marked bimodality, not reproducible by a single Schechter function. As a result of this analysis, we infer that galaxy evolution depends on both the stellar mass and the environment, the latter setting the probability of a galaxy to have a given mass: all the galaxy properties related to the stellar mass show a dependence on environment, reflecting the difference observed in the mass functions. The shapes of the GSMFs of early- and late-type galaxies are almost identical for the extremes of the density contrast we consider, ranging from isolated galaxies to rich group members. The evolution toward z= 0 of the transition mass ℳcross, i.e., the mass at which the early- and late-type GSMFs match each other, is more rapid in high density environments, because of a difference in the evolution of the normalisation of GSMFs compared to the total one in the considered environment. The same result is found by studying the relative contributions of different galaxy types, implying that there is a more rapid evolution in overdense regions, in particular for intermediate stellar masses. The rate of evolution is different for sets of galaxy types divided on the basis of their SEDs or their morphologies, tentatively suggesting that the migration from the blue cloud to the red sequence occurs on a shorter timescale than the transformation from disc-like morphologies to ellipticals. Our analysis suggests that environmental mechanisms of galaxy transformation start to be more effective at z< 1. The comparison of the observed GSMFs to the same quantities derived from a set of mock catalogues based on semi-analytical models shows disagreement, in both low and high density environments: in particular, blue galaxies in sparse environments are overproduced in the semi-analytical models at intermediate and high masses, because of a deficit of star formation suppression, while at z< 0.5 an excess of red galaxies is present in dense environments at intermediate and low masses, because of the overquenching of satellites.
Published: 2010
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361. zCOSMOS 10k-bright spectroscopic sample ⋆

Author: Moresco, M., Pozzetti, L., Cimatti, A., Zamorani, G., Mignoli, M., Di Cesare, S., Bolzonella, M., Zucca, E., Lilly, S., Kovač, K., Scodeggio, M., Cassata, P., Tasca, L., Vergani, D., Halliday, C., Carollo, M., Contini, T., Kneib, J.-P., Le Févre, O., Mainieri, V., Renzini, A., Bardelli, S., Bongiorno, A., Caputi, K., Coppa, G., Cucciati, O., de la Torre, S., de Ravel, L., Franzetti, P., Garilli, B., Iovino, A., Kampczyk, P., Knobel, C., Lamareille, F., Le Borgne, J.-F., Le Brun, V., Maier, C., Pellò, R., Peng, Y., Perez Montero, E., Ricciardelli, E., Silverman, J. D., Tanaka, M., Tresse, L., Abbas, U., Bottini, D., Cappi, A., Guzzo, L., Koekemoer, A. M., Leauthaud, A., Maccagni, D., Marinoni, C., McCracken, H. J., Memeo, P., Meneux, B., Nair, P., Oesch, P., Porciani, C., Scaramella, R., Scarlata, C., and Scoville, N.
Abstract: Aims. We present the analysis of the U− Vrest-frame color distribution and some spectral features as a function of mass and environment for a sample of early-type galaxies up to z= 1 extracted from the zCOSMOS spectroscopic survey. This analysis is used to place constraints on the relative importance of these two properties in controlling galaxy evolution. Methods. We used the zCOSMOS 10k-bright sample, limitedto the AB magnitude range 15 < I< 22.5, from which we extracted two different subsamples of early-type galaxies. The first sample (“red galaxies”) was selected using a photometric classification (2098 galaxies), while in the second case (“ETGs”) we combined morphological, photometric, and spectroscopic properties to obtain a more reliable sample of elliptical, red, passive, early-type galaxies (981 galaxies). The analysis is performed at fixed mass to search for any dependence of the color distribution on environment, and at fixed environment to search for any mass dependence. Results. In agreement with the low redshift results of the SDSS, we find that the color distribution of red galaxies is not strongly dependent on environment for all mass bins, exhibiting only a weak trend such that galaxies in overdense regions (log 10(1 + δ) ~ 1.2) are redder than galaxies in underdense regions (log 10(1 + δ) ~ 0.1), with a difference of ⟨Δ(U− V)rest⟩ = 0.027 ± 0.008 mag. On the other hand, the dependence on mass is far more significant, and we find that the average colors of massive galaxies (log 10(M/M⊙) ~ 10.8) are redder by ⟨Δ(U− V)rest⟩ = 0.093 ± 0.007 mag than low-mass galaxies (log 10(M/M⊙) ~ 10) throughout the entire redshift range. We study the color-mass (U− V)rest∝ SM·log 10(M/M⊙) relation, finding a mean slope ⟨SM⟩ = 0.12 ± 0.005, while the color-environment (U− V)rest∝ Sδ·log 10(1 + δ) relation is flatter, with a slope always smaller than Sδ≈ 0.04. The spectral analysis that we perform on our ETGs sample is in good agreement with our photometric results: we study the 4000 Å break and the equivalent width of the HδBalmer line, finding for D4000 a dependence on mass (⟨ΔD4000⟩ = 0.11 ± 0.02 between log 10(M/M⊙) ~ 10.2 and log 10(M/M⊙) ~ 10.8), and a much weaker dependence on environment (⟨ΔD4000⟩ = 0.05 ± 0.02 between high and low environment quartiles). The same is true for the equivalent width of Hδ, for which we measure a difference of ΔEW0(Hδ) = 0.28 ± 0.08 Å across the same mass range and no significant dependence on environment. By analyzing the lookback time of early-type galaxies, we support the possibility of a downsizing scenario, in which massive galaxies with a stronger D4000 and an almost constant equivalent width of Hδformed their mass at higher redshift than lower mass ones. We also conclude that the main driver of galaxy evolution is the galaxy mass, the environment playing a subdominant role.
Published: 2010
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362. The zCOSMOS 10k-sample: the role of galaxy stellar mass in the colour-density relation up to z~ 1⋆

Author: Cucciati, O., Iovino, A., Kovač, K., Scodeggio, M., Lilly, S. J., Bolzonella, M., Bardelli, S., Vergani, D., Tasca, L. A. M., Zucca, E., Zamorani, G., Pozzetti, L., Knobel, C., Oesch, P., Lamareille, F., Caputi, K., Kampczyk, P., Tresse, L., Maier, C., Carollo, C. M., Contini, T., Kneib, J.-P., Le Fèvre, O., Mainieri, V., Renzini, A., Bongiorno, A., Coppa, G., de la Torre, S., de Ravel, L., Franzetti, P., Garilli, B., Le Borgne, J.-F., Le Brun, V., Mignoli, M., Pellò, R., Peng, Y., Perez-Montero, E., Ricciardelli, E., Silverman, J. D., Tanaka, M., Koekemoer, A. M., Scoville, N., Abbas, U., Bottini, D., Cappi, A., Cassata, P., Cimatti, A., Guzzo, L., Leauthaud, A., Maccagni, D., Marinoni, C., McCracken, H. J., Memeo, P., Meneux, B., Porciani, C., and Scaramella, R.
Abstract: Aims.With the first ~10 000 spectra of the flux limited zCOSMOS sample (IAB≤ 22.5) we want to study the evolution of environmental effects on galaxy properties since z~ 1.0, and to disentangle the dependence among galaxy colour, stellar mass and local density.
Published: 2010
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363. zCOSMOS – 10k-bright spectroscopic sample

Author: Pozzetti, L., Bolzonella, M., Zucca, E., Zamorani, G., Lilly, S., Renzini, A., Moresco, M., Mignoli, M., Cassata, P., Tasca, L., Lamareille, F., Maier, C., Meneux, B., Halliday, C., Oesch, P., Vergani, D., Caputi, K., Kovač, K., Cimatti, A., Cucciati, O., Iovino, A., Peng, Y., Carollo, M., Contini, T., Kneib, J.-P., Le Févre, O., Mainieri, V., Scodeggio, M., Bardelli, S., Bongiorno, A., Coppa, G., de la Torre, S., de Ravel, L., Franzetti, P., Garilli, B., Kampczyk, P., Knobel, C., Le Borgne, J.-F., Le Brun, V., Pellò, R., Perez Montero, E., Ricciardelli, E., Silverman, J. D., Tanaka, M., Tresse, L., Abbas, U., Bottini, D., Cappi, A., Guzzo, L., Koekemoer, A. M., Leauthaud, A., Maccagni, D., Marinoni, C., McCracken, H. J., Memeo, P., Porciani, C., Scaramella, R., Scarlata, C., and Scoville, N.
Abstract: We present the galaxy stellar mass function (GSMF) to redshift z≃ 1, based on the analysis of about 8500 galaxies with I< 22.5 (AB mag) over 1.4 deg2, which are part of the zCOSMOS-bright 10k spectroscopic sample. We investigate the total GSMF, as well as the contributions of early- and late-type galaxies (ETGs and LTGs, respectively), defined by different criteria (broad-band spectral energy distribution, morphology, spectral properties, or star formation activities). We unveil a galaxybimodality in the global GSMF, whose shape is more accurately represented by 2 Schechter functions, one linked to the ETG and the other to the LTG populations. For the global population, we confirm a mass-dependent evolution (“mass-assembly downsizing”), i.e., galaxy number density increases with cosmic time by a factor of two between z= 1 and z= 0 for intermediate-to-low mass (log (ℳ/ℳ⊙) ~ 10.5) galaxies but less than 15% for log (ℳ/ℳ⊙) > 11. We find that the GSMFevolution at intermediate-to-low values of ℳ (log (ℳ/ℳ⊙) < 10.6) is mostly explained by the growth in stellar mass driven by smoothly decreasing star formation activities, despite the redder colours predicted in particular at low redshift. The low residual evolution is consistent, on average, with ~0.16 merger per galaxy per Gyr (of which fewer than 0.1 are major), with a hint of a decrease with cosmic time but not a clear dependence on the mass. From the analysis of different galaxy types, we find that ETGs, regardless of the classification method, increase in number density with cosmic time more rapidly with decreasing ℳ, i.e., follow a top-down building history, with a median “building redshift” increasing with mass (z> 1 for log (ℳ/ℳ⊙) > 11), in contrast to hierarchical model predictions. For LTGs, we find that the number density of blue or spiral galaxies with log (ℳ/ℳ⊙) > 10 remains almost constant with cosmic time from z~1. Instead, the most extreme population of star-forming galaxies (with high specific star formation), at intermediate/high-mass, rapidly decreases in number density with cosmic time. Our data can be interpreted as a combination of different effects. Firstly, we suggest a transformation, driven mainly by SFH, from blue, active, spiral galaxies of intermediate mass to blue quiescent and subsequently (1−2 Gyr after) red, passive types of low specific star formation. We find an indication that the complete morphological transformation, probably driven by dynamical processes, into red spheroidal galaxies, occurred on longer timescales or followed after 1−2 Gyr. A continuous replacement of blue galaxies is expected to be accomplished by low-mass active spirals increasing their stellar mass. We estimate the growth rate in number and mass density of the red galaxies at different redshifts and masses. The corresponding fraction of blue galaxies that, at any given time, is transforming into red galaxies per Gyr, due to the quenching of their SFR, is on average ~25% for log (ℳ/ℳ⊙) < 11. We conclude that the build-up of galaxies and in particular of ETGs follows the same downsizing trend with mass (i.e. occurs earlier for high-mass galaxies) as the formation of their stars and follows the converse of the trend predicted by current SAMs. In this scenario, we expect there to be a negligible evolution of the galaxy baryonic mass function (GBMF) for the global population at all masses and a decrease with cosmic time in the GBMFfor the blue galaxy population at intermediate-high masses.
Published: 2010
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364. The VIMOS-VLT deep survey: the group catalogue*

Author: Cucciati, O., Marinoni, C., Iovino, A., Bardelli, S., Adami, C., Mazure, A., Scodeggio, M., Maccagni, D., Temporin, S., Zucca, E., De Lucia, G., Blaizot, J., Garilli, B., Meneux, B., Zamorani, G., Le Fèvre, O., Cappi, A., Guzzo, L., Bottini, D., Le Brun, V., Tresse, L., Vettolani, G., Zanichelli, A., Arnouts, S., Bolzonella, M., Charlot, S., Ciliegi, P., Contini, T., Foucaud, S., Franzetti, P., Gavignaud, I., Ilbert, O., Lamareille, F., McCracken, H. J., Marano, B., Merighi, R., Paltani, S., Pellò, R., Pollo, A., Pozzetti, L., Vergani, D., and Pérez-Montero, E.
Abstract: Aims. We present a homogeneous and complete catalogue of optical galaxy groups identified in the purely flux-limited (17.5 ≤IAB≤24.0) VIMOS-VLT deep redshift Survey (VVDS).Methods. We use mock catalogues extracted from the Millennium Simulation, to correct for potential systematics that might affect the overall distribution as well as the individual properties of the identified systems. Simulated samples allow us to forecast the number and properties of groups that can be potentially found in a survey with VVDS-like selection functions. We use them to correct for the expected incompleteness and, to asses in addition, how well galaxy redshifts trace the line-of-sight velocity dispersion of the underlying mass overdensity. In particular, on these mock catalogues we train the adopted group-finding technique i.e., the Voronoi-Delaunay Method (VDM). The goal is to fine-tune its free parameters, recover in a robust and unbiased way the redshift and velocity dispersion distributions of groups (n(z) and n(σ), respectively), and maximize, at the same time, the level of completeness and purity of the group catalogue.Results. We identify 318 VVDS groups with at least 2 members in the range 0.2 ≤z≤1.0, among which 144 (/30) with at least 3 (/5) members. The sample has an overall completeness of ~60% and a purity of ~50%. Nearly 45% of the groups with at least 3 members are still recovered if we run the algorithm with a particular parameter set that maximizes the purity (~75%) of the resulting catalogue. We use the group sample to explore the redshift evolution of the fraction fbof blue galaxies (U–B≤1) in the redshift range 0.2 ≤z≤1. We find that the fraction of blue galaxies is significantly lower in groups than in the global population (i.e. in the whole ensemble of galaxies irrespective of their environment). Both of these quantities increase with redshift, the fraction of blue galaxies in groups exhibiting a marginally significant steeper increase. We also investigate the dependence of fbon group richness: not only we confirm that, at any redshift, the blue fraction decreases in systems with increasing richness, but we find that this result continues to hold towards fainter luminosities.
Published: 2010

365. Properties and environment of radio-emitting galaxies in the VLA-zCOSMOS survey*

Author: Bardelli, S., Schinnerer, E., Smolcic, V., Zamorani, G., Zucca, E., Mignoli, M., Halliday, C., Kovac, K., Ciliegi, P., Caputi, K., Koekemoer, A. M., Bongiorno, A., Bondi, M., Bolzonella, M., Vergani, D., Pozzetti, L., Carollo, C. M., Contini, T., Kneib, J.-P., Le Fèvre, O., Lilly, S., Mainieri, V., Renzini, A., Scodeggio, M., Coppa, G., Cucciati, O., de la Torre, S., de Ravel, L., Franzetti, P., Garilli, B., Iovino, A., Kampczyk, P., Knobel, C., Lamareille, F., Le Borgne, J.-F., Le Brun, V., Maier, C., Pellò, R., Peng, Y., Perez-Montero, E., Ricciardelli, E., Silverman, J. D., Tanaka, M., Tasca, L., Tresse, L., Abbas, U., Bottini, D., Cappi, A., Cassata, P., Cimatti, A., Guzzo, L., Leauthaud, A., Maccagni, D., Marinoni, C., McCracken, H. J., Memeo, P., Meneux, B., Oesch, P., Porciani, C., Scaramella, R., Capak, P., Sanders, D., Scoville, N., Taniguchi, Y., and Jahnke, K.
Abstract: Aims. We investigate the properties and the environment of radio sources with optical counterparts from the combined VLA-COSMOS and zCOSMOS samples. The advantage of this sample is the availability of optical spectroscopic informations, high quality redshifts, and accurate density determination.Methods. By comparing the star formation rates estimated from the optical spectral energy distribution with those based on the radio luminosity, we divide the radio sources in to three families passive AGN, non-passive AGN, and star-forming galaxies. These families occupy specific regions of the 8.0-4.5 µm infrared color- specific star-formation plane, from which we extract the corresponding control samples.Results. Only the passive AGN have a significantly different environmental distribution from their control sample. The fraction of radio-loud passive AGN increases from ~2% in underdense regions to ~15% for overdensities (1 + d) greater than 10. This trend is also present as a function of richness of the groups hosting the radio sources. Passive AGN in overdensities tend to have higher radio luminosities than those in lower density environments. Since the black hole mass distribution is similar in both environments, we speculate that, for low radio luminosities, the radio emission is controlled (by fuel availability or confinement of the radio jet by local gas pressure) by the interstellar medium of the host galaxy, while in other cases it is determined by the structure (group or cluster) in which the galaxy resides.
Published: 2010

366. The [O iii] emission line luminosity function of optically selected type-2 AGN from zCOSMOS$^{\rm,}$***

Author: Bongiorno, A., Mignoli, M., Zamorani, G., Lamareille, F., Lanzuisi, G., Miyaji, T., Bolzonella, M., Carollo, C. M., Contini, T., Kneib, J. P., Le Fèvre, O., Lilly, S. J., Mainieri, V., Renzini, A., Scodeggio, M., Bardelli, S., Brusa, M., Caputi, K., Civano, F., Coppa, G., Cucciati, O., de la Torre, S., de Ravel, L., Franzetti, P., Garilli, B., Halliday, C., Hasinger, G., Koekemoer, A. M., Iovino, A., Kampczyk, P., Knobel, C., Kovač, K., Le Borgne, J. -F., Le Brun, V., Maier, C., Merloni, A., Nair, P., Pello, R., Peng, Y., Perez Montero, E., Ricciardelli, E., Salvato, M., Silverman, J., Tanaka, M., Tasca, L., Tresse, L., Vergani, D., Zucca, E., Abbas, U., Bottini, D., Cappi, A., Cassata, P., Cimatti, A., Guzzo, L., Leauthaud, A., Maccagni, D., Marinoni, C., McCracken, H. J., Memeo, P., Meneux, B., Oesch, P., Porciani, C., Pozzetti, L., and Scaramella, R.
Abstract: Aims. We present a catalog of 213 type-2 AGN selected from the zCOSMOS survey. The selected sample covers a wide redshift range (0.15 < z< 0.92) and is deeper than any other previous study, encompassing the luminosity range $10^{5.5}$$L_{\odot}$< $L_{\rm [OIII]}$< $10^{9.1}$$L_{\odot}$. We explore the intrinsic properties of these AGN and the relation to their X-ray emission (derived from the XMM-COSMOS observations). We study their evolution by computing the [O iii]λ5007$~\AA$line luminosity function (LF) and we constrain the fraction of obscured AGN as a function of luminosity and redshift.
Published: 2010
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367. The [O?iii] emission line luminosity function of optically selected type-2 AGN from zCOSMOS

