A direct empirical proof of the existence of dark matter

D Clowe, M Bradač, AH Gonzalez… - The Astrophysical …, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
We present new weak-lensing observations of 1E 0657-558 (z= 0.296), a unique cluster
merger, that enable a direct detection of dark matter, independent of assumptions regarding …

The host galaxies and classification of active galactic nuclei

LJ Kewley, B Groves, G Kauffmann… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
We present an analysis of the host properties of 85 224 emission-line galaxies selected from
the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. We show that Seyferts and low-ionization narrow emission-line …

Galaxy bimodality versus stellar mass and environment

IK Baldry, ML Balogh, RG Bower… - Monthly Notices of …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Abstract We analyse az< 0.1 galaxy sample from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey focusing on
the variation in the galaxy colour bimodality with stellar mass and projected neighbour …

The SAURON project—IV. The mass-to-light ratio, the virial mass estimator and the Fundamental Plane of elliptical and lenticular galaxies

M Cappellari, R Bacon, M Bureau… - Monthly Notices of …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
We investigate the well-known correlations between the dynamical mass-to-light ratio (M/L)
and other global observables of elliptical (E) and lenticular (S0) galaxies. We construct two …

Properties of galaxy groups in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey—I. The dependence of colour, star formation and morphology on halo mass

SM Weinmann, FC Van Den Bosch… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Using a large galaxy group catalogue constructed from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data
Release 2, we investigate the correlation between various galaxy properties and halo mass …

Galaxy halo masses and satellite fractions from galaxy–galaxy lensing in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: stellar mass, luminosity, morphology and environment …

R Mandelbaum, U Seljak, G Kauffmann… - Monthly Notices of …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
The relationship between galaxies and dark matter (DM) can be characterized by the halo
mass of the central galaxy and the fraction of galaxies that are satellites. Here, we present …

The size evolution of galaxies since z~ 3: combining SDSS, GEMS, and FIRES

I Trujillo, NMF Schreiber, G Rudnick… - The Astrophysical …, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the evolution of the luminosity-size and stellar mass-size relations of luminous
(LV≳ 3.4× 10 10 h L☉) and massive (M*≳ 3× 10 10 h M☉) galaxies in the last~ 11 Gyr. We …

The mass assembly history of field galaxies: detection of an evolving mass limit for star-forming galaxies

K Bundy, RS Ellis, CJ Conselice, JE Taylor… - The Astrophysical …, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
We characterize the mass-dependent evolution of more than 8000 galaxies using
spectroscopic redshifts from the DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey in the range 0.4< z< 1.4 and …

Gas metallicity diagnostics in star-forming galaxies

T Nagao, R Maiolino, A Marconi - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2006 - aanda.org
Generally the gas metallicity in distant galaxies can only be inferred by using a few
prominent emission lines. Various theoretical models have been used to predict the …

Optical star formation rate indicators

J Moustakas, RC Kennicutt Jr… - The Astrophysical …, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
Using integrated optical spectrophotometry for 412 star-forming galaxies at z~ 0, and fiber-
aperture spectrophotometry for 120,846 SDSS galaxies at z~ 0.1, we investigate the Hα …