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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

The dwarf galaxies comparable to the LMC and SMC, with stellar masses $7.5 <{\rm log}(M_{\ast}/M_{\odot})<9.5$, are found in a diversity of environments and have long quenching timescales. We need to understand how this phenomenon is…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-04-25 Joy Bhattacharyya , Annika H. G. Peter , Alexie Leauthaud

In the local Universe, there is a strong division in the star-forming properties of low-mass galaxies, with star formation largely ubiquitous amongst the field population while satellite systems are predominantly quenched. This dichotomy…

We examine the quenching characteristics of $328$ isolated dwarf galaxies $\left(10^{8} < M_{\rm star}/M_\odot < 10^{10} \right)$ within the \Rom{} cosmological hydrodynamic simulation. Using mock observation methods, we identify isolated…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-11-11 Ray S. Sharma , Alyson M. Brooks , Michael Tremmel , Jillian Bellovary , Thomas R. Quinn

We investigate how cosmic web structures affect galaxy quenching in the IllustrisTNG (TNG100) cosmological simulations by reconstructing the cosmic web within each snapshot using the DisPerSE framework. We measure the comoving distance from…

Dwarf galaxies are thought to quench primarily due to environmental processes most typically occurring in galaxy groups and clusters or around single, massive galaxies. However, at earlier epochs, ($5 < z < 2$), the collapse of large scale…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-01-04 Imad Pasha , Nir Mandelker , Frank C. van den Bosch , Volker Springel , Freeke van de Voort

Galaxies undergo processes throughout their lifetimes that ultimately lead to the expulsion of the gas and the cessation of the star-forming activity. This phenomenon commonly known as quenching, can be caused by environmental processes.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-09-04 Romero-Gómez , J. , Reynier F. Peletier , J. A. L. Aguerri , R. Smith

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…

Dwarf galaxies dominate the galaxy number density, making them critical to our understanding of galaxy evolution. However, typical dwarfs are too faint to be visible outside the very local Universe in past surveys like the SDSS, which offer…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-02-06 S. Kaviraj , I. Lazar , A. E. Watkins , C. Laigle , G. Martin , R. A. Jackson

We report, for the first time, the detection of a sample of quenched and isolated dwarf galaxies (with 8.9 $<$ log(M$_{\rm \star}$/M$_{\rm \odot}$) $<$ 9.5) in the least dense regions of the cosmic web, including voids, filaments, and…

We demonstrate that dwarf galaxies (10^7 < M_stellar < 10^9 Msun) with no active star formation are extremely rare (<0.06%) in the field. Our sample is based on the NASA-Sloan Atlas which is a re-analysis of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 M. Geha , M. Blanton , R. Yan , J. Tinker

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 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

Isolated dwarf galaxies usually exhibit robust star formation but satellite dwarf galaxies are often devoid of young stars, even in Milky Way-mass groups. Dwarf galaxies thus offer an important laboratory of the environmental processes that…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-06-07 Jenny E. Greene , Shany Danieli , Scott Carlsten , Rachael Beaton , Fangzhou Jiang , Jiaxuan Li

We investigate the environmental quenching of galaxies, especially those with stellar masses (M*)$<10^{9.5} M_\odot$, beyond the local universe. Essentially all local low-mass quenched galaxies (QGs) are believed to live close to massive…

We investigate the influence of large-scale cosmic web environments on galaxy quenching using a volume-limited, stellar mass-matched galaxy sample from SDSS DR18. Galaxies are classified as residing in sheets, filaments, or clusters based…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-31 Anindita Nandi , Biswajit Pandey

We report evidence of environmental quenching among galaxies at redshift ~ 2, namely the probability that a galaxy quenches its star formation activity is enhanced in the regions of space in proximity of other quenched, more massive…

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

It has long been known that environment has a large effect on star formation in galaxies. There are several known plausible mechanisms to remove the cool gas needed for star formation, such as strangulation, harassment and ram-pressure…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-11-08 P. W. Hatfield , M. J. Jarvis

The aim of this study is to identify quiescent galaxies in the 2-deg$^2$ COSMOS field at $z \sim 3.1$ and analyze their environment. Using data from the ODIN survey and COSMOS2020 catalog, we identify 24 massive quiescent galaxies (MQGs)…

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