Constraining the galaxy–halo connection over the last 13.3 Gyr: star formation histories, galaxy mergers and structural properties

A Rodríguez-Puebla, JR Primack… - Monthly Notices of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
We present new determinations of the stellar-to-halo mass relation (SHMR) at z= 0–10 that
match the evolution of the galaxy stellar mass function, the star formation rate (SFR)–M …

The major and minor galaxy merger rates at z< 1.5

JM Lotz, P Jonsson, TJ Cox, D Croton… - The Astrophysical …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
Calculating the galaxy merger rate requires both a census of galaxies identified as merger
candidates and a cosmologically averaged" observability" timescale< T obs (z)> for …

Smooth (er) stellar mass maps in CANDELS: constraints on the longevity of clumps in high-redshift star-forming galaxies

S Wuyts, NMF Schreiber, R Genzel, Y Guo… - The Astrophysical …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
We perform a detailed analysis of the resolved colors and stellar populations of a complete
sample of 323 star-forming galaxies (SFGs) at 0.5< z< 1.5 and 326 SFGs at 1.5< z< 2.5 in …

Mergers and bulge formation in λcDM: which mergers matter?

PF Hopkins, K Bundy, D Croton… - The Astrophysical …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
We use a suite of semi-empirical models to predict the galaxy–galaxy merger rate and
relative contributions to bulge growth as a function of mass (both halo and stellar), redshift …

IllustrisTNG in the HSC-SSP: image data release and the major role of mini mergers as drivers of asymmetry and star formation

C Bottrell, HM Yesuf, G Popping… - Monthly Notices of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
At fixed galaxy stellar mass, there is a clear observational connection between structural
asymmetry and offset from the star-forming main sequence, ΔSFMS. Herein, we use the …

Spatially resolved star formation and fuelling in galaxy interactions

J Moreno, P Torrey, SL Ellison… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We investigate the spatial structure and evolution of star formation and the interstellar
medium (ISM) in interacting galaxies. We use an extensive suite of parsec-scale galaxy …

Galaxy evolution in all five CANDELS fields and IllustrisTNG: Morphological, structural, and the major merger evolution to z∼ 3

A Whitney, L Ferreira, CJ Conselice… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
A fundamental feature of galaxies is their structure, yet we are just now understanding the
evolution of structural properties in quantitative ways. As such, we explore the quantitative …

Mergers in ΛCDM: Uncertainties in theoretical predictions and interpretations of the merger rate

PF Hopkins, D Croton, K Bundy… - The Astrophysical …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
Different theoretical methodologies lead to order-of-magnitude variations in predicted galaxy–
galaxy merger rates. We examine how this arises and quantify the dominant uncertainties …

A consistent measure of the merger histories of massive galaxies using close-pair statistics – I. Major mergers at z < 3.5

CJ Mundy, CJ Conselice, KJ Duncan… - Monthly Notices of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
We use a large sample of∼ 350 000 galaxies constructed by combining the UKIDSS UDS,
VIDEO/CFHT-LS, UltraVISTA/COSMOS and GAMA survey regions to probe the major (1: 4 …

RESOLVING THE DISCREPANCY OF GALAXY MERGER FRACTION MEASUREMENTS AT z∼ 0–3

AWS Man, AW Zirm, S Toft - The Astrophysical Journal, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We measure the merger fraction of massive galaxies using the UltraVISTA/COSMOS
catalog, complemented with the deeper, higher resolution 3DHST+ CANDELS catalog …