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20152018
most citedShape asymmetry: a morphological indicator for automatic detection of galaxies in the post-coalescence merger stages

164 citations · 496 across the 5 of their papers we have counts for

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5 papers

astro-ph.GA2018★ 29 cited

The host galaxies of FeLoBAL quasars at z0.9 are not dominated by recent major mergers

C. Villforth, H. Herbst, F. Hamann +4

Theoretical models have suggested an evolutionary model for quasars, in which most of luminous quasars are triggered by major mergers. It is also postulated that reddening as well…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 134 cited

Host galaxies of luminous z0.6 quasars: Major mergers are not prevalent at the highest AGN luminosities

C. Villforth, T. Hamilton, M. M. Pawlik +10

Galaxy interactions are thought to be one of the main triggers of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN), especially at high luminosities, where the accreted gas mass during the AGN lifetime…

astro-ph.SR2016★ 37 cited

The disappearing act: A dusty wind eclipsing RW Aur

I. Bozhinova, A. Scholz, G. Costigan +8

RW Aur is a young binary star that experienced a deep dimming in 2010-11 in component A and a second even deeper dimming from summer 2014 to summer 2016. We present new unresolved…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 164 cited

Shape asymmetry: a morphological indicator for automatic detection of galaxies in the post-coalescence merger stages

M. M. Pawlik, V. Wild, C. J. Walcher +5

We present a new morphological indicator designed for automated recognition of galaxies with faint asymmetric tidal features suggestive of an ongoing or past merger. We use this ne…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 132 cited

Do the Most Massive Black Holes at Grow via Major Mergers?

M. Mechtley, K. Jahnke, R. A. Windhorst +11

The most frequently proposed model for the origin of quasars holds that the high accretion rates seen in luminous active galactic nuclei are primarily triggered during major merger…