Search Results - "Tremonti, Christy A"
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A robust measurement of the mass outflow rate of the galactic outflow from NGC 6090
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (21-11-2016)“…To evaluate the impact of stellar feedback, it is critical to estimate the mass outflow rates of galaxies. Past estimates have been plagued by uncertain…”
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Clocking the Evolution of Post-starburst Galaxies: Methods and First Results
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-07-2018)“…Detailed modeling of the recent star formation histories (SFHs) of post-starburst (or "E+A") galaxies is impeded by the degeneracy between the time elapsed…”
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Shining a light on galactic outflows: photoionized outflows
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (11-04-2016)“…We study the ionization structure of galactic outflows in 37 nearby, star-forming galaxies with the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph on the Hubble Space Telescope…”
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The Intrinsic Sizes of Odd Radio Circles
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-05-2024)“…Abstract A new class of sources, the so-called odd radio circles (ORCs), have been discovered by recent sensitive, large-area radio continuum surveys. The…”
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Evolution of the most massive galaxies to z= 0.6 - I. A new method for physical parameter estimation
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-03-2012)“…We use principal component analysis (PCA) to estimate stellar masses, mean stellar ages, star formation histories (SFHs), dust extinctions and stellar velocity…”
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P-MaNGA: GRADIENTS IN RECENT STAR FORMATION HISTORIES AS DIAGNOSTICS FOR GALAXY GROWTH AND DEATH
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-05-2015)“…ABSTRACT We present an analysis of the data produced by the MaNGA prototype run (P-MaNGA), aiming to test how the radial gradients in recent star formation…”
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Extending the Dynamic Range of Galaxy Outflow Scaling Relations: Massive Compact Galaxies with Extreme Outflows
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-07-2023)“…Abstract We investigate galactic winds in the HizEA galaxies, a collection of 46 late-stage galaxy mergers at z = 0.4–0.8, with stellar masses of log ( M * / M…”
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The Ionization and Dynamics of the Makani Galactic Wind
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-04-2023)“…Abstract The Makani galaxy hosts the poster child of a galactic wind on scales of the circumgalactic medium. It consists of a two-episode wind in which the…”
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The Outflowing [O ii] Nebulae of Compact Starburst Galaxies at z ∼ 0.5
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-11-2024)“…Abstract High-velocity outflows are ubiquitous in compact, massive ( M * ∼ 10 11 M ⊙ ), z ∼ 0.5 galaxies with extreme star formation surface densities (Σ SFR ∼…”
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Kinematics, Structure, and Mass Outflow Rates of Extreme Starburst Galactic Outflows
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-05-2023)“…Abstract We present results on the properties of extreme gas outflows in massive ( M * ∼ 10 11 M ⊙ ), compact, starburst (star formation rate, SFR∼ 200 M ⊙ yr…”
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The Origin of the Mass-Metallicity Relation: Insights from 53,000 Star-forming Galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-10-2004)“…We utilize Sloan Digital Sky Survey imaging and spectroscopy of 653,000 star-forming galaxies at z60.1 to study the relation between stellar mass and gas-phase…”
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The growth of the central region by acquisition of counterrotating gas in star-forming galaxies
Published in Nature communications (19-10-2016)“…Galaxies grow through both internal and external processes. In about 10% of nearby red galaxies with little star formation, gas and stars are counter-rotating,…”
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The mass and momentum outflow rates of photoionized galactic outflows
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-08-2017)“…Abstract Galactic outflows are believed to play an important role in regulating star formation in galaxies, but estimates of the outflowing mass and momentum…”
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Evolution of the most massive galaxies to z ∼ 0.6 - II. The link between radio AGN activity and star formation
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-03-2013)“…We analyse the optical spectra of massive (log M */M > 11.4) radio-loud galaxies at z ∼ 0.2 and z ∼ 0.6. Our samples are generated by cross-matching the Sloan…”
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The ages and metallicities of galaxies in the local universe
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-09-2005)“…We derive stellar metallicities, light-weighted ages and stellar masses for a magnitude-limited sample of 175 128 galaxies drawn from the Sloan Digital Sky…”
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FAR-ULTRAVIOLET OBSERVATIONS OF OUTFLOWS FROM INFRARED-LUMINOUS GALAXIES
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-08-2013)“…We obtained medium-resolution ultraviolet (UV) spectra between 1150 and 1450 A of the four UV-bright, infrared-luminous starburst galaxies IRAS F08339+6517,…”
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Supernova-driven outflows in NGC 7552: a comparison of H α and UV tracers
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (21-09-2015)“…We investigate the supernova-driven galactic wind of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 7552, using both ground-based optical nebular emission lines and…”
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Ionized gas extends over 40 kpc in an odd radio circle host galaxy
Published in Nature (London) (18-01-2024)“…A new class of extragalactic astronomical sources discovered in 2021, named odd radio circles (ORCs) 1 , are large rings of faint, diffuse radio continuum…”
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GALAXIES PROBING GALAXIES AT HIGH RESOLUTION: CO-ROTATING GAS ASSOCIATED WITH A MILKY WAY ANALOG AT z = 0.4
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-06-2016)“…ABSTRACT We present results on gas flows in the halo of a Milky-Way-like galaxy at z = 0.413 based on high-resolution spectroscopy of a background galaxy. This…”
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Mid-Infrared and Visible Photometry of Galaxies: Anomalously Low Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Emission from Low-Luminosity Galaxies
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-05-2005)“…The Spitzer Space Telescope First Look Survey Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) near- and mid-infrared imaging data partially overlap the Sloan Digital Sky Survey…”
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