The SCUBA-2 cosmology legacy survey : blank-field number counts of 450-μm-selected galaxies and their contribution to the cosmic infrared background

Geach, J.E.; Chapin, E.L.; Coppin, K.E.K.; Dunlop, J.S.; Halpern, M.; Smail, Ian; Werf, P. van der; Serjeant, S.; Farrah, D.; Roseboom, I.; Targett, T.; Arumugam, V.; Asboth, V.; Blain, A.; Chrysostomou, A.; Clarke, C.; Ivison, R.J.; Jones, S.L.; Karim, A.; Mackenzie, T.; Meijerink, R.; Michałowski, M.J.; Scott, Douglas; Simpson, J.M.; Swinbank, A.M.; Alexander, D.M.; Almaini, O.; Aretxaga, I.; Best, P.; Chapman, S.; Clements, D.L.; Conselice, C.; Danielson, A.L.R.; Eales, S.; Edge, A.C.; Gibb, A.G.; Hughes, D.; Jenness, T.; Knudsen, K.K.; Lacey, C.G.; Marsden, G.; McMahon, R.; Oliver, S.J.; Page, M.J.; Peacock, J.A.; Rigopoulou, D.; Robson, E.I.; Spaans, M.; Stevens, J.; Webb, T.M.A.; Willott, C.; Wilson, C.D.; Zemcov, M.

doi:10.1093/mnras/stt352

The 0.1 < z < 1.65 evolution of the bright end of the OII luminosity function (2015)
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Comparat, J., Richard, J., Kneib, J., Ilbert, O., Gonzalez-Perez, V., Tresse, L., …Zou, H. (2015). The 0.1 < z < 1.65 evolution of the bright end of the OII luminosity function. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 575, Article A40. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424767

We present the [Oii] (λλ3729,3726) luminosity function measured in the redshift range 0.1

The origin of the atomic and molecular gas contents of early-type galaxies - II. Misaligned gas accretion (2015)
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Lagos, C. D. P., Padilla, N., Davis, T., Lacey, C., Baugh, C., Gonzalez-Perez, V., …Contreras, S. (2015). The origin of the atomic and molecular gas contents of early-type galaxies - II. Misaligned gas accretion. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 448(2), 1271-1287. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu2763

We study the origin of the wide distribution of angles between the angular momenta of the stellar and gas components, αG, S, in early-type galaxies (ETGs). We use the GALFORM model of galaxy formation, set in the Λ cold dark matter framework, and cou... Read More about The origin of the atomic and molecular gas contents of early-type galaxies - II. Misaligned gas accretion.

The environments of Ly α blobs I: Wide-field Ly α imaging of TN J1338-1942, a powerful radio galaxy at z ≃ 4.1 associated with a giant Ly α nebula (2015)
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Saito, T., Matsuda, Y., Lacey, C., Smail, I., Orsi, A., Baugh, C., …Taniguchi, Y. (2015). The environments of Ly α blobs I: Wide-field Ly α imaging of TN J1338-1942, a powerful radio galaxy at z ≃ 4.1 associated with a giant Ly α nebula. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 447(4), 3069-3086. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu2538

We exploit wide-field Ly α imaging with Subaru to probe the environment around TN J1338−1942, a powerful radio galaxy with a > 100 kpc Ly α halo at z = 4.11. We used a sample of Ly α emitters (LAEs) down to log (LLyα[ erg s−1]) ∼ 42.8 to measure the... Read More about The environments of Ly α blobs I: Wide-field Ly α imaging of TN J1338-1942, a powerful radio galaxy at z ≃ 4.1 associated with a giant Ly α nebula.

Evolution of the dust emission of massive galaxies up to z = 4 and constraints on their dominant mode of star formation (2015)
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Béthermin, M., Daddi, E., Magdis, G., Lagos, C., Sargent, M., Albrecht, M., …Viero, M. (2015). Evolution of the dust emission of massive galaxies up to z = 4 and constraints on their dominant mode of star formation. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 573, Article A113. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425031

We aim to measure the average dust and molecular gas content of massive star-forming galaxies (>3 × 1010M⊙) up to z = 4 in the COSMOS field to determine if the intense star formation observed at high redshift is induced by major mergers or is caused... Read More about Evolution of the dust emission of massive galaxies up to z = 4 and constraints on their dominant mode of star formation.

Simulated observations of sub-millimetre galaxies: the impact of single-dish resolution and field variance (2014)
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Cowley, W. I., Lacey, C. G., Baugh, C. M., & Cole, S. (2015). Simulated observations of sub-millimetre galaxies: the impact of single-dish resolution and field variance. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 446(2), 1784-1798. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu2179

Recent observational evidence suggests that the coarse angular resolution [∼20 arcsec full width at half maximum (FWHM)] of single-dish telescopes at sub-mm wavelengths has biased the observed galaxy number counts by blending together the sub-mm emis... Read More about Simulated observations of sub-millimetre galaxies: the impact of single-dish resolution and field variance.

Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): the dependence of the galaxy luminosity function on environment, redshift and colour (2014)
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McNaught-Roberts, T., Norberg, P., Baugh, C., Lacey, C., Loveday, J., Peacock, J., …Vázquez-Mata, J. (2014). Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): the dependence of the galaxy luminosity function on environment, redshift and colour. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 445(2), 2125-2145. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu1886

We use 80 922 galaxies in the Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey to measure the galaxy luminosity function (LF) in different environments over the redshift range 0.04 < z < 0.26. The depth and size of GAMA allows us to define samples split by col... Read More about Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): the dependence of the galaxy luminosity function on environment, redshift and colour.

The evolution of the star-forming sequence in hierarchical galaxy formation models (2014)
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Mitchell, P., Lacey, C., Cole, S., & Baugh, C. (2014). The evolution of the star-forming sequence in hierarchical galaxy formation models. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 444(3), 2637-2664. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu1639

It has been argued that the specific star formation rates of star-forming galaxies inferred from observational data decline more rapidly below z = 2 than is predicted by hierarchical galaxy formation models. We present a detailed analysis of this pro... Read More about The evolution of the star-forming sequence in hierarchical galaxy formation models.

The origin of the atomic and molecular gas contents of early-type galaxies – I. A new test of galaxy formation physics (2014)
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Lagos, C. D. P., Davis, T., Lacey, C., Zwaan, M., Baugh, C., Gonzalez-Perez, V., & Padilla, N. (2014). The origin of the atomic and molecular gas contents of early-type galaxies – I. A new test of galaxy formation physics. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 443(2), 1002-1021. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu1209

We study the atomic (H I) and molecular hydrogen (H2) contents of early-type galaxies (ETGs) and their gas sources using the GALFORM model of galaxy formation. This model uses a self-consistent calculation of the star formation rate, which depends on... Read More about The origin of the atomic and molecular gas contents of early-type galaxies – I. A new test of galaxy formation physics.

Herschel-ATLAS/GAMA: How does the far-IR luminosity function depend on galaxy group properties? (2014)
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Guo, Q., Lacey, C., Norberg, P., Cole, S., Baugh, C., Frenk, C., …Robotham, A. (2014). Herschel-ATLAS/GAMA: How does the far-IR luminosity function depend on galaxy group properties?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 442(3), 2253-2270. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu962

We use the Herschel Astrophysical Terahertz Large Area Survey (H-ATLAS) Phase I data to study the conditional luminosity function of far-IR (250 μm) selected galaxies in optically selected galaxy groups from the Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) spectr... Read More about Herschel-ATLAS/GAMA: How does the far-IR luminosity function depend on galaxy group properties?.

Extending the halo mass resolution of N-body simulations (2014)
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Angulo, R., Baugh, C., Frenk, C., & Lacey, C. (2014). Extending the halo mass resolution of N-body simulations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 442(4), 3256-3265. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu1084

We present a scheme to extend the halo mass resolution of dark matter N-body simulations. The method uses the simulated density field to predict the number of sub-resolution haloes expected in different regions, taking as input the abundance and the... Read More about Extending the halo mass resolution of N-body simulations.

Which galaxies dominate the neutral gas content of the Universe? (2014)
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Lagos, C., Baugh, C., Zwaan, M., Lacey, C., Gonzalez-Perez, V., Power, C., …van Kampen, E. (2014). Which galaxies dominate the neutral gas content of the Universe?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 440(1), 920-941. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu266

We study the contribution of galaxies with different properties to the global densities of star formation rate (SFR), atomic (H I) and molecular hydrogen (H2) as a function of redshift. We use the GALFORM model of galaxy formation, which is set in th... Read More about Which galaxies dominate the neutral gas content of the Universe?.

The cross-power spectrum between 21 cm emission and galaxies in hierarchical galaxy formation models (2014)
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Park, J., Kim, H., Wyithe, J., & Lacey, C. G. (2014). The cross-power spectrum between 21 cm emission and galaxies in hierarchical galaxy formation models. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 438(3), 2474-2482. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt2366

The correlation between 21 cm fluctuations and galaxies is sensitive to the astrophysical properties of the galaxies that drove reionization. Thus, detailed measurements of the cross-power spectrum and its evolution could provide a powerful measureme... Read More about The cross-power spectrum between 21 cm emission and galaxies in hierarchical galaxy formation models.

Clustering of extremely red objects in Elais-N1 from the UKIDSS DXS with optical photometry from Pan-STARRS 1 and Subaru (2014)
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Kim, J., Edge, A. C., Wake, D. A., Gonzalez-Perez, V., Baugh, C. M., Lacey, C. G., …Kaiser, N. (2014). Clustering of extremely red objects in Elais-N1 from the UKIDSS DXS with optical photometry from Pan-STARRS 1 and Subaru. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 438(1), 825-840. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt2245

We measure the angular clustering of 33 415 extremely red objects (EROs) in the Elais-N1 field covering 5.33 deg2, which cover the redshift range z = 0.8 to 2. This sample was made by merging the UKIDSS Deep eXtragalactic Survey (DXS) with the optica... Read More about Clustering of extremely red objects in Elais-N1 from the UKIDSS DXS with optical photometry from Pan-STARRS 1 and Subaru.

