Eight-Dimensional Mid-Infrared/Optical Bayesian Quasar Selection (2008)
Richards, Gordon T., Deo, Rajesh P., Lacy, Mark, Myers, Adam D., Nichol, Robert C., Zakamska, Nadia L., ...
We explore the multidimensional, multiwavelength selection of quasars from mid-IR (MIR) plus optical data, specifically from Spitzer-IRAC and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). We apply modern...
Quasar Black Hole Masses from Velocity Dispersions (2008)
Canalizo, Gabriela, Wold, Margrethe, Lazarova, Mariana, Lacy, Mark
Much progress has been made in measuring black hole (BH) masses in (non-active) galactic nuclei using the tight correlation between stellar velocity dispersions sigma in galaxies and the mass of...
Muzzin, Adam, Wilson, Gillian, Yee, H. K. C., Hoekstra, Henk, Gilbank, David, Surace, Jason, ...
The Spitzer Adaptation of the Red-sequence Cluster Survey (SpARCS) is a deep z'-band imaging survey covering the Spitzer SWIRE Legacy fields designed to create the first large homogeneously-selected...
Wilson, Gillian, Muzzin, Adam, Yee, H. K. C., Lacy, Mark, Surace, Jason, Gilbank, David, ...
The Spitzer Adaptation of the Red-sequence Cluster Survey (SpARCS) is a z'-passband imaging survey, consisting of deep (z' ~ 24 AB) observations made from both hemispheres using the CFHT 3.6m and...
Photometry using the Infrared Array Camera on the Spitzer Space Telescope (2008)
Hora, Joseph L., Carey, Sean, Surace, Jason, Marengo, Massimo, Lowrance, Patrick, Glaccum, William J., ...
We present several corrections for point source photometry to be applied to data from the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) on the Spitzer Space Telescope. These corrections are necessary because of...
Urrutia, Tanya, Becker, Robert H., White, Richard L., Glikman, Eilat, Lacy, Mark, Hodge, Jacqueline, ...
We present results on a survey to find extremely dust-reddened Type-1 Quasars. Combining the FIRST radio survey, the 2MASS Infrared Survey and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, we have selected a...
Fueling QSOs: The Relevance of Mergers (2008)
Bennert, Nicola, Canalizo, Gabriela, Jungwiert, Bruno, Stockton, Alan, Schweizer, Francois, Peng, Chien Y., ...
To study the relevance of mergers for the fueling of QSOs, we are currently conducting an HST imaging campaign of a sample of QSO host galaxies classified as ellipticals in the literature. Here, we...
Quasar Black Hole Masses from Velocity Dispersions (2008)
Canalizo, Gabriela, Wold, Margrethe, Lazarova, Mariana, Lacy, Mark
Much progress has been made in measuring black hole (BH) masses in (non-active) galactic nuclei using the tight correlation between stellar velocity dispersions (sigma) in galaxies and the mass of...
Muzzin, Adam, Wilson, Gillian, Lacy, Mark, Yee, H. K. C., Stanford, S. A.
We present a catalogue of 99 candidate clusters and groups of galaxies in the redshift range 0.1 < z_{phot} < 1.3 discovered in the Spitzer First Look Survey (FLS). The clusters are selected by their...
Smith, Daniel J. B., Jarvis, Matt J., Lacy, Mark, Martínez-Sansigre, Alejo
This paper discusses infrared and millimetre-wavelength observations of a Lyman-alpha blob discovered by Smith & Jarvis, a candidate for ionization by the cold accretion scenario discussed in Fardal...
Evidence for Merger Remnants in Early-Type Host Galaxies of Low-Redshift QSOs (2008)
Bennert, Nicola, Canalizo, Gabriela, Jungwiert, Bruno, Stockton, Alan, Schweizer, Francois, Peng, Chien Y., ...
We present results from a pilot HST ACS deep imaging study in broad-band V of five low-redshift QSO host galaxies classified in the literature as ellipticals. The aim of our study is to determine...
Mid-infrared spectroscopy of high-redshift obscured quasars (2007)
Martinez-Sansigre, Alejo, Lacy, Mark, Sajina, Anna, Rawlings, Steve
We present mid-infrared observations of 18 sources from a sample of 21 z~2 radio-intermediate obscured quasars. The mid-infrared spectra of the sources are continuum dominated, and 12 sources show...
Bennert, Nicola, Canalizo, Gabriela, Jungwiert, Bruno, Stockton, Alan, Schweizer, Francois, Peng, Chien, ...
