ZAMORANI , G.

Context. Identifying spurious reduction artefacts in galaxy spectra is a challenge for large surveys. Aims. We present an algorithm for identifying and repairing spurious residual features in sky-subtracted galaxy spectra by using data from the VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS) as a test case. Methods. The algorithm uses...

We use the final data of the VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS) to investigate the effect of the environment on the evolution of galaxies between z = 0.5 and z = 0.9. We characterise local environment in terms of the density contrast smoothed over a cylindrical kernel, the scale of which is defined by the distance to the fifth...

Aims. We analyse the properties of the host galaxies of a [NeV]-selected sample to investigate whether and how they are affected by the AGN. Methods. We have selected a sample of galaxies at 0.62 < z < 1.2 from the VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS) and divided it in blue cloud galaxies, red passive galaxies and green valley...

We use the full VIPERS redshift survey in combination with SDSS-DR7 to explore the relationships between star-formation history (using d4000), stellar mass and galaxy structure, and how these relationships have evolved since z ~ 1. We trace the extents and evolutions of both the blue cloud and red sequence by fitting double Gaussians to the...

We exploit the first public data release of VIPERS to investigate environmental effects in the evolution of galaxies between z ∼ 0.5 and 0.9. The large number of spectroscopic redshifts (more than 50 000) over an area of about 10 deg2 provides a galaxy sample with high statistical power. The accurate redshift measurements (σz = 0.00047(1 +...

We use the unparalleled statistics of the VIPERS survey to investigate the relation between the surface mean stellar mass density Sigma = M/(2 pi R-e(2)) of massive passive galaxies (MPGs, M >= 10(11) M-circle dot) and their local environment in the redshift range 0.5 <= z <= 0.8. Passive galaxies were selected on the basis of their NUVrK...

We have used the final data from the VIPERS redshift survey to extract an unparalleled sample of more than 2000 massive M ≥ 1011M· passive galaxies (MPGs) at redshift 0:5 ≤ z ≤ 1:0, based on their NUVrK colours. This has enabled us to investigate how the population of these objects was built up over cosmic time. We find that the evolution of...

We use the unparalleled statistics of the VIPERS survey to investigate the relation between the surface mean stellar mass density Sigma = M/(2 pi R-e(2)) of massive passive galaxies (MPGs, M >= 10(11) M-circle dot) and their local environment in the redshift range 0.5 <= z <= 0.8. Passive galaxies were selected on the basis of their NUVrK...

Aims. Various galaxy classification schemes have been developed so far to constrain the main physical processes regulating evolution of different galaxy types. In the era of a deluge of astrophysical information and recent progress in machine learning, a new approach to galaxy classification has become imperative. Methods. In this paper, we...

Aims. We trace the evolution and the star formation history of passive red galaxies, using a subset of the VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS). The detailed spectral analysis of stellar populations of intermediate-redshift passive red galaxies allows the build up of their stellar content to be followed over the last 8 billion...

Context. The study of the separation of galaxy types into different classes that share the same characteristics, and of the evolution of the specific parameters used in the classification are fundamental for understanding galaxy evolution. Aims. We explore the evolution of the statistical distribution of galaxy morphological properties and...

We present the first quantitative detection of large-scale filamentary structure at z ≃ 0.7 in the large cosmological volume probed by the VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS).We use simulations to show the capability of VIPERS to recover robust topological features in the galaxy distribution, in particular the filamentary...