The bimodality of the 10k zCOSMOS-bright galaxies up to z~ 1: a new statistical and portable classification based on optical galaxy properties⋆

Authors :: 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.
Scoville, N.
Source :: Astronomy and Astrophysics; November 2011, Vol. 535 Issue: 1
Publication Year :: 2011
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.

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