2009

Nr. ADS citations Authors Title Bib Code Instruments Program ID
           
Compact Objects        
           
12 Decarli, R.; Dotti, M.; Falomo, R. et al. Probing the Nature of the Massive Black Hole Binary Candidate SDSS J1536+0441 2009ApJ...703L..76D FORS2, HAWK-I 282.B-5059
10 Pavlov, G. G.; Kargaltsev, O.; Wong, J. A.; Garmire, G. P. Detection of X-Ray Emission from the Very Old Pulsar J0108-1431 2009ApJ...691..458P FORS1 65.H-0400
10 Pires, A. M.; Motch, C.; Turolla, R.; Treves, A.; Popov, S. B. The isolated neutron star candidate 2XMM J104608.7-594306 2009A&A...498..233P FORS2 079.D-0633
           
Cosmology        
           
87 Marchesini, Danilo; van Dokkum, Pieter G.; Förster Schreiber, Natascha M. et al. TheEvolution of the Stellar Mass Function of Galaxies from z = 4.0 and theFirst Comprehensive Analysis of its Uncertainties: Evidence forMass-Dependent Evolution 2009ApJ...701.1765M , WFI, FORS2, ISAAC, VIMOS 074.A-0709 164.O-0612 168.A-0485 170.A-0788 171.A-3045 275.A-5060
42 Stark, Daniel P.; Ellis, Richard S.; Bunker, Andrew et al. TheEvolutionary History of Lyman Break Galaxies Between Redshift 4 and 6:Observing Successive Generations of Massive Galaxies in Formation 2009ApJ...697.1493S , FORS2, ISAAC 074.A-0709 168.A-0485 170.A-0788 275.A-5060
40 Bundy, Kevin; Fukugita, Masataka; Ellis, Richard S. et al. The Greater Impact of Mergers on the Growth of Massive Galaxies: Implications for Mass Assembly and Evolution since z sime 1 2009ApJ...697.1369B , FORS2, ISAAC, VIMOS 074.A-0709 168.A-0485 170.A-0788 171.A-3045 275.A-5060
40 Vanzella, E.; Giavalisco, M.; Dickinson, M. et al. Spectroscopic Observations of Lyman Break Galaxies at Redshifts ~4, 5, and 6 in the Goods-South Field 2009ApJ...695.1163V , FORS2 170.A-0788
37 Coppin, K. E. K.; Smail, Ian; Alexander, D. M. et al. A submillimetre galaxy at z = 4.76 in the LABOCA survey of the Extended Chandra Deep Field-South 2009MNRAS.395.1905C , FORS2, LABOCA 074.A-0709 080.A-3023 170.A-0788 275.A-5060
37 Santini, P.; Fontana, A.; Grazian, A. et al. Star formation and mass assembly in high redshift galaxies 2009A&A...504..751S , WFI, FORS2, ISAAC, VIMOS 60.A-9120 64.O-0643 66.A-0572 68.A-0544 163.N-0210 164.O-0561 168.A-0485 170.A-0788
32 Cappellari, Michele; di Serego Alighieri, S.; Cimatti, A. et al. Dynamical Masses of Early-Type Galaxies at z ~ 2: Are they Truly Superdense? 2009ApJ...704L..34C , FORS2 173.A-0687
29 Cenarro, A. Javier; Trujillo, Ignacio Mild Velocity Dispersion Evolution of Spheroid-Like Massive Galaxies Since z ~ 2 2009ApJ...696L..43C , FORS2 173.A-0687
27 Poggianti, Bianca M.; Aragón-Salamanca, Alfonso; Zaritsky, Dennis et al. The Environments of Starburst and Post-Starburst Galaxies at z = 0.4-0.8 2009ApJ...693..112P SOFI, FORS2 166.A-0162
27 Sanderson, Alastair J. R.; Edge, Alastair C.; Smith, Graham P. LoCuSS: the connection between brightest cluster galaxy activity, gas cooling and dynamical disturbance of X-ray cluster cores 2009MNRAS.398.1698S FORS2 076.A-0020 077.A-0215 078.A-0154
25 Pentericci, L.; Grazian, A.; Fontana, A. et al. The physical properties of Lyα emitting galaxies: not just primeval galaxies? 2009A&A...494..553P , FORS2, VIMOS 170.A-0788 171.A-3045
20 Juarez, Y.; Maiolino, R.; Mujica, R. et al. The metallicity of the most distant quasars 2009A&A...494L..25J FORS2, ISAAC 074.B-0185 075.B-0487
