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I outline a quantitative method for characterizing galaxies both by photometric `form' and indices of spectral-type, applicable to both nearby and distant galaxies. Such a characterization provides insight on galaxy evolution because there…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Matthew A. Bershady

Context: Galaxy morphology is a fundamental property to describe galaxy evolution. However, the observed morphology of a particular galaxy may depend on the observed wavelength. Aims: Our aim is to investigate the wavelength dependence and…

The distribution of galaxy morphological types is a key test for models of galaxy formation and evolution, providing strong constraints on the relative contribution of different physical processes responsible for the growth of the…

Modeling galaxy formation in a cosmological context presents one of the greatest challenges in astrophysics today, due to the vast range of scales and numerous physical processes involved. Here we review the current status of models that…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-09-23 Rachel S. Somerville , Romeel Davé

Non-parametric morphology measures are a powerful tool for identifying galaxy mergers at low redshifts. We employ cosmological zoom simulations using Gizmo with the Mufasa feedback scheme, post-processed using 3D dust radiative transfer…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-03-08 Matthew W. Abruzzo , Desika Narayanan , Romeel Davé , Robert Thompson

The majority of massive star-forming galaxies at $z\sim2$ have velocity gradients suggestive of rotation, in addition to large amounts of disordered motions. In this paper, we demonstrate that it is challenging to distinguish the regular…

We present a detailed study of rotational asymmetry in galaxies for both morphological and physical diagnostic purposes. An unambiguous method for computing asymmetry is developed, robust for both distant and nearby galaxies. By degrading…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-23 Christopher J. Conselice , Matthew A. Bershady , Anna Jangren

An overview over the current status of modeling galaxies by means of numerical simulations is given. After a short description of how galaxies form in hierarchically clustering scenarios, success and failures of current simulations are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Matthias Steinmetz

The IMAGES project aims at measuring the velocity fields of a representative sample of 100 massive galaxies at z=0.4-0.75, selected in the CDFS, the CFRS and the HDFS fields. It uses the world-unique mode of multiple integral field units of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 F. Hammer

Encoded within the morphological structure of galaxies are clues related to their formation and evolutionary history. Recent advances pertaining to the statistics of galaxy morphology include sophisticated measures of concentration (C),…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 K. M. Hambleton , B. K. Gibson , C. B. Brook , G. S. Stinson , C. J. Conselice , J. Bailin , H. Couchman , J. Wadsley

We present a preliminary study exploring whether the stellar orbital circularity of simulated galaxies, available from precomputed catalogs in the IllustrisTNG project, can be used as a proxy for broad morphological classification. We focus…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-06-26 Katarina Baucalo , Ana Mitrašinović

Quantifying the morphology of galaxies has been an important task in astrophysics to understand the formation and evolution of galaxies. In recent years, the data size has been dramatically increasing due to several on-going and upcoming…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-02-07 Joshua Yao-Yu Lin , Song-Mao Liao , Hung-Jin Huang , Wei-Ting Kuo , Olivia Hsuan-Min Ou

We extend a recently developed galaxy morphology classification method, Quantitative Multiwavelength Morphology (QMM), to connect galaxy morphologies to their underlying physical properties. The traditional classification of galaxies…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-18 D. B. Wijesinghe , A. M. Hopkins , B. C. Kelly , N. Welikala , A. J. Connolly

We analyze the structural and dynamical properties of disk-like objects formed in fully consistent cosmological simulations with an inefficient star formation algorithm. Comparison with data of similar observable properties of spiral…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Saiz , R. Dominguez-Tenreiro , P. B. Tissera , S. Courteau

(Abridged) We determine the quantitative morphology and star formation properties of galaxies in six nearby X-ray detected, poor groups using multi-object spectroscopy and wide-field R imaging. We measure structural parameters for each…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Kim-Vy H. Tran , Luc Simard , Ann I. Zabludoff , John S. Mulchaey

Hydrodynamical simulations of galaxy formation and evolution attempt to fully model the physics that shapes galaxies. The agreement between the morphology of simulated and real galaxies, and the way the morphological types are distributed…

The measurements of morphological indicators of galaxies are often influenced by a series of observational effects. In this study, we utilize a sample of over 800 TNG50 simulated galaxies with log($M_*$/M$_\odot$)$>9$ at $0.5<z<3$ to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-04-26 Jian Ren , F. S. Liu , Nan Li , Qifan Cui , Pinsong Zhao , Yubin Li , Qi Song , Hassen M. Yesuf , Xian Zhong Zheng

Tidal features provide signatures of recent mergers and offer a unique insight into the assembly history of galaxies. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) will enable an unprecedentedly large survey of…

We use observations and simulation to study the relationship between star-forming galaxies and the intergalactic medium at z~3. The observed galaxy sample is based on spectroscopic redshift data from a combination of the VLT LBG Redshift…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-07-02 P. Tummuangpak , R. Bielby , T. Shanks , N. H. M. Crighton , H. Francke , L. Infante , T. Theuns

Based on the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 5 Galaxy Sample, we explore photometric morphology classification and redshift estimation of galaxies using photometric data and known spectroscopic redshifts. An unsupervised method,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Yanxia Zhang , Lili Li , Yongheng Zhao