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most citedFirst Light And Reionisation Epoch Simulations (FLARES) I: Environmental Dependence of High-Redshift Galaxy Evolution

138 citations · 713 across the 36 of their papers we have counts for

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astro-ph.GA2026

The LISA Astrophysics MBHcatalogues Project: A comparison of predictions of simulated massive black hole binaries

David Izquierdo-Villalba, Melanie Habouzit, Matteo Bonetti +67

In the hierarchical paradigm of galaxy formation, central massive black holes (MBHs) are expected to coalesce after the merger of their host galaxies. One of the main goals of the…

astro-ph.GA2026

RABBITS - III. Modelling relativistic accretion discs around spinning black holes in galaxy formation simulations

Dimitrios Irodotou, Shihong Liao, Theodoros Nakas +6

In this third study of the 'Resolving supermAssive Black hole Binaries In galacTic hydrodynamical Simulations' (RABBITS) series we develop and implement a geometrically thin relati…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 4 cited

First Light and Reionization Epoch Simulations (FLARES) -- XVIII: the ionising emissivities and hydrogen recombination line properties of early AGN

Stephen M. Wilkins, Aswin P. Vijayan, Scott Hagen +10

One of the most remarkable results from the \emph{James Webb Space Telescope} has been the discovery of a large population of compact sources exhibiting strong broad H emission,…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

First Light And Reionization Epoch Simulations (FLARES) -- XIX: Supermassive black hole mergers in the early Universe and their environmental dependence

Shihong Liao, Dimitrios Irodotou, Maxwell G. A. Maltz +10

The upcoming space-based gravitational wave (GW) observatory, LISA, is expected to detect GW signals from supermassive black hole (SMBH) mergers occurring at high redshifts. Howeve…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 1 cited

First Light and Reionisation Epoch Simulations (FLARES) XVII: Learning the galaxy-halo connection at high redshifts

Maxwell G. A. Maltz, Peter A. Thomas, Christoper C. Lovell +6

Understanding the galaxy-halo relationship is not only key for elucidating the interplay between baryonic and dark matter, it is essential for creating large mock galaxy catalogues…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 9 cited

Identifying supermassive black hole recoil in elliptical galaxies

Alexander Rawlings, Atte Keitaanranta, Max Mattero +8

We study stellar core growth in simulations of merging massive () elliptical galaxies by a supermassive black hole (SMBH) displaced by gravitatio…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 4 cited

First Light And Reionisation Epoch Simulations (FLARES) XVI: Size Evolution of Massive Dusty Galaxies at Cosmic Dawn from UV to IR

Paurush Punyasheel, Aswin P. Vijayan, Thomas R. Greve +9

We use the First Light And Reionisation Epoch Simulations (FLARES) to study the evolution of the rest-frame ultraviolet (UV) and far-infrared (FIR) sizes for a statistical sample o…

astro-ph.GA2024

EPOCHS Paper V. The dependence of galaxy formation on galaxy structure at z < 7 from JWST observations

Christopher J. Conselice, Justin T. F. Basham, Daniel O. Bettaney +11

We measure the broad impact of galaxy structure on galaxy formation by examining the ongoing star formation and integrated star formation history as revealed through the stellar ma…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 5 cited

First Light and Reionization Epoch Simulations (FLARES) -- XV: The physical properties of super-massive black holes and their impact on galaxies in the early universe

Stephen M. Wilkins, Jussi K. Kuusisto, Dimitrios Irodotou +9

Understanding the co-evolution of super-massive black holes (SMBHs) and their host galaxies remains a key challenge of extragalactic astrophysics, particularly the earliest stages…

astro-ph.GA2023

Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science (CEERS) survey: The colour evolution of galaxies in the distant Universe

Stephen M. Wilkins, Jack C. Turner, Micaela B. Bagley +20

The wavelength-coverage and sensitivity of JWST now enables us to probe the rest-frame UV - optical spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of galaxies at high-redshift (). From…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 17 cited

RABBITS -- I. The crucial role of nuclear star formation in driving the coalescence of supermassive black hole binaries

Shihong Liao, Dimitrios Irodotou, Peter H. Johansson +5

In this study of the `Resolving supermAssive Black hole Binaries In galacTic hydrodynamical Simulations' (RABBITS) series, we focus on the hardening and coalescing process of super…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 10 cited

RABBITS -- II. The impact of AGN feedback on coalescing supermassive black holes in disc and elliptical galaxy mergers