18 Sánchez-Blázquez, P.; Jablonka, P.; Noll, S. et al. Evolution of red-sequence cluster galaxies from redshift 0.8 to 0.4: ages, metallicities, and morphologies 2009A&A...499...47S SOFI, FORS2 166.A-0162
17 Nonino, M.; Dickinson, M.; Rosati, P. et al. Deep U Band and R Imaging of Goods-South: Observations, Data Reduction and First Results 2009ApJS..183..244N , FORS1, VIMOS 64.O-062171.A-3036 072.A-0586 074.A-0280 074.A-0303 074.A-0509 075.A-0481078.A-0485 078.B-0425 080.A-0411 080.A-0556 167.D-0492 168.A-0485171.A-3045
16 Rosati, P.; Tozzi, P.; Gobat, R. et al. Multi-wavelength study of XMMU J2235.3-2557: the most massive galaxy cluster at z > 1 2009A&A...508..583R FORS2, ISAAC 074.A-0023 077.A-0110 077.A-0177 081.A-0759 274.A-5024
14 Padovani, P.; Mainieri, V.; Tozzi, P. et al. The Very Large Array Survey of the Chandra Deep Field South. IV. Source Population 2009ApJ...694..235P , WFI, FORS1, FORS2, ISAAC 66.A-0270 67.A-0418 074.A-0709 168.A-0485 170.A-0788 275.A-5060
13 Barazza, F. D.; Jablonka, P.; Desai, V. et al. Frequency and properties of bars in cluster and field galaxies at intermediate redshifts 2009A&A...497..713B SOFI, FORS2 166.A-0162
13 Georgakakis, A.; Coil, A. L.; Laird, E. S. et al. Hostgalaxy morphologies of X-ray selected AGN: assessing the significanceof different black hole fuelling mechanisms to the accretion density ofthe Universe at z ~ 1. 2009MNRAS.397..623G , FORS2, VIMOS 171.A-304 074.A-0709 170.A-0788 275.A-5060
12 Fontana, A.; Santini, P.; Grazian, A. et al. The fraction of quiescent massive galaxies in the early Universe 2009A&A...501...15F , WFI, SOFI, FORS2, ISAAC, VIMOS 64.O-0643 66.A-0572 68.A-0544 163.N-0210 164.O-0561 168.A-0485 170.A-0788
12 Hilton, Matt; Stanford, S. Adam; Stott, John P. et al. The XMM Cluster Survey: Galaxy Morphologies and the Color-Magnitude Relation in XMMXCS J2215.9 - 1738 at z = 1.46 2009ApJ...697..436H FORS2 078.A-0060
12 Pelló, R.; Rudnick, G.; De Lucia, G. et al. Photometric redshifts and cluster tomography in the ESO Distant Cluster Survey 2009A&A...508.1173P SOFI, FORS2 166.A-0162
12 Rudnick, Gregory; von der Linden, Anja; Pelló, Roser et al. The Rest-frame Optical Luminosity Function of Cluster Galaxies at z < 0.8 and the Assembly of the Cluster Red Sequence 2009ApJ...700.1559R SOFI, FORS2 166.A-0162
12 Tran, Kim-Vy H.; Saintonge, Amélie; Moustakas, John et al. ASpectroscopically Confirmed Excess of 24 μm Sources in a SuperGalaxy Group at z = 0.37: Enhanced Dusty Star Formation Relative to theCluster and Field Environment 2009ApJ...705..809T FORS2, VIMOS 072.A-0367 076.B-0362 078.B-0409
11 Kurk, J.; Cimatti, A.; Zamorani, G. et al. GMASS ultradeep spectroscopy of galaxies at z ~ 2 . V. Witnessing the assembly at z = 1.6 of a galaxy cluster 2009A&A...504..331K FORS2 173.A-0687
10 Andreon, S.; Maughan, B.; Trinchieri, G.; Kurk, J. JKCS 041: a colour-detected galaxy cluster at zphot ~ 1.9 with deep potential well as confirmed by X-ray data 2009A&A...507..147A FORS2 277.A-5028
10 Ruhland, Christine; Bell, Eric F.; Häußler, Boris et al. TheEvolution of the Scatter of the Cosmic Average Color-MagnitudeRelation: Demonstrating Consistency with the Ongoing Formation ofElliptical Galaxies 2009ApJ...695.1058R , FORS2, VIMOS 074.A-0709 170.A-0788 171.A-3045 275.A-5060
           
