Interactions between galaxies leave distinguishable imprints in the form of tidal features,
which hold important clues about their mass assembly. Unfortunately, these structures are …

Context. The identification and characterization of low surface brightness (LSB) stellar
structures around galaxies such as tidal debris of ongoing or past collisions is essential to …

Intracluster light (ICL) provides an important record of the interactions galaxy clusters have
undergone. However, we are limited in our understanding by our measurement methods. To …

Still largely unexplored, the diffuse light in clusters of galaxies traces the past and ongoing
buildup of these massive structures. Here we present the first comprehensive study of the …

We conduct a comparison of the merging galaxy populations detected by a sample of visual
identification of tidal features around galaxies as well as spectroscopically detected close …

How elliptical galaxies form is a key question in observational cosmology. While the
formation of massive ellipticals is strongly linked to mergers, the low mass (M⋆/M⊙< 109.5) …

Size is a fundamental parameter for measuring the growth of galaxies and the role of the
environment on their evolution. However, the conventional size definitions used for this …

We recently revealed that bulges and elliptical galaxies broadly define distinct, superlinear
relations in the (black hole mass, M bh)–(spheroid stellar mass, M*, sph) diagram or M bh …

Unbiased sky background modeling is crucial for the analysis of deep wide-field images, but
it remains a major challenge in low surface brightness astronomy. Traditional image …

Substructures are known to be good tracers for the dynamical states and recent accretion
histories of the most massive collapsed structures in the universe, galaxy clusters …