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Creating lenticular galaxies with mergers [PDF]
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 2016 AbstractLenticular galaxies (S0s) represent the majority of early-type galaxies in the local Universe, but their formation channels are still poorly understood. While galaxy mergers are obvious pathways to suppress star formation and increase bulge sizes, the marked parallelism between spiral and lenticular galaxies (e.g.
Querejeta, Miguel +10 more
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The THESEUS Space Mission and the Infrared Telescope Calibration Unit
Astronomische Nachrichten, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Transient High‐Energy Sky and Early Universe Surveyor (THESEUS) is an ESA M7 mission concept currently in Phase A, designed to exploit gamma‐ray bursts to probe the early Universe while advancing multi‐messenger and time‐domain astrophysics. To achieve its ambitious goals, THESEUS will combine wide‐band x‐ray and gamma‐ray monitors with an
András Péter Joó +9 more
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Quasars Can Signpost Supermassive Black Hole Binaries
The Astrophysical JournalSupermassive black holes (SMBHs) are found in the centers of massive galaxies, and galaxy mergers should eventually lead to SMBH mergers. Quasar activity has long been associated with galaxy mergers, so here we investigate if supermassive black hole ...
J. Andrew Casey-Clyde +5 more
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Orbital Parameters of Merging Dark Matter Halos
, 2003 In order to specify cosmologically motivated initial conditions for major galaxy mergers (mass ratios $\leq$ 4:1) that are supposed to explain the formation of elliptical galaxies we study the orbital parameters of major mergers of cold dark matter halos
A. Burkert +19 more
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From Discs to Bulges: effect of mergers on the morphology of galaxies [PDF]
, 2015 We study the effect of mergers on the morphology of galaxies by means of the simulated merger tree approach first proposed by Moster et al. This method combines N-body cosmological simulations and semi-analytic techniques to extract realistic initial ...
Fontanot, Fabio +5 more
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On the Use of Galaxy Catalogs in Gravitational-wave Parameter Estimation
The Astrophysical JournalA major challenge in gravitational-wave (GW) multimessenger astrophysics is the imprecise localization of GW compact binary mergers. We investigate the use of a method to include galaxy catalog information in performing parameter estimation of these ...
Geoffrey Mo +2 more
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The History of Galaxy Mergers in IllustrisTNG
UniverseThe process of galaxy evolution over cosmic time is not yet fully understood, since there is a debate on the impact of galaxy collisions on the star formation and metallicity.
Bendeguz Koncz +4 more
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The Origin of the Consistent Planetary Nebula Luminosity Function Bright-end Cutoff
The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 The [O iii ] 5007 Å line is typically the brightest line in planetary nebula (PN) spectra. Observations show that the brightest [O iii ] 5007 Å PN in a galaxy—the planetary nebula luminosity function (PNLF) bright-end cutoff—is surprisingly independent ...
Philippe Z. Yao, Eliot Quataert
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Apparent Effect of Dust Extinction on the Observed Outflow Velocity of Ionized Gas in Galaxy Mergers
The Astrophysical JournalIn this study, we examine photoionization outflows during the late stages of galaxy mergers, with a specific focus on the relation between the observed velocity of outflowing gas and the apparent effects of dust extinction.
Naomichi Yutani +2 more
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Quantifying galaxy morphology [PDF]
, 2014 How do the different shapes of galaxies arise? Milena Pawlik describes work to identify the role of galaxy mergers and starbursts in galactic evolution.Publisher PDFPeer ...
Pawlik, Milena
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