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most citedGalaxies at the extremes: Ultra-diffuse galaxies in the Virgo Cluster

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50 papers

astro-ph.CO2026

ELUCID-DESI II. Revealing dark matter mass, tidal, and velocity (MTV) fields using galaxy group phase information

Qingyang Li, Xiaohu Yang, Wensheng Hong +24

We introduce a novel method for reconstructing the cosmic mass, tidal, and velocity (MTV) fields over the redshift range using the phase information of galaxy groups.…

astro-ph.GA2025

JWST Observations of the Double Nucleus in NGC 4486B: Possible Evidence for a Recent Binary SMBH Merger and Recoil

Behzad Tahmasebzadeh, Monica Valluri, Shashank Dattathri +19

A recent study of the compact elliptical galaxy NGC 4486B using JWST-NIRSpec IFU kinematics confirmed a supermassive black hole (SMBH) of mass (~8% of…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

The Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey (NGVS). XL. The Morphological Classification of Virgo Cluster Galaxies

Max M. Kurzner, Patrick Côté, Laura Ferrarese +19

We present a study of morphologies, based on deep imaging of the Virgo Cluster from the Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey (NGVS), for 3689…

astro-ph.GA2025

A JWST View of the Overmassive Black Hole in NGC 4486B

Behzad Tahmasebzadeh, Matthew A. Taylor, Monica Valluri +19

We present a new stellar dynamical measurement of the supermassive black hole (SMBH) in the compact elliptical galaxy NGC 4486B, based on integral field spectroscopy with JWST/NIRS…

astro-ph.GA2025

A Supermassive Black Hole in a Diminutive Ultra-compact Dwarf Galaxy Discovered with JWST/NIRSpec+IFU

Matthew A. Taylor, Behzad Tahmasebzadeh, Solveig Thompson +18

The integral-field unit mode of the Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec+IFU) mounted on the James Webb Space Telescope has now enabled kinematic studies of smaller and less massive…

astro-ph.GA2024

The Spatial Distribution of Globular Cluster Systems in Early Type Galaxies: Estimation Procedure and Catalog of Properties for Globular Cluster Systems Observed with Deep Imaging Surveys

Sungsoon Lim, Eric W. Peng, Patrick Côté +18

We present an analysis of the spatial distribution of globular cluster (GC) systems of 118 nearby early-type galaxies in the Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey (NGVS) and Mass As…

astro-ph.GA2024

Establishing HI mass v.s. stellar mass and halo mass scaling relations using an abundance matching method

Yi Lu, Xiaohu Yang, Chengze Liu +5

We combined data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and the Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA Survey (ALFALFA) to establish the HI mass vs. stellar mass and halo mass scaling relation…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 17 cited

CSST large-scale structure analysis pipeline: I. constructing reference mock galaxy redshift surveys

Yizhou Gu, Xiaohu Yang, Jiaxin Han +29

In this paper, we set out to construct a set of reference mock galaxy redshift surveys (MGRSs) for the future Chinese Space-station Survey Telescope (CSST) observation, where subse…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 10 cited

The Jiao Tong University Spectroscopic Telescope Project

JUST Team, Chengze Liu, Ying Zu +28

The Jiao Tong University Spectroscopic Telescope (JUST) is a 4.4-meter f/6.0 segmentedmirror telescope dedicated to spectroscopic observations. The JUST primary mirror is composed…

astro-ph.GA2023

An enhanced abundance of bright galaxies in protocluster candidates at z~3-5

Jun Toshikawa, Stijn Wuyts, Nobunari Kashikawa +11

We present a protocluster search covering to based on the combination of the Hyper SuprimeCam Subaru Strategic Programme and the CFHT Large Area -band Deep Sur…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 14 cited

Ionizing radiation from AGNs at z>3.3 with the Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam Survey and the CFHT Large Area U-band Deep Survey (CLAUDS)

Ikuru Iwata, Marcin Sawicki, Akio K. Inoue +8

We use deep and wide imaging data from the CFHT Large Area U-band Deep Survey (CLAUDS) and the Hyper Suprime-Cam Subaru Strategic Program (HSC-SSP) to constrain the ionizing radiat…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 10 cited

Testing the tidal stripping scenario of ultra-compact dwarf galaxy formation by using internal properties