Author: Bongiorno, A., Mignoli, M., Zamorani, G., Lamareille, F., Lanzuisi, G., Miyaji, T., Bolzonella, M., Carollo, C. M., Contini, T., Kneib, J. P., Le Fèvre, O., Lilly, S. J., Mainieri, V., Renzini, A., Scodeggio, M., Bardelli, S., Brusa, M., Caputi, K., Civano, F., Coppa, G., Cucciati, O., de la Torre, S., de Ravel, L., Franzetti, P., Garilli, B., Halliday, C., Hasinger, G., Koekemoer, A. M., Iovino, A., Kampczyk, P., Knobel, C., Kovac, K., Le Borgne, J. -F., Le Brun, V., Maier, C., Merloni, A., Nair, P., Pello, R., Peng, Y., Perez Montero, E., Ricciardelli, E., Salvato, M., Silverman, J., Tanaka, M., Tasca, L., Tresse, L., Vergani, D., Zucca, E., Abbas, U., Bottini, D., Cappi, A., Cassata, P., Cimatti, A., Guzzo, L., Leauthaud, A., Maccagni, D., Marinoni, C., McCracken, H. J., Memeo, P., Meneux, B., Oesch, P., Porciani, C., Pozzetti, L., and Scaramella, R.
Abstract: Aims. We present a catalog of 213 type-2 AGN selected from the zCOSMOS survey. The selected sample covers a wide redshift range (0.15 < z< 0.92) and is deeper than any other previous study, encompassing the luminosity range 105.5$L_{\odot}$< $L_{\rm [OIII]}$< 109.1$L_{\odot}$. We explore the intrinsic properties of these AGN and the relation to their X-ray emission (derived from the XMM-COSMOS observations). We study their evolution by computing the [O?iii]?5007 Å line luminosity function (LF) and we constrain the fraction of obscured AGN as a function of luminosity and redshift.Methods. The sample was selected on the basis of the optical emission line ratios, after applying a cut to the signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) of the relevant lines. We used the standard diagnostic diagrams ([O?iii]/Hß versus [N?ii]/Ha and [O?iii]/Hß versus [S?ii]/Ha) to isolate AGN in the redshift range 0.15 < z< 0.45 and the diagnostic diagram [O?iii]/Hß versus [O?ii]/Hß to extend the selection to higher redshift (0.5 < z< 0.92).Results. Combining our sample with one drawn from SDSS, we found that the best description of the evolution of type-2 AGN is a luminosity-dependent density evolution model. Moreover, using the type-1 AGN LF we were able to constrain the fraction of type-2 AGN to the total (type-1?+?type-2) AGN population. We found that the type-2 fraction decreases with luminosity, in agreement with the most recent results, and shows signs of a slight increase with redshift. However, the trend with luminosity is visible only after combining the SDSS+zCOSMOS samples. From the COSMOS data points alone, the type-2 fraction seems to be quite constant with luminosity.
Published: 2010

368. K+a galaxies in the zCOSMOS survey*

Author: Vergani, D., Zamorani, G., Lilly, S., Lamareille, F., Halliday, C., Scodeggio, M., Vignali, C., Ciliegi, P., Bolzonella, M., Bondi, M., Kovac, K., Knobel, C., Zucca, E., Caputi, K., Pozzetti, L., Bardelli, S., Mignoli, M., Iovino, A., Carollo, C. M., Contini, T., Kneib, J.-P., Le Fèvre, O., Mainieri, V., Renzini, A., Bongiorno, A., Coppa, G., Cucciati, O., de la Torre, S., de Ravel, L., Franzetti, P., Garilli, B., Kampczyk, P., Le Borgne, J.-F., Le Brun, V., Maier, C., Pello, R., Peng, Y., Perez Montero, E., Ricciardelli, E., Silverman, J. D., Tanaka, M., Tasca, L., Tresse, L., Abbas, U., Bottini, D., Cappi, A., Cassata, P., Cimatti, A., Guzzo, L., Koekemoer, A. M., Leauthaud, A., Maccagni, D., Marinoni, C., McCracken, H. J., Memeo, P., Meneux, B., Oesch, P., Porciani, C., Scaramella, R., Capak, P., Sanders, D., Scoville, N., and Taniguchi, Y.
Abstract: Aims. The identities of the main processes triggering and quenching star-formation in galaxies remain unclear. A key stage in evolution, however, appears to be represented by post-starburst galaxies. To investigate the prevalence of these galaxies and their impact on galaxy evolution in general, we initiated a multiwavelength study of galaxies with k+aspectral features in the well-studied COSMOS field.Methods. We examine a mass-selected sample of k+agalaxies in the COSMOS field at z= 0.48-1.2 using the spectroscopic zCOSMOS sample. To classify galaxies in their k+aphase, we use a spectroscopic criterion, based on the amplitude of the Hdabsorption line and the absence of the [OII] emission line. We develop our analysis for a well-defined sample by imposing stringent confidence levels on the spectroscopic redshifts and spectral measurements. We compare our results for two mass-selected samples of star-forming and quiescent galaxies selected using a purely spectral classification scheme from the 10?000 zCOSMOS catalogue (i.e.?, based on measurements of 4000 Å break and EW[OII]).Results. In our mass-limited sample, k+agalaxies occupy the brightest tail of the luminosity distribution. They are as massive as quiescent galaxies and populate the green valley in the colour versus luminosity (or stellar mass) distribution. A small percentage (<8%) of these galaxies have radio and/or X-ray counterparts (implying an upper limit to the SFR of ~8 $\cal M_\odot$?yr-1). Over the entire redshift range explored, the class of post-starburst galaxies is morphologically a heterogeneous population with a similar incidence of bulge-dominated and disky galaxies. This distribution does not vary with the strength of the Hdabsorption line but instead with stellar mass in a way reminiscent of the well-known mass-morphology relation. The results about the incidence of asymmetries and the concentration of the light distribution derived from HST/ACS images imply that this galaxy population possibly represents an intermediate stage of galaxy evolution. Although k+agalaxies are also found in underdense regions, they appear to reside typically in a similarly rich environment as quiescent galaxies on a physical scale of ~2–8 Mpc, and in groups they show a morphological early-to-late type ratio similar to the quiescent galaxy class. With the current data set, we do not find evidence of statistical significant evolution in either the number/mass density of k+agalaxies at intermediate redshift with respect to the local values, or the spectral properties, although more solid results on this and other aspects will be obtained following the completion of the survey.Conclusions. Several mechanisms related and unrelated to the environment are at work in quenching star-formation activity in galaxies on short timescales (<1 Gyr). Those galaxies, which are affected by a sudden quenching of their star-formation activity, may increase the stellar mass of the red-sequence by up to a non-negligible level of ~10%.
Published: 2010

369. The zCOSMOS redshift survey: how group environment alters global downsizing trends*

Author: Iovino, A., Cucciati, O., Scodeggio, M., Knobel, C., Kovac, K., Lilly, S., Bolzonella, M., Tasca, L. A. M., Zamorani, G., Zucca, E., Caputi, K., Pozzetti, L., Oesch, P., Lamareille, F., Halliday, C., Bardelli, S., Finoguenov, A., Guzzo, L., Kampczyk, P., Maier, C., Tanaka, M., Vergani, D., Carollo, C. M., Contini, T., Kneib, J.-P., Le Fèvre, O., Mainieri, V., Renzini, A., Bongiorno, A., Coppa, G., de la Torre, S., de Ravel, L., Franzetti, P., Garilli, B., Le Borgne, J.-F., Le Brun, V., Mignoli, M., Pellò, R., Peng, Y., Perez-Montero, E., Ricciardelli, E., Silverman, J. D., Tresse, L., Abbas, U., Bottini, D., Cappi, A., Cassata, P., Cimatti, A., Koekemoer, A. M., Leauthaud, A., Maccagni, D., Marinoni, C., McCracken, H. J., Memeo, P., Meneux, B., Porciani, C., Scaramella, R., Schiminovich, D., and Scoville, N.
Abstract: Context. Groups of galaxies are a common environment, bridging the gap between starforming field galaxies and quiescent cluster galaxies. Within groups secular processes could be at play, contributing to the observed strong decrease of star formation with cosmic time in the global galaxy population.Aims. We took advantage of the wealth of information provided by the first ~10?000 galaxies of the zCOSMOS-bright survey and its group catalogue to study in detail the complex interplay between group environment and galaxy properties. Methods. The classical indicator $F_{\rm blue}$, i.e., the fraction of blue galaxies, proved to be a simple but powerful diagnostic tool. We studied its variation for different luminosity and mass selected galaxy samples, divided as to define groups/field/isolated galaxy subsamples.Results. Using rest-frame evolving B-band volume-limited samples, the groups galaxy population exhibits significant blueing as redshift increases, but maintains a systematic difference (a lower $F_{\rm blue}$) with respect to the global galaxy population, and an even larger difference with respect to the isolated galaxy population. However moving to mass selected samples it becomes apparent that such differences are largely due to the biased view imposed by the B-band luminosity selection, being driven by the population of lower mass, bright blue galaxies for which we miss the redder, equally low mass, counterparts. By carefully focusing the analysis on narrow mass bins such that mass segregation becomes negligible we find that only for the lowest mass bin explored, i.e., $\log ({\cal M}_{*}/{\cal M}_{\odot}) \leq 10.6 $, does a significant residual difference in color remain as a function of environment, while this difference becomes negligible toward higher masses.Conclusions. Our results indicate that red galaxies of mass $\log ({\cal M}_{*}/{\cal M}_{\odot}) \geq 10.8$are already in place at z~ 1 and do not exhibit any strong environmental dependence, possibly originating from so-called nature or internal mechanisms. In contrast, for lower galaxy masses and redshifts lower than z~ 1, we observe the emergence in groups of a population of nurture red galaxies: slightly deviating from the trend of the downsizing scenario followed by the global galaxy population, and more so with cosmic time. These galaxies exhibit signatures of group-related secular physical mechanisms directly influencing galaxy evolution. Our analysis implies that these mechanisms begin to significantly influence galaxy evolution after z~ 1, a redshift corresponding to the emergence of structures in which these mechanisms take place.
Published: 2010

370. A test of the nature of cosmic acceleration using galaxy redshift distortions

Author: Sylvie Foucaud, F. Lamareille, E. Zucca, Alain Mazure, A. Pollo, M. Pierleoni, V. Le Brun, L. Tresse, O. Ilbert, S. Bardelli, O. Cucciati, S. de la Torre, Marco Scodeggio, C. Adami, M. Bolzonella, G. De Lucia, G. Zamorani, J. P. Picat, D. Bottini, Klaus Dolag, P. Memeo, A. Iovino, Enrique Perez-Montero, Gianpaolo Vettolani, Roberto Scaramella, B. Meneux, H. J. McCracken, R. Merighi, Thierry Contini, Lauro Moscardini, J. Blaizot, B. Garilli, I. Gavignaud, Bruno Marano, D. Maccagni, Stéphane Paltani, Stephane Charlot, A. Zanichelli, Luigi Guzzo, R. Pello, Enzo Branchini, A. Cappi, Angela Bongiorno, Mario Radovich, Christian Marinoni, D. Vergani, Stephane Arnouts, Lucia Pozzetti, Paolo Ciliegi, P. Franzetti, O. Le Fevre, Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica cosmica - Bologna (IASF-Bo), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), AUTRES, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Physique Théorique - UMR 6207 (CPT), Université de la Méditerranée - Aix-Marseille 2-Université de Provence - Aix-Marseille 1-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Physique Théorique - UMR 7332 (CPT), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica - Milano (IASF-MI), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera (OAB), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna (OABO), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte (OAC), Service de Physique Théorique (SPhT), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Oxford, Services communs OMP (UMS 831), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de l'Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (LATT), Laboratoire Astrophysique de Toulouse-Tarbes (LATT), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma (OAR), Istituto di Radioastronomia [Bologna] (IRA), Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO), Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik (MPA), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca = University of Milano-Bicocca (UNIMIB)-Università degli Studi di Milano = University of Milan (UNIMI), European Southern Observatory (ESO), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna (OAB), Institut d'Astrophysique et de Géophysique [Liège], Université de Liège, Observatoire de Paris - Site de Paris (OP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institute of Liver Studies, King's College Hospital (KCH), Guzzo, L., Pierleoni, M., Meneux, B., Branchini, E, Le Fèvre, O., Marinoni, C., Garilli, B., Blaizot, J., De Lucia, G., Pollo, A., Mccracken, H. J., Bottini, D., Le Brun, V., Maccagni, D., Picat, J. P., Scaramella, R., Scodeggio, M., Tresse, L., Vettolani, G., Zanichelli, A., Adami, C., Arnouts, S., Bardelli, S., Bolzonella, M., Bongiorno, A., Cappi, A., Charlot, S., Ciliegi, P., Contini, T., Cucciati, O., de la Torre, S., Dolag, K., Foucaud, S., Franzetti, P., Gavignaud, I., Ilbert, O., Iovino, A., Lamareille, F., Marano, B., Mazure, A., Memeo, P., Merighi, R., Moscardini, L., Paltani, S., Pellò, R., Perez-Montero, E., Pozzetti, L., Radovich, M., Vergani, D., Zamorani, G., Zucca, E., Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Université de Provence - Aix-Marseille 1-Université de la Méditerranée - Aix-Marseille 2, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), University of Oxford [Oxford], Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca [Milano] (UNIMIB)-Università degli Studi di Milano [Milano] (UNIMI), Guzzo L., Pierleoni M., Meneux B., Branchini E., Le Fevre O., Marinoni C., Garilli B., Blaizot J., De Lucia G., Pollo A., McCracken H.J., Bottini D., Le Brun V., Maccagni D., Picat J.-P., Scaramella R., Scodeggio M., Tresse L., Vettolani G., Zanichelli A., Adami C., Arnouts S., Bardelli S., Bolzonella M., Bongiorno A., Cappi A., Charlot S., Ciliegi P., Contini T., Cucciati O., de La Torre S., Dolag K., Foucaud S., Franzetti P., Gavignaud I., Ilbert O., Iovino A., Lamareille F., Marano B., Mazure A., Memeo P., Merighi R., Moscardini L., Paltani S., Pello' R., Perez-Montero E., Pozzetti L., Radovich M., Vergani D., Zamorani G., and Zucca E.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory, FOS: Physical sciences, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc), Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Cosmological constant, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, Cosmology, Metric expansion of space, [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], Redshift-space distortions, galaxies, 0103 physical sciences, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Physics, Multidisciplinary, [SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], [PHYS.HTHE]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Theory [hep-th], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Redshift survey, Redshift, Galaxy, High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), [PHYS.GRQC]Physics [physics]/General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology [gr-qc], Dark energy
Abstract: Observations of distant supernovae indicate that the Universe is now in a phase of accelerated expansion the physical cause of which is a mystery. Formally, this requires the inclusion of a term acting as a negative pressure in the equations of cosmic expansion, accounting for about 75 per cent of the total energy density in the Universe. The simplest option for this "dark energy" corresponds to a cosmological constant, perhaps related to the quantum vacuum energy. Physically viable alternatives invoke either the presence of a scalar field with an evolving equation of state, or extensions of general relativity involving higher-order curvature terms or extra dimensions. Although they produce similar expansion rates, different models predict measurable differences in the growth rate of large-scale structure with cosmic time. A fingerprint of this growth is provided by coherent galaxy motions, which introduce a radial anisotropy in the clustering pattern reconstructed by galaxy redshift surveys. Here we report a measurement of this effect at a redshift of 0.8. Using a new survey of more than 10,000 faint galaxies, we measure the anisotropy parameter b = 0.70 +/- 0.26, which corresponds to a growth rate of structure at that time of f = 0.91 +/- 0.36. This is consistent with the standard cosmological-constant model with low matter density and flat geometry, although the error bars are still too large to distinguish among alternative origins for the accelerated expansion. This could be achieved with a further factor-of-ten increase in the sampled volume at similar redshift., One PDF file including both main paper and Supplementary Information (28 pages, 3+2 figures). Published version available at http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v451/n7178/abs/nature06555.html
Published: 2007

371. The VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS) Measuring non-linear galaxy bias at z ∼ 0.8.

Author: Porto, C. Di, Branchini, E., Bel, J., Marulli, F., Bolzonella, M., Cucciati, O., la Torre, S. de, Granett, B. R., Guzzo, L., Marinoni, C., Moscardini, L., Abbas, U., Adami, C., Arnouts, S., Bottini, D., Cappi, A., Coupon, J., Davidzon, I., Lucia, G. De, and Fritz, A.
Abstract: Aims. We use the first release of the VImos Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey of galaxies (VIPERS) of ∼50 000 objects to measure the biasing relation between galaxies and mass in the redshift range z = [0.5, 1.1]. Methods. We estimate the 1-point distribution function [PDF] of VIPERS galaxies from counts in cells and, assuming a model for the mass PDF, we infer their mean bias relation. The reconstruction of the bias relation is performed through a novel method that accounts for Poisson noise, redshift distortions, inhomogeneous sky coverage. and other selection effects. With this procedure we constrain galaxy bias and its deviations from linearity down to scales as small as 4 h-1 Mpc and out to z = 1.1. Results. We detect small (up to 2%) but statistically significant (up to 3σ) deviations from linear bias. The mean biasing function is close to linear in regions above the mean density. The mean slope of the biasing relation is a proxy to the linear bias parameter. This slope increases with luminosity, which is in agreement with results of previous analyses. We detect a strong bias evolution only for z > 0.9, which is in agreement with some, but not all, previous studies. We also detect a significant increase of the bias with the scale, from 4 to 8 h-1 Mpc, now seen for the first time out to z = 1. The amplitude of non-linearity depends on redshift, luminosity, and scale, but no clear trend is detected. Owing to the large cosmic volume probed by VIPERS, we find that the mismatch between the previous estimates of bias at z ∼ 1 from zCOSMOS and VVDS-Deep galaxy samples is fully accounted for by cosmic variance. Conclusions. The results of our work confirm the importance of going beyond the over-simplistic linear bias hypothesis showing that nonlinearities can be accurately measured through the applications of the appropriate statistical tools to existing datasets like VIPERS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published: 2016
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372. The VIMOS-VLT Deep Survey: evolution in the halo occupation number since z∼ 1.

