2008

Nr. ADS citations Authors Title bibcode Instruments Program ID
  SN        
           
47 Botticella, M. T.; Riello, M.; Cappellaro, E. et al. Supernova rates from the Southern inTermediate Redshift ESO Supernova Search (STRESS) 2008A&A...479...49B WFI, FORS1, FORS2, EFOSC2_3.6 62.H-083363.H-0322 64.H-0390 67.D-0422 68.D-0273 69.D-0453 072.D-0745 073.D-0670074.A-9008 074.D-0714 075.D-0662
45 Maeda, Keiichi; Kawabata, Koji; Mazzali, Paolo A. et al. Asphericity in Supernova Explosions from Late-Time Spectroscopy 2008Sci...319.1220M FORS2 078.D-0246
41 Wang, Lifan; Wheeler, J. Craig Spectropolarimetry of Supernovae 2008ARA&A..46..433W FORS1 64.H-0617 66.D-0328 67.D-0517 68.D-0571 69.D-0438 70.D-0111 71.D-0141 073.D-0771 075.D-0628
40 Mazzali, Paolo A.; Valenti, Stefano; Della Valle, Massimo et al. The Metamorphosis of Supernova SN 2008D/XRF 080109: A Link Between Supernovae and GRBs/Hypernovae 2008Sci...321.1185M , FORS1, FORS2 080.D-0229
27 Foley, Ryan J.; Filippenko, Alexei V.; Aguilera, C. et al. Constraining Cosmic Evolution of Type Ia Supernovae 2008ApJ...684...68F FORS1 170.A-0519 176.A-0319
25 Schawinski, Kevin; Justham, Stephen; Wolf, Christian et al. Supernova Shock Breakout from a Red Supergiant 2008Sci...321..223S FORS1 171.A-0486
25 Valenti, S.; Benetti, S.; Cappellaro, E. et al. The broad-lined Type Ic supernova 2003jd 2008MNRAS.383.1485V FORS2 074.D-0161
24 Gezari, Suvi; Dessart, Luc; Basa, Stéphane et al. Probing Shock Breakout with Serendipitous GALEX Detections of Two SNLS Type II-P Supernovae 2008ApJ...683L.131G FORS1 171.A-0486 176.A-0589
21 Taubenberger, S.; Hachinger, S.; Pignata, G. et al. The underluminous Type Ia supernova 2005bl and the class of objects similar to SN 1991bg 2008MNRAS.385...75T FORS2 075.D-0662
18 Pignata, G.; Benetti, S.; Mazzali, P. A. et al. Optical and infrared observations of SN 2002dj: some possible common properties of fast-expanding Type Ia supernovae 2008MNRAS.388..971P , EMMI, SOFI, FORS1 69.D-0672 71.D-0281 073.D-0853 169.D-0670
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
16 Mattila, S.; Smartt, S. J.; Eldridge, J. J. et al. VLT Detection of a Red Supergiant Progenitor of the Type II-P Supernova 2008bk 2008ApJ...688L..91M , NACO, FORS1, ISAAC, HAWK-I 60.A-9284 67.D-0006 081.D-0279 171.D-0004
13 Pastorello, A.; Mattila, S.; Zampieri, L. et al. Massive stars exploding in a He-rich circumstellar medium - I. Type Ibn (SN 2006jc-like) events 2008MNRAS.389..113P SOFI, FORS1, FORS2, EFOSC2_3.6 66.A-0413 66.A-0703 66.B-0271 66.D-0683 078.D-0246
10 Bauer, F. E.; Dwarkadas, V. V.; Brandt, W. N. et al. Supernova 1996cr: SN 1987A's Wild Cousin? 2008ApJ...688.1210B , FORS1 076.D-0118
10 Maoz, Dan; Mannucci, Filippo A search for the progenitors of two TypeIa Supernovae in NGC 1316 2008MNRAS.388..421M SOFI, FORS2 60.A-9205 078.B-0856
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
           
