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astro-ph.GA2026

SQuIGGE: Ubiquitous Cool Gas Outflows with Large Mass-Loading Factors in Post-starburst Galaxies

Yuanze Luo, Justin S. Spilker, David J. Setton +13

While recent James Webb Space Telescope studies have highlighted cool gas outflows as an important mechanism for rapid quenching at , such space-based spectroscopic samp…

astro-ph.GA2026

Forged in Quenching: Morphological Transformation across Star-forming and Quiescent Galaxies in EAGLE

Kai Wang, Carlton Baugh, Sownak Bose +15

The connection between morphology and quenching in central galaxies is well established, but its physical origin remains widely debated. We address this by tracing the main progeni…

astro-ph.GA2026

JWST PRIMER: Post-starburst galaxies dominate the low-mass quiescent galaxy population since z~2

Thomas de Lisle, David T. Maltby, Omar Almaini +10

We present the evolution of the stellar mass functions for photometrically selected star-forming, passive and post-starburst galaxies, based on JWST PRIMER observations of the Ultr…

astro-ph.GA2026

Beyond the Fundamental Metallicity Relation: galaxy sizes encode the link between inflow and metallicity

N. F. Boardman, V. Wild, D. Scholte +3

Gas-phase chemical abundances are key observable consequences of galaxy evolution, being intrinsically tied to galaxy formation histories. Gas metallicity rises with increasing ste…

astro-ph.GA2026

Post-starburst Galaxies with Active Galactic Nucleus: Properties and Evolutionary Sequences

Junjie Huang, Yanmei Chen, Yong Shi +7

Post-starburst (PSB) galaxies, identified by strong Balmer absorption and weak nebular emission, provide a key laboratory for studying rapid quenching. Using the final data release…

astro-ph.GA2026

No hidden monsters: Probing recently-quenched galaxies for obscured AGN with JWST-PRIMER MIRI and NIRCam

Guillaume Hewitt, Omar Almaini, David Maltby +13

We investigate the role of obscured active galactic nuclei (AGN) in recently quenched post-starburst galaxies (PSBs), using a sample of 65 photometrically selected PSBs in the PRIM…

astro-ph.GA2026

The multiwavelength structure of post-starburst galaxies at 0.5 < z < 3 with JWST PRIMER: compact morphologies and residual disturbances

David T. Maltby, Omar Almaini, Vivienne Wild +9

We investigate the multi-wavelength structure of recently quenched post-starburst (PSB) galaxies at 0.5 < z < 3, using photometrically selected samples from the Ultra Deep Survey (…

astro-ph.GA2026

The quenching time and timescale distribution of z~2 quiescent galaxies from precise colour distribution analysis

Vivienne Wild, Ho-Hin Leung, Adam Carnall +1

Understanding when and how galaxies quench their star formation is crucial for understanding the dominant physical processes at play. The spectral energy distribution (SED) of gala…

astro-ph.GA2026

Tracing Radio AGN-Driven Quenching in Post-Starburst Galaxies at Cosmic Noon

Pallavi Patil, Kate Rowlands, Katherine Alatalo +14

We present a radio continuum study of photometrically selected cosmic noon (0.5<z<3) post-starburst galaxies (PSBs) in the UKIDSS Deep Survey (UDS) field to assess if radio-mode Ac…

astro-ph.GA2026

EMBERS I: Low redshift post-starburst galaxies are frequently depleted in molecular gas relative to star forming progenitors

Ben F. Rasmussen, María Jesús Jiménez-Donaire, Sara L. Ellison +10

The cold gas content of post-starburst galaxies (PSBs) provides important insight into the mechanisms that drive rapid quenching, but a multiphase assessment of both the atomic and…

astro-ph.GA2026

A Multiwavelength Evaluation of AGN in the Post-Starburst Phase

Yuanze Luo, Kate Rowlands, Katherine Alatalo +14

The quenching of star formation is a crucial phase in galaxy evolution. Although active galactic nuclei (AGN) feedback has been proposed as a key driver of this transition, the lac…

astro-ph.GA2026★ 1 cited

Spatially resolved star-formation histories of local post-starburst galaxies: Starburst and quenching spatial patterns consistent with recent mergers

