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Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): bivariate functions of Hα star-forming galaxies (2015)
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Gunawardhana, M., Hopkins, A., Taylor, E., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Norberg, P., Baldry, I., …Robotham, A. (2015). Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): bivariate functions of Hα star-forming galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 447(1), 875-901. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu2232

We present bivariate luminosity and stellar mass functions of Hα star-forming galaxies drawn from the Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey. While optically deep spectroscopic observations of GAMA over a wide sky area enable the detection of a large... Read More about Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): bivariate functions of Hα star-forming galaxies.

The SAMI Galaxy Survey: Early Data Release (2015)
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Allen, J., Croom, S., Konstantopoulos, I., Bryant, J., Sharp, R., Cecil, G., …Walcher, C. (2015). The SAMI Galaxy Survey: Early Data Release. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 446(2), 1567-1583. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu2057

We present the Early Data Release of the Sydney–AAO Multi-object Integral field spectrograph (SAMI) Galaxy Survey. The SAMI Galaxy Survey is an ongoing integral field spectroscopic survey of ∼3400 low-redshift (z < 0.12) galaxies, covering galaxies i... Read More about The SAMI Galaxy Survey: Early Data Release.

Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): deconstructing bimodality - I. Red ones and blue ones (2015)
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Taylor, E., Hopkins, A., Baldry, I., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Brown, M., Colless, M., …Loveday, J. (2015). Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): deconstructing bimodality - I. Red ones and blue ones. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 446(2), 2144-2185. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu1900

We measure the mass functions for generically red and blue galaxies, using a z < 0.12 sample of log M* > 8.7 field galaxies from the Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey. Our motivation is that, as we show, the dominant uncertainty in existing meas... Read More about Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): deconstructing bimodality - I. Red ones and blue ones.

Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): the halo mass of galaxy groups from maximum-likelihood weak lensing (2014)
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Han, J., Eke, V., Frenk, C., Mandelbaum, R., Norberg, P., Schneider, M., …Robotham, A. (2015). Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): the halo mass of galaxy groups from maximum-likelihood weak lensing. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 446(2), 1356-1379. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu2178

We present a maximum-likelihood weak-lensing analysis of the mass distribution in optically selected spectroscopic Galaxy Groups (G3Cv5) in the Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey, using background Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) photometric galax... Read More about Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): the halo mass of galaxy groups from maximum-likelihood weak lensing.

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.

Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): AUTOZ spectral redshift measurements, confidence and errors (2014)
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Baldry, I., Alpaslan, M., Bauer, A., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Brough, S., Cluver, M., …Taylor, E. (2014). Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): AUTOZ spectral redshift measurements, confidence and errors. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 441(3), 2440-2451. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu727

The Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey has obtained spectra of over 230 000 targets using the Anglo-Australian Telescope. To homogenize the redshift measurements and improve the reliability, a fully automatic redshift code was developed (AUTOZ).... Read More about Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): AUTOZ spectral redshift measurements, confidence and errors.

The ALHAMBRA survey: evolution of galaxy clustering since z ~ 1 (2014)
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Arnalte-Mur, P., Martínez, V., Norberg, P., Fernández-Soto, A., Ascaso, B., Merson, A., …Quintana, J. (2014). The ALHAMBRA survey: evolution of galaxy clustering since z ~ 1. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 441(2), 1783-1801. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu681

We study the clustering of galaxies as function of luminosity and redshift in the range 0.35 < z < 1.25 using data from the Advanced Large Homogeneous Area Medium-Band Redshift Astronomical (ALHAMBRA) survey. The ALHAMBRA data used in this work cover... Read More about The ALHAMBRA survey: evolution of galaxy clustering since z ~ 1.

Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): fine filaments of galaxies detected within voids (2014)
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Alpaslan, M., Robotham, A., Obreschkow, D., Penny, S., Driver, S., Norberg, P., …Pimbblet, K. (2014). Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): fine filaments of galaxies detected within voids. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 440(1), L106-L110. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slu019

Based on data from the Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey, we report on the discovery of structures that we refer to as ‘tendrils’ of galaxies: coherent, thin chains of galaxies that are rooted in filaments and terminate in neighbouring filaments... Read More about Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): fine filaments of galaxies detected within voids.

