Search Results - "CROTON, D. J"

Statistical analysis of galaxy surveys – I. Robust error estimation for two-point clustering statistics by Norberg, P., Baugh, C. M., Gaztañaga, E., Croton, D. J.

“…We present a test of different error estimators for two-point clustering statistics, appropriate for present and future large galaxy redshift surveys. Using an…”
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The morphologies of massive galaxies at 1 < z < 3 in the CANDELS-UDS field: compact bulges, and the rise and fall of massive discs by Bruce, V. A., Dunlop, J. S., Cirasuolo, M., McLure, R. J., Targett, T. A., Bell, E. F., Croton, D. J., Dekel, A., Faber, S. M., Ferguson, H. C., Grogin, N. A., Kocevski, D. D., Koekemoer, A. M., Koo, D. C., Lai, K., Lotz, J. M., McGrath, E. J., Newman, J. A., van der Wel, A.

“…We have used high-resolution, Hubble Space Telescope, near-infrared imaging to conduct a detailed analysis of the morphological properties of the most massive…”
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AEGIS: The Color-Magnitude Relation for X-Ray-selected Active Galactic Nuclei by Nandra, K, Georgakakis, A, Willmer, C. N. A, Cooper, M. C, Croton, D. J, Davis, M, Faber, S. M, Koo, D. C, Laird, E. S, Newman, J. A

“…We discuss the relationship between rest-frame color and optical luminosity for X-ray sources in the range 0.6< z <1.4 selected from the Chandra survey of the…”
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Statistical analysis of galaxy surveys — II. The three-point galaxy correlation function measured from the 2dFGRS by Gaztañaga, E., Norberg, P., Baugh, C. M., Croton, D. J.

“…We present new results for the three-point correlation function, ζ, measured as a function of scale, luminosity and colour from the final version of the 2dF…”
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The role of dissipation in the scaling relations of cosmological merger remnants by Covington, M. D., Primack, J. R., Porter, L. A., Croton, D. J., Somerville, R. S., Dekel, A.

“…There are strong correlations between the three structural properties of elliptical galaxies - stellar mass, velocity dispersion and size - in the form of a…”
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Evidence for two modes of black hole accretion in massive galaxies at z∼2 by Rangel, C., Nandra, K., Barro, G., Brightman, M., Hsu, L., Salvato, M., Koekemoer, A. M., Brusa, M., Laird, E. S., Trump, J. R., Croton, D. J., Koo, D. C., Kocevski, D., Donley, J. L., Hathi, N. P., Peth, M., Faber, S. M., Mozena, M., Grogin, N. A., Ferguson, H. C., Lai, K.

“…We investigate the relationship between active galactic nucleus (AGN) activity and host galaxy properties using a sample of massive galaxies at z ∼ 2 in the…”
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Statistical analysis of galaxy surveys - IV. An objective way to quantify the impact of superstructures on galaxy clustering statistics by Norberg, P., Gaztañaga, E., Baugh, C. M., Croton, D. J.

“…For galaxy clustering to provide robust constraints on cosmological parameters and galaxy formation models, it is essential to make reliable estimates of the…”
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The growth of discs and bulges during hierarchical galaxy formation – I. Fast evolution versus secular processes by Tonini, C., Mutch, S. J., Croton, D. J., Wyithe, J. S. B.

“…We present a theoretical model for the evolution of mass, angular momentum and size of galaxy discs and bulges, and we implement it into the semi-analytic…”
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The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: higher-order galaxy correlation functions by Croton, D. J., Gaztañaga, E., Baugh, C. M., Norberg, P., Colless, M., Baldry, I. K., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Bridges, T., Cannon, R., Cole, S., Collins, C., Couch, W., Dalton, G., De Propris, R., Driver, S. P., Efstathiou, G., Ellis, R. S., Frenk, C. S., Glazebrook, K., Jackson, C., Lahav, O., Lewis, I., Lumsden, S., Maddox, S., Madgwick, D., Peacock, J. A., Peterson, B. A., Sutherland, W., Taylor, K.

“…We measure moments of the galaxy count probability distribution function in the Two-degree Field Galaxy Redshift Survey (2dFGRS). The survey is divided into…”
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AEGIS: The Environment of X-Ray Sources at z 1 by Georgakakis, A, Nandra, K, Laird, E. S, Cooper, M. C, Gerke, B. F, Newman, J. A, Croton, D. J, Davis, M, Faber, S. M, Coil, A. L

“…We explore the environment of z - 1 AGNs using a sample of 53 spectroscopically identified X-ray sources in the All-Wavelength Extended Groth Strip…”
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The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: hierarchical galaxy clustering by Baugh, C. M., Croton, D. J., Gaztañaga, E., Norberg, P., Colless, M., Baldry, I. K., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Bridges, T., Cannon, R., Cole, S., Collins, C., Couch, W., Dalton, G., De Propris, R., Driver, S. P., Efstathiou, G., Ellis, R. S., Frenk, C. S., Glazebrook, K., Jackson, C., Lahav, O., Lewis, I., Lumsden, S., Maddox, S., Madgwick, D., Peacock, J. A., Peterson, B. A., Sutherland, W., Taylor, K.

“…We use the Two-Degree Field Galaxy Redshift Survey (2dFGRS) to test the hierarchical scaling hypothesis: namely, that the p-point galaxy correlation functions…”
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Halo assembly bias and its effects on galaxy clustering by Croton, Darren J., Gao, Liang, White, Simon D. M.

