Statistical properties of galaxies
Our expertise includes studies on the statistical properties of galaxies, especially number counts, luminosity functions, redshift and luminosity distributions. Our statistical analyses have been mainly used to work out galaxy evolution models (see “Galaxy evolution” page), to study correlations between physical properties of populations of galaxies (Bonato et al. 2017b) and to optimize the survey strategies for different telescopes (Bonato et al. 2014a,b, 2015, 2017a, 2019a). Our statistical studies have been focused on IR and radio surveys. Most of our analysed surveys have been performed by ALMA (Bonato et al. 2018, 2019b), WSRT (Bonato et al. 2021a), LOFAR (Bonato et al. 2021b), ATCA (Massardi et al. 2008, 2011a, 2013), WMAP (Massardi et al. 2009) and Planck (Massardi et al. 2011b).
Contacts: M. Massardi (massardi@ira.inaf.it), M. Bonato (bonato@ira.inaf.it)
References:
- Bonato M., et al., 2014a, MNRAS, 438, 2547, “Exploring the early dust-obscured phase of galaxy formation with blind mid-/far-infrared spectroscopic surveys” ;
- Bonato M., et al., 2014b, MNRAS, 444, 3446, “Exploring the relationship between black hole accretion and star formation with blind mid-/far-infrared spectroscopic surveys“;
- Bonato M., et al., 2015, MNRAS, 452, 356, “Predictions for surveys with the SPICA Mid-infrared Instrument“;
- Bonato M., et al., 2017a, ApJ, 836, 171, “Exploring the Evolution of Star Formation and Dwarf Galaxy Properties with JWST/MIRI Serendipitous Spectroscopic Surveys“;
- Bonato M., et al., 2017b, MNRAS, 469, 1912, “Does the evolution of the radio luminosity function of star-forming galaxies match that of the star formation rate function?“;
- Bonato M., et al., 2018, MNRAS, 478, 1512, “ALMACAL IV: a catalogue of ALMA calibrator continuum observations“;
- Bonato M., et al., 2019a, PASA, 36, e017, “Origins Space Telescope: Predictions for far-IR spectroscopic surveys“;
- Bonato M., et al., 2019b, MNRAS, 485, 1188, “ALMA photometry of extragalactic radio sources“;
- Bonato M., et al., 2021a, MNRAS, 500, 22, “New constraints on the 1.4 GHz source number counts and luminosity functions in the Lockman Hole field“;
- Bonato M., et al., 2021b, A&A, 656, A48, “The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey Deep Fields. A new analysis of low-frequency radio luminosity as a star-formation tracer in the Lockman Hole region“;
- Massardi M., et al., 2008, MNRAS, 384, 775, “Observability of the virialization phase of spheroidal galaxies with radio arrays“;
- Massardi M., et al., 2009, MNRAS, 392, 733, “Blind and non-blind source detection in WMAP 5-yr maps“;
- Massardi M., et al., 2011a, MNRAS, 412, 318, “The Australia Telescope 20 GHz (AT20G) Survey: analysis of the extragalactic source sample“;
- Massardi M., et al., 2011b, MNRAS, 415, 1597, “The Planck-ATCA Co-eval Observations project: the bright sample“;
- Massardi M., et al., 2013, MNRAS, 436, 2915, “A polarization survey of bright extragalactic AT20G sources“;