The NEWFIRM Medium-Band Survey
Simultaneous Modeling of the Stellar and Dust Emission in Distant Galaxies: Impliciations for Star Formation Rate Measurements Utomo, D., Kriek, M., Labbe, I., Conroy, C., Fumagalli, M., 2014, ApJ, 783, L30.
X-Ray Properties of K-selected Galaxies at 0.5<z<2.0: Investiaging Trends with STellar Mass, Redshift, and Spectral Type Jones, T., Kriek, M., van Dokkum, P.G., Brammer, G.B., Franx, M., Greene, J., Labbe, I., Whitaker, K., 2014, ApJ, 783, 25.
The Dust Attenuation Law in Distant Galaxies: Evidence for Variation with Spectral Type Kriek, M. & Conroy, C., 2013, ApJ, 775, L16.
Galaxy Environments over Cosmic Time: The Non-evolving Radial Galaxy Distributions around Massive Galaxies since z=1.6 Tal, T., van Dokkum, P.G., Franx, M., Leja, J., Wake, D.A., Whitaker, K.E., 2013, ApJ, 769, 31.
What Are the Progenitors of Compact, Massive, Quiescent Galaxies at z=2.3? The Population of Massive Galaxies at z>3 from NMBS and CANDELS Stefanon, M., Marchesini, D., Rudnick, G., Brammer, G., Whitaker, K.E., 2013, ApJ, 768, 92.
The Star-formation Mass Sequence out to z=2.5 Whitaker, K.E., van Dokkum, P.G., Brammer, G., and Franx, M., ApJ, 754, 29.
A Large Population of Compact Post-Starburst Galaxies at z>1: Implications for the Size Evolution and Quenching Mechanism of Quiescent Galaxies Whitaker, K.E., Kriek, M., van Dokkum, P.G., Bezanson, R., Brammer, G., Franx, M., Labbé, I. 2012, ApJ, 745, 179.
Halpha and 4000 Angstrom Break Measurements for ~3500 K-selected Galaxies at 0.5<z<2.0 Kriek, M., van Dokkum, P.G., Whitaker, K.E., Labbé, I., Franx, M., Brammer, G. 2011, ApJ, 743, 168.
The number density and mass density of star-forming and quiescent galaxies at 0.4<z<2.2 Brammer, G., Whitaker, K.E., van Dokkum, P.G., Marchesini, D., Franx, M., Kriek, M., Labbé, I., Lee, K.-S., Muzzin, A., Quadri, R.F., Rudnick, G., Williams, R. 2011, ApJ, 739, 24.
The NEWFIRM Medium-Band Survey: Photometric Catalogs, Redshifts and the Bimodal Color Distribution of Galaxies out to z~3 Whitaker, K.E., Labbé, I., van Dokkum, P.G., Brammer, G., Kriek, M., Marchesini, D., Quadri, R.F., Muzzin, A., Williams, R., Bezanson, R., Illingworth, G.D., Lee, K.-S., Lundgren, B., Nelson, E., Rudnick, G., Tal, T., Wake, D.A. 2011, ApJ, 735, 86W.
Galaxy Clustering in the NEWFIRM Medium-band Survey: The Relationship Between Stellar Mass and Dark Matter Halo Mass at 1<z<2 Wake, D.A., Whitaker, K.E., Labbé, I., van Dokkum, P.G., Franx, M., Quadri, R.F., Brammer, G., Kriek, M., Lundgren, B.F., Marchesini, D., Muzzin, A. 2011, ApJ, 728, 46.
The Most Massive Galaxies at 3.0<z<4.0 in the NEWFIRM Medium-band Survey: Properties and Improved Constraints on the Stellar Mass Function Marchesini, D., Whitaker, K.E., Brammer, G., van Dokkum, P.G., Labbé, I., Muzzin, A., Quadri, R.F., Kriek, M., Lee, K.-S., Rudnick, G., Franx, M., Illingworth, G.D., Wake, D.A. 2010, ApJ, 725, 1277.
