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Accretion Events

Accretion Events is a galactic evolutionary phenomenon denoting the process by which a galaxy incorporates stars, gas, or satellite systems through gravitational capture, distinguished from in situ formation by the external origin of the accreted components.

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Accretion Discs in Astrophysics

J. E. Pringle · Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics · 1981 · 2.2K citations

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On the Mechanism of Accretion by Stars

Hermann Bondi, F. Hoyle · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 1944 · 1.7K citations · Full text

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<i>Accretion Power in Astrophysics</i>

Juhan Frank, A. R. King, D. J. Raine et al. · Physics Today · 1986 · 1.3K citations

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Tracing Galaxy Formation with Stellar Halos. I. Methods

James S. Bullock, Kathryn V. Johnston · The Astrophysical Journal · 2005 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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Gravitationally redshifted emission implying an accretion disk and massive black hole in the active galaxy MCG–6–30–15

Yasuo Tanaka, K. Nandra, A. C. Fabian et al. · Nature · 1995 · 1K citations

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  1. KV
    Kathryn V. Johnston

    Columbia University, United States

    10 publications · 1.9K citations

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  2. JS
    James S. Bullock

    University of California, Irvine, United States

    10 publications · 2.1K citations

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  3. FA
    Facundo A. Gómez

    Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Germany

    8 publications · 402 citations

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  4. VB
    Vasily Belokurov

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 892 citations

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  5. LH
    Lars Hernquist

    Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian, United States

    7 publications · 2.6K citations

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  1. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    26 h-index

    59 publications

    9.5K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    24 h-index

    86 publications

    10.3K citations

  3. Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics

    Garching bei München, Germany

    23 h-index

    53 publications

    4.5K citations

  4. Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics

    Garching, Germany

    21 h-index

    38 publications

    6.1K citations

  5. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    21 h-index

    66 publications

    5.5K citations

  6. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    20 h-index

    50 publications

    9.3K citations

  7. University of Leicester

    Leicester, United Kingdom

    18 h-index

    33 publications

    6.5K citations

  8. Max Planck Institute for Astronomy

    Heidelberg, Germany

    18 h-index

    40 publications

    1.9K citations

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  1. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    134 publications · 13.6K citations

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  2. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 99 publications · 9.6K citations

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    60 publications · 3.5K citations

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  4. The Astrophysical Journal Letters

    20 publications · 987 citations

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  5. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 16 publications · 1.4K citations

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