The Universe of Digital Sky Surveys

1. Massimo Capaccioli: A Life for Astronomy
G. Longo

Part I. The Universe of Imaging Surveys

2. Digital Sky Surveys from the Ground: Status and Perspectives
T. Shanks

3. Public Surveys at ESO
M. Arnaboldi, N. Delmotte, S. Geier, M. Hilker, G. Hussain, L. Mascetti, A. Micol, M. Petr-Gotzens, M. Rejkuba, J. Retzlaff

4. Galaxy Evolution in the Era of Digital Surveys: A Theoretical Overview
G. Lucia

5. Photometric Surveys of the Galactic Bulge and Long Bar
O. Gerhard, C. Wegg, M. Portail

6. The VMC Survey
M.-R. L. Cioni

7. Galactic Plane Hα Surveys: IPHAS and VPHAS+
N. J. Wright

8. Science Archives: Facilitating Survey Science
M. Read, B. Mann, R. Blake, R. Collins, N. Cross, C. Davenhall, M. Holliman, E. Sutorius

9. Science Archives at the Wide Field Astronomy Unit
R. Blake, M. Read, E. Sutorius, N. Hambly, N. Cross, R. Collins, M. Holliman, B. Mann

10. HELP: The Herschel Extragalactic Legacy Project and The Coming of Age of Multi-wavelength Astrophysics
M. Vaccari

11. Cepheids and the Distance Ladder
I. Musella

12. The Environment of Barred Galaxies Revisited
B. Cervantes Sodi, C. Li, C. Park, L. Wang

13. Using Gamma Regression for Photometric Redshifts of Survey Galaxies
J. Elliott, R. S. Souza, A. Krone-Martins, E. Cameron, E. E. O. Ishida, J. Hilbe

14. The Nature of Faint Blue Stars in the PHL and Ton Catalogues Based on Digital Sky Surveys
H. Andernach, F. Romero Sauri, W. Copó Córdova, I. del C. Santiago-Bautista

15. The Construction of a Reference Star Catalog for the Euclid Mission
B. Bucciarelli, R. Drimmel, M. G. Lattanzi, R. L. Smart, A. Spagna, A. Bacchetta, A. Bosco

16. Singular Spectrum Analysis for Astronomical Time Series: Constructing a Parsimonious Hypothesis Test
G. Greco, D. Kondrashov, S. Kobayashi, M. Ghil, M. Branchesi, C. Guidorzi, G. Stratta, M. Ciszak, F. Marino, A. Ortolan

17. The Environment of Radio Sources in the VLA-COSMOS Survey Field
N. Malavasi, S. Bardelli, P. Ciliegi, O. Ilbert, L. Pozzetti, E. Zucca

Part II. News from VST

18. The VLT Survey Telescope: What Stands Behind the Surveys
P. Schipani

19. Galaxy Evolution Within the Kilo-Degree Survey
C. Tortora, N. R. Napolitano, F. La Barbera, N. Roy, M. Radovich, F. Getman, M. Brescia, S. Cavuoti, M. Capaccioli, G. Longo

20. Strong Lens Search in the ESO Public Survey KiDS
N. R. Napolitano, G. Covone, N. Roy, C. Tortora, F. La Barbera, M. Radovich, F. Getman, M. Capaccioli, A. Colonna, M. Paolillo, G. A. Verdoes Kleijn, L. V. E. Koopmans

21. Early Type Galaxies and Structural Parameters from ESO Public Survey KiDS
N. Roy, N. R. Napolitano, F. La Barbera, C. Tortora, F. Getman, M. Radovich, M. Capaccioli

22. STREGA@VST: Structure and Evolution of the Galaxy
M. Marconi, I. Musella, M. Criscienzo, M. Cignoni, M. Dall’Ora, V. Ripepi, G. Bono, E. Brocato, G. Coppola, A. Grado, L. Limatola, M. I. Moretti, G. Raimondo, P. B. Stetson, A. Calamida, M. Cantiello, M. Capaccioli, E. Cappellaro, M.-R. L. Cioni, S. Degl’Innocenti, D. Martino, A. Cecco, I. Ferraro, G. Iannicola, P. G. Prada Moroni, R. Silvotti, R. Buonanno, F. Getman, N. R. Napolitano, L. Pulone, P. Schipani

23. The VST Survey of the SMC and the Magellanic Bridge (STEP): First Results
V. Ripepi, M. Cignoni, M. Tosi, M. Marconi, I. Musella, G. Coppola, A. Grado, L. Limatola, G. Clementini, E. Brocato, M. Cantiello, M. Capaccioli, E. Cappellaro, M.-R. L. Cioni, F. Cusano, M. Dall’Ora, J. S. Gallagher, E. K. Grebel, A. Nota, F. Palla, D. Romano, G. Raimondo, E. Sabbi, F. Getman, N. R. Napolitano, P. Schipani, S. Zaggia

24. White Dwarfs in the Galactic Plane: The Clustered and Dispersed Population
R. Raddi, S. Catalán, B. T. Gänsicke

25. VEGAS-SSS: A VST Early-Type GAlaxy Survey: Analysis of Small Stellar System
M. Cantiello

26. Deep Photometry of Galaxies in the VEGAS Survey: The Case of NGC 4472
M. Spavone

27. Shapley Supercluster Survey
P. Merluzzi, G. Busarello, C. P. Haines, A. Mercurio, A. Grado, L. Limatola, K. J. Pimbblett