Author: Abbas, U., de la Torre, S., Le Fèvre,, O., Guzzo, L., Marinoni, C., Meneux, B., Pollo, A., Zamorani, G., Bottini, D., Garilli, B., Le Brun, V., Maccagni, D., Scaramella, R., Scodeggio, M., Tresse, L., Vettolani, G., Zanichelli, A., Adami, C., Arnouts, S., and S. Bardelli
Subjects: *GALAXIES, *REDSHIFT, *DARK matter, *STELLAR luminosity function, *INTERSTELLAR medium, *ASTRONOMY
Abstract: We model the evolution of the mean galaxy occupation of dark matter haloes over the range , using the data from the VIMOS-VLT Deep Survey. The galaxy projected correlation function was computed for a set of luminosity-limited subsamples and fits to its shape were obtained using two variants of halo occupation distribution (HOD) models. These provide us with a set of best-fitting parameters, from which we obtain the average mass of a halo and average number of galaxies per halo. We find that after accounting for the evolution in luminosity and assuming that we are largely following the same population, the underlying dark matter halo shows a growth in mass with decreasing redshift as expected in a hierarchical structure formation scenario. Using two different HOD models, we see that the halo mass grows by 90 per cent over the redshift interval . This is the first time the evolution in halo mass at high redshifts has been obtained from a single data survey and it follows the simple form seen in N-body simulations with , and . This provides evidence for a rapid accretion phase of massive haloes having a present-day mass , with a merger event occurring between redshifts of 0.5 and 1.0. Furthermore, we find that more luminous galaxies are found to occupy more massive haloes irrespective of the redshift. Finally, the average number of galaxies per halo shows little increase from redshift to ∼0.5, with a sharp increase by a factor of ∼3 from to ∼0.1, likely due to the dynamical friction of subhaloes within their host haloes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published: 2010
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373. The VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS). Full spectroscopic data and auxiliary information release (PDR-2)

Author: G. De Lucia, M. Polletta, D. Maccagni, A. Marchetti, D. Vergani, V. Le Brun, Eric Jullo, O. Ilbert, Julien Bel, Iary Davidzon, Will J. Percival, Katarzyna Małek, Ummi Abbas, B. R. Granett, Rita Tojeiro, C. Adami, A. Iovino, J. Krywult, O. Cucciati, O. Le Fèvre, M. Scodeggio, S. de la Torre, G. Zamorani, Lauro Moscardini, A. Zanichelli, L. A. M. Tasca, H. J. McCracken, M. Bolzonella, John A. Peacock, D. Bottini, Jean Coupon, B. Garilli, Enzo Branchini, Yannick Mellier, A. Cappi, Angela Burden, Agnieszka Pollo, Luigi Guzzo, P. Franzetti, T. Moutard, Alexander Fritz, Federico Marulli, M. Fumana, Christian Marinoni, S. Arnouts, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille ( LAM ), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -Institut national des sciences de l'Univers ( INSU - CNRS ) -Aix Marseille Université ( AMU ) -Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales ( CNES ), Joseph Louis LAGRANGE ( LAGRANGE ), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis ( UNS ), Université Côte d'Azur ( UCA ) -Université Côte d'Azur ( UCA ) -Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Université Côte d'Azur ( UCA ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie ( IRAP ), Université Paul Sabatier - Toulouse 3 ( UPS ) -Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées ( OMP ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Aix Marseille Université ( AMU ), Centre de Physique Théorique - UMR 7332 ( CPT ), Aix Marseille Université ( AMU ) -Université de Toulon ( UTLN ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris ( IAP ), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 ( UPMC ) -Institut national des sciences de l'Univers ( INSU - CNRS ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Institut Universitaire de France ( IUF ), Ministère de l'Éducation nationale, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche ( M.E.N.E.S.R. ), Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Aix Marseille Université (AMU), Centre de Physique Théorique - UMR 7332 (CPT), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), Ministère de l'Education nationale, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (M.E.N.E.S.R.), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of St Andrews. School of Physics and Astronomy, ITA, GBR, FRA, AUT, POL, Scodeggio, M., Guzzo, L., Garilli, B., Granett, B.R., Bolzonella, M., De La Torre, S., Abbas, U., Adami, C., Arnouts, S., Bottini, D., Cappi, A., Coupon, J., Cucciati, O., Davidzon, I., Franzetti, P., Fritz, A., Iovino, A., Krywult, J., Le Brun, V., Le Fèvre, O., Maccagni, D., Małek, K., Marchetti, A., Marulli, F., Polletta, M., Pollo, A., Tasca, L.A.M., Tojeiro, R., Vergani, D., Zanichelli, A., Bel, J., Branchini, E., De Lucia, G., Ilbert, O., Mccracken, H.J., Moutard, T., Peacock, J.A., Zamorani, G., Burden, A., Fumana, M., Jullo, E., Marinoni, C., Mellier, Y., Moscardini, L., and Percival, W.J.
Subjects: Large-scale structure of Universe, [ PHYS.ASTR ] Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Surveys, Cosmology: observation, 01 natural sciences, statistics [Galaxies], surveys, 0103 physical sciences, distances and redshifts [Galaxies], Galaxies: distances and redshift, QB Astronomy, Survey, observations [Cosmology], 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, QC, STFC, galaxies: statistics, QB, Physics, Galaxies: statistic, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, RCUK, Sigma, DAS, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysic, Redshift survey, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Galaxy, Redshift, 3. Good health, Stars, QC Physics, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), cosmology: observations, Magnitude (astronomy), large-scale structure of Universe, galaxies: distances and redshifts, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Data release
Abstract: We present the full public data release (PDR-2) of the VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS), performed at the ESO VLT. We release redshifts, spectra, CFHTLS magnitudes and ancillary information (as masks and weights) for a complete sample of 86,775 galaxies (plus 4,732 other objects, including stars and serendipitous galaxies); we also include their full photometrically-selected parent catalogue. The sample is magnitude limited to i_AB < 22.5, with an additional colour-colour pre-selection devised as to exclude galaxies at z= 2 are shown to have a confidence level of 96% or larger and make up 88% of all measured galaxy redshifts (76,552 out of 86,775), constituting the VIPERS prime catalogue for statistical investigations. For this sample the rms redshift error, estimated using repeated measurements of about 3,000 galaxies, is found to be sigma_z = 0.00054(1+z). All data are available at http://vipers.inaf.it and on the ESO Archive., Comment: Submitted to Astronomy and Astrophysics; 14 pages, 14 figures. High resolution version of Fig. 14 available at http://vipers.inaf.it
Published: 2018
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374. The Dependence of Star Formation Activity on Stellar Mass Surface Density and Sersic Index in zCOSMOS Galaxies at 0.5 <z <0.9 Compared with SDSS Galaxies at 0.04 <z <0.08

Author: M. T. Sargent, D. Bottini, Daniela Vergani, P. Franzetti, Olga Cucciati, Andrea Cimatti, A. Iovino, Simon J. Lilly, Christian Maier, A. Cappi, J. F. Le Borgne, S. de la Torre, Christian Marinoni, Karina Caputi, C. Knobel, U. Abbas, L. de Ravel, Y. Peng, E. Ricciardelli, Alvio Renzini, C. Halliday, M. Scodeggio, Claudia Scarlata, V. Le Brun, M. Mignoli, Angela Bongiorno, Anton M. Koekemoer, Pascal Oesch, A. Leauthaud, S. Bardelli, Cristiano Porciani, P. Kampczyk, Laurence Tresse, Lidia Tasca, Thierry Contini, B. Meneux, Paolo Cassata, Masayuki Tanaka, Bianca Garilli, P. Memeo, V. Mainieri, Roser Pello, Lucia Pozzetti, C. M. Carollo, O. Le Fèvre, M. Bolzonella, G. Zamorani, John D. Silverman, Jean-Paul Kneib, E. Perez Montero, H. J. McCracken, Graziano Coppa, D. Maccagni, E. Zucca, Luigi Guzzo, F. Lamareille, M. Fumana, Roberto Scaramella, K. Kovac, INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna (OABO), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Laboratoire Astrophysique de Toulouse-Tarbes (LATT), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES), Centre de Physique Théorique - UMR 6207 (CPT), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Université de Provence - Aix-Marseille 1-Université de la Méditerranée - Aix-Marseille 2, Centre de Physique Théorique - UMR 7332 (CPT), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de la Méditerranée - Aix-Marseille 2-Université de Provence - Aix-Marseille 1-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Astronomy, Maier C., Lilly S. J., Zamorani G., Scodeggio M., Lamareille F., Contini T., Sargent M. T., Scarlata C., Oesch P., Carollo C. M., Le Fèvre O., Renzini A., Kneib J.-P., Mainieri V., Bardelli S., Bolzonella M., Bongiorno A., Caputi K., Coppa G., Cucciati O., de la Torre S., de Ravel L., Franzetti P., Garilli B., Iovino A., Kampczyk P., Knobel C., Kova&#269, K., Le Borgne J.-F., Le Brun V., Mignoli M., Pello R., Peng Y., Montero E. Perez, Ricciardelli E., Silverman J. D., Tanaka M., Tasca L., Tresse L., Vergani D., Zucca E., Abbas U., Bottini D., Cappi A., Cassata P., Cimatti A., Fumana M., Guzzo L., Halliday C., Koekemoer A. M., Leauthaud A., Maccagni D., Marinoni C., McCracken H. J., Memeo P., Meneux B., Porciani C., Pozzetti L., and Scaramella R.
Subjects: Surface (mathematics), 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Stellar mass, Population, PHYSICAL-PROPERTIES, POPULATION SYNTHESIS, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, galaxies: high-redshift, 0103 physical sciences, Galaxy formation and evolution, 10. No inequality, education, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, LOCAL UNIVERSE, Physics, EVOLUTION SURVEY COSMOS, REDSHIFT SURVEY, education.field_of_study, Galaxies: evolution, Galaxies: high-redshift, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, FORMING GALAXIES, Star formation, ASSEMBLY HISTORY, DISK GALAXIES, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Galaxy, Redshift, LUMINOSITY FUNCTION, DIGITAL SKY SURVEY, [SDU.ASTR.GA]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.GA], galaxies: evolution, Surface mass, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: One of the key unanswered questions in the study of galaxy evolution is what physical processes inside galaxies drive the changes in the SFRs in individual galaxies that, taken together, produce the large decline in the global star-formation rate density (SFRD) to redshifts since z~2. Many studies of the SFR at intermediate redshifts have been made as a function of the integrated stellar mass of galaxies but these did not use information on the internal structural properties of the galaxies. In this paper we present a comparative study of the dependence of SFRs on the average surface mass densities (SigmaM) of galaxies of different morphological types up to z~1 using the zCOSMOS and SDSS surveys. The main findings about the evolution of these relatively massive galaxies are: 1) There is evidence that, for both SDSS ans zCOSMOS galaxies, the mean specific SFR within a given population (either disk-dominated or bulge-dominated) is independent of SigmaM; 2) The observed SSFR - SigmaM step-function relation is due, at all investigated redshifts, to the changing mix of disk-dominated and bulge-dominated galaxies as surface density increases and the strong difference in the average SSFR between disks and bulges. We also find a modest differential evolution in the size-mass relations of disk and spheroid galaxies; 3) The shape of the median SSFR - SigmaM relation is similar, but with median SSFR values that are about 5-6 times higher in zCOSMOS galaxies than for SDSS, across the whole range of SigmaM, and in both spheroid and disk galaxies. This increase matches that of the global SFRD of the Universe as a whole, emphasizing that galaxies of all types are contributing, proportionally, to the global increase in SFRD in the Universe back to these redshifts (abridged)., Comment: Published 2009 in ApJ, 694, 1099
Published: 2009
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375. Physical properties of galaxies and their evolution in the VIMOS VLT Deep Survey

Author: E. Zucca, Bianca Garilli, M. Scodeggio, C. Adami, A. Cappi, A. Iovino, A. Pollo, Jarle Brinchmann, M. Radovich, Angela Bongiorno, Luca Limatola, S. Bardelli, Thierry Contini, Enrique Pérez-Montero, I. Gavignaud, Daniela Vergani, Sylvie Foucaud, Roberto Scaramella, A. Mazure, R. Merighi, H. J. McCracken, M. Bolzonella, Christian Marinoni, O. Le Fevre, R. Pello, Gianni Zamorani, L. Tresse, Stephane Charlot, Paolo Ciliegi, Bruno Marano, B. Meneux, A. Romano, O. Ilbert, P. Franzetti, V. Le Brun, A. Zanichelli, Giampaolo Vettolani, C.J. Walcher, Aniello Grado, D. Maccagni, Stéphane Paltani, Luigi Guzzo, F. Lamareille, D. Bottini, Lucia Pozzetti, S. Arnouts, Laboratoire Astrophysique de Toulouse-Tarbes (LATT), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna (OABO), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Centro de Astrofísica da Universidade do Porto (CAUP), Universidade do Porto, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES), Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), INAF- Milano, Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universidade do Porto = University of Porto, Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Lamareille F., Brinchmann J., Contini T., Walcher C. J., Charlot S., Pérez-Montero E., Zamorani G., Pozzetti L., Bolzonella M., Garilli B., Paltani S., Bongiorno A., Le Fèvre O., Bottini D., Le Brun V., Maccagni D., Scaramella R., Scodeggio M., Tresse L., Vettolani G., Zanichelli A., Adami C., Arnouts S., Bardelli S., Cappi A., Ciliegi P., Foucaud S., Franzetti P., Gavignaud I., Guzzo L., Ilbert O., Iovino A., McCracken H. J., Marano B., Marinoni C., Mazure A., Meneux B., Merighi R., Pellò R., Pollo A., Radovich M., Vergani D., Zucca E., Romano A., Grado A., and Limatola L.
Subjects: Active galactic nucleus, Stellar population, Metallicity, FOS: Physical sciences, galaxies: starburst, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], Apparent magnitude, 0103 physical sciences, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Emission spectrum, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, GALAXIES: STARBUST, Physics, [SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Spectral density, galaxies: fundamental parameters, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Redshift, Galaxy, Space and Planetary Science, galaxies: abundances, galaxies: evolution
Abstract: We derive the mass-metallicity relation of star-forming galaxies up to $z\sim0.9$, using data from the VIMOS VLT Deep Survey. Automatic measurement of emission-line fluxes and equivalent widths have been performed on the full spectroscopic sample. This sample is divided into two sub-samples depending on the apparent magnitude selection: wide ($I_{\mathrm{AB}}, 21 pages, revised version submitted to A&A
Published: 2009
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376. The VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS). Measuring non-linear galaxy bias at z ~ 0.8

Author: B. R. Granett, A. Zanichelli, Stéphane Arnouts, C. Adami, C. Di Porto, John A. Peacock, L. A. M. Tasca, I. Davidzon, A. Pollo, Davide Martizzi, Rita Tojeiro, M. Bolzonella, D. Bottini, V. Le Brun, O. Ilbert, O. Le Fevre, Ummi Abbas, J. Krywult, O. Cucciati, S. de la Torre, Marco Scodeggio, M. Viel, J. Bel, M. Polletta, Katarzyna Małek, H. J. McCracken, P. Franzetti, G. De Lucia, D. Maccagni, Will J. Percival, Christian Marinoni, Alexander Fritz, Federico Marulli, M. Fumana, Lauro Moscardini, Robert C. Nichol, A. Iovino, Jean Coupon, Yannick Mellier, L. Paioro, M. Wolk, A. Marchetti, Enzo Branchini, A. Cappi, Luigi Guzzo, Angela Burden, Daniela Vergani, B. Garilli, G. Zamorani, CPT - E3 Cosmologie, Centre de Physique Théorique - UMR 7332 (CPT), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna (OABO), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), AUTRES, Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Corporation (CFHT), National Research Council of Canada (NRC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-University of Hawai'i [Honolulu] (UH), Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Département de Radiologie [CHU de Rennes], Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES), Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES), Grenoble Institut des Neurosciences (GIN), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Department of Cellular Biotechnologies and Haematology, Institut Pasteur, Fondation Cenci Bolognetti - Istituto Pasteur Italia, Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Università degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza' = Sapienza University [Rome], University of Leeds, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Rennes (UR), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Università degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza' = Sapienza University [Rome] (UNIROMA), Di Porto, C., Branchini, ENZO FRANCO, Bel, J., Marulli, F., Bolzonella, M., Cucciati, O., De La Torre, S., Granett, B. R., Guzzo, L., Marinoni, C., Moscardini, L., Abbas, U., Adami, C., Arnouts, S., Bottini, D., Cappi, A., Coupon, J., Davidzon, I., De Lucia, G., Fritz, A., Franzetti, P., Fumana, M., Garilli, B., Ilbert, O., Iovino, A., Krywult, J., Le Brun, V., Le Fèvre, O., Maccagni, D., Małek, K., Mccracken, H. J., Paioro, L., Polletta, M., Pollo, A., Scodeggio, M., Tasca, L. A. M., Tojeiro, R., Vergani, D., Zanichelli, A., Burden, A., Marchetti, A., Martizzi, D., Mellier, Y., Nichol, R. C., Peacock, J. A., Percival, W. J., Viel, M., Wolk, M., Zamorani, G., Branchini, E., Granett, B.R., Mccracken, H.J., Tasca, L.A.M., Nichol, R.C., Peacock, J.A., and Percival, W.J.
Subjects: Cosmological parameter, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Large-scale structure of Universe, astro-ph.GA, Dark matter, Cosmological parameters, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, dark matter, [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, 0103 physical sciences, cosmological parameters, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, STFC, Physics, COSMIC cancer database, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, ST/I001204/1, RCUK, Biasing, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Cosmic variance, Astronomy and Astrophysic, Redshift survey, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Space and Planetary Science, Galaxy, Redshift, Amplitude, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), astro-ph.CO, large-scale structure of Universe, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, astro-ph.IM, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: We use the first release of the VImos Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey of galaxies (VIPERS) of ~50,000 objects to measure the biasing relation between galaxies and mass in the redshift range z=[0.5,1.1]. We estimate the 1-point distribution function [PDF] of VIPERS galaxies from counts in cells and, assuming a model for the mass PDF, we infer their mean bias relation. The reconstruction of the bias relation from PDFs is performed through a novel method that accounts for Poisson noise, redshift distortions, inhomogeneous sky coverage and other selection effects. With this procedure we constrain galaxy bias and its deviations from linearity down to scales as small as 4 Mpc/h and out to z=1.1. We detect small (~3%) but significant deviations from linear bias. The mean biasing function is close to linear in regions above the mean density. The mean slope of the biasing relation is a proxy to the linear bias parameter. It increases both with luminosity, in agreement with results of previous analyses, and with redshift. However, we detect a strong bias evolution only for z>0.9 in agreement with some, but not all, previous studies. We also detected a significant increase of the bias with the scale, from 4 to 8 Mpc/h, now seen for the first time out to z=1. The amplitude of nonlinearity depends on redshift, luminosity and on scales but no clear trend is detected. Thanks to the large cosmic volume probed by VIPERS we find that the mismatch between the previous estimates of bias at z~1 from zCOSMOS and VVDS-Deep galaxy samples is fully accounted for by cosmic variance. The results of our work confirm the importance of going beyond the over-simplistic linear bias hypothesis showing that non-linearities can be accurately measured through the applications of the appropriate statistical tools to existing datasets like VIPERS., 20 pages, 15 figures
Published: 2016
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377. The VIMOS-VLT deep survey

Author: J. P. Picat, Stéphane Charlot, O. Cucciati, C. Adami, T. Contini, M. Bolzonella, Jarle Brinchmann, D. Bottini, Luigi Guzzo, C. J. Walcher, A. Pollo, I. Gavignaud, E. Zucca, A. Iovino, B. Meneux, S. Bardelli, Sylvie Foucaud, P. Franzetti, A. Zanichelli, Paolo Ciliegi, Marco Scodeggio, H. J. McCracken, A. Cappi, O. Le Fevre, G. Zamorani, F. Lamareille, R. Pello, D. Maccagni, Roberto Scaramella, Stéphane Paltani, A. Mazure, V. Le Brun, O. Ilbert, R. Merighi, Mario Radovich, Bruno Marano, Stephane Arnouts, B. Garilli, Lucia Pozzetti, L. Tresse, G. Vettolani, M. Arnaboldi, Christian Marinoni, D. Vergani, Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica (IASF-Milano), INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna (OABO), Laboratoire Astrophysique de Toulouse-Tarbes (LATT), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centro de Astrofisica da Universidade do Porto (CAUP), Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Istituto di Radioastronomia, Bologna, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam (AIP), Laboratoire d'Etude du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique (LERMA), École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Cergy Pontoise (UCP), Université Paris-Seine-Université Paris-Seine-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO), Centre de Physique Théorique - UMR 7332 (CPT), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), INTEGRAL Science Data Centre, INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte (INAF-OAC), Authors: Franzetti P., Scodeggio M., Garilli B., Vergani D., Maccagni D., Guzzo L., Tresse L., Ilbert O., Lamareille F., Contini T., Le Fèvre O., Zamorani G., Brinchmann J., Charlot S., Bottini D., Le Brun V., Picat J. P., Scaramella R., Vettolani G., Zanichelli A., Adami C., Arnouts S., Bardelli S., Bolzonella M., Cappi A., Ciliegi P., Foucaud S., Gavignaud I., Iovino A., McCracken H. J., Marano B., Marinoni C., Mazure A., Meneux B., Merighi R., Paltani S., Pellò R., Pollo A., Pozzetti L., Radovich M., Zucca E., Cucciati O., and Walcher C. J.
Subjects: GALAXIES: EVOLUTION, Physics, Astrophysics (astro-ph), COSMOLOGY: OBSERVATIONS, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Rest frame, Stellar classification, Redshift, Galaxy, Bimodality, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Emission spectrum, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], VIMOS-VLT Deep Survey, Equivalent width, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Abstract: In this paper we discuss the mix of star-forming and passive galaxies up to z~2, based on the first epoch VIMOS-VLT Deep Survey (VVDS) data.In agreement with previous works we find that the galaxy rest-frame color distribution follows a bimodal distribution at z, 15 pages, 10 figures, 2 tables, revised version accepted for publication on A&A
Published: 2007
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378. The Very Large Telescope Visible Multi‐Object Spectrograph Mask Preparation Software

