Professor Michele Fumagalli's Outputs (12)

MUSE sneaks a peek at extreme ram-pressure events - III. Tomography of UGC 6697, a massive galaxy falling into Abell 1367 (2017)
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Consolandi, G., Gavazzi, G., Fossati, M., Fumagalli, M., Boselli, A., Yagi, M., & Yoshida, M. (2017). MUSE sneaks a peek at extreme ram-pressure events - III. Tomography of UGC 6697, a massive galaxy falling into Abell 1367. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 606, Article A83. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731218

We present the MUSE observations of UGC 6697, a giant (M∗ ≈ 1010M⊙) spiral galaxy infalling in the nearby cluster Abell 1367. During its high-velocity transit through the intracluster medium (ICM), the hydrodynamical interactions with the ICM produce... Read More about MUSE sneaks a peek at extreme ram-pressure events - III. Tomography of UGC 6697, a massive galaxy falling into Abell 1367.

The young star cluster population of M51 with LEGUS – I. A comprehensive study of cluster formation and evolution (2017)
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Messa, M., Adamo, A., Östlin, G., Calzetti, D., Grasha, K., Grebel, E., …Weber, M. (2018). The young star cluster population of M51 with LEGUS – I. A comprehensive study of cluster formation and evolution. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 473(1), 996-1018. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx2403

Recently acquired WFC3 UV (F275W and F336W) imaging mosaics under the Legacy Extragalactic UV Survey (LEGUS), combined with archival ACS data of M51, are used to study the young star cluster (YSC) population of this interacting system. Our newly extr... Read More about The young star cluster population of M51 with LEGUS – I. A comprehensive study of cluster formation and evolution.

Hierarchical Star Formation in Turbulent Media: Evidence from Young Star Clusters (2017)
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Grasha, K., Elmegreen, B., Calzetti, D., Adamo, A., Aloisi, A., Bright, S., …Ubeda, L. (2017). Hierarchical Star Formation in Turbulent Media: Evidence from Young Star Clusters. Astrophysical Journal, 842(1), Article 25. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa740b

We present an analysis of the positions and ages of young star clusters in eight local galaxies to investigate the connection between the age difference and separation of cluster pairs. We find that star clusters do not form uniformly but instead are... Read More about Hierarchical Star Formation in Turbulent Media: Evidence from Young Star Clusters.

Legacy ExtraGalactic UV Survey with The Hubble Space Telescope: Stellar Cluster Catalogs and First Insights Into Cluster Formation and Evolution in NGC 628 (2017)
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Adamo, A., Ryon, J., Messa, M., Kim, H., Grasha, K., Cook, D., …Zackrisson, E. (2017). Legacy ExtraGalactic UV Survey with The Hubble Space Telescope: Stellar Cluster Catalogs and First Insights Into Cluster Formation and Evolution in NGC 628. Astrophysical Journal, 841(2), Article 131. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa7132

We report the large effort that is producing comprehensive high-level young star cluster (YSC) catalogs for a significant fraction of galaxies observed with the Legacy ExtraGalactic UV Survey (LEGUS) Hubble treasury program. We present the methodolog... Read More about Legacy ExtraGalactic UV Survey with The Hubble Space Telescope: Stellar Cluster Catalogs and First Insights Into Cluster Formation and Evolution in NGC 628.

Effective Radii of Young, Massive Star Clusters in Two LEGUS Galaxies (2017)
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Ryon, J., Gallagher, J., Smith, L., Adamo, A., Calzetti, D., Bright, S., …Ubeda, L. (2017). Effective Radii of Young, Massive Star Clusters in Two LEGUS Galaxies. Astrophysical Journal, 841(2), Article 92. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa719e

We present a study of the effective (half-light) radii and other structural properties of a systematically selected sample of young, massive star clusters (≥5 × 103 ${M}_{\odot }$ and ≤200 Myr) in two nearby spiral galaxies, NGC 628 and NGC 1313. We... Read More about Effective Radii of Young, Massive Star Clusters in Two LEGUS Galaxies.

The Hierarchical Distribution of the Young Stellar Clusters in Six Local Star-forming Galaxies (2017)
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Grasha, K., Calzetti, D., Adamo, A., Kim, H., Elmegreen, B., Gouliermis, D., …Ubeda, L. (2017). The Hierarchical Distribution of the Young Stellar Clusters in Six Local Star-forming Galaxies. Astrophysical Journal, 840(2), Article 113. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa6f15

We present a study of the hierarchical clustering of the young stellar clusters in six local (3–15 Mpc) star-forming galaxies using Hubble Space Telescope broadband WFC3/UVIS UV and optical images from the Treasury Program LEGUS (Legacy ExtraGalactic... Read More about The Hierarchical Distribution of the Young Stellar Clusters in Six Local Star-forming Galaxies.

