Quantifying the impact of incompleteness on identifying and interpreting galaxy protocluster populations with the TNG-cluster simulation

We use the TNG-Cluster simulation to investigate how stellar mass and star formation rate (SFR) incompleteness affect the identification of density peaks within galaxy protoclusters at different redshifts. Our analysis focuses on a sample of 352 protoclusters, defined as the progenitor populations o...

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Hauptverfasser: Baxter, Devontae C. (VerfasserIn) , Coil, Alison L. (VerfasserIn) , Nadler, Ethan O. (VerfasserIn) , Nelson, Dylan (VerfasserIn) , Pillepich, Annalisa (VerfasserIn) , Forrest, Ben (VerfasserIn) , Giddings, Finn (VerfasserIn) , Golden-Marx, Emmet (VerfasserIn) , Lemaux, Brian C. (VerfasserIn) , Sikorski, Derek (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2025 September 10
In: The astrophysical journal
Year: 2025, Jahrgang: 990, Heft: 2, Pages: 1-21
ISSN:1538-4357
DOI:10.3847/1538-4357/adf644
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Verfasserangaben:Devontae C. Baxter, Alison L. Coil, Ethan O. Nadler, Dylan Nelson, Annalisa Pillepich, Ben Forrest, Finn Giddings, Emmet Golden-Marx, Brian C. Lemaux, and Derek Sikorski

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