The presence of Dark Matter (DM) is required in the universe regulated by the standard general relativistic theory of gravitation. The nature of DM is however...
Properties of the dwarf galaxy population in galaxy clusters
Dwarf galaxies, being the most numerous and fragile galaxy population, provide unique clues on both the formation of baryonic systems and the role played by the...
Pushing automated classifications to their limits: the largest galaxy morphological catalog up to date
Galaxy morphologies are one of the key diagnostics of galaxy evolutionary tracks, but visual classifications are extremely time-consuming. The sheer size of Big...
Quantification of bar strength and the structure of galaxies
Bars are important engines for the evolution of structure in galaxies. Bars can cause secular evolution of both the gas and stellar distributions in galaxies...
There is increasing speculation that quasars are intimately linked to the evolution of their host galaxies. Not only are they triggered as galaxies build up...
Rare dusty galaxies in the early Universe: Herschel unveils extreme star-formation
Over the past ~20 years the high-redshift Universe has been increasingly opened to scrutiny at far-infrared wavelengths, where cool dust emission from star...
Dwarf spheroidal (dSph) galaxies are the smallest, closest and most abundant galaxies in the Universe and therefore excellent laboratories to study star...
One of the most widely researched topics in Extragalactic Astrophysics in the last decades is how early-type galaxies have formed their stars and assembled. In...
Reconstructing the stellar mass distributions of nearby galaxies using S4G IRAC 3.6 and 4.5 micron images
With imaging at 3.6 and 4.5 microns where the light in nearby galaxies is dominated by old stars, the Spitzer Survey of Nearby Galaxies (S4G) stands poised for...