  Stellar Populations        
           
26 Clark, J. S.; Muno, M. P.; Negueruela, I. et al. Unveiling the X-ray point source population of the Young Massive Cluster Westerlund 1 2008A&A...477..147C EMMI, SOFI, FORS2 71.D-0151 073.D-0327 076.D-0037
26 Kudritzki, Rolf-Peter; Urbaneja, Miguel A.; Bresolin, Fabio et al. QuantitativeSpectroscopy of 24 A Supergiants in the Sculptor Galaxy NGC 300:Flux-weighted Gravity-Luminosity Relationship, Metallicity, andMetallicity Gradient 2008ApJ...681..269K FORS1, FORS2 65.N-0389 171.D-0004
25 Gezari, S.; Basa, S.; Martin, D. C. et al. UV/Optical Detections of Candidate Tidal Disruption Events by GALEX and CFHTLS 2008ApJ...676..944G FORS1 176.A-0589
24 Hubrig, S.; Schöller, M.; Schnerr, R. S. et al. Magnetic field measurements of O stars with FORS 1 at the VLT 2008A&A...490..793H UVES, FORS1, FEROS2.2 073.C-0337 073.D-0609 075.D-0061 075.D-0432 078.D-0330 079.D-0241 080.D-0383 266.D-5655
20 Carrera, Ricardo; Gallart, Carme; Aparicio, Antonio et al. The Chemical Enrichment History of the Small Magellanic Cloud and its Gradients 2008AJ....136.1039C FORS2 074.B-0446
14 Gandolfi, Davide; Alcalá, Juan M.; Leccia, Silvio et al. The Star Formation in the L1615/L1616 Cometary Cloud 2008ApJ...687.1303G WFI, SOFI, FORS2, VIMOS, FLAMES-GIRAFFE 64.I-0355 70.C-0536 70.C-0629 074.C-0111 076.C-0385
14 Gieren, Wolfgang; Pietrzyński, Grzegorz; Soszyński, Igor et al. The Araucaria Project: Near-Infrared Photometry of Cepheid Variables in the Sculptor Galaxy NGC 55 2008ApJ...672..266G FORS1, ISAAC 171.D-0004
11 Puzia, Thomas H.; Sharina, Margarita E. VLT Spectroscopy of Globular Clusters in Low Surface Brightness Dwarf Galaxies 2008ApJ...674..909P FORS2 076.B-0137
10 Bassino, Lilia P.; Richtler, Tom; Dirsch, Boris VLT photometry in the Antlia cluster: the giant ellipticals NGC3258 and NGC3268 and their globular cluster systems 2008MNRAS.386.1145B FORS1 71.B-0122
10 Hatch, N. A.; Overzier, R. A.; Röttgering, H. J. A.; Kurk, J. D.; Miley, G. K. Diffuse UV light associated with the Spiderweb Galaxy: evidence for in situ star formation outside galaxies 2008MNRAS.383..931H FORS1 64.O-0134
10 Urbaneja, Miguel A.; Kudritzki, Rolf-Peter; Bresolin, Fabio et al. The Araucaria Project: The Local Group Galaxy WLM-Distance and Metallicity from Quantitative Spectroscopy of Blue Supergiants 2008ApJ...684..118U FORS2 171.D-0004
           
  Solar Systems        
           
25 Pont, F.; Tamuz, O.; Udalski, A. et al. A transiting planet among 23 new near-threshold candidates from the OGLE survey - OGLE-TR-182 2008A&A...487..749P FORS1, FLAMES-UV 076.C-0706 177.C-0666
19 Díaz, Rodrigo F.; Rojo, Patricio; Melita, Mario et al. Detection of Period Variations in Extrasolar Transiting Planet OGLE-TR-111b 2008ApJ...682L..49D FORS1 278.C-5022
19 Udalski, A.; Pont, F.; Naef, D. et al. OGLE-TR-211 - a new transiting inflated hot Jupiter from the OGLE survey and ESO LP666 spectroscopic follow-up program 2008A&A...482..299U UVES, FORS1, FLAMES-UV 076.C-0122 076.C-0706 177.C-0666
12 Alvarez-Candal, A.; Fornasier, S.; Barucci, M. A.; de Bergh, C.; Merlin, F. Visible spectroscopy of the new ESO large program on trans-Neptunian objects and Centaurs. Part 1 2008A&A...487..741A FORS1 178.C-0036
           
