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The morphology of galaxies can be quantified to some degree using a set of scale-invariant parameters. Concentration (C), Asymmetry (A), Smoothness (S), the Gini index (G), relative contribution of the brightest pixels to the second order…

We apply a new approach to quantifying galaxy morphology and identifying galaxy mergers to the rest-frame far-ultraviolet images of 82 z ~ 4 Lyman break galaxies (LBGs) and 55 1.2 < z < 1.8 emission-line galaxies in the GOODS and Ultra Deep…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. M. Lotz , P. Madau , M. Giavalisco , J. Primack , H. C. Ferguson

We present an analysis of the morphological classification of 89 luminous infrared galaxies (LIRGs) from the Great Observatories All-sky LIRG Survey (GOALS) sample using non-parametric coefficients and compare their morphology as a function…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-06-15 A. Psychogyios , V. Charmandaris , T. Diaz- Santos , L. Armus , S. Haan , J. Howell , E. Le Floc'h , S. M. Petty , A. S. Evans

We compare the morphologies of a sample of 20 LIRGs from the Great Observatories All-sky LIRG Survey (GOALS) in the FUV, B, I and H bands, using the Gini (G) and M20 parameters to quantitatively estimate the distribution and concentration…

[abridged] New near-infrared surveys, using the HST, offer an unprecedented opportunity to study rest-frame optical galaxy morphologies at z>1 and to calibrate automated morphological parameters that will play a key role in classifying…

In this paper we present a new statistic for quantifying galaxy morphology based on measurements of the Gini coefficient of galaxy light distributions. This statistic is easy to measure and is commonly used in econometrics to measure how…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Roberto Abraham , Sidney van den Bergh , Preethi Nair

The morphological properties of galaxies between $21 {\rm~mag} < I < 25 {\rm~mag}$ in the {\em Hubble Deep Field} are investigated using a quantitative classification system based on measurements of the central concentration and asymmetry…

We study the optical morphology of galaxies in a large-scale hydrodynamic cosmological simulation, the EAGLE simulation. Galaxy morphologies were characterized using non-parametric statistics (Gini, $M_{20}$, Concentration and Asymmetry)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-01-08 Lucas A. Bignone , Susana E. Pedrosa , James W. Trayford , Patricia B. Tissera , Leonardo J. Pellizza

We investigate the time evolution of non-parametric morphological quantities and their relationship to major mergers between $4\geq z \geq 2$ in high-resolution cosmological zoom simulations of disk galaxies that implement kinetic wind…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-08-11 Robert Thompson , Romeel Davé , Shuiyao Huang , Neal Katz

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

We present a quantitative morphological analysis using HST NICMOS H160- and ACS I775- band imaging of 25 spectroscopically confirmed submillimetre galaxies (SMGs) which have redshifts between z=0.7-3.4. Our analysis also employs a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Mark Swinbank , Ian Smail , Scott Chapman , Colin Borys , Dave Alexander , Andrew Blain , Chris Conselice , Laura Hainline , Rob Ivison

Morphological classification conveys abundant information on the formation, evolution, and environment of galaxies. In this work, we refine the two-step galaxy morphological classification framework ({\tt\string USmorph}), which employs a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-04-25 Jie Song , GuanWen Fang , Shuo Ba , Zesen Lin , Yizhou Gu , Chichun Zhou , Tao Wang , Cai-Na Hao , Guilin Liu , Hongxin Zhang , Yao Yao , Xu Kong

We study non-parametric morphologies of mergers events in a cosmological context, using the Illustris project. We produce mock g-band images comparable to observational surveys from the publicly available Illustris simulation idealized mock…

Galaxy evolution is driven to a large extent by interactions and mergers with other galaxies and the gas in galaxies is extremely sensitive to the interactions. One method to measure such interactions uses the quantified morphology of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 B. W. Holwerda , N. Pirzkal , W. J. G. de Blok , A. Bouchard , S-L. Blyth , K. J. van der Heyden , E. C. Elson

The rest-frame far-ultraviolet (FUV) morphologies of 8 nearby interacting and starburst galaxies (Arp 269, M 82, Mrk 8, NGC 520, NGC 1068, NGC 3079, NGC 3310, NGC 7673) are compared with 54 galaxies at z ~ 1.5 and 46 galaxies at z ~ 4…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-18 Sara M. Petty , Duilia F. de Mello , John S. Gallagher , Jonathan P. Gardner , Jennifer M. Lotz , C. Matt Mountain , Linda J. Smith

We study the environment in which a galaxy lies (i.e. field or group) and its connection with the morphology of the galaxy. This is done by examining the distribution of parametric and non-parametric statistics across the star-formation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-02-24 W. J. Pearson , L. Wang , S. Brough , B. W. Holwerda , A. M. Hopkins , J. Loveday

We present high resolution NICMOS images of random fields obtained in parallel to other HST observations. We present galaxy number counts reaching H=24. The H-band galaxy counts show good agreement with the deepest I- and K-band counts…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Harry I. Teplitz , Jonathan P. Gardner , Eliot M. Malumuth , Sara R. Heap

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

Galaxies in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (UDF) larger than 10 pixels (0.3 arcsec) have been classified according to morphology and their photometric properties are presented. There are 269 spirals, 100 ellipticals, 114 chains, 126…

Galaxy morphology offers significant insights into the evolutionary pathways and underlying physics of galaxies. As astronomical data grows with surveys such as Euclid and Vera C. Rubin , there is a need for tools to classify and analyze…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-18 I. Kolesnikov , V. M. Sampaio , R. R. de Carvalho , C. Conselice , S. B. Rembold , C. L. Mendes , R. R. Rosa
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