We present very deep HST/ACS images of five QSO host galaxies, classified as undisturbed ellipticals in earlier studies. For four of the five objects, our images reveal strong signs of interaction...
Urrutia, Tanya, Lacy, Mark, Becker, Robert H.
We present Hubble ACS images of thirteen dust reddened Type-1 quasars selected from the FIRST/2MASS Red Quasar Survey. These quasars have high intrinsic luminosities after correction for dust...
Discovery of Radio Jets in z~2 ULIRGs with Deep 9.7um Silicate Absorption (2007)
Sajina, Anna, Yan, Lin, Lacy, Mark, Huynh, Minh
Recent Spitzer observations have revealed a substantial population of z~2 ULIRGs with deep silicate absorption (\tau_{9.7}>1). This paper reports a 20cm radio study of such a sample to elucidate...
Spectacular Shells in the Host Galaxy of the QSO MC2 1635+119 (2007)
Canalizo, Gabriela, Bennert, Nicola, Jungwiert, Bruno, Stockton, Alan, Schweizer, Francois, Lacy, Mark, ...
We present deep HST/ACS images and Keck spectroscopy of MC2 1635+119, a QSO hosted by a galaxy previously classified as an undisturbed elliptical. Our new images reveal dramatic shell structure...
The FIRST-2MASS Red Quasar Survey (2007)
Glikman, Eilat, Helfand, David J., White, Richard L., Becker, Robert H., Gregg, Michael D., Lacy, Mark
Combining radio observations with optical and infrared color selection -- demonstrated in our pilot study to be an efficient selection algorithm for finding red quasars -- we have obtained optical...
Farrah, Duncan, Lacy, Mark, Priddey, Robert, Borys, Colin, Afonso, Jose
We present mid/far-infrared photometry of nine FeLoBAL QSOs, taken using the Spitzer space telescope. All nine objects are extremely bright in the infrared, with rest-frame 1-1000 micron luminosities...
The Massive Hosts of Radio Galaxies Across Cosmic Time (2007)
Seymour, Nick, Stern, Daniel, De Breuck, Carlos, Vernet, Joel, Rettura, Alessandro, Dickinson, Mark, ...
We present the results of a comprehensive Spitzer survey of 69 radio galaxies across 1
Reuland, Michiel, Van Breugel, Wil, De Vries, Wim, Dopita, Michael A., Dey, Arjun, Miley, George, ...
We present the results of an optical and near-IR spectroscopic study of giant nebular emission line halos associated with three z > 3 radio galaxies, 4C 41.17, 4C 60.07 and B2 0902+34. Previous deep...
Schaefer, Justin J., Brotherton, Michael S., Shang, Zhaohui, Gregg, Michael D., Becker, Robert H., Laurent-Muehleisen, Sally A., ...
We have detected FIRST J101614.3+520916 with the XMM-Newton X-ray observatory. FIRST J101614.3+520916, one of the most extreme radio-loud, broad absorption line (BAL) quasars so far discovered, is...
A population of high-redshift type 2 quasars – I. Selection criteria and optical spectra (2006)
Martínez-Sansigre, Alejo, Rawlings, Steve, Lacy, Mark, Fadda, Dario, Jarvis, Matt J., Marleau, Francine R., ...
We discuss the relative merits of mid-infrared and X-ray selection of type 2 quasars. We describe the mid-infrared, near-infrared and radio selection criteria used to find a population of redshift...
The Stellar Mass Density at z~6 from Spitzer Imaging of i-drop Galaxies (2006)
Eyles, Laurence, Bunker, Andrew, Ellis, Richard, Lacy, Mark, Stanway, Elizabeth, Stark, Daniel, ...
We measure the ages, stellar masses, and star formation histories of z~6 galaxies, observed within 1Gyr of the Big Bang. We use imaging from HST and Spitzer from the public "Great Observatories...
XMM-Newton Detection of the Rare FR II BAL Quasar FIRST J101614.3+520916 (2006)
Schaefer, Justin J., Brotherton, Michael S., Shang, Zhaohui, Gregg, Michael D., Becker, Robert H., Laurent-Muehleisen, Sally A., ...
We have detected FIRST J101614.3+520916 with the XMM-Newton X-ray Observatory. FIRST J101614.3+520916, one of the most extreme radio-loud, broad absorption line (BAL) quasars so far discovered, is...
A population of high-redshift type-2 quasars-I. Selection Criteria and Optical Spectra (2006)
Martinez-Sansigre, Alejo, Rawlings, Steve, Lacy, Mark, Fadda, Dario, Jarvis, Matt J., Marleau, Francine R., ...