The Spectral Energy Distributions of Post-Starburst Galaxies in the NEWFIRM Medium-band Survey: A Low Contribution from TP-AGB Stars Kriek, M., Labbé, I., Conroy, C., Whitaker, K.E., van Dokkum, P.G., Brammer, G., Franx, M., Illingworth, G., Marchesini, D., Muzzin, A., Quardri, R.F., Rudnick, G. 2010, ApJ, 722, L64.
The Age Spread of Quiescent Galaxies with the NEWFIRM Medium-band Survey: Identification of the Oldest Galaxies out to z~2 Whitaker, K.E., van Dokkum, P.G., Brammer, G.B., Kriek, M., Franx, M., Labbé, I., Marchesini, D., Quadri, R.F., Bezanson, R., Illingworth, G.D., Lee, K.-S., Muzzin, A., Rudnick, G., Wake, D.A. 2010, ApJ, 719, 1715.
The Growth of Massive Galaxies since z=2 van Dokkum, P.G., Whitaker, K.E., Brammer, G.B., Franx, M., Kriek, M., Labbé, I., Marchesini, D., Quadri, R.F., Bezanson, R., Illingworth, G.D., Muzzin, A., Rudnick, G., Tal. T., Wake, D.A. 2010, ApJ, 709, 1018.
The Dead Sequence: A Clear Bimodality in Galaxy Colors from z=0 to z=2.5 Brammer, G.B., Whitaker, K.E., van Dokkum, P.G., Marchesini, D., Labbé, I., Franx, M., Kriek, M., Quadri, R.F., Illingworth, G., Lee, K.-S., Muzzin, A., Rudnick, G. 2009, ApJ, 709, 173.
The NEWFIRM Medium-Band Survey: Filter Definitions and First Results van Dokkum, P.G., Labbé, I., Marchesini, D., Quadri, R., Brammer, G., Whitaker, K.E., Kriek, M., Franx, M., Rudnick, G., Illingworth, G., Lee, K-S., Muzzin, A. 2009, PASP, 121, 2V.
Spectroscopic Follow-Up of NMBS:
The Relation between Dynamical Mass-to-Light Ratio and Color for Massive Quiescent Galaxies out to z~2 and Comparison with Stellar Population Synthesis Models van de Sande, J., Kriek, M., Franx, M., Bezanson, R., & van Dokkum, P. G. 2015, ApJ, 799, 125.
The Fundamental Plane of Massive Quiescent Galaxies Out to z~2 van de Sande, J., Kriek, M., Franx, M., Bezanson, R., & van Dokkum, P. G. 2014, ApJ, 793, L31.
Tight Correlations Between Massive Galaxy Structural Properties and Dynamics: The Mass Fundamental Plane Was in Place by z~2 Bezanson, R., van Dokkum, P. G., van de Sande, J., Franx, M., Leja, J., & Kriek, M. 2013, ApJ, 779, L21.
Stellar kinematics of z~2 galaxies and the inside-out growth of quiescent galaxies van de Sande, J., Kriek, M., Franx, M., van Dokkum, P. G., Bezanson, R., Bouwens, R. J., Quadri, R. F., Rix, H.-W., & Skelton, R. E. 2013, ApJ, 771, 85.
Massive and Newly Dead: Discovery of a Significant Population of Galaxies with High Velocity Dispersions and Strong Balmer Lines at z~1.5 from Deep Keck Spectra and HST/WFC3 Imaging Bezanson, R., van Dokkum, P., van de Sande, J., Franx, M., & Kriek, M. 2013, ApJ, 764, L8.
Redshift Evolution of the Galaxy Velocity Dispersion Function Bezanson, R., van Dokkum, P. G., Franx, M., Brammer, G. B., Brinchmann, J., Kriek, M., Labbé, I., Quadri, R. F., Rix, H.-W., van de Sande, J., Whitaker, K. E., & Williams, R. J. 2011, ApJ, 737, L31.
A stellar velocity dispersion of a compact massive galaxy at z=1.80 using X-Shooter: confirmation of the evolution in the mass-size relation van de Sande, J., Kriek, M., Franx, M., van Dokkum, P. G., Bezanson, R., Whitaker, K. E., Brammer, G., Labbé, I., Groot, P. J., & Kaper, L 2011, ApJ, 736, L9.
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