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Observations suggest that red central galaxies align closely with their group galaxies and the large-scale environment.This finding was also replicated in simulations, which added information about the alignment of the stars that form the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-31 Facundo Rodriguez , Manuel Merchán , M. Celeste Artale

Satellites are not randomly distributed around their central galaxies but show polar and planar structures. In this paper, we investigate the axis-asymmetry or lopsidedness of satellite galaxy distributions around isolated galaxies in a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-06-30 Peng Wang , Noam I. Libeskind , Marcel S. Pawlowski , Xi Kang , Wei Wang , Quan Guo , Elmo Tempel

Based on the Sloan Digital Sky Survey DR6 (SDSS) and Millennium Simulation (MS) we investigate the alignment between galaxies and large-scale structure. For this purpose we develop two new statistical tools, namely the alignment correlation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-25 A. Faltenbacher , Cheng Li , Simon D. M. White , Y. P. Jing , Shude Mao , Jie Wang

In this work, we combine ellipticity and major axis position angle measurements from the Sloan Digital Sky Server Data Release 16 (SDSS DR16) with the group finder algorithm of Rodriguez \& Merch\'an to determine the alignment of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-06-01 Facundo Rodriguez , Manuel Merchán , M. Celeste Artale

We present measurements of two types of cluster galaxy alignments based on a volume limited and highly pure ($\ge$ 90%) sample of clusters from the GMBCG catalog derived from SDSS DR7. We detect a clear BCG alignment (the alignment of major…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Jiangang Hao , Jeffrey M. Kubo , Robert Feldmann , James Annis , David E. Johnston , Huan Lin , Timothy A. McKay

We study the relationship between galaxy luminosity, color, and environment in a cosmological simulation of galaxy formation. We compare the predicted relationship with that found for SDSS galaxies and find that the model successfully…

The observed correlation between star-formation in central galaxies and in their neighbours (a phenomenon dubbed galactic conformity) is in need of a convincing physical explanation. We use a volume-limited sample of galaxies with redshifts…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Guinevere Kauffmann , Cheng Li , Wei Zhang , Simone Weinmann

While the star formation rates and morphologies of galaxies have long been known to correlate with their local environment, the process by which these correlations are generated is not well understood. Galaxy groups are thought to play an…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Matthew R. George , Chung-Pei Ma , Kevin Bundy , Alexie Leauthaud , Jeremy Tinker , Risa H. Wechsler , Alexis Finoguenov , Benedetta Vulcani

Wide-angle, moderately deep redshift surveys such as that conducted as part of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) allow study of the relationship between the structural elements of the large-scale distribution of galaxies -- including…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Michael S. Vogeley , Fiona Hoyle , Randall R. Rojas , David M. Goldberg

The dependence of the sequence of red galaxies (RS) with the environment is investigated using field, group, and cluster galaxies drawn from the SDSS. Our work focuses in studying the mean colour ($\mu_R$) and the scatter ($\sigma_R$) of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 Hector J. Martinez , Valeria Coenda , Hernan Muriel

Using a sample of galaxies selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 7 (SDSS DR7) and a catalog of bulge-disk decompositions, we study how the size distribution of galaxies depends on the intrinsic properties of galaxies, such…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-02-25 Youcai Zhang , Xiaohu Yang

Satellite galaxies in rich clusters are subject to numerous physical processes that can significantly influence their evolution. However, the typical L* satellite galaxy resides in much lower mass galaxy groups, where the processes capable…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Douglas F. Watson , Charlie Conroy

We use the SDSS/DR8 galaxy sample to study the radial distribution of satellite galaxies around isolated primaries, comparing to semi-analytic models of galaxy formation based on the Millennium and Millennium-II simulations. SDSS satellites…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-06-13 Wenting Wang , Laura V. Sales , Bruno M. B. Henriques , Simon D. M. White

Using a large galaxy group catalogue constructed from the SDSS, we investigate the correlation between various galaxy properties and halo mass. We split the population of galaxies in early types, late types, and intermediate types, based on…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-16 Simone M. Weinmann , Frank C. van den Bosch , Xiaohu Yang , H. J. Mo

Context: Satellite dwarf galaxies provide key constraints on galaxy formation and evolution, since their abundance and spatial distribution reflect both the host properties and the large-scale environment. Aims: This study quantifies the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-05-21 Saeed Tavasoli , Parsa Ghafour

Using the SIMBA, EAGLE, and IllustrisTNG-100 galaxy formation simulations, we examine the anisotropy of the satellite distribution and its dependencies on central galaxies, host halos, and cosmic filaments. We find that in all simulations…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-05-01 Zhuoming Zhang , Weiguang Cui , Yun Chen , Romeel Davé , Katarina Kraljic

The anisotropic distribution of satellites around the central galaxy of their host halo is well-documented. However the relative impact of baryons and dark matter in shaping this distribution is still debated. Using the simulation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-12-22 Charlotte Welker , Chris Power , Christophe Pichon , Yohan Dubois , Julien Devriendt , Sandrine Codis

In this work, we combine size and stellar mass measurements from the Sloan Digital Sky Server (SDSS) with the group finder algorithm of Rodriguez \& Merch\'an in order to determine the stellar and halo mass -- size relations of central and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-07-07 Facundo Rodriguez , Antonio D. Montero-Dorta , Raul E. Angulo , M. Celeste Artale , Manuel Merchán

We study satellite galaxy abundances in SDSS by counting photometric galaxies around isolated bright primaries. We present results as a function of the luminosity, stellar mass and colour of the satellites, and of the stellar mass and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-01 Wenting Wang , Simon D. M. White

We use a volume-limited galaxy sample from the SDSS Data Release 7 to explore the dependence of galactic conformity on the large-scale environment, measured on $\sim$ 4 Mpc scales. We find that the star formation activity of neighbour…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-04-04 Shuangpeng Sun , Qi Guo , Lan Wang , Jie Wang , Liang Gao , Cedric G. Lacey , Jun Pan