We discuss the relative merits of mid-infrared and X-ray selection of type-2 quasars. We describe the mid-infrared, near-infrared and radio selection criteria used to find a population of redshift...
Clusters of Galaxies at 1 < z < 2 : The Spitzer Adaptation of the Red-Sequence Cluster Survey (2006)
Wilson, Gillian, Muzzin, Adam, Lacy, Mark, Yee, Howard, Surace, Jason, Lonsdale, Carol, ...
As the densest galaxy environments in the universe, clusters are vital to our understanding of the role that environment plays in galaxy formation and evolution. Unfortunately, the evolution of...
Star Formation in QSO Host Galaxies (2006)
Canalizo, Gabriela, Stockton, Alan, Brotherton, Michael S., Lacy, Mark
Many of the conditions that are necessary for starbursts appear to be important in the triggering of QSOs. However, it is still debatable whether starbursts are ubiquitously present in galaxies...
Spectral Energy Distributions and Multiwavelength Selection of Type 1 Quasars (2006)
Richards, Gordon T., Lacy, Mark, Storrie-Lombardi, Lisa J., Hall, Patrick B., Gallagher, S. C., Hines, Dean C., ...
We present an analysis of the mid-infrared (MIR) and optical properties of type 1 (broad-line) quasars detected by the Spitzer Space Telescope. The MIR color-redshift relation is characterized to...
Quasars and their host galaxies (2006)
This review attempts to describe developments in the fields of quasar and quasar host galaxies in the past five. In this time period, the Sloan and 2dF quasar surveys have added several tens of...
Spectral energy distributions and multiwavelength selection of type 1 quasars (2006)
Richards, Gordon T., Lacy, Mark, Storrie-Lombardi, Lisa J., Hall, Patrick B., Gallagher, S. C., Hines, Dean C., ...
We present an analysis of the mid-infrared (MIR) and optical properties of type 1 (broad-line) quasars detected by the Spitzer Space Telescope. The MIR color-redshift relation is characterized to...
Most supermassive black hole growth is obscured by dust (2005)
Martinez-Sansigre, Alejo, Rawlings, Steve, Lacy, Mark, Fadda, Dario, Marleau, Francine R., Simpson, Chris, ...
We present an alternative method to X-ray surveys for hunting down the high-redshift type-2 quasar population, using Spitzer and VLA data on the Spitzer First Look Survey. By demanding objects to be...
Star Forming Galaxies at z~6 and Reionization (2005)
Bunker, Andrew, Stanway, Elizabeth, Ellis, Richard, McMahon, Richard, Eyles, Laurence, Lacy, Mark
We determine the abundance of i'-band drop-outs in the HST/ACS GOODS surveys and the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (UDF). The majority of these sources are likely to be z~6 galaxies whose flux decrement...
The 2-850 micron SED of starforming galaxies (2005)
Sajina, Anna, Scott, Douglas, Dennefeld, Michel, Dole, Herve, Lacy, Mark, Lagache, Guilaine
We present preliminary results on a study of the 2--850 micron SEDs of a sample of 30 FIRBACK galaxies selected at 170 micron. These sources are representative of the brightest ~10% of the Cosmic...
The obscuration by dust of most of the growth of supermassive black holes (2005)
Martinez-Sansigre, Alejo, Rawlings, Steve, Lacy, Mark, Fadda, Dario, Marleau, Francine R., Simpson, Chris, ...
Supermassive black holes underwent periods of exponential growth during which we seem them as quasars in the distant Universe. The summed emission from these quasars generates the cosmic X-ray...
Detecting Clusters of Galaxies at High Redshift with the Spitzer Space Telescope (2005)
Wilson, Gillian, Muzzin, Adam, Lacy, Mark, Team, The FLS
We present an infrared adaptation of the Cluster Red-Sequence method. We modify the two filter technique of Gladders & Yee (2000) to identify clusters based on their R-[3.6] color. We apply the...
Evolution of the 3.6 micron Cluster Luminosity Function (2005)
Muzzin, Adam, Wilson, Gillian, Lacy, Mark
We have measured the 3.6 micron cluster luminosity function (LF) using a sample of 123 galaxy clusters selected from the 4 degree^2 Spitzer First Look Survey (FLS). The clusters were selected on the...
Chandra Observations of 12 Luminous Red Quasars (2005)
Urrutia, Tanya, Lacy, Mark, Gregg, Michael D., Becker, Robert H.