Author: G. Mathez, G. Vettolani, Magda Arnaboldi, A. Pollo, C. Adami, Alain Mazure, S. Paltani, Roberto Scaramella, D. Maccagni, A. Cappi, B. Garilli, V. Le Brun, O. Ilbert, R. Merighi, T. Contini, E. Zucca, S. Bardelli, M. Bolzonella, Stephane Charlot, H. J. McCracken, A. Iovino, J. P. Picat, L. Tresse, D. Bottini, B. Meneux, Stephane Arnouts, Bruno Marano, Sylvie Foucaud, Lucia Pozzetti, Christian Marinoni, P. Franzetti, O. Le Fevre, Paolo Ciliegi, Mario Radovich, A. Zanichelli, Marco Scodeggio, Luigi Guzzo, G. Zamorani, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte (OAC), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO), Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik (MPA), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Services communs OMP (UMS 831), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES), Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Astronomia, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Bottini D., Garilli B., Maccagni D., Tresse L., Le Brun V., Le Fèvre O., Picat J. P., Scaramella R., Scodeggio M., Vettolani G., Zanichelli A., Adami C., Arnaboldi M., Arnouts S., Bardelli S., Bolzonella M., Cappi A., Charlot S., Ciliegi P., Contini T., Foucaud S., Franzetti P., Guzzo L., Ilbert O., Iovino A., McCracken H. J., Marano B., Marinoni C., Mathez G., Mazure A., Meneux B., Merighi R., Paltani S., Pollo A., Pozzetti L., Radovich M., Zamorani G., and Zucca E.
Subjects: Physics, Very Large Telescope, Single exposure, [SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Software tool, Instrumentation: Spectrographs, Techniques: Spectroscopic, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Object (computer science), 01 natural sciences, Multiplexing, Software, Optics, Space and Planetary Science, Observatory, Methods: Numerical, 0103 physical sciences, business, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Spectrograph, Remote sensing
Abstract: VIMOS (Visible Multi-Object Spectrograph) is a multiobject imaging spectrograph installed at the VLT (Very large Telescope) at the ESO (European Southern Observatory) Paranal Observatory that is especially suited for survey work. VIMOS is characterized by its very high multiplexing factor: it is possible to take up to 800 spectra with 10" long slits in a single exposure. To fully exploit its multiplexing potential, we designed and implemented a dedicated software tool: the VIMOS Mask Preparation Software (VMMPS), which allows the astronomer to select the objects to be spectroscopically observed, and provides for automatic slit positioning and slit number maximization within the instrumental constraints. The output of VMMPS is used to manufacture the slit masks to be mounted in the instrument for spectroscopic observations.
Published: 2005
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379. VIPERS : Galaxy morphology at z $\sim 1$

Author: Krywult, Janusz, Pollo, Agnieszka, Abbas, U., Adami, C., Arnouts, S., Bel, J., Bolzonella, M., Bottini, D., Branchini, E., Cappi, A., Coupon, J., Cucciati, O., Davidzon, I., De Lucia, G., de la Torre, S., Fritz, A., Franzetti, P., Fumana, M., Garilli, B., Granett, B. R., Guzzo, L., Ilbert, O., Iovino, A., Le Brun, V., Le Fèvre, O., Maccagni, D., Małek, K., Marulli, F., McCracken, H. J., Paioro, L., Polletta, M., Schlagenhaufer, H., Scodeggio, M., Tasca, L. A. M., Tojeiro, R., Vergani, D., Zanichelli, A., Burden, A., Di Porto, C., Marchetti, A., Marinoni, C., Mellier, Y., Moscardini, L., Nichol, R. C., Peacock, J. A., Percival, W. J., Phleps, S., Wolk, M., and Zamorani, G.
Subjects: Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Abstract: We use spectroscopic VIPERS data to analyze morphological properties of galaxies at z $\sim 1$. To determine galaxy morphologies, we estimate their Sersic index. Then, we correlate it with galaxy rest-frame colors, and other physical properties. We find that the distribution of Sérsic index of our sample is bimodal, and well correlated with the color-bimodality of the galaxy distribution. So-called green valley (i.e. intermediate colour) galaxies often have intermediate values of Sérsic index which may support the hypothesis that at least a part of this population are galaxies in the transition phase.
Published: 2015

380. VIPERS : in search for the solution of the riddle of dark energy (and many others)

Author: Pollo, Agnieszka, Krywult, Janusz, Małek, Katarzyna, Solarz, Aleksandra, Abbas, U., Adami, C., Arnouts, S., Bel, J., Bolzonella, M., Bottini, D., Branchini, E., Cappi, A., Coupon, J., Cucciati, O., Davidzon, I., De Lucia, G., de la Torre, S., Fritz, A., Franzetti, P., Fumana, M., Garilli, B., Granett, B. R., Guzzo, L., Ilbert, O., Iovino, A., Le Brun, V., Le F`evre, O., Maccagni, D., Marulli, F., McCracken, H. J., Paioro, L., Polletta, M., Schlagenhaufer, H., Scodeggio, M., Tasca, L. A. M., Tojeiro, R., Vergani, D., Zanichelli, A., Burden, A., Di Porto, C., Marchetti, A., Marinoni, C., Mellier, Y., Moscardini, L., Nichol, R. C., Peacock, J. A., Percival, W. J., Phleps, S., Wolk, M., and Zamorani, G.
Abstract: We present the "VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey" (VIPERS). We discuss the present status of the survey, the data which are already open to the public, and review first scientific results of the project.
Published: 2015

381. The VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS). Hierarchical scaling and biasing

Author: Rita Tojeiro, O. Cucciati, S. de la Torre, J. Krywult, Enzo Branchini, Yannick Mellier, A. Cappi, Katarzyna Małek, H. J. McCracken, M. Scodeggio, L. Paioro, B. R. Granett, Julien Bel, G. De Lucia, Lauro Moscardini, D. Bottini, D. Maccagni, C. Di Porto, D. Vergani, M. Wolk, Ummi Abbas, M. Polletta, M. Bolzonella, C. Schimd, Will J. Percival, P. Franzetti, Jean Coupon, A. Marchetti, A. Iovino, Luigi Guzzo, Lidia Tasca, A. Zanichelli, H. Schlagenhaufer, John A. Peacock, Angela Burden, Stefanie Phleps, Agnieszka Pollo, O. Le Fèvre, Alexander Fritz, V. Le Brun, O. Ilbert, Federico Marulli, M. Fumana, Robert C. Nichol, B. Garilli, Christian Marinoni, S. Arnouts, Iary Davidzon, G. Zamorani, C. Adami, Cappi, A., Marulli, F., Bel, J., Cucciati, O., Branchini, E, de la Torre, S., Moscardini, L., Bolzonella, M., Guzzo, L., Abbas, U., Adami, C., Arnouts, S., Bottini, D., Coupon, J., Davidzon, I., De Lucia, G., Fritz, A., Franzetti, P., Fumana, M., Garilli, B., Granett, B. R., Ilbert, O., Iovino, A., Krywult, J., Le, Brun, Le Fèvre, O., Maccagni, D., Malek, K., Mccracken, H. J., Paioro, L., Polletta, M., Pollo, A., Scodeggio, M., Tasca, L. A. M., Tojeiro, R., Vergani, D., Zanichelli, A., Burden, A., Di Porto, C., Marchetti, A., Marinoni, C., Mellier, Y., Nichol, R. C., Peacock, J. A., Percival, W. J., Phleps, S., Schimd, C., Schlagenhaufer, H., Wolk, M., Zamorani, G., Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), CPT - E3 Cosmologie, Centre de Physique Théorique - UMR 7332 (CPT), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna (OABO), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), AUTRES, Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Corporation (CFHT), National Research Council of Canada (NRC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-University of Hawai'i [Honolulu] (UH), Département de Radiologie [CHU de Rennes], Université de Rennes (UR), Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Department of Cellular Biotechnologies and Haematology, Institut Pasteur, Fondation Cenci Bolognetti - Istituto Pasteur Italia, Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Università degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza' = Sapienza University [Rome] (UNIROMA), University of Leeds, Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES), Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Università degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza' = Sapienza University [Rome], Branchini, E., De La Torre, S., Granett, B.R., Le Brun, V., Małek, K., Mccracken, H.J., Tasca, L.A.M., Nichol, R.C., Peacock, J.A., and Percival, W.J.
Subjects: statistics [galaxies], Cosmology and Gravitation, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Stellar mass, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Cosmology: observation, dark matter, Luminosity, [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], large-scale structure of Universe, cosmology: observations, Sample variance, ST/J500665/1, Scaling, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, STFC, Physics, Galaxies: statistic, Null (mathematics), RCUK, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysic, Redshift survey, Redshift, Galaxy, observations [cosmology], Space and Planetary Science, astro-ph.CO, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, observation [cosmology]
Abstract: We investigate the higher-order correlation properties of the VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS) to test the hierarchical scaling hypothesis at z~1 and the dependence on galaxy luminosity, stellar mass, and redshift. We also aim to assess deviations from the linearity of galaxy bias independently from a previously performed analysis of our survey (Di Porto et al. 2014). We have measured the count probability distribution function in cells of radii 3 < R < 10 Mpc/h, deriving $\sigma_{8g}$, the volume-averaged two-,three-,and four-point correlation functions and the normalized skewness $S_{3g}$ and kurtosis $S_{4g}$ for volume-limited subsamples covering the ranges $-19.5 \le M_B(z=1.1)-5log(h) \le -21.0$, $9.0 < log(M*/M_{\odot} h^{-2}) \le 11.0$, $0.5 \le z < 1.1$. We have thus performed the first measurement of high-order correlations at z~1 in a spectroscopic redshift survey. Our main results are the following. 1) The hierarchical scaling holds throughout the whole range of scale and z. 2) We do not find a significant dependence of $S_{3g}$ on luminosity (below z=0.9 $S_{3g}$ decreases with luminosity but only at 1{\sigma}-level). 3) We do not detect a significant dependence of $S_{3g}$ and $S_{4g}$ on scale, except beyond z~0.9, where the dependence can be explained as a consequence of sample variance. 4) We do not detect an evolution of $S_{3g}$ and $S_{4g}$ with z. 5) The linear bias factor $b=\sigma_{8g}/\sigma_{8m}$ increases with z, in agreement with previous results. 6) We quantify deviations from the linear bias by means of the Taylor expansion parameter $b_2$. Our results are compatible with a null non-linear bias term, but taking into account other available data we argue that there is evidence for a small non-linear bias term., Comment: 20 pages, 14 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Published: 2015
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382. The Redshift‐Space Two‐Point Correlation Functions of Galaxies and Groups in the Nearby Optical Galaxy Sample

Author: Marino Mezzetti, Srdjan Samurovic, Marisa Girardi, Christian Marinoni, Giuliano Giuricin, Giuricin, G., Samurovic, S., Girardi, Marisa, Mezzetti, Marino, and Marinoni, C.
Subjects: Physics, Degree (graph theory), Group (mathematics), Galaxies: Clusters: General, Cosmology: Large-Scale Structure of Universe, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Large-Scale Structure of Universe [Cosmology], FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Correlation function (astronomy), Space (mathematics), Power law, Redshift, Galaxy, Luminosity, Space and Planetary Science, Clusters: General [Galaxies], Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Abstract: We use the two-point correlation function in redshift space, $\xi(s)$, to study the clustering of the galaxies and groups of the Nearby Optical Galaxy (NOG) sample, which is a nearly all-sky, complete, magnitude-limited sample of $\sim$7000 bright and nearby optical galaxies. The correlation function of galaxies is well described by a power law, $\xi(s)=(s/s_0)^{-\gamma}$, with slope $\gamma\sim1.5$ and $s_0\sim6.4 h^{-1}$Mpc (on scales $2.7 - 12 h^{-1}$Mpc), in agreement with previous results of several redshift surveys of optical galaxies. We confirm the existence of morphological segregation between early- and late-type galaxies and, in particular, we find a gradual decreasing of the strength of clustering from the S0 galaxies to the late-type spirals, on intermediate scales. Furthermore, luminous galaxies turn out to be more clustered than dim galaxies. The luminosity segregation, which is significant for both early- and late-type objects, starts to become appreciable only for galaxies brighter than $M_B\sim -19.5 + 5 \log h$ ($\sim 0.6 L^*$) and is independent on scale. The NOG group correlation functions are characterized by $s_0$-values ranging from $\sim 8 h^{-1}$ Mpc (for groups with at least three members) to $\sim10 h^{-1}$ Mpc (for groups with at least five members). The degree of group clustering depends on the physical properties of groups. Specifically, groups with greater velocity dispersions, sizes and masses tend to be more clustered than those with lower values of these quantities., Comment: Astrophysical Journal, in press, 72 pages, 16 eps figures
Published: 2001
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383. The VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS): A quiescent formation of massive red-sequence galaxies over the past 9 Gyr

Author: Alexander Fritz, C. Adami, Federico Marulli, M. Fumana, A. Marchetti, Rita Tojeiro, J. Krywult, D. Bottini, Will J. Percival, A. Iovino, Enzo Branchini, Yannick Mellier, A. Cappi, Luigi Guzzo, Lidia Tasca, P. Franzetti, D. Vergani, Lauro Moscardini, A. Zanichelli, L. Paioro, H. Schlagenhaufer, John A. Peacock, B. Garilli, M. Scodeggio, M. Wolk, Iary Davidzon, Benjamin R. Granett, C. Di Porto, Julien Bel, M. Bolzonella, Robert C. Nichol, G. Zamorani, G. De Lucia, O. Cucciati, S. de la Torre, Christian Marinoni, Katarzyna Małek, Ummi Abbas, M. Polletta, Jean Coupon, H. J. McCracken, S. Arnouts, Angela Burden, V. Le Brun, Stefanie Phleps, O. Ilbert, Agnieszka Pollo, D. Maccagni, O. Le Fèvre, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (OATo), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), AUTRES, Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca = University of Milano-Bicocca (UNIMIB)-Università degli Studi di Milano = University of Milan (UNIMI), Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri (OAA), Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences [NCSU] (MEAS), North Carolina State University [Raleigh] (NC State), University of North Carolina System (UNC)-University of North Carolina System (UNC), Centre de Physique Théorique - UMR 6207 (CPT), Université de la Méditerranée - Aix-Marseille 2-Université de Provence - Aix-Marseille 1-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca [Milano] (UNIMIB)-Università degli Studi di Milano [Milano] (UNIMI), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Université de Provence - Aix-Marseille 1-Université de la Méditerranée - Aix-Marseille 2, A. Fritz, M. Scodeggio, O. Ilbert, M. Bolzonella, I. Davidzon, J. Coupon, B. Garilli, L. Guzzo, G. Zamorani, U. Abba, C. Adami, S. Arnout, J. Bel, D. Bottini, E. Branchini, A. Cappi, O. Cucciati, G. De Lucia, S. de la Torre, P. Franzetti, M. Fumana, B. R. Granett, A. Iovino, J. Krywult, V. Le Brun, O. Le Fèvre, D. Maccagni, K. Małek, F. Marulli, H. J. McCracken, L. Paioro, M. Polletta, A. Pollo, H. Schlagenhaufer, L. A. M. Tasca, R. Tojeiro, D. Vergani, A. Zanichelli, A. Burden, C. Di Porto, A. Marchetti, C. Marinoni, Y. Mellier, L. Moscardini, R. C. Nichol, J. A. Peacock, W. J. Percival, S. Phlep, M. Wolk, Fritz, A., Scodeggio, M., Ilbert, O., Bolzonella, M., Davidzon, I., Coupon, J., Garilli, B., Guzzo, L., Zamorani, G., Abbas, U., Adami, C., Arnouts, S., Bel, J., Bottini, D., Branchini, ENZO FRANCO, Cappi, A., Cucciati, O., De Lucia, G., De la Torre, S., Franzetti, P., Fumana, M., Granett, B. R., Iovino, A., Krywult, J., Le Brun, V., Le Fevre, O., Maccagni, D., Malek, K., Marulli, F., Mccracken, H. J., Paioro, L., Polletta, M., Pollo, A., Schlagenhaufer, H., Tasca, L. A. M., Tojeiro, R., Vergani, D., Zanichelli, A., Burden, A., Di Porto, C., Marchetti, A., Marinoni, C., Mellier, Y., Moscardini, L., Nichol, R. C., Peacock, J. A., Percival, W. J., Phleps, S., and Wolk, M.
Subjects: statistics [galaxies], Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), astro-ph.GA, Population, Theoretical models, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], observations [surveys / cosmology], education, STFC, evolution [galaxies], Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Galaxy cluster, Luminosity function (astronomy), Physics, education.field_of_study, ST/I001204/1, RCUK, Astronomy and Astrophysics, luminosity function, mass function [galaxies], Redshift survey, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Redshift, Galaxy, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), astro-ph.CO, photometry [galaxies], surveys – cosmology: observations – galaxies: evolution – galaxies: photometry – galaxies: luminosity function, mass function – galaxies: statistics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: We explore the evolution of the Colour-Magnitude Relation (CMR) and Luminosity Function (LF) at 0.410^11 M_sun) and expeditious RS formation over a short period of ~1.5 Gyr starting before z=1. This is supported by the detection of ongoing SF in ETGs at 0.9, Comment: 27 pages, 21 figures, accepted for publication in A&A
Published: 2014
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384. The VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey Searching for cosmic voids