Discovery        
           
17 Barbary, K.; Dawson, K. S.; Tokita, K. et al. Discovery of an Unusual Optical Transient with the Hubble Space Telescope 2009ApJ...690.1358B FORS2 077.A-0110
           
Dark Matter        
           
26 Napolitano, N. R.; Romanowsky, A. J.; Coccato, L. et al. The Planetary Nebula Spectrograph elliptical galaxy survey: the dark matter in NGC 4494 2009MNRAS.393..329N FORS2 076.B-0788
24 Coccato, L.; Gerhard, O.; Arnaboldi, M. et al. Kinematic properties of early-type galaxy haloes using planetary nebulae 2009MNRAS.394.1249C FORS2 076.B-0788
           
GRB          
           
50 Greiner, J.; Krühler, T.; Fynbo, J. P. U. et al. GRB 080913 at Redshift 6.7 2009ApJ...693.1610G , SOFI, FORS2, ISAAC, HAWK-I 081.A-0135 081.A-0856 081.A-0966
38 Fynbo, J. P. U.; Jakobsson, P.; Prochaska, J. X. et al. Low-resolutionSpectroscopy of Gamma-ray Burst Optical Afterglows: Biases in the SwiftSample and Characterization of the Absorbers 2009ApJS..185..526F , UVES, FORS1, FORS2 075.D-0270077.D-0661 077.D-0805 078.D-0416 079.D-0429 080.D-0526 081.A-0135081.A-0856 177.A-0591 275.D-5022 281.D-5002
33 Elíasdóttir, Á.; Fynbo, J. P. U.; Hjorth, J. et al. Dust Extinction in High-z Galaxies with Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglow Spectroscopy: The 2175 Å Feature at z = 2.45 2009ApJ...697.1725E FORS2 079.D-0429 177.A-0591
23 Greiner, J.; Krühler, T.; McBreen, S. et al. A Strong Optical Flare Before the Rising Afterglow of GRB 080129 2009ApJ...693.1912G , SOFI, FORS1, ISAAC 081.D-0767 280.D-5059
17 D'Avanzo, P.; Malesani, D.; Covino, S. et al. The optical afterglows and host galaxies of three short/hard gamma-ray bursts 2009A&A...498..711D FORS1, FORS2, ISAAC 076.A-0392 078.D-0809 080.A-0825
12 Ferrero, P.; Klose, S.; Kann, D. A. et al. GRB 060605: multi-wavelength analysis of the first GRB observed using integral field spectroscopy 2009A&A...497..729F FORS2 177.A-0591
12 Xu, D.; Starling, R. L. C.; Fynbo, J. P. U. et al. In Search of Progenitors for Supernovaless Gamma-Ray Bursts 060505 and 060614: Re-examination of Their Afterglows 2009ApJ...696..971X , FORS1, FORS2 077.D-0661 177.A-0591
           
Solar Systems        
           
30 Gillon, M.; Smalley, B.; Hebb, L. et al. Improved parameters for the transiting hot Jupiters WASP-4b and WASP-5b 2009A&A...496..259G UVES, FORS2 280.C-5003
25 Sing, D. K.; López-Morales, M. Ground-based secondary eclipse detection of the very-hot Jupiter OGLE-TR-56b 2009A&A...493L..31S FORS2 081.C-0266
18 Gillon, M.; Demory, B.-O.; Triaud, A. H. M. J. et al. VLT transit and occultation photometry for the bloated planet CoRoT-1b 2009A&A...506..359G FORS2, HAWK-I 080.C-0661 382.C-0642
13 Vernazza, P.; Binzel, R. P.; Rossi, A.; Fulchignoni, M.; Birlan, M. Solar wind as the origin of rapid reddening of asteroid surfaces 2009Natur.458..993V , EMMI, FORS2 078.C-0207 380.C-0241
12 Demeo, F. E.; Fornasier, S.; Barucci, M. A. et al. Visible and near-infrared colors of Transneptunian objects and Centaurs from the second ESO large program 2009A&A...493..283D FORS1, ISAAC 178.C-0036 178.C-0867
           
