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astro-ph.GA2026

Predicting the Kinematics of the Cold Circumgalactic Medium from its Morphology using Convolutional Neural Networks

Connor Jennings, Earl P. Bellinger, Imad Pasha +2

We present a novel approach to predicting plane-of-sky velocities of cold gas clouds in the circumgalactic medium (CGM) of galaxies. The method uses a convolutional neural network…

astro-ph.GA2026

A Third Galaxy Missing Dark Matter along a Trail of Galaxies in the NGC 1052 Field

Michael A. Keim, Pieter van Dokkum, Zili Shen +2

While most dwarf galaxies are strongly dark matter dominated, two remarkable objects in the NGC 1052 field, DF2 and DF4, appear to lack dark matter. DF2 and DF4 were recently found…

astro-ph.GA2026

JWST Confirmation of a Runaway Supermassive Black Hole via its Supersonic Bow Shock

Pieter van Dokkum, Connor Jennings, Imad Pasha +6

We present JWST/NIRSpec IFU observations of a candidate runaway supermassive black hole at the tip of a 62 kpc-long linear feature at z=0.96. The JWST data show a sharp kinematic d…

astro-ph.GA2025

The SAGA Survey. VI. The Size-Mass Relation for Low-Mass Galaxies Across Environments

Yasmeen Asali, Marla Geha, Erin Kado-Fong +10

We investigate how Milky Way-like environments influence the sizes and structural properties of low-mass galaxies by comparing satellites of Milky Way analogs from the Satellites A…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

Quantitative Morphology of Galactic Cirrus in Deep Optical Imaging

Qing Liu, Peter Martin, Roberto Abraham +9

Imaging of optical Galactic cirrus, the spatially resolved form of diffuse Galactic light, provides important insights into the properties of the diffuse interstellar medium (ISM)…

astro-ph.GA2025

The Infinity Galaxy: a Candidate Direct-Collapse Supermassive Black Hole Between Two Massive, Ringed Nuclei

Pieter van Dokkum, Gabriel Brammer, Josephine F. W. Baggen +3

We report the discovery of an unusual z=1.14 object, dubbed the galaxy, in JWST imaging of the COSMOS field. Its rest-frame near-IR light is dominated by two compact nucle…

astro-ph.GA2025

Cold gas in a post-starburst pair at z ~ 1.4: major mergers as a pathway to quenching in the HeavyMetal survey

Katherine A. Suess, Aliza G. Beverage, Mariska Kriek +12

Recent observations at low redshift have revealed that some post-starburst galaxies retain significant molecular gas reservoirs despite low ongoing star formation rates, challengin…

astro-ph.GA2025

Further Evidence for a Direct-Collapse Origin of the Supermassive Black Hole at the Center of the Infinity Galaxy

Pieter van Dokkum, Gabriel Brammer, Connor Jennings +2

The z=1.14 galaxy consists of two ringed nuclei with an active supermassive black hole (SMBH) in between them. The system is likely the result of a nearly face-on collisio…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

Kinematic Confirmation of a Remarkable Linear Trail of Galaxies in the NGC 1052 Field, Consistent with Formation in a High-Speed Bullet Dwarf Collision

Michael A. Keim, Pieter van Dokkum, Zili Shen +6

A unique linear trail of diffuse galaxies was recently identified in the NGC 1052 field. This trail includes the remarkable, ultra-diffuse galaxies DF2 and DF4 which lack dark matt…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 6 cited

The Bullseye: HST, Keck/KCWI, and Dragonfly Characterization of a Giant Nine-Ringed Galaxy

Imad Pasha, Pieter G. van Dokkum, Qing Liu +5

We report the discovery and multiwavelength followup of LEDA 1313424 ("Bullseye"), a collisional ring galaxy (CRG) with nine readily-identified rings -- the most so far reported fo…

astro-ph.GA2024

Fuzzy Galaxies or Cirrus? Decomposition of Galactic Cirrus in Deep Wide-Field Images

Qing Liu, Roberto Abraham, Peter G. Martin +12

Diffuse Galactic cirrus, or Diffuse Galactic Light (DGL), can be a prominent component in the background of deep wide-field imaging surveys. The DGL provides unique insights into t…

astro-ph.GA2024

First Results from the Dragonfly Ultrawide Survey: the Largest Eleven Quenched Diffuse Dwarf Galaxies in 3100 deg with Spectroscopic Confirmation

Zili Shen, William P. Bowman, Pieter van Dokkum +7

The Dragonfly Telephoto Array employs a unique design to detect very large and diffuse galaxies, which might be missed with conventional telescopes. The Dragonfly Ultrawide Survey…

astro-ph.GA2024

Silkscreen: Direct Measurements of Galaxy Distances from Survey Image Cutouts

Tim B. Miller, Imad Pasha, Ava Polzin +1

With upcoming wide field surveys from the ground and space the number of known dwarf galaxies at Mpc is expected to dramatically increase. Insight into their nature a…

astro-ph.GA2023

The Heavy Metal Survey: The Evolution of Stellar Metallicities, Abundance Ratios, and Ages of Massive Quiescent Galaxies Since z~2

Aliza G. Beverage, Mariska Kriek, Katherine A. Suess +11

We present the elemental abundances and ages of 19 massive quiescent galaxies at and from the Keck Heavy Metal Survey. The ultra-deep LRIS and MOSFIRE spectra…

astro-ph.GA2023

The Heavy Metal Survey: Star Formation Constraints and Dynamical Masses of 21 Massive Quiescent Galaxies at

Mariska Kriek, Aliza G. Beverage, Sedona H. Price +14

In this paper, we present the Heavy Metal Survey, which obtained ultradeep medium-resolution spectra of 21 massive quiescent galaxies at with Keck/LRIS and MOSFIRE. Wit…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 4 cited

pysersic: A Python package for determining galaxy structural properties via Bayesian inference, accelerated with jax

Imad Pasha, Tim B. Miller

A standard practice in extragalactic population studies is the fitting of parametric models to galaxy images. From such fits, key structural parameters of galaxies such as total fl…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 34 cited

A candidate runaway supermassive black hole identified by shocks and star formation in its wake

Pieter van Dokkum, Imad Pasha, Maria Luisa Buzzo +13

The interaction of a runaway supermassive black hole (SMBH) with the circumgalactic medium (CGM) can lead to the formation of a wake of shocked gas and young stars behind it. Here…