Author: Benjamin R. Granett, Stéphane Arnouts, Christian Marinoni, Daniela Vergani, Rita Tojeiro, A. Iovino, C. Adami, Robert C. Nichol, M. Bolzonella, S. de la Torre, G. De Lucia, D. Bottini, Katarzyna Małek, Alexander Fritz, J. Krywult, Jean Coupon, T. Moutard, D. Micheletti, Federico Marulli, M. Fumana, C. Schimd, Agnieszka Pollo, Angela Burden, Bianca Garilli, O. Le Fèvre, Olga Cucciati, Enzo Branchini, Yannick Mellier, A. Cappi, O. Ilbert, P. Franzetti, H. J. McCracken, D. Maccagni, A. Marchetti, Will J. Percival, A. Zanichelli, Lidia Tasca, V. Le Brun, Ummi Abbas, M. Polletta, John A. Peacock, Luigi Guzzo, Julien Bel, Iary Davidzon, G. Zamorani, M. Scodeggio, C. Di Porto, Adam J. Hawken, Lauro Moscardini, D. Micheletti, A. Iovino, A. J. Hawken, B. R. Granett, M. Bolzonella, A. Cappi, L. Guzzo, U. Abba, C. Adami, S. Arnout, J. Bel, D. Bottini, E. Branchini, J. Coupon, O. Cucciati, I. Davidzon, G. De Lucia, S. de la Torre, A. Fritz, P. Franzetti, M. Fumana, B. Garilli, O. Ilbert, J. Krywult, V. Le Brun, O. Le Fèvre, D. Maccagni, K. Małek, F. Marulli, H. J. McCracken, M. Polletta, A. Pollo, C. Schimd, M. Scodeggio, L. A. .M. Tasca, R. Tojeiro, D. Vergani, A. Zanichelli, A. Burden, C. Di Porto, A. Marchetti, C. Marinoni, Y. Mellier, T. Moutard, L. Moscardini, R. C. Nichol, J. A. Peacock, W. J. Percival, G. Zamorani, AUTRES, Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (OATo), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Centre de Physique Théorique - UMR 7332 (CPT), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), CPT - E3 Cosmologie, Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca = University of Milano-Bicocca (UNIMIB)-Università degli Studi di Milano = University of Milan (UNIMI), Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Département Informatique pour les Systèmes Coopératifs Ouverts et Décentralisés (ISCOD-ENSMSE), École des Mines de Saint-Étienne (Mines Saint-Étienne MSE), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Henri Fayol, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri (OAA), Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences [NCSU] (MEAS), North Carolina State University [Raleigh] (NC State), University of North Carolina System (UNC)-University of North Carolina System (UNC), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca [Milano] (UNIMIB)-Università degli Studi di Milano [Milano] (UNIMI), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Micheletti, D., Iovino, A., Hawken, A. J., Granett, B. R., Bolzonella, M., Cappi, A., Guzzo, L., Abbas, U., Adami, C., Arnouts, S., Bel, J., Bottini, D., Branchini, ENZO FRANCO, Coupon, J., Cucciati, O., Davidzon, I., De Lucia, G., de la Torre, S., Fritz, A., Franzetti, P., Fumana, M., Garilli, B., Ilbert, O., Krywult, J., Le Brun, V., Le Fevre, O., Maccagni, D., Malek, K., Marulli, F., Mccracken, H. J., Polletta, M., Pollo, A., Schimd, C., Scodeggio, M., Tasca, L. A. M., Tojeiro, R., Vergani, D., Zanichelli, A., Burden, A., Di Porto, C., Marchetti, A., Marinoni, C., Mellier, Y., Moutard, T., Moscardini, L., Nichol, R. C., Peacock, J. A., Percival, W. J., and Zamorani, G.
Subjects: Void (astronomy), Cosmology and Gravitation, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, STFC, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Physics, large-scale structure of universe, COSMIC cancer database, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, RCUK, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Cosmological model, Redshift survey, Redshift, Galaxy, observations [cosmology], galaxies: general – cosmology: observations – large-scale structure of Universe, Space and Planetary Science, astro-ph.CO, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, general [galaxies]
Abstract: Context. The characterisation of cosmic voids gives unique information about the large-scale distribution of galaxies, their evolution, and the cosmological model. Aims. We identify and characterise cosmic voids in the VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS) at redshift 0:55
Published: 2014
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385. The VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS) : A precise measurement of the galaxy stellar mass function and the abundance of massive galaxies at redshifts 0.5 < z < 1.3

Author: P. Franzetti, T. Moutard, C. Adami, D. Bottini, M. Bolzonella, G. De Lucia, Iary Davidzon, B. Garilli, Lauro Moscardini, Ummi Abbas, M. Polletta, Enzo Branchini, L. Paioro, G. Zamorani, Yannick Mellier, Will J. Percival, A. Cappi, D. Maccagni, A. Marchetti, J. Krywult, Benjamin R. Granett, Julien Bel, Angela Burden, M. Wolk, Stefanie Phleps, Agnieszka Pollo, Luigi Guzzo, Lidia Tasca, C. Di Porto, H. J. McCracken, Robert C. Nichol, O. Le Fèvre, D. Vergani, Katarzyna Małek, Alexander Fritz, V. Le Brun, O. Ilbert, Jean Coupon, A. Iovino, Federico Marulli, M. Fumana, A. Zanichelli, H. Schlagenhaufer, John A. Peacock, Christian Marinoni, S. Arnouts, M. Scodeggio, Rita Tojeiro, O. Cucciati, S. de la Torre, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), AUTRES, INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (OATo), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca = University of Milano-Bicocca (UNIMIB)-Università degli Studi di Milano = University of Milan (UNIMI), Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri (OAA), Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences [NCSU] (MEAS), North Carolina State University [Raleigh] (NC State), University of North Carolina System (UNC)-University of North Carolina System (UNC), Centre de Physique Théorique - UMR 6207 (CPT), Université de la Méditerranée - Aix-Marseille 2-Université de Provence - Aix-Marseille 1-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca [Milano] (UNIMIB)-Università degli Studi di Milano [Milano] (UNIMI), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Université de Provence - Aix-Marseille 1-Université de la Méditerranée - Aix-Marseille 2, I. Davidzon, M. Bolzonella, J. Coupon, O. Ilbert, S. Arnout, S. de la Torre, A. Fritz, G. De Lucia, A. Iovino, B. R. Granett, G. Zamorani, L. Guzzo, U. Abba, C. Adami, J. Bel, D. Bottini, E. Branchini, A. Cappi, O. Cucciati, P. Franzetti, M. Fumana, B. Garilli, J. Krywult, V. Le Brun, O. Le Fèvre, D. Maccagni, K. Małek, F. Marulli, H. J. McCracken, L. Paioro, J. A. Peacock, M. Polletta, A. Pollo, H. Schlagenhaufer, M. Scodeggio, L. A. M. Tasca, R. Tojeiro, D. Vergani, A. Zanichelli, A. Burden, C. Di Porto, A. Marchetti, C. Marinoni, Y. Mellier, L. Moscardini, T. Moutard, R. C. Nichol, W. J. Percival, S. Phlep, M. Wolk, Davidzon, I., Bolzonella, M., Coupon, J., Ilbert, O., Arnouts, S., de la Torre, S., Fritz, A., De Lucia, G., Iovino, A., Granett, B. R., Zamorani, G., Guzzo, L., Abbas, U., Adami, C., Bel, J., Bottini, D., Branchini, E, Cappi, A., Cucciati, O., Franzetti, P., Fumana, M., Garilli, B., Krywult, J., Le Brun, V., Le Fèvre, O., Maccagni, D., Małek, K., Marulli, F., Mccracken, H. J., Paioro, L., Peacock, J. A., Polletta, M., Pollo, A., Schlagenhaufer, H., Scodeggio, M., Tasca, L. A. M., Tojeiro, R., Vergani, D., Zanichelli, A., Burden, A., Di Porto, C., Marchetti, A., Marinoni, C., Mellier, Y., Moscardini, L., Moutard, T., Nichol, R. C., Percival, W. J., Phleps, S., and Wolk, M.
Subjects: statistics [galaxies], Stellar mass, media_common.quotation_subject, Population, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], mass function, galaxies: evolution, galaxies: statistics, cosmology: observations, 0103 physical sciences, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, education, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, evolution [galaxies], ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, media_common, Physics, education.field_of_study, Number density, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Cosmic variance, Redshift survey, luminosity function, mass function [galaxies], Galaxy, Universe, Redshift, observations [cosmology], galaxies: luminosity function, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: We measure the evolution of the galaxy stellar mass function from z=1.3 to z=0.5 using the first 53,608 redshifts of the ongoing VIMOS Public Extragalactic Survey (VIPERS). We estimate the galaxy stellar mass function at several epochs discussing in detail the amount of cosmic variance affecting our estimate. We find that Poisson noise and cosmic variance of the galaxy mass function in the VIPERS survey are comparable with the statistical uncertainties of large surveys in the local universe. VIPERS data allow us to determine with unprecedented accuracy the high-mass tail of the galaxy stellar mass function, which includes a significant number of galaxies that are usually too rare to detect with any of the past spectroscopic surveys. At the epochs sampled by VIPERS, massive galaxies had already assembled most of their stellar mass. We apply a photometric classification in the (U-V) rest-frame colour to compute the mass function of blue and red galaxies, finding evidence for the evolution of their contribution to the total number density budget: the transition mass above which red galaxies dominate is found to be about 10^10.4 M_sun at z=0.55 and evolves proportionally to (1+z)^3. We are able to trace separately the evolution of the number density of blue and red galaxies with masses above 10^11.4 M_sun, in a mass range barely studied in previous work. We find that for such large masses, red galaxies show a milder evolution with redshift, when compared to objects at lower masses. At the same time, we detect a population of similarly massive blue galaxies, which are no longer detectable below z=0.7. These results show the improved statistical power of VIPERS data, and give initial promising indications of mass-dependent quenching of galaxies at z~1. [Abridged], Comment: 19 pages, 14 figures, 2 tables. A&A in press (accepted for publication on July 12th)
Published: 2013
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386. The VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS) : Galaxy clustering and redshift-space distortions at z ≃ 0.8 in the first data release

Author: Daniela Vergani, Luigi Guzzo, G. De Lucia, M. Wolk, Agnieszka Pollo, Stéphane Arnouts, Robert C. Nichol, C. Di Porto, Enzo Branchini, Angela Burden, D. Bottini, Yannick Mellier, A. Cappi, Stefanie Phleps, A. Marchetti, Christian Marinoni, Lauro Moscardini, H. J. McCracken, C. Adami, G. Zamorani, Lidia Tasca, Iary Davidzon, Pierluigi Monaco, Bianca Garilli, O. Le Fèvre, Alexander Fritz, Ummi Abbas, M. Polletta, Benjamin R. Granett, Federico Marulli, M. Fumana, J. Krywult, Will J. Percival, D. Maccagni, P. Franzetti, Julien Bel, Marco Scodeggio, A. Zanichelli, Katarzyna Małek, L. Paioro, V. Le Brun, Rita Tojeiro, S. de la Torre, M. Bolzonella, A. Iovino, H. Schlagenhaufer, John A. Peacock, Jean Coupon, Olga Cucciati, Olivier Ilbert, AUTRES, INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (OATo), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca = University of Milano-Bicocca (UNIMIB)-Università degli Studi di Milano = University of Milan (UNIMI), Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri (OAA), Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences [NCSU] (MEAS), North Carolina State University [Raleigh] (NC State), University of North Carolina System (UNC)-University of North Carolina System (UNC), Centre de Physique Théorique - UMR 6207 (CPT), Université de la Méditerranée - Aix-Marseille 2-Université de Provence - Aix-Marseille 1-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste (OAT), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca [Milano] (UNIMIB)-Università degli Studi di Milano [Milano] (UNIMI), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Université de Provence - Aix-Marseille 1-Université de la Méditerranée - Aix-Marseille 2, de la Torre, S., Guzzo, L., Peacock, J. A., Branchini, E., Iovino, A., Granett, B. R., Abbas, U., Adami, C., Arnouts, S., Bel, J., Bolzonella, M., Bottini, D., Cappi, A., Coupon, J., Cucciati, O., Davidzon, I., De Lucia, G., Fritz, A., Franzetti, P., Fumana, M., Garilli, B., Ilbert, O., Krywult., J., Le Brun., V., Le Fèvre, O., Maccagni, D., Małek, K., Marulli, F., Mccracken, H. J., Moscardini, L., Paioro, L., Percival, J. W., Polletta, M., Pollo, A., Schlagenhaufer, H., Scodeggio, M., Tasca, L., Tojeiro, R., Vergani, D., Zanichelli, A., Burden, A., Di Porto, C., Marchetti, A., Marinoni, C., Mellier, Y., Monaco, P., Nichol, R. C., Phleps, S., Wolk, M., Zamorani, G., S. de la Torre, L. Guzzo, J. A. Peacock, E. Branchini, A. Iovino, B. R. Granett, U. Abba, C. Adami, S. Arnout, J. Bel, M. Bolzonella, D. Bottini, A. Cappi, J. Coupon, O. Cucciati, I. Davidzon, G. De Lucia, A. Fritz, P. Franzetti, M. Fumana, B. Garilli, O. Ilbert, J. Krywult, V. Le Brun, O. Le Fèvre, D. Maccagni, K. Małek, F. Marulli, H. J. McCracken, L. Moscardini, L. Paioro, W. J. Percival, M. Polletta, A. Pollo, H. Schlagenhaufer, M. Scodeggio, L. A. M. Tasca, R. Tojeiro, D. Vergani, A. Zanichelli, A. Burden, C. Di Porto, A. Marchetti, C. Marinoni, Y. Mellier, P. Monaco, R. C. Nichol, S. Phlep, M. Wolk, and G. Zamorani
Subjects: statistics [galaxies], Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), media_common.quotation_subject, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Measure (mathematics), Redshift-space distortions, [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], 0103 physical sciences, Cluster analysis, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, media_common, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Cosmology: observations, Galaxies: high-redshift, Galaxies: statistics, Large-scale structure of Universe, Sigma, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Redshift survey, observations [cosmology], Galaxy, Redshift, Universe, Space and Planetary Science, large-scale structure of Universe, high-redshift [galaxies], Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: We present in this paper the general real- and redshift-space clustering properties of galaxies as measured in the first data release of the VIPERS survey. VIPERS is a large redshift survey designed to probe the distant Universe and its large-scale structure at 0.5 < z < 1.2. We describe in this analysis the global properties of the sample and discuss the survey completeness and associated corrections. This sample allows us to measure the galaxy clustering with an unprecedented accuracy at these redshifts. From the redshift-space distortions observed in the galaxy clustering pattern we provide a first measurement of the growth rate of structure at z = 0.8: f��_8 = 0.47 +/- 0.08. This is completely consistent with the predictions of standard cosmological models based on Einstein gravity, although this measurement alone does not discriminate between different gravity models., 19 pages, 19 figures, accepted for publication in A&A
Published: 2013
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387. The VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS). A Support Vector Machine classification of galaxies, stars and AGNs

Author: H. J. McCracken, D. Vergani, D. Maccagni, Katarzyna Małek, M. Bolzonella, A. Solarz, D. Bottini, L. Paioro, G. De Lucia, G. Zamorani, J. Krywult, Julien Bel, P. Franzetti, Will J. Percival, A. Marchetti, Ummi Abbas, C. Adami, M. Polletta, M. Wolk, Angela Burden, B. Garilli, C. Di Porto, Luigi Guzzo, Stefanie Phleps, Agnieszka Pollo, Enzo Branchini, Robert C. Nichol, Yannick Mellier, Lauro Moscardini, A. Cappi, Lidia Tasca, Benjamin R. Granett, V. Le Brun, O. Ilbert, A. Iovino, Jean Coupon, A. Zanichelli, H. Schlagenhaufer, John A. Peacock, I. Davidzon, Alexander Fritz, Federico Marulli, M. Fumana, Christian Marinoni, S. Arnouts, M. Scodeggio, O. Le Fèvre, Rita Tojeiro, O. Cucciati, S. de la Torre, K. Małek, A. Solarz, A. Pollo, A. Fritz, B. Garilli, M. Scodeggio, A. Iovino, B. R. Granett, U. Abba, C. Adami, S. Arnout, J. Bel, M. Bolzonella, D. Bottini, E. Branchini, A. Cappi, J. Coupon, O. Cucciati, I. Davidzon, G. De Lucia, S. de la Torre, P. Franzetti, M. Fumana, L. Guzzo, O. Ilbert, J. Krywult, V. Le Brun, O. Le Fevre, D. Maccagni, F. Marulli, H. J. McCracken, L. Paioro, M. Polletta, H. Schlagenhaufer, L. A. M. Tasca, R. Tojeiro, D. Vergani, A. Zanichelli, A. Burden, C. Di Porto, A. Marchetti, C. Marinoni, Y. Mellier, L. Moscardini, R. C. Nichol, J. A. Peacock, W. J. Percival, S. Phlep, M. Wolk, G. Zamorani, Małek, K., Solarz, A., Pollo, A., Fritz, A., Garilli, B., Scodeggio, M., Iovino, A., Granett, B. R., Abbas, U., Adami, C., Arnouts, S., Bel, J., Bolzonella, M., Bottini, D., Branchini, E, Cappi, A., Coupon, J., Cucciati, O., Davidzon, I., De Lucia, G., de la Torre, S., Franzetti, P., Fumana, M., Guzzo, L., Ilbert, O., Krywult, J., Le Brun, V., Le Fevre, O., Maccagni, D., Marulli, F., Mccracken, H. J., Paioro, L., Polletta, M., Schlagenhaufer, H., Tasca, L. A. M., Tojeiro, R., Vergani, D., Zanichelli, A., Burden, A., Di Porto, C., Marchetti, A., Marinoni, C., Mellier, Y., Moscardini, L., Nichol, R. C., Peacock, J. A., Percival, W. J., Phleps, S., Wolk, M., and Zamorani, G.
Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), media_common.quotation_subject, statistical [methods], fundamental parameters [stars], FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Photometry (optics), surveys, 0103 physical sciences, data analysis [methods], fundamental parameters [galaxies], 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, media_common, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Redshift survey, observations [cosmology], Galaxy, Redshift, Support vector machine, Cosmology: observations, Galaxies: fundamental parameters, Methods: data analysis, Methods: statistical, Stars: fundamental parameters, Surveys, Stars, Space and Planetary Science, Sky, Classifier (UML), Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: The aim of this work is to develop a comprehensive method for classifying sources in large sky surveys and we apply the techniques to the VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS). Using the optical (u*, g', r', i') and NIR data (z', Ks), we develop a classifier, based on broad-band photometry, for identifying stars, AGNs and galaxies improving the purity of the VIPERS sample. Support Vector Machine (SVM) supervised learning algorithms allow the automatic classification of objects into two or more classes based on a multidimensional parameter space. In this work, we tailored the SVM for classifying stars, AGNs and galaxies, and applied this classification to the VIPERS data. We train the SVM using spectroscopically confirmed sources from the VIPERS and VVDS surveys. We tested two SVM classifiers and concluded that including NIR data can significantly improve the efficiency of the classifier. The self-check of the best optical + NIR classifier has shown a 97% accuracy in the classification of galaxies, 97 for stars, and 95 for AGNs in the 5-dimensional colour space. In the test on VIPERS sources with 99% redshift confidence, the classifier gives an accuracy equal to 94% for galaxies, 93% for stars, and 82% for AGNs. The method was applied to sources with low quality spectra to verify their classification, and thus increasing the security of measurements for almost 4 900 objects. We conclude that the SVM algorithm trained on a carefully selected sample of galaxies, AGNs, and stars outperforms simple colour-colour selection methods, and can be regarded as a very efficient classification method particularly suitable for modern large surveys., 14 pages, 11 figures, 9 tables, published in A&A
Published: 2013

388. The VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS): spectral classification through principal component analysis

Author: O. Le Fevre, Katarzyna Małek, Rita Tojeiro, D. Maccagni, L. Guennou, Ummi Abbas, J. Krywult, C. Adami, H. Schlagenhaufer, Stephane Arnouts, John A. Peacock, G. De Lucia, C. Schimd, B. R. Granett, C. Di Porto, A. Pollo, H. J. McCracken, Will J. Percival, B. Meneux, M. Wolk, I. Davidzon, O. Cucciati, S. de la Torre, L. A. M. Tasca, A. Zanichelli, Robert C. Nichol, D. Bottini, Lauro Moscardini, Julien Bel, Marco Scodeggio, A. Iovino, M. Polletta, M. Bolzonella, P. Franzetti, V. Le Brun, O. Ilbert, Jean Coupon, Jeremy Blaizot, B. Garilli, A. Fritz, Christian Marinoni, D. Vergani, Federico Marulli, M. Fumana, A. Marchetti, Yannick Mellier, L. Paioro, Angela Burden, Stefanie Phleps, Marco Bersanelli, Enzo Branchini, A. Cappi, Luigi Guzzo, G. Zamorani, Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences [NCSU] (MEAS), North Carolina State University [Raleigh] (NC State), University of North Carolina System (UNC)-University of North Carolina System (UNC), INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (OATo), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), AUTRES, Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca = University of Milano-Bicocca (UNIMIB)-Università degli Studi di Milano = University of Milan (UNIMI), Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Simon Fraser University (SFU.ca), National Research Council of Canada (NRC), Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri (OAA), Service de Physique Théorique (SPhT), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Physique Théorique - UMR 6207 (CPT), Université de la Méditerranée - Aix-Marseille 2-Université de Provence - Aix-Marseille 1-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), A. Marchetti, B. R. Granett, L. Guzzo, A. Fritz, B. Garilli, M. Scodeggio, U. Abba, C. Adami, S. Arnout, M. Bolzonella, D. Bottini, A. Cappi, J. Coupon, O. Cucciati, G. De Lucia, S. de la Torre, P. Franzetti, M. Fumana, O. Ilbert, A. Iovino, J. Krywult, V. Le Brun, O. Le Fevre, D. Maccagni, K. Malek, F. Marulli, H. J. McCracken, B. Meneux, L. Paioro, M. Polletta, A. Pollo, H. Schlagenhaufer, L. Tasca, R. Tojeiro, D. Vergani, A. Zanichelli, J. Bel, M. Bersanelli, J. Blaizot, E. Branchini, A. Burden, I. Davidzon, C. D. Porto, L. Guennou, C. Marinoni, Y. Mellier, L. Moscardini, R. C. Nichol, J. A. Peacock, W. J. Percival, S. Phlep, C. Schimd, M. Wolk, G. Zamorani, Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca [Milano] (UNIMIB)-Università degli Studi di Milano [Milano] (UNIMI), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Université de Provence - Aix-Marseille 1-Université de la Méditerranée - Aix-Marseille 2, Marchetti, A., Granett, B. R., Guzzo, L., Fritz, A., Garilli, B., Scodeggio, M., Abbas, U., Adami, C., Arnouts, S., Bolzonella, M., Bottini, D., Cappi, A., Coupon, J., Cucciati, O., De Lucia, G., de la Torre, S., Franzetti, P., Fumana, M., Ilbert, O., Iovino, A., Krywult, J., Le Brun, V., Le Fevre, O., Maccagni, D., Malek, K., Marulli, F., Mccracken, H. J., Meneux, B., Paioro, L., Polletta, M., Pollo, A., Schlagenhaufer, H., Tasca, L., Tojeiro, R., Vergani, D., Zanichelli, A., Bel, J., Bersanelli, M., Blaizot, J., Branchini, ENZO FRANCO, Burden, A., Davidzon, I., Di Porto, C., Guennou, L., Marinoni, C., Mellier, Y., Moscardini, L., Nichol, R. C., Peacock, J. A., Percival, W. J., Phleps, S., Schimd, C., Wolk, M., and Zamorani, G.
Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), media_common.quotation_subject, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Stellar classification, 01 natural sciences, Spectral line, [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], 0103 physical sciences, data analysis [methods], fundamental parameters [galaxies], 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, galaxies: fundamental parameter, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, media_common, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Star formation, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Redshift survey, galaxies: general, Galaxy, Noise, Space and Planetary Science, Sky, Principal component analysis, spectroscopic [techniques], techniques: spectroscopic, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, general [galaxies], Methods: data analysi
Abstract: We develop a Principal Component Analysis aimed at classifying a sub-set of 27,350 spectra of galaxies in the range 0.4 < z < 1.0 collected by the VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS). We apply an iterative algorithm to simultaneously repair parts of spectra affected by noise and/or sky residuals, and reconstruct gaps due to rest-frame transformation, and obtain a set of orthogonal spectral templates that span the diversity of galaxy types. By taking the three most significant components, we find that we can describe the whole sample without contamination from noise. We produce a catalogue of eigen-coefficients and template spectra that will be part of future VIPERS data releases. Our templates effectively condense the spectral information into two coefficients that can be related to the age and star formation rate of the galaxies. We examine the spectrophotometric types in this space and identify early, intermediate, late and starburst galaxies., 15 pages, 20 images, accepted for publication in MNRAS: MN-12-1739-MJ.R1
Published: 2013
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389. The VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS) . Luminosity and stellar mass dependence of galaxy clustering at 0.5 < z < 1.1

Author: C. Adami, A. Marchetti, A. Zanichelli, Rita Tojeiro, H. Schlagenhaufer, John A. Peacock, B. Garilli, Katarzyna Małek, Robert C. Nichol, Iary Davidzon, G. Zamorani, Enzo Branchini, Yannick Mellier, M. Wolk, P. Franzetti, O. Le Fèvre, A. Cappi, M. Bolzonella, C. Di Porto, A. Iovino, H. J. McCracken, Lidia Tasca, D. Bottini, O. Cucciati, S. de la Torre, D. Maccagni, L. Paioro, Alexander Fritz, Jean Coupon, Benjamin R. Granett, Angela Burden, Stefanie Phleps, Agnieszka Pollo, G. De Lucia, Luigi Guzzo, Federico Marulli, M. Fumana, J. Krywult, Will J. Percival, M. Scodeggio, Christian Marinoni, S. Arnouts, V. Le Brun, O. Ilbert, Ummi Abbas, M. Polletta, Julien Bel, D. Vergani, Lauro Moscardini, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Corporation (CFHT), National Research Council of Canada (NRC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-University of Hawai'i [Honolulu] (UH), Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), F. Marulli, M. Bolzonella, E. Branchini, I. Davidzon, S. de la Torre, B. R. Granett, L. Guzzo, A. Iovino, L. Moscardini, A. Pollo, U. Abba, C. Adami, S. Arnout, J. Bel, D. Bottini, A. Cappi, J. Coupon, O. Cucciati, G. De Lucia, A. Fritz, P. Franzetti, M. Fumana, B. Garilli, O. Ilbert, J. Krywult, V. Le Brun, O. Le Fèvre, D. Maccagni, K. Małek, H. J. McCracken, L. Paioro, M. Polletta, H. Schlagenhaufer, M. Scodeggio, L. A. M. Tasca, R. Tojeiro, D. Vergani, A. Zanichelli, A. Burden, C. Di Porto, A. Marchetti, C. Marinoni, Y. Mellier, R. C. Nichol, J. A. Peacock, W. J. Percival, S. Phlep, M. Wolk, G. Zamorani, Marulli, F., Bolzonella, M., Branchini, E, Davidzon, I., de la Torre, S., Granett, B. R., Guzzo, L., Iovino, A., Moscardini, L., Pollo, A., Abbas, U., Adami, C., Arnouts, S., Bel, J., Bottini, D., Cappi, A., Coupon, J., Cucciati, O., De Lucia, G., Fritz, A., Franzetti, P., Fumana, M., Garilli, B., Ilbert, O., Krywult, J., Le Brun, V., Le Fèvre, O., Maccagni, D., Małek, K., Mccracken, H. J., Paioro, L., Polletta, M., Schlagenhaufer, H., Scodeggio, M., Tasca, L. A. M., Tojeiro, R., Vergani, D., Zanichelli, A., Burden, A., Di Porto, C., Marchetti, A., Marinoni, C., Mellier, Y., Nichol, R. C., Peacock, J. A., Percival, W. J., Phleps, S., Wolk, M., and Zamorani, G.
Subjects: Absolute magnitude, statistics [galaxies], Stellar mass, Dark matter, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Luminosity, 0103 physical sciences, Galaxy formation and evolution, Cosmology: observations, Galaxies: distances and redshifts, Galaxies: evolution, Galaxies: statistics, Large-scale structure of Universe, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, evolution [galaxies], galaxies: statistics, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Redshift survey, Redshift, Galaxy, observations [cosmology], Space and Planetary Science, [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics], cosmology: observations, distances and redshifts [galaxies], large-scale structure of Universe, galaxies: distances and redshifts, galaxies: evolution, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: We investigate the dependence of galaxy clustering on luminosity and stellar mass in the redshift range 0.5, Comment: 17 pages, 10 figures, 4 tables. Accepted for publication in A&A
Published: 2013
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390. ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS IN THE INTERACTION AND MERGING OF GALAXIES IN zCOSMOS

Author: P. Kampczyk, S. J. Lilly, L. de Ravel, O. Le Fèvre, M. Bolzonella, C. M. Carollo, C. Diener, C. Knobel, K. Kovač, C. Maier, A. Renzini, M. T. Sargent, D. Vergani, U. Abbas, S. Bardelli, A. Bongiorno, R. Bordoloi, K. Caputi, T. Contini, G. Coppa, O. Cucciati, S. de la Torre, P. Franzetti, B. Garilli, A. Iovino, J.-P. Kneib, A. M. Koekemoer, F. Lamareille, J.-F. Le Borgne, V. Le Brun, A. Leauthaud, V. Mainieri, M. Mignoli, R. Pello, Y. Peng, E. Perez Montero, E. Ricciardelli, M. Scodeggio, J. D. Silverman, M. Tanaka, L. Tasca, L. Tresse, G. Zamorani, E. Zucca, D. Bottini, A. Cappi, P. Cassata, A. Cimatti, M. Fumana, L. Guzzo, J. Kartaltepe, C. Marinoni, H. J. McCracken, P. Memeo, B. Meneux, P. Oesch, C. Porciani, L. Pozzetti, R. Scaramella, AUTRES, Institute for Astronomy [Zürich], Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology [Zürich] (ETH Zürich), Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Chicago, Laboratoire Léon Brillouin (LLB - UMR 12), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri (OAA), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (OATo), College of Computing (GATECH), Georgia Institute of Technology [Atlanta], Laboratoire Astrophysique de Toulouse-Tarbes (LATT), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca = University of Milano-Bicocca (UNIMIB)-Università degli Studi di Milano = University of Milan (UNIMI), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP), California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), European Southern Observatory (ESO), Hunan Normal University (HNU), Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO), Centre de Physique Théorique - UMR 6207 (CPT), Université de la Méditerranée - Aix-Marseille 2-Université de Provence - Aix-Marseille 1-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Astronomy, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca [Milano] (UNIMIB)-Università degli Studi di Milano [Milano] (UNIMI), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Hunan Normal University, Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Université de Provence - Aix-Marseille 1-Université de la Méditerranée - Aix-Marseille 2, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Kampczyk P., Lilly S. J., de Ravel L., Le Fèvre O., Bolzonella M., Carollo C. M., Diener C., Knobel C., Kovac K., Maier C., Renzini A., Sargent M. T., Vergani D., Abbas U., Bardelli S., Bongiorno A., Bordoloi R., Caputi K., Contini T., Coppa G., Cucciati O., de la Torre S., Franzetti P., Garilli B., Iovino A., Kneib J.-P., Koekemoer A. M., Lamareille F., Le Borgne J.-F., Le Brun V., Leauthaud A., Mainieri V., Mignoli M., Pello R., Peng Y., Perez Montero E., Ricciardelli E., Scodeggio M., Silverman J. D., Tanaka M., Tasca L., Tresse L., Zamorani G., Zucca E., Bottini D., Cappi A., Cassata P., Cimatti A., Fumana M., Guzzo L., Kartaltepe J., Marinoni C., McCracken H. J., Memeo P., Meneux B., Oesch P., Porciani C., Pozzetti L., and Scaramella R.
Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Population, FOS: Physical sciences, galaxies: starburst, MORPHOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATION, Astrophysics, Kinematics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, STAR-FORMATION RATES, MERGER RATE EVOLUTION, 01 natural sciences, SIMILAR-TO 1, galaxies: evolution, galaxies: general, galaxies: interactions, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], 0103 physical sciences, Fraction (mathematics), education, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, QB, Physics, education.field_of_study, FORMATION HISTORY, Star formation, CLOSE PAIRS, Cosmology: observations, Galaxies: high-redshift, Galaxies: statistics, Large-scale structure of Universe, CNOC2 REDSHIFT SURVEY, DISK GALAXIES, Environmental variation, Galaxy, Redshift, COSMOS FIELD, DIGITAL SKY SURVEY, Irregular galaxy, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: (Abridged) We analyze the environments and galactic properties (morphologies and star-formation histories) of a sample of 153 close kinematic pairs in the redshift range 0.2 < z < 1 identified in the zCOSMOS-bright 10k spectroscopic sample of galaxies. Correcting for projection effects, the fraction of close kinematic pairs is three times higher in the top density quartile than in the lowest one. This translates to a three times higher merger rate because the merger timescales are shown, from mock catalogues based on the Millennium simulation, to be largely independent of environment once the same corrections for projection is applied. We then examine the morphologies and stellar populations of galaxies in the pairs, comparing them to control samples that are carefully matched in environment so as to remove as much as possible the well-known effects of environment on the properties of the parent population of galaxies. Once the environment is properly taken into account in this way, we find that the early-late morphology mix is the same as for the parent population, but that the fraction of irregular galaxies is boosted by 50-75%, with a disproportionate increase in the number of irregular-irregular pairs (factor of 4-8 times), due to the disturbance of disk galaxies. Future dry-mergers, involving elliptical galaxies comprise less than 5% of all close kinematic pairs. In the closest pairs, there is a boost in the specific star-formation rates of star-forming galaxies of a factor of 2-4, and there is also evidence for an increased incidence of post star-burst galaxies. Although significant for the galaxies involved, the "excess" star-formation associated with pairs represents only about 5% of the integrated star-formation activity in the parent sample. Although most pair galaxies are in dense environments, the effects of interaction appear to be largest in the lower density environments., 38 pages, 17 figures, submitted to ApJ
Published: 2013
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391. The VIMOS VLT Deep Survey final data release: a spectroscopic sample of 35 016 galaxies and AGN out to z ~ 6.7 selected with 17.5 ≤ i_AB ≤ 24.75

Author: O. Le Fèvre, P. Cassata, O. Cucciati, B. Garilli, O. Ilbert, V. Le Brun, D. Maccagni, C. Moreau, M. Scodeggio, L. Tresse, G. Zamorani, C. Adami, S. Arnouts, S. Bardelli, M. Bolzonella, M. Bondi, A. Bongiorno, D. Bottini, A. Cappi, S. Charlot, P. Ciliegi, T. Contini, S. de la Torre, S. Foucaud, P. Franzetti, I. Gavignaud, L. Guzzo, A. Iovino, B. Lemaux, C. López-Sanjuan, H. J. McCracken, B. Marano, C. Marinoni, A. Mazure†, Y. Mellier, R. Merighi, P. Merluzzi, S. Paltani, R. Pellò, A. Pollo, L. Pozzetti, R. Scaramella, L. Tasca, D. Vergani, G. Vettolani, A. Zanichelli, E. Zucca, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna (OABO), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica - Milano (IASF-MI), Istituto di Radioastronomia [Bologna] (IRA), Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO), Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Edinburgh, National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU), Universidad Andrés Bello [Santiago] (UNAB), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera (OAB), Centre de Physique Théorique - UMR 7332 (CPT), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Geneva Observatory, Université de Genève = University of Geneva (UNIGE), Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie = Jagiellonian University (UJ), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma (OAR), European Project: 268107,EC:FP7:ERC,ERC-2010-AdG_20100224,EARLY(2011), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Surace, Christian, Early phases of galaxy evolution - EARLY - - EC:FP7:ERC2011-04-01 - 2016-03-31 - 268107 - VALID, Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Le Fèvre O., Cassata P., Cucciati O., Garilli B., Ilbert O., Le Brun V., Maccagni D., Moreau C., Scodeggio M., Tresse L., Zamorani G., Adami C., Arnouts S., Bardelli S., Bolzonella M., Bondi M., Bongiorno A., Bottini D., Cappi A., Charlot S., Ciliegi P., Contini T., de la Torre S., Foucaud S., Franzetti P., Gavignaud I., Guzzo L., Iovino A., Lemaux B., López-Sanjuan C., McCracken H. J., Marano B., Marinoni C., Mazure A., Mellier Y., Merighi R., Merluzzi P., Paltani S., Pellò R., Pollo A., Pozzetti L., Scaramella R., Tasca L., Vergani D., Vettolani G., Zanichelli A., and Zucca E.
Subjects: Large-scale structure of Universe, media_common.quotation_subject, Sample (statistics), Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Surveys, Galaxies: formation, 01 natural sciences, Cosmology: observation, Spectral line, Galaxie, LARGE SCALE STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSE, [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], 0103 physical sciences, evolution, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, media_common, Cosmology: observations, Galaxies: evolution, Galaxies: high-redshift, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, high redshift, formation, Redshift, Universe, Galaxy, Stars, [PHYS.ASTR.CO] Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], Magnitude (astronomy), Data release
Abstract: Submitted 30 June 2013, Accepted 22 August 2013. Updated with published version; International audience; Context. Deep representative surveys of galaxies at different epochs are needed to make progress in understanding galaxy evolution. Aims. We describe the completed VIMOS VLT Deep Survey and the final data release of 35 016 galaxies and type-I AGN with measured spectro-scopic redshifts covering all epochs up to redshiftz∼6.7, in areas from 0.142 to 8.7 square degrees, and volumes from 0.5×106to 2×107h−3Mpc3. Methods. We selected samples of galaxies based solely on their i-band magnitude reaching iAB=24.75. Spectra were obtained with VIMOS on the ESO-VLT integrating 0.75 h, 4.5 h, and 18 h for the Wide, Deep, and Ultra-Deep nested surveys, respectively. We demonstrate that any “redshift desert” can be crossed successfully using spectra covering 3650 ≤λ≤9350 Å. A total of 1263 galaxies were again observed independently within the VVDS and from the VIPERS and MASSIV surveys. They were used to establish the redshift measurements reliability, to assess completeness in the VVDS sample, and to provide a weighting scheme taking the survey selection function into account. We describe the main properties of the VVDS samples, and the VVDS is compared to other spectroscopic surveys in the literature. Results. In total we have obtained spectroscopic redshifts for 34 594 galaxies, 422 type-I AGN, and 12 430 Galactic stars. The survey enabled identifying galaxies up to very high redshifts with 4669 redshifts in 1≤ z spec ≤2, 561 in 2≤z spec ≤3, and 468 with z spec >3, and specific populations like Lyman-α emitters were identified out to z = 6.62. We show that the VVDS occupies a unique place in the parameter space defined by area, depth, redshift coverage, and number of spectra. Conclusions. The VIMOS VLT Deep Survey provides a comprehensive survey of the distant universe, covering all epochs since z∼6, or more than 12 Gyr of cosmic time, with a uniform selection, which is the largest such sample to date. A wealth of science results derived from the VVDS have shed new light on the evolution of galaxies and AGN and on their distribution in space over this large cosmic time. The VVDS further demonstrates that large deep spectroscopic redshift surveys over all these epochs in the distant Universe are a key tool to observational cosmology.To enhance the legacy value of the survey, a final public release of the complete VVDS spectroscopic redshift sample is available at http://cesam.lam.fr/vvds.
Published: 2013
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392. The VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS)