  GRB        
           
35 Thöne, Christina C.; Fynbo, Johan P. U.; Östlin, Göran et al. Spatially Resolved Properties of the GRB 060505 Host: Implications for the Nature of the Progenitor 2008ApJ...676.1151T FORS1, FORS2, ISAAC 077.D-0661 177.A-0591
20 Jaunsen, A. O.; Rol, E.; Watson, D. J. et al. GRB 070306: A Highly Extinguished Afterglow 2008ApJ...681..453J FORS2, ISAAC 078.D-0416 177.A-0591
19 Covino, S.; D'Avanzo, P.; Klotz, A. et al. The complex light curve of the afterglow of GRB071010A 2008MNRAS.388..347C , SOFI, FORS1, FORS2 080.D-0229 080.D-0250 080.D-0792
19 Prochaska, Jason X.; Dessauges-Zavadsky, Miroslava; Ramirez-Ruiz, Enrico; Chen, Hsiao-Wen A Survey for N V Absorption at z~zGRB in GRB Afterglow Spectra: Clues to Gas Near the Progenitor Star 2008ApJ...685..344P UVES, FORS2 65.O-0471 70.A-0599 70.D-0523 077.D-0661 080.A-0398
18 Tanvir, N. R.; Levan, A. J.; Rol, E. et al. The extreme, red afterglow of GRB 060923A: distance or dust? 2008MNRAS.388.1743T FORS1, FORS2, ISAAC 077.A-0667 177.A-0591
17 Piranomonte, S.; D'Avanzo, P.; Covino, S. et al. The short GRB 070707 afterglow and its very faint host galaxy 2008A&A...491..183P NACO, FORS1, ISAAC 079.D-0909
11 Christensen, L.; Vreeswijk, P. M.; Sollerman, J. et al. IFU observations of the GRB 980425/SN 1998bw host galaxy: emission line ratios in GRB regions 2008A&A...490...45C FORS1, FORS2, VIMOS 64.H-0375 66.D-0576 077.D-0488 275.D-5039
11 Levan, A. J.; Tanvir, N. R.; Jakobsson, P. et al. On the nature of the short-duration GRB 050906 2008MNRAS.384..541L FORS1, FORS2, ISAAC 075.D-0261
           
  DM/Dynamics        
           
34 Bradač, Maruša; Schrabback, Tim; Erben, Thomas et al. Dark Matter and Baryons in the X-Ray Luminous Merging Galaxy Cluster RX J1347.5-1145 2008ApJ...681..187B FORS2 078.A-0746
20 Richtler, T.; Schuberth, Y.; Hilker, M. et al. The dark matter halo of NGC 1399 - CDM or MOND? 2008A&A...478L..23R FORS2 70.B-0174
13 Christlein, Daniel; Zaritsky, Dennis The Kinematic Properties of the Extended Disks of Spiral Galaxies: A Sample of Edge-on Galaxies 2008ApJ...680.1053C FORS1 074.B-0461
12 Pizzella, A.; Corsini, E. M.; Sarzi, M. et al. Structure and dynamics of galaxies with a low surface-brightness disc - I. The stellar and ionized-gas kinematics 2008MNRAS.387.1099P FORS2 67.B-0283 69.B-0573 70.B-0171
12 van der Wel, Arjen; van der Marel, Roeland P. Spatially Resolved Stellar Kinematics of Field Early-Type Galaxies at z = 1: Evolution of the Rotation Rate 2008ApJ...684..260V FORS2 169.A-0458
           