Ho-Hin Leung, Vivienne Wild, Michail Papathomas +6

Post-starburst (PSB) galaxies, having recently experienced a starburst followed by rapid quenching, are excellent laboratories to probe physical mechanisms that drive starbursts an…

astro-ph.GA2026★ 1 cited

The JWST EXCELS survey: The ages and abundances of massive quiescent galaxies show that downsizing was already in place by

Ho-Hin Leung, Adam C. Carnall, Elizabeth Taylor +21

We present deep, medium-resolution m JWST/NIRSpec spectroscopy for 14 quiescent galaxies at with , obtained as part of t…

astro-ph.GA2026

The JWST EXCELS survey: Outflows in 1.5 < z < 5 quiescent and recently quenched galaxies are likely relics from episodic AGN activity

Elizabeth Taylor, Adam C. Carnall, David Maltby +24

We investigate the presence and origin of neutral gas outflows and inflows in 13 post-starburst (PSB) and quiescent galaxies at redshifts 1.8 z 4.6, using JWST NIRSpe…

astro-ph.GA2025

The role of mergers and rejuvenation in the buildup of the quiescent population at cosmic noon

Jimi Evan Harrold, Omar Almaini, Frazer R. Pearce +6

We investigate the quenching of galaxies using a mock observational lightcone generated from the Semi-Analytic Model (SAM) L-Galaxies, closely matched to observations from the UKID…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 3 cited

The diverse quenching pathways of post-starburst galaxies in SDSS-IV MaNGA

Ho-Hin Leung, Vivienne Wild, Michail Papathomas +2

The quenching of star formation in galaxies is an important aspect of galaxy evolution, but the physical mechanisms that drive it are still not understood. Measuring the spatial di…

astro-ph.GA2025

Stellar populations of quasar host galaxies with MFICA decomposition

Sahyadri Devidatt Krishna, Vivienne Wild, Paul C. Hewett +1

Galaxy evolution theories require co-evolution between accreting supermassive black holes (SMBH) and galaxies to explain many properties of the local galaxy population, yet observa…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 2 cited

The JWST EXCELS survey: Insights into the nature of quenching at cosmic noon

Maya Skarbinski, Kate Rowlands, Katherine Alatalo +19

We study 24 massive quiescent galaxies with at with JWST/NIRSpec medium-resolution observations from the Early eXtragalactic C…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 11 cited

PRIMER & JADES reveal an abundance of massive quiescent galaxies at 2 < z < 5

Struan D. Stevenson, Adam C. Carnall, Ho-Hin Leung +22

We select a mass-complete sample of 225 quiescent galaxies at with from PRIMER and JADES photometry spanning a total area of sq.…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 4 cited

Linking enhanced star formation and quenching to faint tidal features in galaxies

Alexander J. Gordon, Annette M. N. Ferguson, Robert G. Mann +1

Galaxy mergers and interactions have long been suggested as a significant driver of galaxy evolution. However, the exact extent to which mergers enhance star formation and AGN acti…

astro-ph.GA2025

The competing effects of recent and long-term star formation histories on oxygen, nitrogen, and stellar metallicities

Nicholas Fraser Boardman, Vivienne Wild, Natalia Vale Asari +1

The fundamental metallicity relation (FMR) - the three-way trend between galaxy stellar masses, star-formation rates (SFRs) and gaseous metallicities - remains amongst the most stu…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 3 cited

Cool Gas in the Circumgalactic Medium of Massive Post Starburst Galaxies

Zoe Harvey, Sahyadri Krishna, Vivienne Wild +2

Observing the interplay between galaxies and their gaseous surroundings is crucial for understanding how galaxies form and evolve, including the roles of long-lived cool gas reserv…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 14 cited

No evidence for excess AGN activity in recently quenched massive galaxies at cosmic noon

Omar Almaini, Vivienne Wild, David Maltby +8

We present an analysis of AGN activity within recently quenched massive galaxies at cosmic noon (), using deep Chandra X-ray observations of the Ultra-Deep Survey (UDS) fi…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 4 cited

Low redshift post-starburst galaxies host abundant HI reservoirs

Sara L. Ellison, Qifeng Huang, Dong Yang +8

Studying the gas content of post-starburst (PSB) galaxies can provide valuable clues regarding the process of fast quenching. Although previous works have studied the molecular gas…