The sdss-iv manga sample: design, optimization, and usage considerations

DA Wake, K Bundy, AM Diamond-Stanic… - The Astronomical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
We describe the sample design for the SDSS-IV MaNGA survey and present the final
properties of the main samples along with important considerations for using these samples …

Galaxy mergers can rapidly shut down star formation

SL Ellison, S Wilkinson, J Woo… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Galaxy mergers trigger both star formation and accretion on to the central supermassive
black hole. As a result of subsequent energetic feedback processes, it has long been …

IllustrisTNG in the HSC-SSP: image data release and the major role of mini mergers as drivers of asymmetry and star formation

C Bottrell, HM Yesuf, G Pop**… - Monthly Notices of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
At fixed galaxy stellar mass, there is a clear observational connection between structural
asymmetry and offset from the star-forming main sequence, ΔSFMS. Herein, we use the …

Interacting galaxies in the IllustrisTNG simulations− IV: enhanced supermassive black hole accretion rates in post-merger galaxies

S Byrne-Mamahit, MH Hani, SL Ellison… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We present an analysis of the instantaneous supermassive black hole (SMBH) accretion
rates in a collection of 1563 post-merger galaxies drawn from the IllustrisTNG simulation …

A Virgo Environmental Survey Tracing Ionised Gas Emission (VESTIGE)-I. Introduction to the survey

A Boselli, M Fossati, L Ferrarese, S Boissier… - Astronomy & …, 2018 - aanda.org
The Virgo Environmental Survey Tracing Ionised Gas Emission (VESTIGE) is a blind narrow-
band (NB) Hα+[NII] imaging survey carried out with MegaCam at the Canada–France …

Deep learning predictions of galaxy merger stage and the importance of observational realism

C Bottrell, MH Hani, H Teimoorinia… - Monthly Notices of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Machine learning is becoming a popular tool to quantify galaxy morphologies and identify
mergers. However, this technique relies on using an appropriate set of training data to be …

Spatially resolved star formation and fuelling in galaxy interactions

J Moreno, P Torrey, SL Ellison… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We investigate the spatial structure and evolution of star formation and the interstellar
medium (ISM) in interacting galaxies. We use an extensive suite of parsec-scale galaxy …

Convolutional neural network identification of galaxy post-mergers in UNIONS using IllustrisTNG

RW Bickley, C Bottrell, MH Hani… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT The Canada–France Imaging Survey (CFIS) will consist of deep, high-resolution
r-band imaging over∼ 5000 deg2 of the sky, representing a first-rate opportunity to identify …

Interacting galaxies in the IllustrisTNG simulations-I: Triggered star formation in a cosmological context

DR Patton, KD Wilson, CJ Metrow… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
We use the IllustrisTNG cosmological hydrodynamical simulations to investigate how the
specific star formation rates (sSFRs) of massive galaxies (M*> 1010 M⊙) depend on the …

Interacting galaxies on FIRE-2: the connection between enhanced star formation and interstellar gas content

J Moreno, P Torrey, SL Ellison… - Monthly Notices of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
We present a comprehensive suite of high-resolution (parsec-scale), idealized (non-
cosmological) galaxy merger simulations (24 runs, stellar mass ratio∼ 2.5: 1) to investigate …