The merger-driven evolution of massive galaxies

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Robaina, Aday R
Bell, Eric F
van der Wel, Arjen
Somerville, Rachel S
Skelton, Rosalind E
McIntosh, D H
Meisenheimer, Klaus
Wolf, Christian

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IOP Publishing

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We explore the rate and impact of galaxy mergers on the massive galaxy population using the amplitude of the two-point correlation function on small scales for M* > 5×1010M⊙ galaxies from the COSMOS and COMBO-17 surveys. Using a pair fraction derived f

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Astrophysical Journal, The

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2037-12-31