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The role of mergers and interactions in driving the evolution of dwarf galaxies over cosmic time

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Dwarf galaxies (M⋆ < 109 M⊙) are key drivers of mass assembly in high-mass galaxies, but relatively little is understood about the assembly of dwarf galaxies themselves. Using the NEWHORIZON cosmological simulation (∼40 pc spatial resolution), we investigate how mergers and fly-bys drive the mass assembly and structural evolution of around 1000 field and group dwarfs up to z = 0.5. We find that, while dwarf galaxies often exhibit disturbed morphologies (5 and 20 per cent are disturbed at z = ...

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Published
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Peer reviewed

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10.1093/mnras/staa3443

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Physics
Sub department:
Astrophysics
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Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Journal:
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society More from this journal
Volume:
500
Issue:
4
Pages:
4937-4957
Publication date:
2020-11-07
Acceptance date:
2020-10-29
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EISSN:
1365-2966
ISSN:
0035-8711
Language:
English
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1122669
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pubs:1122669
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2021-02-22

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