Observations of galaxy isophotes, long-slit kinematics, and high-resolution photometry
suggested a possible dichotomy between two distinct classes of elliptical galaxies. But these …

Supermassive black holes (BHs) have been found in 85 galaxies by dynamical modeling of
spatially resolved kinematics. The Hubble Space Telescope revolutionized BH research by …

The ATLAS3D project is a multiwavelength survey combined with a theoretical modelling
effort. The observations span from the radio to the millimetre and optical, and provide …

We present a two-dimensional (2D) fitting algorithm (Galfit, ver. 3) with new capabilities to
study the structural components of galaxies and other astronomical objects in digital images …

The rapidly expanding field of galaxy formation lies at the interface between astronomy,
particle physics, and cosmology. Covering diverse topics from these disciplines, all of which …

We construct dynamical models for a sample of 36 nearby galaxies with Hubble Space
Telescope (HST) photometry and ground-based kinematics. The models assume that each …

Rates of stellar tidal disruption events (TDEs) by supermassive black holes (SMBHs) due to
two-body relaxation are calculated using a large galaxy sample (N≈ 200) in order to …

We present the stellar population content of early-type galaxies from the ATLAS3D survey.
Using spectra integrated within apertures covering up to one effective radius, we apply two …

We present a two-dimensional fitting algorithm (GALFIT) designed to extract structural
components from galaxy images, with emphasis on closely modeling light profiles of …

▪ Abstract The Universe is in transition. At early times, galactic evolution was dominated by
hierarchical clustering and merging, processes that are violent and rapid. In the far future …