Author: O. Cucciati, D. Bottini, Stephane Arnouts, S. de la Torre, Luigi Guzzo, M. Polletta, M. Bolzonella, Yannick Mellier, L. Paioro, Marco Scodeggio, Robert C. Nichol, Jean Coupon, O. Le Fevre, C. Di Porto, B. R. Granett, U. Abbas, A. Zanichelli, A. Cappi, V. Le Brun, O. Ilbert, H. J. McCracken, G. De Lucia, L. Moscardini, A. Iovino, E. Branchini, Katarzyna Małek, Angela Burden, C. Adami, Stefanie Phleps, H. Schlagenhaufer, John A. Peacock, D. Maccagni, Rita Tojeiro, L. A. M. Tasca, C. Marinoni, I. Davidzon, P. Franzetti, J. Bel, A. Marchetti, B. Garilli, A. Pollo, A. Fritz, M. Wolk, D. Vergani, J. Krywult, Will J. Percival, Federico Marulli, M. Fumana, Centre de Physique Théorique - UMR 7332 (CPT), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), CPT - E3 Cosmologie, Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna (OABO), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), AUTRES, Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Corporation (CFHT), National Research Council of Canada (NRC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-University of Hawai'i [Honolulu] (UH), Département de Radiologie [CHU de Rennes], Université de Rennes (UR), Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Department of Cellular Biotechnologies and Haematology, Institut Pasteur, Fondation Cenci Bolognetti - Istituto Pasteur Italia, Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Università degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza' = Sapienza University [Rome] (UNIROMA), University of Leeds, Bel, J., Branchini, ENZO FRANCO, Di Porto, C., Cucciati, O., Granett, B. R., Iovino, A., De La Torre, S., Marinoni, C., Guzzo, L., Moscardini, L., Cappi, A., Abbas, U., Adami, C., Arnouts, S., Bolzonella, M., Bottini, D., Coupon, J., Davidzon, I., De Lucia, G., Fritz, A., Franzetti, P., Fumana, M., Garilli, B., Ilbert, O., Krywult, J., Le Brun, V., Le Fèvre, O., Maccagni, D., Małek, K., Marulli, F., Mccracken, H. J., Paioro, L., Polletta, M., Pollo, A., Schlagenhaufer, H., Scodeggio, M., Tasca, L. A. M., Tojeiro, R., Vergani, D., Zanichelli, A., Burden, A., Marchetti, A., Mellier, Y., Nichol, R. C., Peacock, J. A., Percival, W. J., Phleps, S., Wolk, M., Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES), Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Università degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza' = Sapienza University [Rome], University of St Andrews. School of Physics and Astronomy, Branchini, E., Granett, B.R., Mccracken, H.J., Tasca, L.A.M., Nichol, R.C., Peacock, J.A., and Percival, W.J.
Subjects: Absolute magnitude, Cosmology and Gravitation, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Large-scale structure of Universe, FOS: Physical sciences, observation [Cosmology], Probability density function, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Cosmology: observation, 01 natural sciences, high-redshift [Galaxies], [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], statistics [Galaxies], 0103 physical sciences, Gamma distribution, QB Astronomy, cosmological parameters [Cosmology], 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, QC, STFC, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, QB, Parametric statistics, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Cosmology: observations, ST/I001204/1, Galaxies: high-redshift, RCUK, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 3rd-DAS, Space and Planetary Science, Astronomy and Astrophysic, Redshift survey, large scale structure of the Universe [cosmology], observations [cosmology], Redshift, Galaxy, QC Physics, astro-ph.CO, Probability distribution, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: We compare three methods to measure the count-in-cell probability density function of galaxies in a spectroscopic redshift survey. From this comparison we found that when the sampling is low (the average number of object per cell is around unity) it is necessary to use a parametric method to model the galaxy distribution. We used a set of mock catalogues of VIPERS, in order to verify if we were able to reconstruct the cell-count probability distribution once the observational strategy is applied. We find that in the simulated catalogues, the probability distribution of galaxies is better represented by a Gamma expansion than a Skewed Log-Normal. Finally, we correct the cell-count probability distribution function from the angular selection effect of the VIMOS instrument and study the redshift and absolute magnitude dependency of the underlying galaxy density function in VIPERS from redshift $0.5$ to $1.1$. We found very weak evolution of the probability density distribution function and that it is well approximated, independently from the chosen tracers, by a Gamma distribution., Comment: 14 pages, 11 figures, 2 tables
Published: 2016
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393. zCOSMOS 10k-bright spectroscopic sample: exploring mass and environment dependence in early-type galaxies

Author: V. Mainieri, Marcella Carollo, E. Zucca, Michele Moresco, J. F. Le Borgne, Andrea Cimatti, L. de Ravel, A. Cappi, Micol Bolzonella, Lidia Tasca, F. Lamareille, S. Bardelli, Simon J. Lilly, P. Oesch, P. Memeo, U. Abbas, A. Iovino, Alvio Renzini, Cristiano Porciani, Y. Peng, M. Mignoli, E. Ricciardelli, O. Le Fèvre, C. Halliday, Jean-Paul Kneib, D. Maccagni, P. Franzetti, C. Knobel, Graziano Coppa, Gianni Zamorani, Masaomi Tanaka, Anton M. Koekemoer, A. Leauthaud, D. Bottini, Daniela Vergani, Laurence Tresse, Olga Cucciati, Lucia Pozzetti, E. Perez Montero, S. de la Torre, Angela Bongiorno, Bianca Garilli, B. Meneux, Christian Maier, Luigi Guzzo, Christian Marinoni, John D. Silverman, P. Kampczyk, Roberto Scaramella, R. Pello, M. Scodeggio, K. Kovac, Thierry Contini, H. J. McCracken, Preethi Nair, S. Di Cesare, Karina Caputi, Nick Scoville, Claudia Scarlata, V. Le Brun, Paolo Cassata, Moresco M., Pozzetti L., Cimatti A., Zamorani G., Mignoli M., di Cesare S., Bolzonella M., Zucca E., Lilly S., Kova&#269, K., Scodeggio M., Cassata P., Tasca L., Vergani D., Halliday C., Carollo M., Contini T., Kneib J.-P., Le Févre O., Mainieri V., Renzini A., Bardelli S., Bongiorno A., Caputi K., Coppa G., Cucciati O., de la Torre S., de Ravel L., Franzetti P., Garilli B., Iovino A., Kampczyk P., Knobel C., Lamareille F., Le Borgne J.-F., Le Brun V., Maier C., Pellò R., Peng Y., Perez Montero E., Ricciardelli E., Silverman J. D., Tanaka M., Tresse L., Abbas U., Bottini D., Cappi A., Guzzo L., Koekemoer A. M., Leauthaud A., Maccagni D., Marinoni C., McCracken H. J., Memeo P., Meneux B., Nair P., Oesch P., Porciani C., Scaramella R., Scarlata C., Scoville N., Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES), and Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Measure (mathematics), surveys, 0103 physical sciences, Range (statistics), Galaxy formation and evolution, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, [INFO]Computer Science [cs], 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, galaxies: statistics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, galaxies: fundamental parameters, Sample (graphics), Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Redshift, Galaxy, Early type, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), High Energy Physics::Experiment, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, galaxies: evolution, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Equivalent width
Abstract: We present the analysis of the U-V rest-frame color distribution and some spectral features as a function of mass and environment for two sample of early-type galaxies up to z=1 extracted from the zCOSMOS spectroscopic survey. The first sample ("red galaxies") is defined with a photometric classification, while the second ("ETGs") by combining morphological, photometric, and spectroscopic properties to obtain a more reliable sample. We find that the color distribution of red galaxies is not strongly dependent on environment for all mass bins, with galaxies in overdense regions redder than galaxies in underdense regions with a difference of 0.027\pm0.008 mag. The dependence on mass is far more significant, with average colors of massive galaxies redder by 0.093\pm0.007 mag than low-mass galaxies throughout the entire redshift range. We study the color-mass relation, finding a mean slope 0.12\pm0.005, while the color-environment relation is flatter, with a slope always smaller than 0.04. The spectral analysis that we perform on our ETGs sample is in good agreement with our photometric results: we find for D4000 a dependence on mass between high and low-mass galaxies, and a much weaker dependence on environment (respectively a difference of of 0.11\pm0.02 and of 0.05\pm0.02); for the equivalent width of H{\delta}we measure a difference of 0.28\pm0.08 {\AA}across the same mass range and no significant dependence on environment.By analyzing the lookback time of early-type galaxies, we support the possibility of a downsizing scenario, in which massive galaxies with a stronger D4000 and an almost constant equivalent width of $H\delta$ formed their mass at higher redshift than lower mass ones. We also conclude that the main driver of galaxy evolution is the galaxy mass, the environment playing a subdominant role., Comment: 12 pages, 12 figures, accepted for publication on Astronomy and Astrophysics
Published: 2010
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394. The VIMOS-VLT deep survey: the group catalogue

Author: A. Mazure, Daniela Vergani, R. Merighi, R. Pello, Jeremy Blaizot, Olivier Ilbert, C. Adami, P. Franzetti, E. Zucca, Olga Cucciati, A. Zanichelli, G. De Lucia, Enrique Pérez-Montero, F. Lamareille, S. Bardelli, Sylvie Foucaud, V. Le Brun, Stephane Charlot, Thierry Contini, Bianca Garilli, I. Gavignaud, S. Temporin, H. J. McCracken, G. Zamorani, O. Le Fèvre, D. Maccagni, Agnieszka Pollo, Stéphane Paltani, D. Bottini, M. Scodeggio, Christian Marinoni, Bruno Marano, Luigi Guzzo, B. Meneux, Lucia Pozzetti, Giampaolo Vettolani, Paolo Ciliegi, S. Arnouts, Laurence Tresse, A. Cappi, Micol Bolzonella, A. Iovino, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Cucciati O., Marinoni C., Iovino A., Bardelli S., Adami C., Mazure A., Scodeggio M., Maccagni D., Temporin S., Zucca E., De Lucia G., Blaizot J., Garilli B., Meneux B., Zamorani G., Le Fèvre O., Cappi A., Guzzo L., Bottini D., Le Brun V., Tresse L., Vettolani G., Zanichelli A., Arnouts S., Bolzonella M., Charlot S., Ciliegi P., Contini T., Foucaud S., Franzetti P., Gavignaud I., Ilbert O., Lamareille F., McCracken H. J., Marano B., Merighi R., Paltani S., Pellò R., Pollo A., Pozzetti L., Vergani D., and Pérez-Montero E.
Subjects: statistics [galaxies], Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), FOS: Physical sciences, Magnitude (mathematics), Flux, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, LARGE SCALE STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSE, galaxies: high-redshift, 0103 physical sciences, Range (statistics), clusters: general [galaxies], [INFO]Computer Science [cs], 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, evolution [galaxies], ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, galaxies: statistics, GALAXIES: CLUSTERS, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Group (mathematics), Velocity dispersion, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Galaxy, Redshift, Distribution (mathematics), 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, galaxies: clusters: general, large-scale structure of Universe, galaxies: evolution, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], high-redshift [galaxies], Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: [Abridged] We present a homogeneous and complete catalogue of optical groups identified in the purely flux limited (17.5, Submitted to A&A, revised version after referee comments, Table 5 added
Published: 2010
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395. K+a galaxies in the zCOSMOS Survey: Physical properties of systems in their post-starburst phase

Author: D. Vergani, G. Zamorani, S. Lilly, F. Lamareille, C. Halliday, M. Scodeggio, C. Vignali, P. Ciliegi, M. Bolzonella, M. Bondi, K. Kovač, C. Knobel, E. Zucca, K. Caputi, L. Pozzetti, S. Bardelli, M. Mignoli, A. Iovino, C. M. Carollo, T. Contini, J.-P. Kneib, O. Le Fèvre, V. Mainieri, A. Renzini, A. Bongiorno, G. Coppa, O. Cucciati, S. de la Torre, L. de Ravel, P. Franzetti, B. Garilli, P. Kampczyk, J.-F. Le Borgne, V. Le Brun, C. Maier, R. Pello, Y. Peng, E. Perez Montero, E. Ricciardelli, J. D. Silverman, M. Tanaka, L. Tasca, L. Tresse, U. Abbas, D. Bottini, A. Cappi, P. Cassata, A. Cimatti, L. Guzzo, A. M. Koekemoer, A. Leauthaud, D. Maccagni, C. Marinoni, H. J. McCracken, P. Memeo, B. Meneux, P. Oesch, C. Porciani, R. Scaramella, P. Capak, D. Sanders, N. Scoville, Y. Taniguchi, INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri (OAA), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), AUTRES, Laboratoire Astrophysique de Toulouse-Tarbes (LATT), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, INAF- Milano, Dipartimento di Astronomia, Universita degli Studi di Bologna, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna (OABO), Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Astronomia, INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera (OAB), University of Chicago, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES), Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca [Milano] (UNIMIB)-Università degli Studi di Milano [Milano] (UNIMI), Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de l'Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (LATT), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia [Bologna], Glycosciences Laboratory, Imperial College School of Medicine, Tokai University, Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica cosmica - Bologna (IASF-Bo), Space Telescope Science Institute (STSci), Centre de Physique Théorique - UMR 6207 (CPT), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Université de Provence - Aix-Marseille 1-Université de la Méditerranée - Aix-Marseille 2, Centre de Physique Théorique - UMR 7332 (CPT), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie (MPIA), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Materials & Process technology, Boeing Company [Chicago], California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), Astronomy, Vergani D., Zamorani G., Lilly S.J., Lamareille F., Halliday C., Scodeggio M., Vignali C., Ciliegi P., Bolzonella M., Bondi M., Kovac K., Knobel C., Zucca E., Caputi K., Pozzetti L., Bardelli S., Mignoli M., Iovino A., Carollo C.M., Contini T., Kneib J.-P., Le Fevre O., Mainieri V., Renzini A., Bongiorno A., Coppa G., Cucciati O., de la Torre S., de Ravel L., Franzetti P., Garilli B., Kampczyk P., Le Borgne J.-F., Le Brun V., Maier C., Pello R., Peng Y., Perez Montero E., Ricciardelli E., Silverman J.D., Tanaka M., Tasca L., Tresse L., Abbas U., Bottini D., Cappi A., Cassata P., Cimatti A., Guzzo L., Koekemoer A.M., Leauthaud A., Maccagni D., Marinoni C., McCracken H.J., Memeo P., Meneux B., Oesch P., Porciani C., Scaramella R., Capak P., Sanders D., Scoville N., Taniguchi Y., Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca = University of Milano-Bicocca (UNIMIB)-Università degli Studi di Milano = University of Milan (UNIMI), Université de la Méditerranée - Aix-Marseille 2-Université de Provence - Aix-Marseille 1-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), galaxies: evolution – galaxies: fundamental parameters – galaxies: luminosity function, mass function – cosmology: observations – galaxies: formation, Stellar mass, Formation, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Spectral line, Luminosity, [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], Phase (matter), 0103 physical sciences, Galaxy formation and evolution, galaxies: formation, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Luminosity function, Spectral properties, Astronomy and Astrophysics, galaxies: fundamental parameters, Galaxies, Fundamental parameters - Galaxies, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Galaxy, Redshift, Cosmology, galaxies: luminosity function, Observations - Galaxies, Evolution - Galaxies, Luminosity function, mass function, Space and Planetary Science, mass function, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), cosmology: observations, galaxies: evolution, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: The identities of the main processes triggering and quenching star-formation in galaxies remain unclear. A key stage in evolution, however, appears to be represented by post-starburst galaxies. To investigate their impact on galaxy evolution, we initiated a multiwavelength study of galaxies with k+a spectral features in the COSMOS field. We examine a mass-selected sample of k+a galaxies at z=0.48-1.2 using the spectroscopic zCOSMOS sample. K+a galaxies occupy the brightest tail of the luminosity distribution. They are as massive as quiescent galaxies and populate the green valley in the colour versus luminosity (or stellar mass) distribution. A small percentage (, 17 pages, 9 figures. Accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics on 09/09/2009 (no changes wrt v1)
Published: 2010
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396. The VIMOS VLT Deep Survey. Evolution of the major merger rate since z ~ 1 from spectroscopically confirmed galaxy pairs

Author: S. Temporin, D. Maccagni, B. Meneux, Paola Merluzzi, O. Cucciati, T. Contini, S. de la Torre, E. Zucca, Stéphane Charlot, Sylvie Foucaud, O. Le Fevre, L. Gregorini, R. Pello, L. Tresse, S. Paltani, Roberto Scaramella, L. de Ravel, Yannick Mellier, Mario Radovich, D. Bottini, R. Merighi, G. Vettolani, A. Pollo, Marco Scodeggio, H. J. McCracken, V. Le Brun, O. Ilbert, S. Bardelli, Alain Mazure, P. Franzetti, Enrique Perez-Montero, Angela Bongiorno, Jarle Brinchmann, A. Zanichelli, A. Iovino, I. Gavignaud, M. Bondi, Paolo Ciliegi, Bruno Marano, Stephane Arnouts, M. Bolzonella, Lucia Pozzetti, A. Cappi, Luigi Guzzo, G. Zamorani, Christian Marinoni, D. Vergani, F. Lamareille, B. Garilli, P. Memeo, C. Adami, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES), INAF- Milano, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna (OABO), Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik (MPA), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Laboratoire Astrophysique de Toulouse-Tarbes (LATT), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica cosmica - Bologna (IASF-Bo), Centre de Physique Théorique - UMR 6207 (CPT), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Université de Provence - Aix-Marseille 1-Université de la Méditerranée - Aix-Marseille 2, Centre de Physique Théorique - UMR 7332 (CPT), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centro de Astrofísica da Universidade do Porto (CAUP), Universidade do Porto, de Ravel L., Le Fèvre O., Tresse L., Bottini D., Garilli B., Le Brun V., Maccagni D., Scaramella R., Scodeggio M., Vettolani G., Zanichelli A., Adami C., Arnouts S., Bardelli S., Bolzonella M., Cappi A., Charlot S., Ciliegi P., Contini T., Foucaud S., Franzetti P., Gavignaud I., Guzzo L., Ilbert O., Iovino A., Lamareille F., McCracken H. J., Marano B., Marinoni C., Mazure A., Meneux B., Merighi R., Paltani S., Pellò R., Pollo A., Pozzetti L., Radovich M., Vergani D., Zamorani G., Zucca E., Bondi M., Bongiorno A., Brinchmann J., Cucciati O., de La Torre S., Gregorini L., Memeo P., Perez-Montero E., Mellier Y., Merluzzi P., Temporin S., Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de la Méditerranée - Aix-Marseille 2-Université de Provence - Aix-Marseille 1-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Universidade do Porto = University of Porto
Subjects: Physics, Stellar mass, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics (astro-ph), FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Galaxy, Space and Planetary Science, 0103 physical sciences, galaxies: interactions, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, galaxies: formation, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, [SDU.ASTR.GA]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.GA], 10. No inequality, galaxies: evolution, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, VIMOS-VLT Deep Survey, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Abstract: From the VIMOS VLT Deep Survey we use a sample of 6447 galaxies with I_{AB} < 24 to identify 251 pairs of galaxies, each member with a secure spectroscopic redshift, which are close in both projected separation and in velocity. We find that at z ~ 0.9, 10.9 +/- 3.2 % of galaxies with M_B(z) < -18-Qz are in pairs with separations dr < 20 kpc/h, dv < 500 km/s, and with dM_B < 1.5, significantly larger than 3.76 +/- 1.71 % at z ~ 0.5; we find that the pair fraction evolves as (1+z)^m with m = 2.49 +/- 0.56. For brighter galaxies with M_B(z=0) < -18.77, the pair fraction is higher and its evolution with redshift is somewhat flatter with m=1.88 \pm 0.40, a property also observed for galaxies with increasing stellar masses. Early type, dry mergers, pairs increase their relative fraction from 3 % at z ~ 0.9 to 12 % at z ~ 0.5. We find that the merger rate evolves as N_{mg}=(9.05 +/- 3.76) * 10^{-4}) * (1+z)^{2.43 +/- 0.76}. We find that the merger rate of galaxies with M_B(z) < -18-Qz has significantly evolved since z ~ 1. The merger rate is increasing more rapidly with redshift for galaxies with decreasing luminosities, indicating that the flat evolution found for bright samples is not universal. The merger rate is also strongly dependent on the spectral type of galaxies involved, late type mergers being more frequent in the past, while early type mergers are more frequent today, contributing to the rise in the local density of early type galaxies. About 20 % of the stellar mass in present day galaxies with log(M/M_{sun}) > 9.5 has been accreted through major merging events since z ~ 1, indicating that major mergers have contributed significantly to the growth in stellar mass density of bright galaxies over the last half of the life of the Universe., 22 pages, 19 figures, accepted in A&A
Published: 2009
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397. Ongoing and Co-Evolving Star Formation in zCOSMOS Galaxies Hosting Active Galactic Nuclei

