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most citedCALIFA, the Calar Alto Legacy Integral Field Area survey: I. Survey presentation

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189 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

Globular cluster Observations for Luminosity-dispersion Distances (GOLD): Project description and velocity catalogue

K. Fahrion, M. A. Beasley, A. Gvozdenko +10

We introduce and describe the Globular cluster Observations for Luminosity-Dispersion distances (GOLD) project, which has the principal aim of determining independent distances bas…

astro-ph.GA2026

Lower central dark matter densities in nearby galaxies than predicted by simulations

Yu Lei, Ling Zhu, Meng Yang +9

Baryonic feedback in hydrodynamical simulations is typically invoked to alleviate the core--cusp problem in dwarf galaxies. Yet baryonic processes also induce adiabatic contraction…

astro-ph.GA2026

The GECKOS survey: Assembly history of the lenticular galaxy NGC 3957

Yuchen Ding, Marie Martig, Ling Zhu +24

We analyse the assembly history of the edge-on lenticular galaxy NGC 3957 using deep integral-field spectroscopic MUSE data from the GECKOS survey. By applying a dust-corrected Mul…

astro-ph.GA2026

The MAGPI Survey: Emission Line Products Data Release and the Role of Spectroscopic Aperture Covering Fraction on the Balmer Decrement-Stellar Mass Relation

A. J. Battisti, E. G. M. Muller, E. Wisnioski +27

The Middle Ages Galaxy Properties with Integral field spectroscopy (MAGPI) survey is a Large Program on the European Southern Observatory Very Large Telescope using the MUSE instru…

astro-ph.GA2026

The SAMI Galaxy Survey: Linking Tidal Features and Orbit Populations Using Schwarzschild Modelling

T. H. Rutherford, J. van de Sande, S. M. Croom +11

The evolution of angular momentum in galaxies is shaped by a combination of internal secular processes and external mechanisms such as mergers. Orbit-superposition based dynamical…

astro-ph.GA2026

The MAGPI survey: Stellar population radial trends and mass assembly in star-forming galaxies at z~0.3

Federica Mauro, Bodo Ziegler, Iris Breda +19

The evolution of galaxies from cosmic noon to the present day provides a key window to probe the balance between early, rapid bulge formation and prolonged disk growth. The epoch a…

astro-ph.GA2026

The Fornax Cluster VLT Spectroscopic Survey - V. Mass modelling of the BCG NGC 1399 out to 150 kpc

Avinash Chaturvedi, Nicola R. Napolitano, Michael Hilker +7

NGC 1399, the bright central galaxy of the Fornax cluster, hosts an extensive population of globular clusters (GCs) extending beyond 200 kpc into its outer halo, about 6.5 effectiv…

astro-ph.GA2026

The MAGPI Survey: Evidence for Non-Universal Resolved Dust Attenuation Relations Beyond the Local Universe

A. Mailvaganam, T. Zafar, P. Corcho-Caballero +39

We study the spatially resolved relation between dust attenuation () and star formation rate surface density () in galaxies from the MAGPI survey ($0.25 < z…

astro-ph.GA2026

Dissecting the 3D chemo-dynamical structures of NGC~1381: A galaxy hosting an ancient slow bar with an accretion-related bulge and thick disc

Yunpeng Jin, Ling Zhu, Shude Mao +4

We applied the barred population-orbit superposition method developed in our 2025 papers to construct 3D chemo-dynamical models for the barred S0 galaxy NGC~1381 in the Fornax clus…

astro-ph.GA2026

A Long Period Stellar-Mass Black Hole Binary in Centauri

Matthew Whitaker, Evan Kerr, Anil Seth +16

Modern simulations of stellar dynamics in globular clusters peg a dominant role for stellar-mass black holes, but direct evidence for black holes in clusters remains limited. We pr…

astro-ph.GA2026

The Milky Way as a distant galaxy: an IFU and panchromatic view

Sergey Khoperskov, Alina Boecker, Nikolay Kacharov +4

Understanding the structure and evolution of galaxies increasingly benefits from placing the Milky Way (MW), the best-studied stellar system, in an external-galaxy context. To anal…

astro-ph.GA2026

A spectroscopic map of the Galactic centre: Integrated light and dynamical modelling

