Fields · Physical Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · Astronomy and Astrophysics

Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena

This cluster of papers explores the formation and evolution of galaxies, including topics such as stellar populations, black holes, dark matter, cosmic evolution, quasars, and the extensive use of data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. It also includes discussions on astrophysical simulations to understand various aspects of galaxy formation.

238,293 works

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Most cited

  1. The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical Summary

    Donald G. York, Jennifer Adelman, John E. Anderson, Scott F. Anderson · 2000 · The Astronomical Journal · 10,558 citations

  2. A Universal Density Profile from Hierarchical Clustering

    Julio F. Navarro, Carlos S. Frenk, Simon D. M. White · 1997 · The Astrophysical Journal · 9,956 citations

  3. The Structure of Cold Dark Matter Halos

    Julio F. Navarro, Carlos S. Frenk, Simon D. M. White · 1996 · The Astrophysical Journal · 8,250 citations

  4. STAR FORMATION IN GALAXIES ALONG THE HUBBLE SEQUENCE

    Robert C. Kennicutt · 1998 · Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics · 6,608 citations

  5. The cosmological simulation code gadget-2

    Volker Springel · 2005 · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 6,402 citations

  6. The NRAO VLA Sky Survey

    J. J. Condon, W. D. Cotton, E. W. Greisen, Qiang Yin · 1998 · The Astronomical Journal · 5,850 citations

Most recent

  1. Galaxies Built by Merger and Mood: A Interdisciplinary Mapping Review of Galaxy Formation in the Hierarchical Universe

    Zen Revista, 10 ASTRO · 2026 · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 0 citations

  2. Galaxies Built by Merger and Mood: A Interdisciplinary Mapping Review of Galaxy Formation in the Hierarchical Universe

    Zen Revista, 10 ASTRO · 2026 · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 0 citations

  3. J-PAS: Semisupervised Sim-to-Obs Transfer for Robust Star–Galaxy–Quasar Classification

    Daniel López-Cano, L. Raul Abramo, L. Nakazono, I. Pérez-Ràfols · 2026 · The Astrophysical Journal · 0 citations

  4. A selection-aware view of black hole–galaxy coevolution at high redshift

    Francesco Ziparo, Stefano Carniani, S. Gallerani, Bartolomeo Trefoloni · 2026 · Astronomy and Astrophysics · 1 citations

  5. Correlation between Baryonic Process and Galaxy Assembly Bias

    Zilan Xiao, Junyu Hua, Zhongxu Zhai, Andrew Benson · 2026 · The Astrophysical Journal · 0 citations

  6. Planck constraints on turbulence in the Coma cluster

    Baptiste Sigal, É. Pointecouteau, Nicolas Clerc, Simon Dupourqué · 2026 · Astronomy and Astrophysics · 0 citations

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