Mergers and the spin of the dark matter halo are factors traditionally believed to determine
the morphology of galaxies within a Λ cold dark matter (ΛCDM) cosmology. We study this …

Galaxy interactions are thought to be one of the main triggers of active galactic nuclei (AGN),
especially at high luminosities, where the accreted gas mass during the AGN lifetime is …

Galaxy mergers are believed to play a key role in transforming star-forming disc galaxies
into quenched ellipticals. Most of our theoretical knowledge about such morphological …

In this paper, we investigate the implications of the integrated galaxy-wide stellar initial mass
function (IGIMF) approach in the framework of the semi-analytical model gaea (GAlaxy …

In a hierarchical, dark matter-dominated Universe, stellar mass functions (SMFs), galaxy
merger rates, star formation histories (SFHs), satellite abundances, and intracluster light …

In recent years, increasing attention has been devoted to semi-empirical, data-driven
models to tackle some aspects of the complex and still largely debated topic of galaxy …

Most galaxies in clusters have supermassive black holes (SMBHs) at their center, and a
fraction of those SMBHs show strong activity. These active galactic nuclei (AGNs) are an …

The relative roles of mergers and star formation in regulating galaxy growth are still a matter
of intense debate. We here present our decode, a new Discrete statistical sEmi-empiriCal …

We present a theoretical model for the evolution of mass, angular momentum and size of
galaxy discs and bulges, and we implement it into the semi-analytic galaxy formation code …

Observational systematics complicate comparisons with theoretical models limiting
understanding of galaxy evolution. In particular, different empirical determinations of the …