5 papers
A Comprehensive Analysis of WISE Mid-Infrared Colors for Obscured AGN Selection
Anika Goel, Samir Salim, Sara L. Ellison +4
In this paper, we investigate the robustness of WISE mid-IR color selection (W1-W2) for identifying obscured (Type 2) active galactic nuclei (AGNs) at low redshift (z<0.3), using a…
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…
Unions with UNIONS: Using galaxy-galaxy lensing to probe galaxy mergers
Isaac Cheng, Jack Elvin-Poole, Michael J. Hudson +12
We use galaxy-galaxy lensing to investigate how the dark matter (DM) haloes and stellar content of galaxies with and $10 \leq \log_{10}(M_\star/\mathrm{M}_…
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…
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…