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astro-ph.GA2014★ 259 cited
Galaxy pairs in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey - IX: Merger-induced AGN activity as traced by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
Shobita Satyapal, Sara L. Ellison, William McAlpine +3
Interactions between galaxies are predicted to cause gas inflows that can potentially trigger nuclear activity. Since the inflowing material can obscure the central regions of inte…
astro-ph.GA2014★ 261 cited
Bulge mass is king: The dominant role of the bulge in determining the fraction of passive galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Asa F. L. Bluck, J. Trevor Mendel, Sara L. Ellison +4
We investigate the origin of galaxy bimodality by quantifying the relative role of intrinsic and environmental drivers to the cessation (or `quenching') of star formation in over h…