Galaxy Zoo: Multi-Mergers and the Millennium Simulation by Darg, D, Kaviraj, S, Lintott, C, Schawinski, K, Silk, J, Lynn, S, Bamford, S, Nichol, R

“…We present a catalogue of 39 multiple-mergers found using the mergers catalogue of the Galaxy Zoo project for $z<0.1$ and compare them to corresponding semi-analytical galaxies from the Millennium Simulation. …”

Galaxy Zoo: the fraction of merging galaxies in the SDSS and their morphologies by Darg, D, Kaviraj, S, Lintott, C, Schawinski, K, Sarzi, M, Bamford, S, Silk, J, Proctor, R, Andreescu, D, Murray, P, Nichol, R, Raddick, M, Slosar, A, Szalay, A, Thomas, D, Vandenberg, J

“…We present the largest, most homogeneous catalogue of merging galaxies in the nearby universe obtained through the Galaxy Zoo project - an interface on the world-wide web enabling large-scale morphological classification of galaxies through visual inspection of images from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). …”

Galaxy Zoo: The fraction of merging galaxies in the SDSS and their morphologies by Darg, D, Kaviraj, S, Lintott, C, Schawinski, K, Sarzi, M, Bamford, S, Silk, J, Proctor, R, Andreescu, D, Murray, P, Nichol, R, Raddick, M, Slosar, A, Szalay, A, Thomas, D, Vandenberg, J

“…We present the largest, most homogeneous catalogue of merging galaxies in the nearby Universe obtained through the Galaxy Zoo project - an interface on the World Wide Web enabling large-scale morphological classification of galaxies through visual inspection of images from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). …”

Chandra Observations of Galaxy Zoo Mergers: Frequency of Binary Active Nuclei in Massive Mergers by Teng, S, Schawinski, K, Urry, C, Darg, D, Kaviraj, S, Oh, K, Bonning, E, Cardamone, C, Keel, W, Lintott, C, Simmons, B, Treister, E

“…We present the results from a Chandra pilot study of 12 massive galaxy mergers selected from Galaxy Zoo. The sample includes major mergers down to a host galaxy mass of 10$^{11}$ $M_\odot$ that already have optical AGN signatures in at least one of the progenitors. …”

Galaxy Zoo: building the low-mass end of the red sequence with local post-starburst galaxies by Wong, O, Schawinski, K, Kaviraj, S, Masters, K, Nichol, R, Lintott, C, Keel, W, Darg, D, Bamford, S, Andreescu, D, Murray, P, Raddick, M, Szalay, A, Thomas, D, VandenBerg, J

“…We present a study of local post-starburst galaxies (PSGs) using the photometric and spectroscopic observations from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and the results from the Galaxy Zoo project. We find that the majority of our local PSG population have neither early- nor late- type morphologies but occupy a well-defined space within the colour-stellar mass diagram, most notably, the low-mass end of the "green valley" below the transition mass thought to be the mass division between low-mass star-forming galaxies and high-mass passively-evolving bulge-dominated galaxies. …”

Galaxy Zoo: building the low-mass end of the red sequence with local post-starburst galaxies by Wong, O, Schawinski, K, Kaviraj, S, Masters, K, Nichol, R, Lintott, C, Keel, W, Darg, D, Bamford, S, Andreescu, D, Murray, P, Raddick, M, Szalay, A, Thomas, D, VandenBerg, J

Galaxy Zoo: Building the low-mass end of the red sequence with local post-starburst galaxies by Wong, O, Schawinski, K, Kaviraj, S, Masters, K, Nichol, R, Lintott, C, Keel, W, Darg, D, Bamford, S, Andreescu, D, Murray, P, Raddick, M, Szalay, A, Thomas, D, Vandenberg, J

“…We present a study of local post-starburst galaxies (PSGs) using the photometric and spectroscopic observations from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and the results from the Galaxy Zoo project. We find that the majority of our local PSG population have neither early- nor late-type morphologies but occupy a well-defined space within the colour-stellar mass diagram, most notably, the low-mass end of the 'green valley' below the transition mass thought to be the mass division between low-mass star-forming galaxies and high-mass passively evolving bulge-dominated galaxies. …”

Galaxy Zoo: The properties of merging galaxies in the nearby Universe - local environments, colours, masses, star-formation rates and AGN activity by Darg, D, Kaviraj, S, Lintott, C, Schawinski, K, Sarzi, M, Bamford, S, Silk, J, Andreescu, D, Murray, P, Nichol, R, Raddick, M, Slosar, A, Szalay, A, Thomas, D, Vandenberg, J

“…Following the study of Darg et al. (2009; hereafter D09a) we explore the environments, optical colours, stellar masses, star formation and AGN activity in a sample of 3003 pairs of merging galaxies drawn from the SDSS using visual classifications from the Galaxy Zoo project. While D09a found that the spiral-to-elliptical ratio in (major) mergers appeared higher than that of the global galaxy population, no significant differences are found between the environmental distributions of mergers and a randomly selected control sample. …”

Galaxy Zoo: The properties of merging galaxies in the nearby Universe - Local environments, colours, masses, star formation rates and AGN activity by Darg, D, Kaviraj, S, Lintott, C, Schawinski, K, Sarzi, M, Bamford, S, Silk, J, Andreescu, D, Murray, P, Nichol, R, Raddick, M, Slosar, A, Szalay, A, Thomas, D, Vandenberg, J

“…Following the study of Darg et al., we explore the environments, optical colours, stellar masses, star formation and active galactic nucleus activity in a sample of 3003 pairs of merging galaxies drawn from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey using visual classifications from the Galaxy Zoo project. While Darg et al. found that the spiral-to-elliptical ratio in (major) mergers appeared higher than that of the global galaxy population, no significant differences are found between the environmental distributions of mergers and a randomly selected control sample. …”

Pattern Recognition in Astrophysics and the Anthropic Principle by Darg, D

“…We first try solving the pattern-recognition problem of locating mergers using the Galaxy Zoo database and produce the largest homogenous merger catalogue to date. …”

Spheroidal post-mergers in the local Universe by Carpineti, A, Kaviraj, S, Darg, D, Lintott, C, Schawinski, K, Shabala, S

“…Galaxy merging is a fundamental aspect of the standard hierarchical galaxy formation paradigm. Recently, the Galaxy Zoo project has compiled a large, homogeneous catalogue of 3373 mergers, through direct visual inspection of the entire SDSS spectro- scopic sample. …”

Spheroidal post-mergers in the local Universe by Carpineti, A, Kaviraj, S, Darg, D, Lintott, C, Schawinski, K, Shabala, S

“…Galaxy merging is a fundamental aspect of the standard hierarchical galaxy formation paradigm. Recently, the Galaxy Zoo project has compiled a large, homogeneous catalogue of 3373 mergers, through direct visual inspection of the entire Sloan Digital Sky Survey spectroscopic sample. …”