Shihong Liao, Dimitrios Irodotou, Peter H. Johansson +5

In this study of the `Resolving supermAssive Black hole Binaries In galacTic hydrodynamical Simulations' (RABBITS) series, we investigate the orbital evolution of supermassive blac…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 25 cited

KETJU -- resolving small-scale supermassive black hole dynamics in GADGET-4

Matias Mannerkoski, Alexander Rawlings, Peter H. Johansson +5

We present the new public version of the KETJU supermassive black hole (SMBH) dynamics module, as implemented into GADGET-4. KETJU adds a small region around each SMBH where the dy…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 2 cited

First Light And Reionisation Epoch Simulations (FLARES) XIV: The Balmer/4000~Å Breaks of Distant Galaxies

Stephen M. Wilkins, Christopher C. Lovell, Dimitrios Irodotou +10

With the successful launch and commissioning of JWST we are now able to routinely spectroscopically probe the rest-frame optical emission of galaxies at for the first time. A…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 17 cited

First Light And Reionisation Epoch Simulations (FLARES) XIII: The Lyman-continuum emission of high-redshift galaxies

Louise T. C. Seeyave, Stephen M. Wilkins, Jussi K. Kuusisto +10

The history of reionisation is highly dependent on the ionising properties of high-redshift galaxies. It is therefore important to have a solid understanding of how the ionising pr…

astro-ph.GA2023

Galaxy Evolution in based Cosmologies

Will J. Roper, Stephen M. Wilkins, Stephen Riggs +5

We present the first study of galaxy evolution in based cosmologies. We find that recent JWST observations of massive galaxies at extremely high redshifts are consistent w…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 12 cited

First Light And Reionisation Epoch Simulations (FLARES) XII: The consequences of star-dust geometry on galaxies in the EoR

Aswin P. Vijayan, Peter A. Thomas, Christopher C. Lovell +5

Using the First Light And Reionisation Epoch Simulations (), a suite of hydrodynamical simulations we explore the consequences of a realistic model for star-…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 2 cited

FLARES IX: The Physical Mechanisms Driving Compact Galaxy Formation and Evolution

William J. Roper, Christopher C. Lovell, Aswin P. Vijayan +6

In the FLARES (First Light And Reionisation Epoch Simulations) suite of hydrodynamical simulations, we find the high redshift () intrinsic size-luminosity relation is, surpris…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 14 cited

First Light And Reionisation Epoch Simulations (FLARES) XI: [OIII] emitting galaxies at

Stephen M. Wilkins, Christopher C. Lovell, Aswin P. Vijayan +10

JWST has now made it possible to probe the rest-frame optical line emission of high-redshift galaxies extending to z~9, and potentially beyond. To aid in the interpretation of thes…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 5 cited

First Light and Reionisation Epoch Simulations (FLARES) X: Environmental Galaxy Bias and Survey Variance at High Redshift

Peter A. Thomas, Christopher C. Lovell, Maxwell G. A. Maltz +5

Upcoming deep galaxy surveys with JWST will probe galaxy evolution during the epoch of reionisation (EoR, ) over relatively compact areas (e.g. 300\,arcmin$^2…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 38 cited

The growth of intermediate mass black holes through tidal captures and tidal disruption events

Francesco Paolo Rizzuto, Thorsten Naab, Antti Rantala +5

We present simulations, including post-Newtonian dynamics, of dense clusters of low-mass stars harbouring central black holes (BHs) with initial masses of 50, 30…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 21 cited

Modelling the accretion and feedback of supermassive black hole binaries in gas-rich galaxy mergers

Shihong Liao, Peter H. Johansson, Matias Mannerkoski +6

We introduce a new model for the accretion and feedback of supermassive black hole (SMBH) binaries to the KETJU code, which enables us to resolve the evolution of SMBH binaries dow…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 2 cited

First Light And Reionisation Epoch Simulations (FLARES) VIII. The Emergence of Passive Galaxies at

Christopher C. Lovell, Will Roper, Aswin P. Vijayan +9

Passive galaxies are ubiquitous in the local universe, and various physical channels have been proposed that lead to this passivity. To date, robust passive galaxy candidates have…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 6 cited

The JWST Hubble Sequence: The Rest-Frame Optical Evolution of Galaxy Structure at

Leonardo Ferreira, Christopher J. Conselice, Elizaveta Sazonova +13

We present results on the morphological and structural evolution of a total of 4265 galaxies observed with JWST at in the JWST CEERS observations that overlap with th…