How sensitive are predicted galaxy luminosities to the choice of stellar population synthesis model? (2014)
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Gonzalez-Perez, V., Lacey, C., Baugh, C., Lagos, C., Helly, J., Campbell, D., & Mitchell, P. (2014). How sensitive are predicted galaxy luminosities to the choice of stellar population synthesis model?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 439(1), 264-283. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt2410

We present a new release of the GALFORM semi-analytical model of galaxy formation and evolution, which exploits a Millennium Simulation-class N-body run performed with the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe 7 cosmology. We use this new model to stu... Read More about How sensitive are predicted galaxy luminosities to the choice of stellar population synthesis model?.

A dynamical model of supernova feedback: gas outflows from the interstellar medium (2013)
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Lagos, C. D. P., Lacey, C., & Baugh, C. (2013). A dynamical model of supernova feedback: gas outflows from the interstellar medium. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 436(2), 1787-1817. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1696

We present a dynamical model of supernova feedback which follows the evolution of pressurized bubbles driven by supernovae in a multiphase interstellar medium (ISM). The bubbles are followed until the point of break-out into the halo, starting from a... Read More about A dynamical model of supernova feedback: gas outflows from the interstellar medium.

The most luminous quasars do not live in the most massive dark matter haloes at any redshift (2013)
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Fanidakis, N., Macciò, A., Baugh, C., Lacey, C., & Frenk, C. (2013). The most luminous quasars do not live in the most massive dark matter haloes at any redshift. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 436(1), 315-326. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1567

Quasars (QSOs) represent the brightest active galactic nuclei (AGN) in the Universe and are thought to indicate the location of prodigiously growing black holes (BHs), with luminosities as high as 1048 erg s−1. It is often expected though that such a... Read More about The most luminous quasars do not live in the most massive dark matter haloes at any redshift.

How well can we really estimate the stellar masses of galaxies from broad-band photometry? (2013)
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Mitchell, P. D., Lacey, C. G., Baugh, C. M., & Cole, S. (2013). How well can we really estimate the stellar masses of galaxies from broad-band photometry?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 435(1), 87-114. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1280

The estimated stellar masses of galaxies are widely used to characterize how the galaxy population evolves over cosmic time. If stellar masses can be estimated in a robust manner, free from any bias, global diagnostics such as the stellar mass functi... Read More about How well can we really estimate the stellar masses of galaxies from broad-band photometry?.

Constraints on black hole fuelling modes from the clustering of X-ray AGN (2013)
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Fanidakis, N., Georgakakis, A., Mountrichas, G., Krumpe, M., Baugh, C., Lacey, C., …Benson, A. (2013). Constraints on black hole fuelling modes from the clustering of X-ray AGN. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 435(1), 679-688. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1327

We present a clustering analysis of X-ray selected active galactic nuclei (AGN) by compiling X-ray samples from the literature and re-estimating the dark-matter (DM) halo masses of AGN in a uniform manner. We find that moderate-luminosity AGN (L2–10 ... Read More about Constraints on black hole fuelling modes from the clustering of X-ray AGN.

Variation in the escape fraction of ionizing photons from galaxies and the redshifted 21-cm power spectrum during reionization (2013)
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Kim, H., Wyithe, J., Park, J., & Lacey, C. (2013). Variation in the escape fraction of ionizing photons from galaxies and the redshifted 21-cm power spectrum during reionization. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 433(3), 2476-2484. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt918

The observed power spectrum of redshifted 21-cm fluctuations is known to be sensitive to the astrophysical properties of the galaxies that drove reionization. Thus, detailed measurements of the 21-cm power spectrum and its evolution could lead to mea... Read More about Variation in the escape fraction of ionizing photons from galaxies and the redshifted 21-cm power spectrum during reionization.

The SCUBA-2 cosmology legacy survey : blank-field number counts of 450-μm-selected galaxies and their contribution to the cosmic infrared background (2013)
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Geach, J., Chapin, E., Coppin, K., Dunlop, J., Halpern, M., Smail, I., …Zemcov, M. (2013). The SCUBA-2 cosmology legacy survey : blank-field number counts of 450-μm-selected galaxies and their contribution to the cosmic infrared background. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 432(1), 53-61. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt352

The first deep blank-field 450 μm map (1σ ≈ 1.3 mJy) from the Submillimetre Common-User Bolometer Array-2 SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey (S2CLS), conducted with the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) is presented. Our map covers 140 arcmin2 of the... Read More about The SCUBA-2 cosmology legacy survey : blank-field number counts of 450-μm-selected galaxies and their contribution to the cosmic infrared background.

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