We present results of a study of 12 dust-reddened quasars with 0.4 < z < 2.65 and reddenings in the range 0.15 < E(B-V) < 1.7. We obtained ACIS-S X-ray spectra of these quasars, estimated the column...
Spitzer Imaging of i'-drop Galaxies: Old Stars at z~6 (2005)
Eyles, Laurence, Bunker, Andrew, Stanway, Elizabeth, Lacy, Mark, Ellis, Richard, Doherty, Michelle
We present new evidence for mature stellar populations with ages >100Myr in massive galaxies (M_stellar>10^10M_sun) seen at a time when the Universe was less than 1Gyr old. We analyse the prominent...
The 2-850 micron SED of starforming galaxies (2004)
Sajina, Anna, Scott, Douglas, Dennefeld, Michel, Dole, Herve, Lacy, Mark, Lagache, Guilaine
We present preliminary results on a study of the 2--850 micron SEDs of a sample of 30 FIRBACK galaxies selected at 170 micron. These sources are representative of the brightest ~10% of the Cosmic...
Penetrating Dust Tori in AGN (2004)
Canalizo, Gabriela, Max, Claire, Antonucci, Robert, Whysong, David, Stockton, Alan, Lacy, Mark
We present preliminary results from high resolution (~ 0.05") adaptive optics observations of Cygnus A. The images show a bi-conic structure strongly suggestive of an obscuring torus around a quasar...
The First Measurements of Galaxy Clustering from IRAC Data of the Spitzer First Look Survey (2004)
Fang, Fan, Shupe, David L., Wilson, Gillian, Lacy, Mark, Fadda, Dario, Jarrett, Tom, ...
We present the first results of the angular auto-correlation function of the galaxies detected by the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) instrument in the First Look Survey (FLS) of the Spitzer Space...
Colors and magnitudes of quasar host galaxies at high redshift (2004)
Ridgway, Susan E., Heckman, Tim, Lacy, Mark
We discuss the results so far of a program to image in the rest-frame optical and near-UV the host galaxies of a sample of 5 high redshift (z ~ 2–3) radio-quiet quasars with nuclear luminosities...
Glikman, Eilat, Gregg, Michael D., Lacy, Mark, Helfand, David J., Becker, Robert H., White, Richard L.
We have constructed a sample of bright near-infrared sources which are detected at radio wavelengths but undetected on the POSS I plates in order to search for a population of dust-obscured quasars....
The 2-850 micron SED of starforming galaxies (2004)
Sajina, Anna, Scott, Douglas, Dennefeld, Michel, Dole, Herve, Lacy, Mark, Lagache, Guilaine
We present preliminary results on a study of the 2--850 micron SEDs of a sample of 30 FIRBACK galaxies selected at 170 micron. These sources are representative of the brightest ~10% of the Cosmic...
The 2-850 micron SED of starforming galaxies (2004)
Sajina, Anna, Scott, Douglas, Dennefeld, Michel, Dole, Herve, Lacy, Mark, Lagache, Guilaine
We present preliminary results on a study of the 2--850 micron SEDs of a sample of 30 FIRBACK galaxies selected at 170 micron. These sources are representative of the brightest ~10% of the Cosmic...
The Aligned z ~ 1 Radio Galaxy 3C 280 (2003)
Ridgway, Susan E., Stockton, Alan, Lacy, Mark
The z~1 radio galaxy 3C280 has a striking rest-frame UV morphology, with multiple line and continuum components precisely aligned with the radio structure, including an obvious semi-circular arc. We...
Lacy, Mark, Becker, Robert H., Storrie-Lombardi, Lisa J., Gregg, Michael D., Urrutia, Tanya, White, Richard L., ...
We have identified galaxies near two quasars which are at the redshift of damped Lyman-alpha (DLA) systems in the UV spectra of the quasars. Both galaxies are actively forming stars. One galaxy has a...
Two 100 Mpc-scale structures in the 3-D distribution of radio galaxies and their implications (2003)
Brand, Kate, Rawlings, Steve, Hill, Gary J., Lacy, Mark, Mitchell, Ewan, Tufts, Joe
We present unequivocal evidence for a huge (~80 x 100 x 100 Mpc^3) super-structure at redshift z=0.27 in the 3-D distribution of radio galaxies from the TONS08 sample, confirming tentative evidence...
Giant Lya nebulae associated with high redshift radio galaxies (2003)
Reuland, Michiel, Van Breugel, Wil, Roettgering, Huub, De Vries, Wim, Stanford, S. A., Dey, Arjun, ...