  Cosmology        
           
127 Cimatti, A.; Cassata, P.; Pozzetti, L. et al. GMASS ultradeep spectroscopy of galaxies at z ~ 2. II. Superdense passive galaxies: how did they form and evolve? 2008A&A...482...21C , FORS2 173.A-0687
81 Vanzella, E.; Cristiani, S.; Dickinson, M. et al. The great observatories origins deep survey. VLT/FORS2 spectroscopy in the GOODS-South field: Part III 2008A&A...478...83V , FORS2 170.A-0788
54 van der Wel, Arjen; Holden, Bradford P.; Zirm, Andrew W. et al. Recent Structural Evolution of Early-Type Galaxies: Size Growth from z = 1 to z = 0 2008ApJ...688...48V FORS2 169.A-0458
48 Wuyts, Stijn; Labbé, Ivo; Schreiber, Natascha M. Förster et al. FIREWORKSU38-to-24 μm Photometry of the GOODS Chandra Deep Field-South:Multiwavelength Catalog and Total Infrared Properties of DistantKs-selected Galaxies 2008ApJ...682..985W , WFI, FORS2, ISAAC, VIMOS 074.A-0709 168.A-0485 170.A-0788 171.A-3045 275.A-5060
39 Verhamme, A.; Schaerer, D.; Atek, H.; Tapken, C. 3DLyα radiation transfer. III. Constraints on gas and stellarproperties of z ~ 3 Lyman break galaxies (LBG) and implications forhigh-z LBGs and Lyα emitters 2008A&A...491...89V FORS2 69.A-0105 71.A-0307
36 Kaviraj, S.; Khochfar, S.; Schawinski, K. et al. TheUV colours of high-redshift early-type galaxies: evidence for recentstar formation and stellar mass assembly over the last 8 billion years 2008MNRAS.388...67K , FORS2, VIMOS 170.A-0788 171.A-3045
34 Overzier, Roderik A.; Bouwens, R. J.; Cross, N. J. G. et al. Lyman Break Galaxies, Lyα Emitters, and a Radio Galaxy in a Protocluster at z = 4.1 2008ApJ...673..143O FORS2, ISAAC 71.A-0495 073.A-0286
34 Poggianti, Bianca M.; Desai, Vandana; Finn, Rose et al. The Relation between Star Formation, Morphology, and Local Density in High-Redshift Clusters and Groups 2008ApJ...684..888P WFI, SOFI, FORS2 166.A-0162
31 Milvang-Jensen, B.; Noll, S.; Halliday, C. et al. Spectroscopyof clusters in the ESO distant cluster survey (EDisCS). II.. Redshifts,velocity dispersions, and substructure for clusters in the last 15fields 2008A&A...482..419M SOFI, FORS2 166.A-0162
29 Rauch, Michael; Haehnelt, Martin; Bunker, Andrew et al. A Population of Faint Extended Line Emitters and the Host Galaxies of Optically Thick QSO Absorption Systems 2008ApJ...681..856R , FORS2 173.A-0440
22 Halliday, C.; Daddi, E.; Cimatti, A. et al. GMASS ultradeep spectroscopy of galaxies at z ~ 2 . I. The stellar metallicity 2008A&A...479..417H , FORS2 173.A-0687
21 Halkola, A.; Hildebrandt, H.; Schrabback, T. et al. The mass distribution of RX J1347-1145 from strong lensing 2008A&A...481...65H FORS1, FORS2, ISAAC 67.A-0095 67.A-0427 078.A-0746
21 Kellermann, K. I.; Fomalont, E. B.; Mainieri, V. et al. The VLA Survey of the Chandra Deep Field-South. I. Overview and the Radio Data 2008ApJS..179...71K , WFI, NACO, SOFI, FORS2 074.A-0709 164.O-0561 168.A-0485 170.A-0788 275.A-5060
21 Whiley, I. M.; Aragón-Salamanca, A.; De Lucia, G. et al. The evolution of the brightest cluster galaxies since z ~ 1 from the ESO Distant Cluster Survey (EDisCS) 2008MNRAS.387.1253W SOFI, FORS2 166.A-0162
20 Rodrigues, M.; Hammer, F.; Flores, H. et al. IMAGES IV: strong evolution of the oxygen abundance in gaseous phases of intermediate mass galaxies from z ~ 0.8 2008A&A...492..371R FORS2, ISAAC 66.A-0599 174.B-0328
19 Cassata, P.; Cimatti, A.; Kurk, J. et al. GMASS ultradeep spectroscopy of galaxies at z ˜2. III. The emergence of the color bimodality at z ˜2 2008A&A...483L..39C , FORS2 173.A-0687
18 Tran, Kim-Vy H.; Moustakas, John; Gonzalez, Anthony H. et al. The Late Stellar Assembly of Massive Cluster Galaxies via Major Merging 2008ApJ...683L..17T , FORS2, VIMOS 072.A-0367 076.B-0362 078.B-0409
16 Rawat, A.; Hammer, Francois; Kembhavi, Ajit K.; Flores, Hector Toward a Robust Estimate of the Merger Rate Evolution Using Near-IR Photometry 2008ApJ...681.1089R , FORS2, ISAAC 64.O-0643 66.A-0572 68.A-0544 168.A-0485 170.A-0788
14 Gobat, R.; Rosati, P.; Strazzullo, V. et al. Star formation histories of early-type galaxies at z = 1.2 in cluster and field environments 2008A&A...488..853G , FORS2, ISAAC 69.A-0683 073.A-0832 076.A-0889 166.A-0701
14 Kautsch, Stefan J.; Gonzalez, Anthony H.; Soto, Christian A. et al. Forming Early-Type Galaxies in Groups Prior to Cluster Assembly 2008ApJ...688L...5K FORS2, VIMOS 072.A-0367 076.B-0362 078.B-0409
14 Stanway, Elizabeth R.; Bremer, Malcolm N.; Squitieri, Valentina; Douglas, Laura S.; Lehnert, Matthew D. A limit on the number density of bright z ~ 7 galaxies 2008MNRAS.386..370S , SOFI, FORS2 166.A-0162 170.A-0788 175.A-0706
13 Mainieri, V.; Kellermann, K. I.; Fomalont, E. B. et al. The VLA Survey of the Chandra Deep Field-South. II. Identification and Host Galaxy Properties of Submillijansky Sources 2008ApJS..179...95M , WFI, SOFI, FORS2, ISAAC 074.A-0709 164.O-0561 168.A-0485 170.A-0788 275.A-5060
12 Ellison, Sara L.; York, Brian A.; Murphy, Michael T. et al. Diffuse interstellar bands in z < 0.6 CaII absorbers 2008MNRAS.383L..30E FORS2 077.C-0737
12 Andreon, S.; Puddu, E.; de Propris, R.; Cuillandre, J.-C. Galaxy evolution in the high-redshift, colour-selected cluster RzCS 052 at z = 1.02 2008MNRAS.385..979A FORS2 072.C-0689 073.A-0564 075.A-0175
11 Brookes, M. H.; Best, P. N.; Peacock, J. A.; Röttgering, H. J. A.; Dunlop, J. S. A Combined EIS-NVSS Survey Of Radio Sources (CENSORS) - III. Spectroscopic observations 2008MNRAS.385.1297B FORS1, FORS2, EFOSC2_3.6 69.A-0047 70.A-0225 71.A-0622 076.A-0745
           