“…The clustering of dark haloes depends not only on their mass but also on their assembly history, a dependence we term ‘assembly bias’. Using a galaxy formation…”
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The All-Wavelength Extended Groth Strip International Survey (AEGIS) Data Sets by Davis, M, Guhathakurta, P, Konidaris, N. P, Newman, J. A, Ashby, M. L. N, Biggs, A. D, Barmby, P, Bundy, K, Chapman, S. C, Coil, A. L, Conselice, C. J, Cooper, M. C, Croton, D. J, Eisenhardt, P. R. M, Ellis, R. S, Faber, S. M, Fang, T, Fazio, G. G, Georgakakis, A, Gerke, B. F, Goss, W. M, Gwyn, S, Harker, J, Hopkins, A. M, Huang, J.-S, Ivison, R. J, Kassin, S. A, Kirby, E. N, Koekemoer, A. M, Koo, D. C, Laird, E. S, Le Floc’h, E, Lin, L, Lotz, J. M, Marshall, P. J, Martin, D. C, Metevier, A. J, Moustakas, L. A, Nandra, K, Noeske, K. G, Papovich, C, Phillips, A. C, Rich, R. M, Rieke, G. H, Rigopoulou, D, Salim, S, Schiminovich, D, Simard, L, Smail, I, Small, T. A, Weiner, B. J, Willmer, C. N. A, Willner, S. P, Wilson, G, Wright, E. L, Yan, R

“…In this the first of a series of Letters, we present a panchromatic data set in the Extended Groth Strip region of the sky. Our survey, the All-Wavelength…”
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The growth of discs and bulges during hierarchical galaxy formation – II. Metallicity, stellar populations and dynamical evolution by Tonini, C, Mutch, S J, Wyithe, J S B, Croton, D J

“…We investigate the properties of the stellar populations of model galaxies as a function of galaxy evolutionary history and angular momentum content. We use…”
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The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: voids and hierarchical scaling models by Croton, Darren J., Colless, Matthew, Gaztañaga, Enrique, Baugh, Carlton M., Norberg, Peder, Baldry, I. K., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Bridges, T., Cannon, R., Cole, S., Collins, C., Couch, W., Dalton, G., Propris, R. De, Driver, S. P., Efstathiou, G., Ellis, R. S., Frenk, C. S., Glazebrook, K., Jackson, C., Lahav, O., Lewis, I., Lumsden, S., Maddox, S., Madgwick, D., Peacock, J. A., Peterson, B. A., Sutherland, W., Taylor, K.

“…ABSTRACT We measure the redshift‐space reduced void probability function (VPF) for 2dFGRS volume‐limited galaxy samples covering the absolute magnitude range M…”
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Modelling the ages and metallicities of early-type galaxies in Fundamental Plane space by Porter, L. A., Somerville, R. S., Primack, J. R., Croton, D. J., Covington, M. D., Graves, G. J., Faber, S. M.

“…Recent observations have probed the formation histories of nearby elliptical galaxies by tracking correlations between the stellar population parameters, age…”
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The DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey: the relationship between galaxy properties and environment at z∼ 1 by Cooper, Michael C., Newman, Jeffrey A., Croton, Darren J., Weiner, Benjamin J., Willmer, Christopher N. A., Gerke, Brian F., Madgwick, Darren S., Faber, S. M., Davis, Marc, Coil, Alison L., Finkbeiner, Douglas P., Guhathakurta, Puragra, Koo, David C.

“…We study the mean environment of galaxies in the DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey as a function of rest-frame colour, luminosity, and [O-ii] 3727-Å equivalent…”
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Properties of galaxy groups in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey – II. Active galactic nucleus feedback and star formation truncation by Weinmann, Simone M., Van Den Bosch, Frank C., Yang, Xiaohu, Mo, H. J., Croton, Darren J., Moore, Ben

“…Successfully reproducing the galaxy luminosity function (LF) and the bimodality in the galaxy distribution requires a mechanism that can truncate star…”
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Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): the bright void galaxy population in the optical and mid-IR by Penny, S. J., Brown, M. J. I., Pimbblet, K. A., Cluver, M. E., Croton, D. J., Owers, M. S., Lange, R., Alpaslan, M., Baldry, I., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Brough, S., Driver, S. P., Holwerda, B. W., Hopkins, A. M., Jarrett, T. H., Jones, D. Heath, Kelvin, L. S., Lara-López, M. A., Liske, J., López-Sánchez, A. R., Loveday, J., Meyer, M., Norberg, P., Robotham, A. S. G., Rodrigues, M.

“…We examine the properties of galaxies in the Galaxies and Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey located in voids with radii >10 h −1 Mpc. Utilizing the GAMA equatorial…”
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The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: the clustering of galaxy groups by Padilla, Nelson D., Baugh, Carlton M., Eke, Vincent R., Norberg, Peder, Cole, Shaun, Frenk, Carlos S., Croton, Darren J., Baldry, Ivan K., Bland-Hawthorn, Joss, Bridges, Terry, Cannon, Russell, Colless, Matthew, Collins, Chris, Couch, Warrick, Dalton, Gavin, De Propris, Roberto, Driver, Simon P., Efstathiou, George, Ellis, Richard S., Glazebrook, Karl, Jackson, Carole, Lahav, Ofer, Lewis, Ian, Lumsden, Stuart, Maddox, Steve, Madgwick, Darren, Peacock, John A., Peterson, Bruce A., Sutherland, Will, Taylor, Keith

“…ABSTRACT We measure the clustering of galaxy groups in the 2dFGRS Percolation‐Inferred Galaxy Group (2PIGG) catalogue. The 2PIGG sample has 28 877 groups with…”
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