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most citedInteracting galaxies in the IllustrisTNG simulations -- IV: Enhanced Supermassive Black Hole Accretion Rates in Post-Merger Galaxies

46 citations · 90 across the 12 of their papers we have counts for

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astro-ph.GA2026

SALVAGE II: no systematic molecular gas depletion in the central 2 kpc of AGN hosts

Scott Wilkinson, Chiara Circosta, Toby Brown +5

In cosmological simulations, active galactic nuclei (AGN) feedback is found to be necessary for the shutdown of galaxy-wide star-formation by heating and/or removing molecular gas.…

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

Galaxy Mergers in UNIONS -- II: Predicting Timescales in the Post-Merger Regime

Leonardo Ferreira, Sara L. Ellison, David R. Patton +3

Galaxy mergers are critical events that influence galaxy evolution by driving processes such as enhanced star formation, quenching, and active galactic nucleus (AGN) activity. Howe…

astro-ph.GA2025

Interacting galaxies in the IllustrisTNG simulations - IX: Mini mergers trigger AGN in cosmological simulations

Shoshannah Byrne-Mamahit, Sara L. Ellison, David R. Patton +3

Galaxy mergers are transformative events that can cause gaseous inflows capable of triggering active galactic nuclei (AGN). Previous studies of AGN in simulations have mainly focus…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 20 cited

Galaxy evolution in the post-merger regime. III -- The triggering of active galactic nuclei peaks immediately after coalescence

Sara L. Ellison, Leonardo Ferreira, Robert Bickley +6

Galaxy mergers have been shown to trigger AGN in the nearby universe, but the timescale over which this process happens remains unconstrained. The Multi-Model Merger Identifier (MU…

astro-ph.GA2024

Galaxy evolution in the post-merger regime I -- Most merger-induced in-situ stellar mass growth happens post-coalescence

Leonardo Ferreira, Sara L. Ellison, David R. Patton +5

Galaxy mergers can enhance star formation rates throughout the merger sequence, with this effect peaking around the time of coalescence. However, owing to a lack of information abo…