Stellar masses and star formation histories for 105 galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

G Kauffmann, TM Heckman, SDM White… - Monthly Notices of …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
We develop a new method to constrain the star formation histories, dust attenuation and
stellar masses of galaxies. It is based on two stellar absorption-line indices, the 4000-Å …

The star formation histories of galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

B Panter, R Jimenez, AF Heavens… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
We present the results of a moped analysis of∼ 3× 105 galaxy spectra from the Sloan
Digital Sky Survey Data Release 3 (SDSS DR3), with a number of improvements in data …

The mass function of the stellar component of galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

B Panter, AF Heavens, R Jimenez - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Using the moped algorithm, we determine non-parametrically the stellar mass function of 96
545 galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release One. By using the …

Semi-empirical analysis of Sloan Digital Sky Survey galaxies–II. The bimodality of the galaxy population revisited

A Mateus, L Sodré, RC Fernandes… - Monthly Notices of …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
We revisit the bimodal distribution of the galaxy population commonly seen in the local
universe. Here, we address the bimodality observed in galaxy properties in terms of spectral …

The size distribution of galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

S Shen, HJ Mo, SDM White, MR Blanton… - Monthly Notices of …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
We use a complete sample of about 140 000 galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
(SDSS) to study the size distribution of galaxies and its dependence on their luminosity …

The dependence of star formation history and internal structure on stellar mass for 105 low-redshift galaxies

G Kauffmann, TM Heckman, SDM White… - Monthly Notices of …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
We study the relations between stellar mass, star formation history, size and internal
structure for a complete sample of 122 808 galaxies drawn from the Sloan Digital Sky …

Stellar population synthesis at the resolution of 2003

G Bruzual, S Charlot - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
We present a new model for computing the spectral evolution of stellar populations at ages
between 1× 105 and 2× 1010 yr at a resolution of 3 Å across the whole wavelength range …

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 …

Semi-empirical analysis of Sloan Digital Sky Survey galaxies–I. Spectral synthesis method

RC Fernandes, A Mateus, L Sodré… - Monthly Notices of …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
The study of stellar populations in galaxies is entering a new era with the availability of large
and high-quality data bases of both observed galactic spectra and state-of-the-art …

The physical properties of star-forming galaxies in the low-redshift Universe

J Brinchmann, S Charlot, SDM White… - Monthly notices of …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
We present a comprehensive study of the physical properties of∼ 105 galaxies with
measurable star formation in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). By comparing physical …