Rebecca J. Mayes, Michael J. Drinkwater, Joel Pfeffer +5

We use the hydrodynamical EAGLE simulation to test if ultra-compact dwarf galaxies (UCDs) can form by tidal stripping by predicting the ages and metallicities of tidally stripped g…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 14 cited

Contribution of stripped nuclei to the ultracompact dwarf galaxy population in the Virgo Cluster

Rebecca J. Mayes, Michael. J. Drinkwater, Joel Pfeffer +5

We use the hydrodynamical EAGLE simulation to predict the numbers, masses and radial distributions of tidally stripped galaxy nuclei in massive galaxy clusters, and compare these r…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 6 cited

Fresh Insights on the Kinematics of M49's Globular Cluster System with MMT/Hectospec Spectroscopy

Matthew A. Taylor, Youkyung Ko, Patrick Côté +10

We present the first results of an MMT/Hectospec campaign to measure the kinematics of globular clusters (GCs) around M49 -- the brightest galaxy in the Virgo galaxy cluster, which…

astro-ph.CO2021★ 9 cited

The Merger Dynamics of the Galaxy Cluster Abell 1775: New Insights from Chandra and XMM-Newton for a Cluster Simultaneously Hosting a WAT and a NAT Radio Sources

Dan Hu, Haiguang Xu, Zhenghao Zhu +13

We present a new study of the merger dynamics of Abell~1775 by analyzing the high-quality Chandra and XMM-Newton archival data. We confirm/identify an arc-shaped edge (i.e., the he…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 4 cited

A giant central red disk galaxy at redshift : challenge to theories of galaxy formation

Kun Xu, Chengze Liu, Yipeng Jing +2

We report a giant red central disk galaxy in the XMM-LSS north region. The region is covered with a rich variety of multiband photometric and spectroscopic observations. Using the…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 4 cited

Populating HI gas in dark matter halos: I. method

Yi Lu, Xiaohu Yang, Chengze Liu +4

We combine data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and the Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA Survey (ALFALFA) to establish an empirical model for the HI gas content within dark matter…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 114 cited

The Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey (NGVS). XXX. Ultra-Diffuse Galaxies and their Globular Cluster Systems

Sungsoon Lim, Patrick Côté, Eric W. Peng +14

We present a study of ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) in the Virgo Cluster based on deep imaging from the Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey (NGVS). Applying a new definition for t…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 12 cited

Revealing the formation mechanism of the shell galaxy NGC474 with MUSE

Jeremy Fensch, Pierre-Alain Duc, Sungsoon Lim +6

Stellar shells around galaxies could provide precious insights into their assembly history. However, their formation mechanism remains poorly empirically constrained, in particular…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 16 cited

A discrete chemo-dynamical model of M87's globular clusters: Kinematics extending to ~ 400 kpc

Chao Li, Ling Zhu, R. J. Long +14

We study the mass distribution and kinematics of the giant elliptical galaxy M87 (NGC 4486) using discrete chemo-dynamical, axisymmetric Jeans equation modelling. Our catalogue com…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 8 cited

Star Formation in Massive Galaxies at Redshift

Kun Xu, Chengze Liu, Yipeng Jing +2

It is believed that massive galaxies have quenched their star formation because of active galactic nucleus feedback. However, recent studies have shown that some massive galaxies a…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 5 cited

The Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey. XVII. A Search for Planetary Nebulae in Virgo Cluster Globular Clusters

Weijia Sun, Eric W. Peng, Youkyung Ko +11

The occurrence of planetary nebulae (PNe) in globular clusters (GCs) provides an excellent chance to study low-mass stellar evolution in a special (low-metallicity, high stellar de…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 113 cited

The CFHT Large Area U-band Deep Survey (CLAUDS)

Marcin Sawicki, Stephane Arnouts, Jiasheng Huang +37

The CFHT Large Area U-band Deep Survey (CLAUDS) uses data taken with the MegaCam mosaic imager on CFHT to produce images of 18.60 deg2 with median seeing of FWHM=0.92 arcsec and to…

astro-ph.SR2019★ 40 cited

Properties of Radial Velocities measurement based on LAMOST-II Medium-Resolution Spectroscopic Observations

R. Wang, A. -L. Luo, J. -J. Chen +28

The radial velocity (RV) is a basic physical quantity which can be determined through Doppler shift of the spectrum of a star. The precision of RV measurement depends on the resolu…