  Compact Objects        
           
15 Rebassa-Mansergas, A.; Gänsicke, B. T.; Schreiber, M. R. et al. Post-common envelope binaries from SDSS - III. Seven new orbital periods 2008MNRAS.390.1635R EMMI, FORS2 078.D-0719 079.D-0531 080.D-0407
15 Schreiber, M. R.; Gänsicke, B. T.; Southworth, J.; Schwope, A. D.; Koester, D. Post common envelope binaries from SDSS. II: Identification of 9 close binaries with VLT/FORS2 2008A&A...484..441S FORS2 078.D-0719
13 Gandhi, P.; Makishima, K.; Durant, M. et al. Rapid optical and X-ray timing observations of GX 339-4: flux correlations at the onset of a low/hard state 2008MNRAS.390L..29G , FORS2, ULTRACAM 079.D-0535 279.D-5021
11 Castro-Tirado, A. J.; de Ugarte Postigo, A.; Gorosabel, J. et al. Flares from a candidate Galactic magnetar suggest a missing link to dim isolated neutron stars 2008Natur.455..506C , NACO, FORS2 279.D-5033
10 Zane, S.; Mignani, R. P.; Turolla, R. et al. An Optical Counterpart Candidate for the Isolated Neutron Star RBS 1774 2008ApJ...682..487Z FORS1 079.D-0316
           
