Ph.D. Thesis:

The Many Phases of Massive Galaxies

A Near-Infrared Spectroscopic Study of Galaxies in the Early
Universe

Defense: September 26, 2007

Promotores: Prof. M. Franx & Prof. P. G. van Dokkum

Referent: Prof. P. D. Barthel

1. 1.Introduction
   
   

2. 2.Direct Measurements of the Stellar Continua and Balmer/4000 Angstrom Breaks
   of Red z>2 Galaxies Redshifts and Improved Constraints on Stellar populations
   Kriek, M., et al. 2006, ApJ, 645, 44
   
   

3. 3.Spectroscopic Identification of Massive Galaxies at z~2.3 with Strongly Suppressed Star Formation
   Kriek, M., et al. 2006, ApJ, 649, L71
   
   

4. 4.The Origin of Line Emission in Massive z~2.3 Galaxies: Evidence for Cosmic Downsizing of AGN Host Galaxies
   Kriek, M., et al. 2007, ApJ, 669, 776
   
   

5. 5.A Near-Infrared Spectroscopic Survey of K-selected Galaxies at z~2.3: Redshifts and Implications for Broadband Photometric Studies
   Kriek, M., et al. 2008, ApJ, 677, 219
   
   

6. 6.The Detection of a Red Sequence of Massive Field Galaxies at z~2.3 and its Evolution to z~0
   Kriek, M., et al. 2008, ApJ, 682, 896
   
   

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