A. Feldmeier-Krause, T. I. Maindl, G. van de Ven +3

The centre of the Milky Way is occupied by a nuclear star cluster that contains the supermassive black hole Sgr A*. The cluster is embedded in the larger surrounding nuclear stella…

astro-ph.GA2026

Supermassive black holes in six triaxial galaxies: Insights from SINFONI and MUSE observations

Sabine Thater, Avinash Chaturvedi, Davor Krajnovic +5

Dynamical modelling can be used to constrain the masses of central black holes; however, modelling massive galaxies is challenging due to their complexity. In this work, we report…

astro-ph.GA2026★ 1 cited

ReveaLLAGN 1: JWST Emission-Line Spectra Reveal Low-Luminosity AGN with UV-Deficient SEDs and Warm Molecular Gas

Kameron Goold, Anil Seth, Mallory Molina +20

We present near- and mid-infrared spectra of eight Low-Luminosity Active Galactic Nuclei (LLAGN), spanning nearly four orders of magnitude in black hole mass and Eddington ratio, o…

astro-ph.GA2025

3D Full Spectrum Fitting: Algorithm Comparison

Prashin Jethwa, Simon Hubmer, Ronny Ramlau +1

Full spectrum fitting is the prevailing method for extracting stellar kinematic and population measurements from 1D galaxy spectra. 3D methods refer to analysis of Integral Field S…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 20 cited

oMEGACat III. Multi-band photometry and metallicities reveal spatially well-mixed populations within Centauri's half-light radius

M. S. Nitschai, N. Neumayer, M. Häberle +15

Centauri, the most massive globular cluster in the Milky Way, has long been suspected to be the stripped nucleus of a dwarf galaxy that fell into the Galaxy a long time ago. Th…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 6 cited

The MAGPI survey: The interdependence of the mass, star formation rate, and metallicity in galaxies at z~0.3

M. Koller, B. Ziegler, B. I. Ciocan +16

Star formation rates (SFRs), gas-phase metallicities, and stellar masses are crucial for studying galaxy evolution. The different relations resulting from these properties give ins…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 99 cited

Fast-moving stars around an intermediate-mass black hole in Omega Centauri

Maximilian Häberle, Nadine Neumayer, Anil Seth +15

Black holes have been found over a wide range of masses, from stellar remnants with masses of 5-150 solar masses (Msun), to those found at the centers of galaxies with Msu…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 5 cited

The effects of environment on galaxies' dynamical structures: From simulations to observations

Yuchen Ding, Ling Zhu, Annalisa Pillepich +4

We studied the effects of cluster environments on galactic structures by using the TNG50 cosmological simulation and observed galaxies in the Fornax cluster. We focused on galaxies…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 19 cited

oMEGACat II -- Photometry and proper motions for 1.4 million stars in Omega Centauri and its rotation in the plane of the sky

Maximilian Häberle, Nadine Neumayer, Andrea Bellini +15

Omega Centauri ( Cen) is the most massive globular cluster of the Milky Way. It is thought to be the nucleus of an accreted dwarf galaxy because of its high mass and its complex…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 4 cited

Shapes of dark matter haloes with discrete globular cluster dynamics: The example of NGC 5128 (Centaurus A)

Tadeja Veršič, Marina Rejkuba, Magda Arnaboldi +7

Within the CDM cosmology, dark matter haloes are expected to deviate from spherical symmetry. Constraining the halo shapes at large galactocentric distances is challenging due t…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 16 cited

Baryonic properties of nearby galaxies across the stellar-to-total dynamical mass relation

Laura Scholz-Diaz, Ignacio Martin-Navarro, Jesus Falcon-Barroso +2

In the standard cosmological model, the assembly of galaxies is primarily driven by the growth of their host dark matter halos. At the center of these halos, however, baryonic proc…

astro-ph.GA2024

Investigating black hole accretion disks as potential polluter sources for the formation of enriched stars in globular clusters

Laurane Fréour, Alice Zocchi, Glenn van de Ven +1

Accretion disks surrounding stellar mass black holes (BHs) have been suggested as potential locations for the nucleosynthesis of light elements, which are our primary observational…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 1 cited

From gas to stars: MUSEings on the internal evolution of IC 1613

S. Taibi, G. Battaglia, M. M. Roth +9

The kinematics and chemical composition of stellar populations of different ages provide crucial information about the evolution of a galaxy. We aim to provide such information for…