Exploring the IMF of star clusters: a joint SLUG and LEGUS effort (2017)
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Ashworth, G., Fumagalli, M., Krumholz, M., Adamo, A., Calzetti, D., Chandar, R., …Wofford, A. (2017). Exploring the IMF of star clusters: a joint SLUG and LEGUS effort. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 469(2), 2464-2480. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx935

We present the implementation of a Bayesian formalism within the Stochastically Lighting Up Galaxies (SLUG) stellar population synthesis code, which is designed to investigate variations in the initial mass function (IMF) of star clusters. By compari... Read More about Exploring the IMF of star clusters: a joint SLUG and LEGUS effort.

The COS-Halos Survey: Metallicities in the Low-redshift Circumgalactic Medium (2017)
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Prochaska, J. X., Werk, J. K., Worseck, G., Tripp, T. M., Tumlinson, J., Burchett, J. N., …Tejos, N. (2017). The COS-Halos Survey: Metallicities in the Low-redshift Circumgalactic Medium. Astrophysical Journal, 837(2), Article 169. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa6007

We analyze new far-ultraviolet spectra of 13 quasars from the z~0.2 COS-Halos survey that cover the HI Lyman limit of 14 circumgalactic medium (CGM) systems. These data yield precise estimates or more constraining limits than previous COS-Halos measu... Read More about The COS-Halos Survey: Metallicities in the Low-redshift Circumgalactic Medium.

Probing the intra-group medium of a z = 0.28 galaxy group (2017)
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Bielby, R., Crighton, N., Fumagalli, M., Morris, S., Stott, J., Tejos, N., & Cantalupo, S. (2017). Probing the intra-group medium of a z = 0.28 galaxy group. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 468(2), 1373-1386. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx528

We present new MUSE observations of a galaxy group probed by a background quasar. The quasar sightline passes between multiple z = 0.28 galaxies, whilst showing at the same redshift low-ionized metal line species, including Ca ii, Mg i, Mg ii and Fe ... Read More about Probing the intra-group medium of a z = 0.28 galaxy group.

A measurement of the z = 0 UV background from Halpha fluorescence (2017)
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Fumagalli, M., Haardt, F., Theuns, T., Morris, S. L., Cantalupo, S., Madau, P., & Fossati, M. (2017). A measurement of the z = 0 UV background from Halpha fluorescence. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 467(4), 4802-4816. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx398

We report the detection of extended Halpha emission from the tip of the HI disk of the nearby edge-on galaxy UGC 7321, observed with the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) instrument at the Very Large Telescope. The Halpha surface brightness fa... Read More about A measurement of the z = 0 UV background from Halpha fluorescence.

Angular momentum evolution of galaxies over the past 10 Gyr: a MUSE and KMOS dynamical survey of 400 star-forming galaxies from z = 0.3 to 1.7 (2017)
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Swinbank, M., Harrison, C., Trayford, J., Schaller, M., Smail, I., Schaye, J., …Stott, J. (2017). Angular momentum evolution of galaxies over the past 10 Gyr: a MUSE and KMOS dynamical survey of 400 star-forming galaxies from z = 0.3 to 1.7. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 467(3), 3140-3159. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx201

We present a MUSE and KMOS dynamical study 405 star-forming galaxies at redshift z = 0.28–1.65 (median redshift z¯= 0.84). Our sample is representative of the star-forming “main-sequence”, with star-formation rates of SFR = 0.1–30M⊙ yr−1 and stellar... Read More about Angular momentum evolution of galaxies over the past 10 Gyr: a MUSE and KMOS dynamical survey of 400 star-forming galaxies from z = 0.3 to 1.7.

Witnessing galaxy assembly in an extended z~3 structure (2017)
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Fumagalli, M., Mackenzie, R., Trayford, J., Theuns, T., Cantalupo, S., Christensen, L., …Shanks, T. (2017). Witnessing galaxy assembly in an extended z~3 structure. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 471(3), 3686-3698. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1896

We present new observations acquired with the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer instrument on the Very Large Telescope in a quasar field that hosts a high column density damped Lyα absorber (DLA) at z ≈ 3.25. We detect Lyα emission from a nebula at t... Read More about Witnessing galaxy assembly in an extended z~3 structure.