Galaxy and Mass Assembly: the evolution of bias in the radio source population to z∼1.5 (2014)
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Lindsay, S., Jarvis, M., Santos, M., Brown, M., Croom, S., Driver, S., …Robotham, A. (2014). Galaxy and Mass Assembly: the evolution of bias in the radio source population to z∼1.5. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 440(2), 1527-1541. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu354

We present a large-scale clustering analysis of radio galaxies in the Very Large Array Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-cm survey over the Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey area, limited to S1.4 GHz > 1 mJy with spectroscopic and photomet... Read More about Galaxy and Mass Assembly: the evolution of bias in the radio source population to z∼1.5.

Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): ugrizYJHK Sérsic luminosity functions and the cosmic spectral energy distribution by Hubble type (2014)
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Kelvin, L., Driver, S., Robotham, A., Graham, A., Phillipps, S., Agius, N., …Tuffs, R. (2014). Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): ugrizYJHK Sérsic luminosity functions and the cosmic spectral energy distribution by Hubble type. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 439(2), 1245-1269. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt2391

We report the morphological classification of 3727 galaxies from the Galaxy and Mass Assembly survey with Mr < −17.4 mag and in the redshift range 0.025 < z < 0.06 (2.1 × 105 Mpc3) into E, S0-Sa, SB0-SBa, Sab-Scd, SBab-SBcd, Sd-Irr and little blue sp... Read More about Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): ugrizYJHK Sérsic luminosity functions and the cosmic spectral energy distribution by Hubble type.

Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): Mid-infrared Properties and Empirical Relations from WISE (2014)
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Cluver, M., Jarrett, T., Hopkins, A., Driver, S., Liske, J., Gunawardhana, M., …Wilkins, S. (2014). Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): Mid-infrared Properties and Empirical Relations from WISE. Astrophysical Journal, 782(2), Article 90. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/782/2/90

The Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey furnishes a deep redshift catalog that, when combined with the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), allows us to explore for the first time the mid-infrared properties of >110, 000 galaxies over 120 d... Read More about Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): Mid-infrared Properties and Empirical Relations from WISE.

Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): the large-scale structure of galaxies and comparison to mock universes (2014)
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Alpaslan, M., Robotham, A., Driver, S., Norberg, P., Baldry, I., Bauer, A., …Pimbblet, K. (2014). Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): the large-scale structure of galaxies and comparison to mock universes. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 438(1), 177-194. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt2136

From a volume-limited sample of 45 542 galaxies and 6000 groups with z ≤ 0.213, we use an adapted minimal spanning tree algorithm to identify and classify large-scale structures within the Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey. Using galaxy groups,... Read More about Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): the large-scale structure of galaxies and comparison to mock universes.

The Pan-STARRS1 Medium-Deep Survey: The Role of Galaxy Group Environment in the Star Formation Rate versus Stellar Mass Relation and Quiescent Fraction out to z ~ 0.8 (2014)
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Lin, L., Jian, H., Foucaud, S., Norberg, P., Bower, R., Cole, S., …Waters, C. (2014). The Pan-STARRS1 Medium-Deep Survey: The Role of Galaxy Group Environment in the Star Formation Rate versus Stellar Mass Relation and Quiescent Fraction out to z ~ 0.8. Astrophysical Journal, 782(1), Article 33. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/782/1/33

Using a large optically selected sample of field and group galaxies drawn from the Pan-STARRS1 Medium-Deep Survey (PS1/MDS), we present a detailed analysis of the specific star formation rate (SSFR)—stellar mass (M *) relation, as well as the quiesce... Read More about The Pan-STARRS1 Medium-Deep Survey: The Role of Galaxy Group Environment in the Star Formation Rate versus Stellar Mass Relation and Quiescent Fraction out to z ~ 0.8.

Pan-STARRS1: Galaxy clustering in the Small Area Survey 2 (2014)
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Farrow, D. J., Cole, S., Metcalfe, N., Draper, P., Norberg, P., Foucaud, S., …Waters, C. (2014). Pan-STARRS1: Galaxy clustering in the Small Area Survey 2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 437(1), 748-770. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1933

The Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System 1 survey is currently obtaining imaging in five bands (gP1, rP1, iP1, zP1 and yP1) for the 3π steradian survey, one of the largest optical surveys ever conducted. The finished survey will have... Read More about Pan-STARRS1: Galaxy clustering in the Small Area Survey 2.

Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): improved cosmic growth measurements using multiple tracers of large-scale structure (2013)
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Blake, C., Baldry, I., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Christodoulou, L., Colless, M., Conselice, C., …Robotham, A. (2013). Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): improved cosmic growth measurements using multiple tracers of large-scale structure. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 436(4), 3089-3105. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1791

We present the first application of a ‘multiple-tracer’ redshift-space distortion (RSD) analysis to an observational galaxy sample, using data from the Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey. Our data set is an r < 19.8 magnitude-limited sample of 17... Read More about Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): improved cosmic growth measurements using multiple tracers of large-scale structure.