Author: J. D. Silverman, F. Lamareille, C. Maier, S. J. Lilly, V. Mainieri, M. Brusa, N. Cappelluti, G. Hasinger, G. Zamorani, M. Scodeggio, M. Bolzonella, T. Contini, C. M. Carollo, K. Jahnke, J.-P. Kneib, O. Le Fèvre, A. Merloni, S. Bardelli, A. Bongiorno, H. Brunner, K. Caputi, F. Civano, A. Comastri, G. Coppa, O. Cucciati, S. de la Torre, L. de Ravel, M. Elvis, A. Finoguenov, F. Fiore, P. Franzetti, B. Garilli, R. Gilli, A. Iovino, P. Kampczyk, C. Knobel, K. Kovač, J.-F. Le Borgne, V. Le Brun, M. Mignoli, R. Pello, Y. Peng, E. Perez Montero, E. Ricciardelli, M. Tanaka, L. Tasca, L. Tresse, D. Vergani, C. Vignali, E. Zucca, D. Bottini, A. Cappi, P. Cassata, M. Fumana, R. Griffiths, J. Kartaltepe, A. Koekemoer, C. Marinoni, H. J. McCracken, P. Memeo, B. Meneux, P. Oesch, C. Porciani, M. Salvato, AUTRES, Human Genetics Center, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Department of Psychiatry [Pittsburgh], University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE)-Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna (OABO), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Laboratoire Astrophysique de Toulouse-Tarbes (LATT), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Observatoire de Paris - Site de Paris (OP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera (OAB), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte (OAC), INAF- Milano, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO), Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de l'Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (LATT), University of Chicago, Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie (MPIA), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Services communs OMP (UMS 831), Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik (MPA), Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca = University of Milano-Bicocca (UNIMIB)-Università degli Studi di Milano = University of Milan (UNIMI), Institute of Astronomy [ETH Zürich], Department of Physics [ETH Zürich] (D-PHYS), Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology [Zürich] (ETH Zürich)- Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology [Zürich] (ETH Zürich), Glycosciences Laboratory, Imperial College School of Medicine, Information Science Laboratory, Tokai University, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri (OAA), Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica cosmica - Bologna (IASF-Bo), Department of Statistics [Oxford], University of Oxford, Centre de Physique Théorique - UMR 6207 (CPT), Université de la Méditerranée - Aix-Marseille 2-Université de Provence - Aix-Marseille 1-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Physique Théorique - UMR 7332 (CPT), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Silverman J. D., Lamareille F., Maier C., Lilly S. J., Mainieri V., Brusa M., Cappelluti N., Hasinger G., Zamorani G., Scodeggio M., Bolzonella M., Contini T., Carollo C. M., Jahnke K., Kneib J.-P., LeFèvre O., Merloni A., Bardelli S., Bongiorno A., Brunner H., Caputi K., Civano F., Comastri A., Coppa G., Cucciati O., de la Torre S., de Ravel L., Elvis M., Finoguenov A., Fiore F., Franzetti P., Garilli B., Gilli R., Iovino A., Kampczyk P., Knobel C., Kovac K., LeBorgne J.-F., LeBrun V., Mignoli M., Pello R., Peng Y., Montero E. Perez, Ricciardelli E., Tanaka M., Tasca L., Tresse L., Vergani D., Vignali C., Zucca E., Bottini D., Cappi A., Cassata P., Fumana M., Griffiths R., Kartaltepe J., Koekemoer A., Marinoni C., McCracken H. J., Memeo P., Meneux B., Oesch P., Porciani C., Salvato M., Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Astronomia, Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES), Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca [Milano] (UNIMIB)-Università degli Studi di Milano [Milano] (UNIMI), Dipartimento di Astronomia, Universita degli Studi di Bologna, University of Oxford [Oxford], Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Université de Provence - Aix-Marseille 1-Université de la Méditerranée - Aix-Marseille 2, and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)
Subjects: Active galactic nucleus, Stellar mass, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Population, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], 0103 physical sciences, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, education, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Physics, Supermassive black hole, education.field_of_study, Quasars: emission lines, [SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Star formation, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Galaxies: evolution, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Galaxies: active, galaxies: active – galaxies: evolution – quasars: emission lines – quasars: general – X-rays: galaxies, Accretion (astrophysics), Galaxy, Quasars: general, X-rays: galaxies, Stars, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract: We present a study of the host galaxies of AGN selected from the zCOSMOS survey to establish if accretion onto supermassive black holes and star formation are explicitly linked up to z~1. We identify 152 galaxies that harbor AGN, based on XMM observations of 7543 galaxies (i, To appear in The Astrophysical Journal; 17 pages; 13 figures (5 color)
Published: 2009

398. The Environments of Active Galactic Nuclei within the zCOSMOS Density Field

Author: O. Cucciati, Pascal Oesch, S. de la Torre, R. Pello, M. Mignoli, P. Kampczyk, C. M. Carollo, F. Lamareille, D. Bottini, Andrea Comastri, J. F. Le Borgne, Graziano Coppa, E. Zucca, E. Ricciardelli, Marco Scodeggio, S. Bardelli, Christian Maier, T. Contini, Knud Jahnke, Mara Salvato, Vincenzo Mainieri, E. Perez Montero, H. J. McCracken, Roberto Gilli, M. Elvis, P. Memeo, Jean-Paul Kneib, Christian Marinoni, Richard E. Griffiths, A. Finoguenov, L. Tresse, P. Franzetti, A. Cappi, Paolo Cassata, D. Vergani, C. Knobel, G. Hasinger, Angela Bongiorno, John D. Silverman, G. Zamorani, L. de Ravel, O. Le Fevre, Francesca Civano, B. Garilli, Y. Peng, Katarina Kovac, V. Le Brun, Nico Cappelluti, Masaomi Tanaka, M. Bolzonella, Cristian Vignali, Karina Caputi, L. A. M. Tasca, Fabrizio Fiore, Hermann Brunner, S. J. Lilly, M. Fumana, Cristiano Porciani, A. Iovino, B. Meneux, Marcella Brusa, Institute of Astronomy [ETH Zürich], Department of Physics [ETH Zürich] (D-PHYS), Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology [Zürich] (ETH Zürich)- Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology [Zürich] (ETH Zürich), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna (OABO), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Laboratoire Astrophysique de Toulouse-Tarbes (LATT), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), European Southern Observatory (ESO), Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik (MPE), Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES), Universitats-Sternwarte [München], Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera (OAB), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma (OAR), INAF-IASF Milano, Carnegie Mellon University [Pittsburgh] (CMU), Space Telescope Science Institute (STSci), Universita degli Studi di Padova, Dipartimento di Astronomia, Universita degli Studi di Bologna, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO), Centre de Physique Théorique - UMR 7332 (CPT), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), Silverman J. D., Kovac K., Knobel C., Lilly S., Bolzonella M., Lamareille F., Mainieri V., Brusa M., Cappelluti N., Peng Y., Hasinger G., Zamorani G., Scodeggio M., Contini T., Carollo C. M., Jahnke K., Kneib J.-P., LeFevre O., Bardelli S., Bongiorno A., Brunner H., Caputi K., Civano F., Comastri A., Coppa G., Cucciati O., de la Torre S., de Ravel L., Elvis M., Finoguenov A., Fiore F., Franzetti P., Garilli B., Gilli R., Griffiths R., Iovino A., Kampczyk P., Koekemoer A., LeBorgne J.-F., LeBrun V., Maier C., Mignoli M., Pello R., Perez Montero E., Ricciardelli E., Tanaka M., Tasca L., Tresse L., Vergani D., Vignali C., Zucca E., Bottini D., Cappi A., Cassata P., Marinoni C., McCracken H. J., Memeo P., Meneux B., Oesch P., Porciani C., Salvato M., AUTRES, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de l'Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (LATT), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, University of Chicago, Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie (MPIA), INAF- Milano, INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte (OAC), UPRESA, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de la Méditerranée - Aix-Marseille 2, Department of Statistics [Oxford], University of Oxford [Oxford], Services communs OMP (UMS 831), Glycosciences Laboratory, Imperial College School of Medicine, Information Science Laboratory, Tokai University, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Centre de Physique Théorique - UMR 6207 (CPT), Université de la Méditerranée - Aix-Marseille 2-Université de Provence - Aix-Marseille 1-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Università degli Studi di Padova = University of Padua (Unipd)
Subjects: Active galactic nucleus, Stellar mass, Galaxies: active, Quasars: general, X-rays: galaxies, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Population, galaxies: active, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], quasars: general, 0103 physical sciences, Density field, education, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Physics, education.field_of_study, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Star formation, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Significant difference, Redshift survey, Galaxy, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, [SDU.ASTR.GA]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.GA], galaxies: active – quasars: general – X-rays: galaxies
Abstract: The impact of environment on AGN activity up to z~1 is assessed by utilizing a mass-selected sample of galaxies from the 10k catalog of the zCOSMOS spectroscopic redshift survey. We identify 147 AGN by their X-ray emission as detected by XMM-Newton from a parent sample of 7234 galaxies. We measure the fraction of galaxies with stellar mass M_*>2.5x10^10 Msun that host an AGN as a function of local overdensity using the 5th, 10th and 20th nearest neighbors that cover a range of physical scales (~1-4 Mpc). Overall, we find that AGNs prefer to reside in environments equivalent to massive galaxies with substantial levels of star formation. Specifically, AGNs with host masses between 0.25-1x10^11 Msun span the full range of environments (i.e., field-to-group) exhibited by galaxies of the same mass and rest-frame color or specific star formation rate. Host galaxies having M_*>10^11 Msun clearly illustrate the association with star formation since they are predominantly bluer than the underlying galaxy population and exhibit a preference for lower density regions analogous to SDSS studies of narrow-line AGN. To probe the environment on smaller physical scales, we determine the fraction of galaxies (M_*>2.5x10^10 Msun) hosting AGNs inside optically-selected groups, and find no significant difference with field galaxies. We interpret our results as evidence that AGN activity requires a sufficient fuel supply; the probability of a massive galaxy to have retained some sufficient amount of gas, as evidence by its ongoing star formation, is higher in underdense regions where disruptive processes (i.e., galaxy harrassment, tidal stripping) are lessened., 13 pages; 11 figures; To appear in The Astrophysical Journal
Published: 2009
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399. The VVDS-VLA deep field. IV. Radio-optical properties

Author: Daniela Vergani, P. Parma, Laurence Tresse, Jarle Brinchmann, S. Temporin, Sylvie Foucaud, D. Maccagni, P. Memeo, Agnieszka Pollo, Stéphane Paltani, R. Pello, S. de la Torre, D. Bottini, Angela Bongiorno, Roberto Scaramella, A. Mazure, Bianca Garilli, E. Zucca, B. Meneux, L. Gregorini, F. Lamareille, R. Merighi, Stéphane Arnouts, Giampaolo Vettolani, O. Le Fevre, Paola Merluzzi, H. R. de Ruiter, Ummi Abbas, Lucia Pozzetti, H. J. McCracken, A. Iovino, C. Adami, P. Franzetti, L. de Ravel, Olga Cucciati, A. Zanichelli, Stephane Charlot, Christian Marinoni, Paolo Ciliegi, M. Radovich, Yannick Mellier, Enrique Pérez-Montero, A. Cappi, Micol Bolzonella, Bruno Marano, Luigi Guzzo, M. Bondi, V. Le Brun, S. Bardelli, O. Ilbert, Thierry Contini, I. Gavignaud, G. Zamorani, M. Scodeggio, INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna (OABO), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik (MPA), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Laboratoire Astrophysique de Toulouse-Tarbes (LATT), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Laboratoire d'Etude du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique (LERMA), École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Cergy Pontoise (UCP), Université Paris-Seine-Université Paris-Seine-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Bardelli S., Zucca E., Bolzonella M., Ciliegi P., Gregorini L., Zamorani G., Bondi M., Zanichelli A., Tresse L., Vergani D., Gavignaud I., Bongiorno A., Bottini D., Garilli B., Le Brun V., Le Fèvre O., Maccagni D., Scaramella R., Scodeggio M., Vettolani G., Adami C., Arnouts S., Cappi A., Charlot S., Contini T., Foucaud S., Franzetti P., Guzzo L., Ilbert O., Iovino A., Lamareille F., McCracken H. J., Marano B., Marinoni C., Mazure A., Meneux B., Merighi R., Paltani S., Pellò R., Pollo A., Pozzetti L., Radovich M., Abbas U., Brinchmann J., Cucciati O., de La Torre S., de Ravel L., Memeo P., Perez-Montero E., Mellier Y., Merluzzi P., Temporin S., de Ruiter H. R., Parma P., Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL)
Subjects: Hubble Deep Field, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Population, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, GALASSIE: RADIO, Photometry (optics), GALASSIE: SURVEY, 0103 physical sciences, fundamental parameters [galaxies], Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, education, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Physics, radio continuum: galaxies, education.field_of_study, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Star formation, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Astronomy and Astrophysics, galaxies: fundamental parameters, Rest frame, luminosity function, mass function [galaxies], galaxies: general, galaxies [radio continuum], Redshift, Galaxy, galaxies: luminosity function, Space and Planetary Science, mass function, QUIET, GALASSIE: PROPRIETÀ RADIO-OTTICHE, [SDU.ASTR.GA]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.GA], general [galaxies]
Abstract: (abridged) We use the 1.4 GHz VIMOS-VLA Deep Survey and the optical VVDS and the CFHT-LS to compare the properties of radio loud galaxies with respect to the whole population of optical galaxies. The availability of multiband photometry and high quality photometric redshifts allows to derive rest frame colors and radio luminosity functions down to a limit of a B rest-frame magnitude of M=-20. Galaxy properties and luminosity functions (LFs) are estimated up to z~1 for radio loud and radio quiet early and late type galaxies. Radio loud late type galaxies are redder than radio quiet objects of the same class and this is an effect related to the presence of more dust in stronger star forming galaxies. Moreover, we estimate optical LFs, stellar masses and star formation rate distributions for radio sources and compare them with those derived for a well defined control sample, finding that the probability for a galaxy to be a radio emitter significantly increases at high values of these parameters. Radio loud early type galaxies show luminosity evolution of their bivariate radio-optical LF, due to an evolution in the radio-optical ratio. The lack of evolution of the mass function of radio loud early type galaxies means that no new AGN are formed at z0.7. This evolution is the direct effect of the strong optical evolution of this class and no significant change with redshift of the radio-optical ratio is required. With the knowledge of the radio-optical ratio and the optical and radio LFs for late type galaxies, we estimated the star formation history of the Universe up to z~1.5, using optical galaxies as tracers of the global radio emission., 17 pages, A&A in press
Published: 2009
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400. The zCOSMOS redshift survey: The three-dimensional classification cube and bimodality in galaxy physical properties

Author: Peter Capak, L. de Ravel, Ummi Abbas, Bianca Garilli, P. Kampczyk, Alvio Renzini, Luigi Guzzo, S. de la Torre, M. Fumana, Roberto Scaramella, Pascal Oesch, R. Pello, E. Zucca, M. Mignoli, H. J. McCracken, S. Bardelli, Laurence Tresse, G. Zamorani, D. Bottini, Lidia Tasca, Christian Maier, Thierry Contini, F. Lamareille, Graziano Coppa, P. Memeo, Christian Marinoni, Claudia Scarlata, O. Le Fèvre, V. Le Brun, Paolo Cassata, K. Kovac, Angela Bongiorno, A. Cappi, Alessandro Cimatti, Micol Bolzonella, Simon J. Lilly, Alexie Leauthaud, C. Halliday, Daniela Vergani, Karina Caputi, John D. Silverman, C. M. Carollo, Cristiano Porciani, J. F. Le Borgne, Jean-Paul Kneib, E. Perez Montero, M. Scodeggio, D. Maccagni, Y. Peng, Nick Scoville, V. Mainieri, B. Meneux, P. Franzetti, Masayuki Tanaka, Lucia Pozzetti, C. Knobel, E. Ricciardelli, A. Iovino, Olga Cucciati, INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna (OABO), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica - Milano (IASF-MI), Dipartimento di Astronomia, Universita degli Studi di Bologna, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO), INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri (OAA), Institute of Astronomy [ETH Zürich], Department of Physics [ETH Zürich] (D-PHYS), Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology [Zürich] (ETH Zürich)- Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology [Zürich] (ETH Zürich), Laboratoire Astrophysique de Toulouse-Tarbes (LATT), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES), European Southern Observatory (ESO), Universita degli Studi di Padova, Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik (MPE), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera (OAB), Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de l'Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (LATT), Services communs OMP (UMS 831), Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie (MPIA), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), Centre de Physique Théorique - UMR 7332 (CPT), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma (OAR), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Università degli Studi di Padova = University of Padua (Unipd), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Physique Théorique - UMR 6207 (CPT), Université de la Méditerranée - Aix-Marseille 2-Université de Provence - Aix-Marseille 1-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Mignoli M., Zamorani G., Scodeggio M., Cimatti A., Halliday C., Lilly S. J., Pozzetti L., Vergani D., Carollo C. M., Contini T., Le Févre O., Mainieri V., Renzini A., Bardelli S., Bolzonella M., Bongiorno A., Caputi K., Coppa G., Cucciati O., de La Torre S., de Ravel L., Franzetti P., Garilli B., Iovino A., Kampczyk P., Kneib J.-P., Knobel C., Kova&#269, K., Lamareille F., Le Borgne J.-F., Le Brun V., Maier C., Pellò R., Peng Y., Perez Montero E., Ricciardelli E., Scarlata C., Silverman J. D., Tanaka M., Tasca L., Tresse L., Zucca E., Abbas U., Bottini D., Capak P., Cappi A., Cassata P., Fumana M., Guzzo L., Leauthaud A., Maccagni D., Marinoni C., McCracken H. J., Memeo P., Meneux B., Oesch P., Porciani C., Scaramella R., Scoville N., Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), and Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Subjects: Galaxies: general, Galaxies: fundamental parameters, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Stellar population, Population, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Stellar classification, 01 natural sciences, Spectral line, Photometry (optics), [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], 0103 physical sciences, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, education, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Physics, education.field_of_study, Galaxies: evolution, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, [SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Astrophysics (astro-ph), Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Redshift survey, Galaxy, Bimodality, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, [SDU.ASTR.GA]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.GA]
Abstract: Aims. We investigate the relationships between three main optical galaxy observables (spectral properties, colours, and morphology), exploiting the data set provided by the COSMOS/zCOSMOS survey. The purpose of this paper is to define a simple galaxy classification cube, using a carefully selected sample of around 1000 galaxies. Methods. Using medium resolution spectra of the first 1k zCOSMOS-bright sample, optical photometry from the Subaru/COSMOS observations, and morphological measurements derived from ACS imaging, we analyze the properties of the galaxy population out to z~1. Applying three straightforward classification schemes (spectral, photometric, and morphological), we identify two main galaxy types, which appear to be linked to the bimodality of galaxy population. The three parametric classifications constitute the axes of a "classification cube". Results. A very good agreement exists between the classification from spectral data (quiescent/star-forming galaxies) and that based on colours (red/blue galaxies). The third parameter (morphology) is less well correlated with the first two: in fact a good correlation between the spectral classification and that based on morphological analysis (early-/late-type galaxies) is achieved only after partially complementing the morphological classification with additional colour information. Finally, analyzing the 3D-distribution of all galaxies in the sample, we find that about 85% of the galaxies show a fully concordant classification, being either quiescent, red, bulge-dominated galaxies (~20%) or star-forming, blue, disk-dominated galaxies (~65%). These results imply that the galaxy bimodality is a consistent behaviour both in morphology, colour and dominant stellar population, at least out to z~1., Comment: 11 pages, Accepted for publication in A&A
Published: 2009
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