28. The Wide-Field Nearby Galaxy-Cluster Survey (WINGS) and Its Extension OMEGAWINGS
B. M. Poggianti, G. Fasano, D. Bettoni, A. Cava, W. Couch, M. D’Onofrio, A. Dressler, J. Fritz, P. Kjaergaard, M. Gullieuszik, M. Moles, A. Moretti, A. Omizzolo, A. Paccagnella, J. Varela, B. Vulcani

29. The Properties of Faint Galaxies in Nearby Clusters of the WINGS Sample
D. Bettoni, P. Kjærgaard, B. Milvan-Jensen, M. D’Onofrio, A. Moretti, B. M. Poggianti, G. Fasano, A. Cava, W. Couch, J. Fritz, M. Moles

30. Searching for Galaxy Clusters in the VST-KiDS Survey
M. Radovich, E. Puddu, F. Bellagamba, L. Moscardini, M. Roncarelli, F. Getman, A. Grado

31. First Results from Supernova Diversity and Rate Evolution (SUDARE) Survey at VST
M. T. Botticella, E. Cappellaro, G. Pignata, A. Grado, L. Limatola, M. Della Valle, M. Vaccari, L. Greggio, S. Spiro, F. Bufano, L. Tomasella, G. Covone, M. Capaccioli, N. Napolitano, L. Marchetti, E. Gonzales-Solares, M. Jarvis, M. Radovich, S. Benetti, A. Pastorello, M. Turatto, M. Paolillo, P. Schipani, A. Baruffolo, E. Cascone

Part III. The Universe of Spectroscopic Surveys

32. The Wide Area VISTA Extra-Galactic Survey (WAVES)
S. P. Driver, L. J. Davies, M. Meyer, C. Power, A. S. G. Robotham, I. K. Baldry, J. Liske, P. Norberg

33. Systematic Variation of Central Mass Density Slope in Early-Type Galaxies
C. Tortora, F. La Barbera, N. R. Napolitano, A. J. Romanowsky, I. Ferreras, R. R. Carvalho

34. The Low-Mass End of the Initial Mass Function in Massive Early-Type-Galaxies
C. Spiniello

35. Luminosity Functions in the CLASH-VLT Cluster MACS J1206.2-0847: The Importance of Tidal Interactions
A. Mercurio, M. Annunziatella, A. Biviano, M. Nonino, P. Rosati, I. Balestra, M. Brescia, M. Girardi, R. Gobat, C. Grillo, M. Lombardi, B. Sartoris

36. A Search for Giant Radio Galaxy Candidates and Their Radio-Optical Follow-up
I. del C. Santiago-Bautista, C. A. Rodríguez-Rico, H. Andernach, R. Coziol, J. P. Torres-Papaqui, E. F. Jiménez Andrade, I. Plauchu-Frayn, E. Momjian

37. The PN Population in the M87 Halo and the Virgo Cluster Core
A. Longobardi, M. Arnaboldi, O. Gerhard

38. The Stellar Mass Functions of the CLASH-VLT Clusters MACS J1206-0847 and Abell 209
M. Annunziatella, A. Biviano, A. Mercurio, M. Nonino, P. Rosati, I. Balestra, M. Girardi, C. Grillo

Part IV. The High-Energy Universe

39. Supernovae as Cosmological Probes
E. Cappellaro

40. Unveiling Accreting White Dwarf Binariesin Hard X-Ray Surveys
D. Martino

41. The WiFeS S7 AGN Survey: Current Status and Recent Results on NGC 6300
J. Scharwächter, M. A. Dopita, P. Shastri, R. Davies, L. Kewley, E. Hampton, R. Sutherland, P. Kharb, J. Jose, H. Bhatt, S. Ramya, C. Jin, J. Banfield, I. Zaw, S. Juneau, B. James, S. Srivastava

42. Variability-Selected AGNs in the VST-SUDARE Survey of the COSMOS Field
D. Cicco, S. Falocco, M. Paolillo, G. Covone, G. Longo, A. Grado, L. Limatola, M. T. Botticella, G. Pignata, E. Cappellaro, M. Vaccari, D. Trevese, F. Vagnetti, M. Salvato, M. Radovich, W. N. Brandt, M. Capaccioli, N. R. Napolitano, P. Schipani

43. A New Search for Variability-Selected Active Galaxies Within the VST SUDARE-VOICE Survey: The Chandra Deep Field South and the SERVS-SWIRE Area
S. Falocco, D. Cicco, M. Paolillo, G. Covone, G. Longo, A. Grado, L. Limatola, M. Vaccari, M. T. Botticella, G. Pignata, E. Cappellaro, D. Trevese, F. Vagnetti, M. Salvato, M. Radovich, L. Hsu, W. N. Brandt, M. Capaccioli, N. Napolitano, A. Baruffolo, E. Cascone, P. Schipani

44. Fermi Continuous Survey of the High-Energy Sky and Its Serendipitous Results
P. A. Caraveo

45. Selection of High-z Radio-Loud Quasars, and Their Luminosity Function
D. Tuccillo, J. I. González-Serrano, C. R. Benn

46. Science with the EXTraS Project: Exploring the X-Ray Transient and Variable Sky
A. Luca, R. Salvaterra, A. Tiengo, D. D’Agostino, M. G. Watson, F. Haberl, J. Wilms

47. What’s Next for VST: Electromagnetic Follow-Up of Gravitational Waves Events
A. Grado, E. Cappellaro, S. Piranomonte, E. Brocato, M. Branchesi, S. Covino, S. Campana, F. Getman, G. Greco, L. Nicastro, E. Pian, E. Palazzi, L. Stella, G. Stratta

Keywords: Physics, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology