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[ABRIDGED] Galaxy evolution is shaped by internal and external mechanisms that regulate the baryon cycle and star formation activity. We present a theoretical framework based on the GAlaxy Evolution and Assembly (GAEA) semi-analytic model.…

We explore the rate and impact of galaxy mergers on the massive galaxy population using the amplitude of the two-point correlation function on small scales for M > 5e10 M_sun galaxies from the COSMOS and COMBO-17 surveys. Using a pair…

Recent studies have reported a non evolution of galaxy ages at redshifts higher than $z\sim$ 2.5, as well as galaxies older than the Universe. In this work, a sample of galaxies from JWST and HST was analysed via photometry to further…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-07-08 Eric E. Martínez-García

We present a detailed investigation of the changing relationship between galaxies and the dark matter haloes they inhabit from z~1.2 to the present day. We do this by comparing precise galaxy clustering measurements over 133 deg2 of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 J. Coupon , M. Kilbinger , H. J. McCracken , O. Ilbert , S. Arnouts , Y. Mellier , U. Abbas , S. de la Torre , Y. Goranova , P. Hudelot , J. -P. Kneib , O. Le fèvre

The observed properties of galaxies are strongly dependent on both their total stellar mass and their morphology. Furthermore, the environment is known to play a strong role in shaping them. The galaxy population in the local universe that…

We examine galaxy formation in a cosmological AMR simulation, which includes two high resolution boxes, one centered on a 3 \times 10^14 M\odot cluster, and one centered on a void. We examine the evolution of 611 massive (M\ast >…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 C. N. Lackner , R. Cen , J. P. Ostriker , M. R. Joung

We analyze the star formation history (SFH) of galaxies as a function of present-day environment, galaxy stellar mass and morphology. The SFH is derived by means of a non-parametric spectrophotometric model applied to individual galaxies at…

We study the preferred environments of $z \sim 0$ massive relic galaxies ($M_\star \gtrsim 10^{10}~\mathrm{M_\odot}$ galaxies with little or no growth from star formation or mergers since $z \sim 2$). Significantly, we carry out our…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-12-14 Luis Peralta de Arriba , Vicent Quilis , Ignacio Trujillo , María Cebrián , Marc Balcells

Galaxy evolution can be studied observationally by linking progenitor and descendant galaxies through an evolving cumulative number density selection. This procedure can reproduce the expected evolution of the median stellar mass from…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-05-31 Bart Clauwens , Allison Hill , Marijn Franx , Joop Schaye

We introduce a framework for simultaneously investigating the structure and luminosity evolution of early-type gravitational lens galaxies. The method is based on the fundamental plane, which we interpret using the aperture mass-radius…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 D. Rusin , C. S. Kochanek

We present the results of a size and structural analysis of 1395 galaxies at $0.5 \leq z \lesssim 8$ with stellar masses $\log \left(M_* / M_{\odot}\right)$ $>$ 9.5 within the JWST Public CEERS field that overlaps with the HST CANDELS EGS…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-07-28 K. Ormerod , C. J. Conselice , N. J. Adams , T. Harvey , D. Austin , J. Trussler , L. Ferreira , J. Caruana , G. Lucatelli , Q. Li , W. J. Roper

We study the global scaling-laws of 51 compact field galaxies with redshifts z = 0.2-1.3 and apparent magnitudes I<23.74 in the flanking fields of the Hubble Deep Field. Roughly 60% of the 45 compact emission-line galaxies have sizes,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Guzman , A. C. Phillips , J. Gallego , D. C. Koo , J. D. Lowenthal

We present an analysis of the growth of stellar mass with cosmic time partitioned according to galaxy morphology. Using a well-defined catalog of 2150 galaxies based, in part, on archival data in the GOODS fields, we assign morphological…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 K. Bundy , R. S. Ellis , C. J. Conselice

We set out to quantify the number density of quiescent massive compact galaxies at intermediate redshifts. We determine structural parameters based on i-band imaging using the CFHT equatorial SDSS Stripe 82 (CS82) survey (~170 sq. degrees)…

We present some preliminary results from an on-going study of the evolution of stellar populations in rich clusters of galaxies. This sample contains core line-strength measurements from 183 galaxies with b_J <= 19.5 from four clusters with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Craig Harrison , Matthew Colless , Warrick J. Couch , B. A. Peterson

There is still much debate surrounding how the most massive, central galaxies in the local universe have assembled their stellar mass, especially the relative roles of in-situ growth versus later accretion via mergers. In this paper, we set…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-08-25 Stewart Buchan , Francesco Shankar

Massive quiescent galaxies at high redshift are significantly more compact than their present-day counterparts. We investigate the roles, in determining this evolution, of major and minor mergers, and of the accretion of diffuse envelopes…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-05-07 Carlo Nipoti

We examine the origins of the bimodality observed in the global properties of galaxies around a stellar mass of 3x10^10 M_sun by comparing the environmental dependencies of star-formation for the giant and dwarf galaxy populations. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 C. P. Haines , F. La Barbera , A. Mercurio , P. Merluzzi , G. Busarello

The distribution in color and absolute magnitude is presented for 55,158 galaxies taken from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey in the redshift range $0.08<z<0.12$, as a function of galaxy number overdensity in a line-of-sight cylinder of…

We investigated the evolution of the physical properties of the brightest galaxies in clusters and their protohalos from $z = 4$ to $z = 0$. Galaxy clusters and groups are identified using a halo-based group finder applied to the COSMOS2020…