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Galaxy Quenching

Galaxy Quenching is the astrophysical process by which star formation in a galaxy is suppressed or terminated, distinguishing it from ongoing star-forming galaxies through the cessation of cold gas conversion into stars due to internal or environmental mechanisms.

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2017–2026

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MORPHOLOGICAL QUENCHING OF STAR FORMATION: MAKING EARLY-TYPE GALAXIES RED

Marie Martig, F. Bournaud, Romain Teyssier et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 2009 · 805 citations · Full text

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Inferring the star formation histories of massive quiescent galaxies with bagpipes: evidence for multiple quenching mechanisms

Adam C. Carnall, R. J. McLure, J. S. Dunlop et al. · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2018 · 776 citations · Full text

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Compaction and quenching of high-z galaxies in cosmological simulations: blue and red nuggets

Adi Zolotov, Avishai Dekel, Nir Mandelker et al. · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2015 · 569 citations · Full text

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A STELLAR MASS THRESHOLD FOR QUENCHING OF FIELD GALAXIES

Marla Geha, Michael R. Blanton, Renbin Yan et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 2012 · 436 citations · Full text

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The size evolution of star-forming and quenched galaxies in the IllustrisTNG simulation

Shy Genel, Dylan Nelson, Annalisa Pillepich et al. · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2017 · 292 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. RM
    R. Maiolino

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    11 publications · 703 citations

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  2. ST
    Sandro Tacchella

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    9 publications · 547 citations

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  3. MC
    Michael C. Cooper

    University of California, Irvine, United States

    9 publications · 608 citations

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  4. RD
    Romeel Davé

    University of the Western Cape, South Africa

    7 publications · 1.1K citations

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  5. MB
    Michael Boylan-Kolchin

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    7 publications · 497 citations

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Institutions

304

  1. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    20 h-index

    48 publications

    3.8K citations

  2. University of California, Santa Cruz

    Santa Cruz, United States

    19 h-index

    49 publications

    6.2K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    18 h-index

    54 publications

    5.8K citations

  4. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    16 h-index

    34 publications

    3K citations

  5. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    15 h-index

    20 publications

    1.5K citations

  6. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    14 h-index

    23 publications

    1.4K citations

  7. Leiden University

    Leiden, The Netherlands

    14 h-index

    18 publications

    1.5K citations

  8. Space Telescope Science Institute

    Baltimore, United States

    13 h-index

    24 publications

    1.9K citations

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Venues

  1. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    65 publications · 6.2K citations

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  2. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 37 publications · 3.5K citations

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  3. The Astrophysical Journal Letters

    12 publications · 648 citations

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  4. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    8 publications · 443 citations

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  5. arXiv (Cornell University)

    Repository · 7 publications · 162 citations

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