The close pair fraction of BCGs since z = 0.5: major mergers dominate recent BCG stellar mass growth
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DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx340
Abstract: Using the redMaPPer cluster catalogue based on the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) photometry, we investigate the importance of major mergers in the stellar mass build-up of brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs) between $0.08 \leq z… read more here.
Keywords: mass growth; stellar mass; major mergers; pair fraction ... See more keywords