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Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, University of Portsmouth
About: Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, University of Portsmouth is a based out in . It is known for research contribution in the topics: Galaxy & Redshift. The organization has 297 authors who have published 1207 publications receiving 76919 citations.
Topics: Galaxy, Redshift, Dark energy, Dark matter, Cosmic microwave background
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed publicly available, individual spectra of four massive early-type galaxies with redshifts in the range 1.4 < z < 2 to determine their stellar content, extending their previous work up to z~2.
Abstract: We analyse publicly available, individual spectra of four, massive ($M>10^{11}M_{\odot}$) early-type galaxies with redshifts in the range 1.4 < z < 2 to determine their stellar content, extending our previous work up to z~2. The wide wavelength range of the VLT/X-Shooter spectroscopic data in the UV-Optical-NIR arms along with the availability of spectro-photometry allows us to explore different techniques to obtain the stellar population properties, namely through age/metallicity sensitive spectral indices, full spectral fitting and broad-band photometric fitting. Moreover, together with the widely used optical Lick indices we consider further indices in the UV rest-frame, and demonstrate that UV indices significantly help the accuracy of the resulting population parameters.
We find galaxy ages ranging from 0.2 to 4 Gyr, where the oldest galaxy is found at the lowest redshift, with an excellent agreement between ages determined via indices, full spectral fitting or broad-band colours. These ages are in perfect agreement with ages of local galaxies at the same velocity dispersion when we assume pure passive evolution. Total metallicities derived from indices show some scatter (between less than half-solar to very high values, ([Z/H]~0.6]). We speculate on possible mechanisms explaining these values, but given the sample size and low S/N of the spectra no conclusion can be made.
Indices in the UV-rest frame generally lead to similar conclusions as optical indices. For the oldest galaxy (4 Gyr) we show that its UV-indices can only be explained by stellar population models including a UV contribution from old stellar populations, suggesting that old, UV bright populations start to inhabit mature galaxies of a few Gyr of age. This is the highest redshift (z~1.4) detection of the UV-upturn up to date.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors used the duality approach to evaluate the modified propagator around the rotating Banados-Teitelboim-Zanelli black hole and showed that the propagator is finite in the coincident limit.
Abstract: Modes emerging out of a collapsing black hole are red-shifted to such an extent that Hawking radiation at future null infinity consists of modes that have energies beyond the Planck scale at past null infinity. This indicates that physics at the Planck scale may modify the spectrum of Hawking radiation and the associated stress-energy tensor of the quantum field. Recently, it has been shown that, the T-duality symmetry of string fluctuations along compact extra dimensions leads to a modification of the standard propagator of point particles in quantum field theory. At low energies (when compared to the string scale), the modified propagator is found to behave as though the spacetime possesses a minimal length, say, $\lp$, which we shall assume to be of the order of the Planck length. We utilize the duality approach to evaluate the modified propagator around the rotating Banados-Teitelboim-Zanelli black hole and show that the propagator is finite in the coincident limit. We compute the stress-energy tensor associated with the modified Green's function and illustrate graphically that the quantum gravitational corrections turn out to be negligibly small. We conclude by briefly commenting on the results we have obtained.
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TL;DR: In this article, a relation between theoretical parameters and orthogonal/equilateral nonlinear parameters using the Fisher matrix approach for the CMB bispectrum is provided, which can be applied to general single-field models.
Abstract: In this paper, we study cosmic microwave background (CMB) constraints on primordial non-Gaussianity in Dirac–Born–Infeld (DBI) galileon models in which an induced gravity term is added to the DBI action. In this model, the non-Gaussianity of orthogonal shape can be generated. We provide a relation between theoretical parameters and orthogonal/equilateral nonlinear parameters using the Fisher matrix approach for the CMB bispectrum. In doing so, we include the effect of the CMB transfer functions and experimental noise properties by employing the recently developed second order non-Gaussianity code. The relation is also shown in the language of effective theory so that it can be applied to general single-field models. Using the bispectrum Fisher matrix and the central values for equilateral and orthogonal non-Gaussianities found by the Planck temperature survey, we provide forecasts on the theoretical parameters of the DBI galileon model. We consider the upcoming Planck polarization data and the proposed post-Planck experiments Cosmic Origins Explore (COrE) and Polarized Radiation Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (PRISM). We find that Planck polarization measurements may provide a hint for a non-canonical sound speed at the 68% confidence level. COrE and PRISM will not only confirm a non-canonical sound speed but also exclude the conventional DBI inflation model at more than the 95% and 99% confidence level respectively, assuming that the central values will not change. This indicates that improving constraints on non-Gaussianity further by future CMB experiments is invaluable to constrain the physics of the early universe.
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State University of Campinas1, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul2, Sao Paulo State University3, Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca4, Rhodes University5, University College London6, Fermilab7, University of Paris8, Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, University of Portsmouth9, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign10, National Center for Supercomputing Applications11, IFAE12, University of Pennsylvania13, Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad14, University of Michigan15, Institut de Ciències de l'Espai16, Autonomous University of Madrid17, Ohio State University18, University of Washington19, Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics20, University of California, Santa Cruz21, Australian Astronomical Observatory22, Argonne National Laboratory23, University of São Paulo24, Texas A&M University25, Princeton University26, California Institute of Technology27, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory28, University of Southampton29, Oak Ridge National Laboratory30
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an approach for creating science-ready catalogs through a software infrastructure developed for the Dark Energy Survey (DES), which integrates the data products released by DES Data Management and additional products created by the DES collaboration in an environment known as DES Science Portal.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors introduce the mathematics and physics that underpins recent work using the clustering of galaxies to derive cosmological model constraints, and provide an example joint analysis of the latest CMB and large-scale structure data, leading to a set of parameter constraints.
Abstract: In this manuscript I introduce the mathematics and physics that underpins recent work using the clustering of galaxies to derive cosmological model constraints. I start by describing the basic concepts, and gradually move on to some of the complexities involved in analysing galaxy redshift surveys, focusing on the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey (2dFGRS) and the Sloan Digital Sky survey (SDSS). Diffculties within such an analysis, particularly dealing with redshift space distortions and galaxy bias are highlighted. I then describe current observations of the CMB fluctuation power spectrum, and consider the importance of measurements of the clustering of galaxies in light of recent experiments. Finally, I provide an example joint analysis of the latest CMB and large-scale structure data, leading to a set of parameter constraints.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Robert C. Nichol | 187 | 851 | 162994 |
Daniel Thomas | 134 | 846 | 84224 |
Will J. Percival | 129 | 473 | 87752 |
Tommaso Treu | 126 | 715 | 49090 |
Claudia Maraston | 103 | 362 | 59178 |
Marco Cavaglia | 93 | 372 | 60157 |
Ashley J. Ross | 90 | 248 | 46395 |
David A. Wake | 89 | 214 | 46124 |
László Á. Gergely | 89 | 426 | 60674 |
L. K. Nuttall | 89 | 253 | 54834 |
Rita Tojeiro | 87 | 229 | 43140 |
Roy Maartens | 86 | 432 | 23747 |
David Keitel | 85 | 253 | 56849 |
Davide Pietrobon | 83 | 152 | 62010 |
Gong-Bo Zhao | 81 | 287 | 35540 |