Stellar Populations        
           
21 Bresolin, Fabio; Gieren, Wolfgang; Kudritzki, Rolf-Peter et al. Extragalactic Chemical Abundances: Do H II Regions and Young Stars Tell the Same Story? The Case of the Spiral Galaxy NGC 300 2009ApJ...700..309B FORS2 077.B-0269
19 Bresolin, Fabio; Ryan-Weber, Emma; Kennicutt, Robert C.; Goddard, Quinton The Flat Oxygen Abundance Gradient in the Extended Disk of M83 2009ApJ...695..580B FORS2 079.B-0438
15 Koleva, Mina; de Rijcke, Sven; Prugniel, Philippe; Zeilinger, Werner W.; Michielsen, Dolf Formation and evolution of dwarf elliptical galaxies - II. Spatially resolved star formation histories 2009MNRAS.396.2133K FORS1, FORS2 075.B-0179 076.B-0196 165.N-0115
13 Da Costa, G. S.; Held, E. V.; Saviane, I.; Gullieuszik, M. M22: An [Fe/H] Abundance Range Revealed 2009ApJ...705.1481D FORS2 077.D-0775
13 Parisi, M. C.; Grocholski, A. J.; Geisler, D.; Sarajedini, A.; Clariá, J. J. Ca II Triplet Spectroscopy of Small Magellanic Cloud Red Giants. I. Abundances and Velocities for a Sample of Clusters 2009AJ....138..517P FORS2 076.B-0533
10 Fraternali, F.; Tolstoy, E.; Irwin, M. J.; Cole, A. A. Life at the periphery of the Local Group: the kinematics of the Tucana dwarf galaxy 2009A&A...499..121F FORS1, FORS2 63.N-0560 69.B-0305
           
SN          
           
38 Valenti, S.; Pastorello, A.; Cappellaro, E. et al. A low-energy core-collapse supernova without a hydrogen envelope 2009Natur.459..674V FORS2 078.D-0246
21 Gal-Yam, A.; Mazzali, P.; Ofek, E. O. et al. Supernova 2007bi as a pair-instability explosion 2009Natur.462..624G FORS2 081.D-0173
18 Helder, E. A.; Vink, J.; Bassa, C. G. et al. Measuring the Cosmic-Ray Acceleration Efficiency of a Supernova Remnant 2009Sci...325..719H , FORS2 079.D-0735
17 Taubenberger, S.; Valenti, S.; Benetti, S. et al. Nebular emission-line profiles of Type Ib/c supernovae - probing the ejecta asphericity 2009MNRAS.397..677T , FORS2, EFOSC2_2.2, EFOSC2_3.6 57.D-053458.D-0307 59.D-0332 60.D-0415 61.D-0630 65.H-0292 66.D-0683 075.D-0662078.D-0246 079.D-0716 145.4-0004
16 Malesani, D.; Fynbo, J. P. U.; Hjorth, J. et al. Early Spectroscopic Identification of SN 2008D 2009ApJ...692L..84M UVES, FORS2 080.D-0526
11 Foley, R. J.; Matheson, T.; Blondin, S. et al. Spectroscopy of High-Redshift Supernovae from the Essence Project: The First Four Years 2009AJ....137.3731F FORS1 170.A-0519 176.A-0319
10 Stritzinger, Maximilian; Mazzali, Paolo; Phillips, Mark M. et al. The He-Rich Core-Collapse Supernova 2007Y: Observations from X-Ray to Radio Wavelengths 2009ApJ...696..713S EMMI, FORS1, ISAAC 078.D-0048 380.D-0272
10 Tanaka, Masaomi; Yamanaka, Masayuki; Maeda, Keiichi et al. Nebular Phase Observations of the Type Ib Supernova 2008D/X-ray Transient 080109: Side-viewed Bipolar Explosion 2009ApJ...700.1680T FORS1 075.D-0213