The Zurich Environmental Study of Galaxies in Groups along the Cosmic Web. III. Galaxy Photometric Measurements and the Spatially Resolved Color Properties of Early- and Late-type Satellites in Diverse Environments (2013)
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Cibinel, A., Carollo, C., Lilly, S., Bonoli, S., Miniati, F., Pipino, A., …Rudick, C. (2013). The Zurich Environmental Study of Galaxies in Groups along the Cosmic Web. III. Galaxy Photometric Measurements and the Spatially Resolved Color Properties of Early- and Late-type Satellites in Diverse Environments. Astrophysical Journal, 777(2), Article 116. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/777/2/116

We present photometric measurements for the galaxies—and when possible their bulges and disks—in the 0.05 < z < 0.0585 groups of the Zurich Environmental Study (ZENS); these measurements include (B – I) colors, color gradients and maps, color dispers... Read More about The Zurich Environmental Study of Galaxies in Groups along the Cosmic Web. III. Galaxy Photometric Measurements and the Spatially Resolved Color Properties of Early- and Late-type Satellites in Diverse Environments.

Galaxy And Mass Assembly: resolving the role of environment in galaxy evolution (2013)
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Brough, S., Croom, S., Sharp, R., Hopkins, A., Taylor, E., Baldry, I., …Prescott, M. (2013). Galaxy And Mass Assembly: resolving the role of environment in galaxy evolution. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 435(4), 2903-2917. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1489

We present observations of 18 galaxies from the Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey made with the SPIRAL optical integral field unit (IFU) on the Anglo-Australian Telescope. The galaxies are selected to have a narrow range in stellar mass (6 × 109... Read More about Galaxy And Mass Assembly: resolving the role of environment in galaxy evolution.

The Pan-STARRS1 Small Area Survey 2 (2013)
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Metcalfe, N., Farrow, D., Cole, S., Draper, P., Norberg, P., Burgett, W., …Waters, C. (2013). The Pan-STARRS1 Small Area Survey 2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 435(3), 1825-1839. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1343

The Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System 1 (Pan-STARRS1) survey is acquiring multi-epoch imaging in five bands (gP1, rP1, iP1, zP1, yP1) over the entire sky north of declination −30° (the 3π survey). In 2011 July a test area of about... Read More about The Pan-STARRS1 Small Area Survey 2.

The Zurich Environmental Study of Galaxies in Groups along the Cosmic Web. I. Which Environment Affects Galaxy Evolution? (2013)
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Carollo, C., Cibinel, A., Lilly, S., Miniati, F., Norberg, P., Silverman, J., …Rudick, C. (2013). The Zurich Environmental Study of Galaxies in Groups along the Cosmic Web. I. Which Environment Affects Galaxy Evolution?. Astrophysical Journal, 776(2), Article 71. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/776/2/71

The Zurich Environmental Study (ZENS) is based on a sample of ~1500 galaxy members of 141 groups in the mass range ~1012.5-14.5 M ☉ within the narrow redshift range 0.05 < z < 0.0585. ZENS adopts novel approaches, described here, to quantify four dif... Read More about The Zurich Environmental Study of Galaxies in Groups along the Cosmic Web. I. Which Environment Affects Galaxy Evolution?.

The Zurich Environmental Study (ZENS) of Galaxies in Groups along the Cosmic Web. II. Galaxy Structural Measurements and the Concentration of Morphologically Classified Satellites in Diverse Environments (2013)
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Cibinel, A., Carollo, C., Lilly, S., Miniati, F., Silverman, J., van Gorkom, J., …Rudick, C. (2013). The Zurich Environmental Study (ZENS) of Galaxies in Groups along the Cosmic Web. II. Galaxy Structural Measurements and the Concentration of Morphologically Classified Satellites in Diverse Environments. Astrophysical Journal, 776(2), Article 72. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/776/2/72

We present structural measurements for the galaxies in the 0.05 < z < 0.0585 groups of the Zurich Environmental Study, aimed at establishing how galaxy properties depend on four environmental parameters: group halo mass (M GROUP), group-centric dista... Read More about The Zurich Environmental Study (ZENS) of Galaxies in Groups along the Cosmic Web. II. Galaxy Structural Measurements and the Concentration of Morphologically Classified Satellites in Diverse Environments.