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most citedThe stellar mass assembly of galaxies in the Illustris simulation: growth by mergers and the spatial distribution of accreted stars

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The Formation of Massive, Compact Galaxies at z=2 in the Illustris Simulation

Sarah Wellons, Paul Torrey, Chung-Pei Ma +13

Massive, quiescent galaxies at high redshift have been found to be considerably more compact than galaxies of similar mass in the local universe. How these compact galaxies formed…