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The abundance of satellite galaxies provides a direct test of $\Lambda$CDM and galaxy formation physics on small scales. While satellites of Milky Way-mass galaxies are well studied, those of dwarf galaxies remain largely unexplored. We…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-02-05 Jiaxuan Li , Jenny E. Greene , Shany Danieli , Scott Carlsten , Marla Geha

Galaxy environment plays a crucial role in quenching star formation in dwarf galaxies. In Milky Way (MW)-like environments, dwarf satellite quenching is primarily driven by ram pressure stripping (RPS), the direct removal of satellite gas…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-10 Jingyao Zhu , Stephanie Tonnesen , Greg L. Bryan , Mary E. Putman

We present results from a Keck/DEIMOS survey to study satellite quenching in group environments at $z \sim 0.8$ within the Extended Groth Strip (EGS). We target $11$ groups in the EGS with extended X-ray emission. We obtain high-quality…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-12-05 Devontae C. Baxter , Sean P. Fillingham , Alison L. Coil , Michael C. Cooper

Observations indicate that galaxies with high stellar masses or in dense environments have low specific star formation rates, i.e. they are quenched. Based on cosmological hydrodynamic simulations that include a prescription where quenching…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-19 Jared M. Gabor , Romeel Davé

We present predictions for the quenching of star formation in satellite galaxies of the Local Group from a suite of 30 cosmological zoom simulations of Milky Way-like host galaxies. The Auriga simulations resolve satellites down to the…

We report the discovery of a $>1^\circ$ ($\sim50$ kpc) long stellar tidal stream emanating from the dwarf galaxy DDO 44, a likely satellite of Local Volume galaxy NGC 2403 located $\sim70$ kpc in projection from its companion. NGC 2403 is a…

We examine the star formation properties of bright (~0.1 L*) satellites around isolated ~L* hosts in the local Universe using spectroscopically confirmed systems in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey DR7. Our selection method is carefully…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 John I. Phillips , Coral Wheeler , Michael Boylan-Kolchin , James S. Bullock , Michael C. Cooper , Erik J. Tollerud

The quenching of star formation in satellite galaxies is observed over a wide range of dark matter halo masses and galaxy environments. In the recent Guo et al (2011) and Fu et al (2013) semi-analytic + N-body models, the gaseous…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-02-17 Yu Luo , Xi Kang , Guinevere Kauffmann , Jian Fu

When dark matter halos are accreted by massive host clusters, strong gravitational tidal forces begin stripping mass from the accreted subhalos. This stripping eventually removes all mass beyond a subhalo's tidal radius, but the unbound…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-08-31 Yuedong Fang , Joseph Clampitt , Neal Dalal , Bhuvnesh Jain , Eduardo Rozo , John Moustakas , Eli Rykoff

Recent efforts have extended our view of the number and properties of satellite galaxies beyond the Local Group firmly down to $\rm M_\star\sim 10^6 M_\odot$. A similarly complete view of the field dwarf population has lagged behind. Using…

We present an analysis of the quenching of local observed and simulated galaxies, including an investigation of the dependence of quiescence on both intrinsic and environmental parameters. We apply an advanced machine learning technique…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-01-24 Paul H. Goubert , Asa F. L. Bluck , Joanna M. Piotrowska , Roberto Maiolino

Recent observations of the high-redshift Universe, particularly with JWST, have revealed a population of quenched galaxies that challenges current galaxy formation models, which systematically underpredict their abundance. This discrepancy…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-05-06 Aleyna Döven , Mohammadreza Ayromlou , Cristiano Porciani

We present the results of the Large Binocular Telescope Satellites Of Nearby Galaxies Survey (LBT-SONG) ``Far Sample,'' including survey completeness estimates. We find 10 satellite candidates in the inner virial regions of 13 star-forming…

Satellite galaxies undergo a variety of physical processes when they are accreted by groups and clusters, often resulting in the loss of baryonic and dark matter (DM) mass. In this work, we evaluate the predictions from the IllustrisTNG…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-12-26 Antonio D. Montero-Dorta , Facundo Rodriguez , M. Celeste Artale , Rory Smith , Jonas Chaves-Montero

We investigate the correlation of star formation quenching with internal galaxy properties and large scale environment (halo mass) in empirical data and theoretical models. We make use of the halo-based Group Catalog of Yang and…

We report the serendipitous identification of a low mass ($M_* \sim 2\times 10^6 \, \mathrm{M}_\odot$), isolated, likely quenched dwarf galaxy in the "foreground" of the COSMOS-CANDELS field. From deep Hubble Space Telescope (HST) imaging…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-06-17 Ava Polzin , Pieter van Dokkum , Shany Danieli , Johnny P. Greco , Aaron J. Romanowsky

One of the key open questions in extragalactic astronomy is what stops star formation in galaxies. While it is clear that the cold gas reservoir, which fuels the formation of new stars, must be affected first, how this happens and what are…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-08-25 L. Cortese , B. Catinella , R. Smith

We combine observations of the Local Group with data from the NASA-Sloan Atlas to show the variation in the quenched fraction of satellite galaxies from low mass dwarf spheroidals and dwarf irregulars to more massive dwarfs similar to the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-22 Colin T. Slater , Eric F. Bell

We study the evolution of satellite galaxies in clusters of the \textsc{c-eagle} simulations, a suite of 30 high-resolution cosmological hydrodynamical zoom-in simulations based on the \textsc{eagle} code. We find that the majority of…

Isolated dwarf galaxies are intrinsically faint and difficult to detect. The limited sample size makes it challenging to observationally constrain the physical mechanisms that quench their star formation. To disentangle the quenching…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-21 Zuoyu Wu , Yougang Wang , Shihong Liao