3 papers
astro-ph.GA2026
Causal Reversal in the $M_\unicode{x25CF}\unicode{x2013}Ï_0$ Relation: Implications for High-Redshift Supermassive Black Hole Mass Estimates
Benjamin L. Davis, Saakshi More, Zehao Jin +3
The nascent methodology of applying the principles of causal discovery to astrophysical data has produced affirming results about deeply held theories concerning the causal nature…
astro-ph.GA2025
Causal Discovery in Astrophysics: Unraveling Supermassive Black Hole and Galaxy Coevolution
Zehao Jin, Mario Pasquato, Benjamin L. Davis +9
Correlation does not imply causation, but patterns of statistical association between variables can be exploited to infer a causal structure (even with purely observational data) w…
astro-ph.GA2024
Identification of Intermediate-mass Black Hole Candidates Among a Sample of Sd Galaxies
Benjamin L. Davis, Alister W. Graham, Roberto Soria +4
We analyzed images of every northern hemisphere Sd galaxy listed in the Third Reference Catalogue of Bright Galaxies (RC3) with a relatively face-on inclination (). Spe…