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Galaxy Mergers

Galaxy Mergers is a theoretical construct in extragalactic astrophysics that denotes the gravitational interaction and subsequent coalescence of two or more distinct galaxies into a single, more massive galaxy, distinguished by the dynamical redistribution of stars, gas, and dark matter and often triggering intensified star formation and active galactic nucleus activity.

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Modelling feedback from stars and black holes in galaxy mergers

Volker Springel, Tiziana Di Matteo, Lars Hernquist · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2005 · 2.2K citations · Full text

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Merger rates in hierarchical models of galaxy formation

C. G. Lacey, Shaun Cole · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 1993 · 2.2K citations · Full text

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A Unified, Merger‐driven Model of the Origin of Starbursts, Quasars, the Cosmic X‐Ray Background, Supermassive Black Holes, and Galaxy Spheroids

The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series · 2006 · 1.9K citations · Full text

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Gasdynamics and Starbursts in Major Mergers

J. Christopher Mihos, Lars Hernquist · The Astrophysical Journal · 1996 · 1.7K citations · Full text

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A Cosmological Framework for the Co‐evolution of Quasars, Supermassive Black Holes, and Elliptical Galaxies. I. Galaxy Mergers and Quasar Activity

Philip F. Hopkins, Lars Hernquist, Thomas J. Cox et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series · 2008 · 1.6K citations · Full text

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    Lars Hernquist

    Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian, United States

    78 publications · 22.5K citations

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    Thomas J. Cox

    Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian, United States

    41 publications · 8.9K citations

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    Philip F. Hopkins

    California Institute of Technology, United States

    36 publications · 8.1K citations

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    David R. Patton

    Trent University, Canada

    35 publications · 3.8K citations

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    Sara L. Ellison

    University of Victoria, Canada

    39 publications · 3.3K citations

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  1. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    76 h-index

    369 publications

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  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    72 h-index

    638 publications

    76.1K citations

  3. Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics

    Garching, Germany

    72 h-index

    185 publications

    35.9K citations

  4. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    71 h-index

    315 publications

    32.6K citations

  5. University of California, Santa Cruz

    Santa Cruz, United States

    60 h-index

    200 publications

    31K citations

  6. Max Planck Institute for Astronomy

    Heidelberg, Germany

    57 h-index

    208 publications

    23.3K citations

  7. Space Telescope Science Institute

    Baltimore, United States

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  8. Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics

    Garching bei München, Germany

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    164 publications · 10.8K citations

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  4. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 70 publications · 5.5K citations

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  5. The Astrophysical Journal Letters

    66 publications · 5.2K citations

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