We report deep Keck narrow-band Lya images of the luminous z > 3 radio galaxies 4C 41.17, 4C 60.07, and B2 0902+34. The images show giant, 100-200 kpc scale emission line nebulae, centered on these...
Massive Black Holes at High Redshifts (2003)
Black holes with masses M_BH~10^{8.5} M_Sun dominate the accretion history of the Universe. These black hole masses are typical of those found in radio-selected galaxies today, suggesting that the...
Using radio galaxies to find super-structures (2003)
Brand, Kate, Rawlings, Steve, Hill, Gary J., Lacy, Mark
Radio galaxies are excellent at tracing large-scale structure due to their high bias. We present new results from the TONS08 radio galaxy redshift survey. We find unequivocal evidence for a huge (at...
The production mechanism of radio jets in AGN and quasar grand unification (2002)
Recent advances in estimating black hole masses for AGN show that radio luminosity is dependent on black hole mass and accretion rate. In this paper we outline a possible scheme for unifying...
Observations of quasar hosts with adaptive optics at Lick Observatory (2002)
Lacy, Mark, Gates, Elinor L., Ridgway, Susan E., De Vries, Wim, Canalizo, Gabriela, Lloyd, James P., ...
We present near-infrared H-band observations of the hosts of three z~1 quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey made with the adaptive optics system at Lick Observatory. We derive a PSF for each...
Performance of the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) for SIRTF during (2002)
Joseph L. Hora, Giovanni G. Fazio, Lori E. Allen, Pauline Barmby, Lynne K. Deutsch, ...
The Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) is one of three focal plane instruments in the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF). IRAC is a four-channel camera that obtains simultaneous images at 3.6, 4.5,...
Optical spectroscopy of radio galaxies in the 7C Redshift Survey (2002)
Willott, Chris J., Rawlings, Steve, Blundell, Katherine M., Lacy, Mark, Hill, Gary J., Scott, Susan E.
We present optical spectroscopy of all 49 radio galaxies in the 7C-I and 7C-II regions of the 7C Redshift Survey (7CRS). The low-frequency (151 MHz) selected 7CRS sample contains all sources with...
Gregg, Michael D., Lacy, Mark, White, Richard L., Glikman, Eilat, Helfand, David, Becker, Robert H., ...
In a survey of quasar candidates selected by matching the FIRST and 2MASS catalogs, we have found two extraordinarily red quasars. FIRST J013435.7-093102 is a 1 Jy source at z=2.216 and has B-K > 10,...
On the redshift cut-off for steep-spectrum radio sources (2001)
Jarvis, Matt J., Rawlings, Steve, Willott, Chris J., Blundell, Katherine M., Eales, Steve, Lacy, Mark
We use three samples (3CRR, 6CE and 6C*) selected at low radio frequency to constrain the cosmic evolution in the radio luminosity function (RLF) for the `most luminous' steep-spectrum radio sources....
Jarvis, Matt J., Rawlings, Steve, Lacy, Mark, Blundell, Katherine M., Bunker, Andrew J., Eales, Steve, ...
(Abridged) This is the second in a series of three papers which present and interpret basic observational data on the 6C* 151-MHz radio sample: a low-frequency selected sample which exploits...
Bright Quasar Survey Iii. The South Galactic Cap (2001)
Robert H. Becker, Richard L. White, Michael D. Gregg, Michael S. Brotherton, Chris D. Impey, ...
We present the results of an extension of the FIRST Bright Quasar Survey (FBQS) to the South Galactic cap, and to a fainter optical magnitude limit. Radio source counterparts with SERC R magnitudes...
Radio-quiet quasar environments at 0.5 (2001)
Wold, Margrethe, Lacy, Mark, Lilje, Per B., Serjeant, Stephen
We quantify the galaxy environments around a sample of 0.5
The FIRST Bright Quasar Survey III. The South Galactic Cap (2001)
Becker, Robert H., White, Richard L., Gregg, Michael D., Laurent-Muehleisen, Sally A., Brotherton, Michael S., Impey, Chris D., ...
We present the results of an extension of the FIRST Bright Quasar Survey (FBQS) to the South Galactic cap, and to a fainter optical magnitude limit. Radio source counterparts with SERC R magnitudes...
Two-colour photometric selection of high redshift galaxies (2001)
In this paper we describe a set of models to predict the colours of galaxies over a wide range of redshifts. We present example output from the simulations, and discuss their application to the...