  AGN        
           
58 Hasinger, G. Absorption properties and evolution of active galactic nuclei 2008A&A...490..905H , FORS2 074.A-0709 170.A-0788 275.A-5060
58 Silverman, J. D.; Mainieri, V.; Lehmer, B. D. et al. The Evolution of AGN Host Galaxies: From Blue to Red and the Influence of Large-Scale Structures 2008ApJ...675.1025S , FORS2, VIMOS 072.A-0139 170.A-0788 171.A-3045
38 Healey, Stephen E.; Romani, Roger W.; Cotter, Garret et al. CGRaBS: An All-Sky Survey of Gamma-Ray Blazar Candidates 2008ApJS..175...97H EMMI, FORS1 077.B-0056 078.B-0275
27 Della Ceca, R.; Caccianiga, A.; Severgnini, P. et al. The cosmological properties of AGN in the XMM-Newton Hard Bright Survey 2008A&A...487..119D EMMI, FORS2, EFOSC2_3.6 70.A-0216 71.A-0444 074.A-0024 075.B-0229 076.A-0267
24 Holt, J.; Tadhunter, C. N.; Morganti, R. Fast outflows in compact radio sources: evidence for AGN-induced feedback in the early stages of radio source evolution 2008MNRAS.387..639H EMMI, FORS2 69.B-0548 71.B-0616
23 Cardamone, Carolin N.; Urry, C. Megan; Damen, Maaike et al. Mid-InfraredProperties and Color Selection for X-Ray-Detected Active GalacticNuclei in the MUSYC Extended Chandra Deep Field-South 2008ApJ...680..130C , FORS2, VIMOS 170.A-0788 171.A-3045
16 Eigenbrod, A.; Courbin, F.; Meylan, G. et al. Microlensingvariability in the gravitationally lensed quasar QSO 2237+0305 ≡the Einstein Cross. II. Energy profile of the accretion disk 2008A&A...490..933E , FORS1 073.B-0243 074.B-0270 075.B-0350 076.B-0197 177.B-0615
15 Eigenbrod, A.; Courbin, F.; Sluse, D.; Meylan, G.; Agol, E. Microlensingvariability in the gravitationally lensed quasar QSO 2237+0305 ≡the Einstein Cross . I. Spectrophotometric monitoring with the VLT 2008A&A...480..647E , FORS1 073.B-0243 074.B-0270 075.B-0350 076.B-0197 177.B-0615
15 Gavignaud, I.; Wisotzki, L.; Bongiorno, A. et al. Eddington ratios of faint AGN at intermediate redshift: evidence for a population of half-starved black holes 2008A&A...492..637G , FORS1, VIMOS 070.A-9007 072.A-0586 073.A-0647 076.A-0808 272.A-5047
14 Letawe, Y.; Magain, P.; Letawe, G.; Courbin, F.; Hutsemékers, D. Understanding the Relations between QSOs and Their Host Galaxies from Combined HST Imaging and VLT Spectroscopy 2008ApJ...679..967L FORS1 65.P-0361 66.B-0139
13 Caccianiga, A.; Severgnini, P.; Della Ceca, R. et al. The XMM-Newton bright serendipitous survey. Identification and optical spectral properties 2008A&A...477..735C EMMI, FORS2, EFOSC2_3.6 69.B-0035 70.A-0216 074.A-0024 075.B-0229 076.A-0267
11 Letawe, G.; Magain, P.; Courbin, F. Slit and integral-field optical spectroscopy of the enigmatic quasar HE 0450-2958 2008A&A...480...69L FORS2, VIMOS 072.B-0268 076.B-0693