From starburst to quiescence: testing active galactic nucleus feedback in rapidly quenching post-starburst galaxies

HM Yesuf, SM Faber, JR Trump, DC Koo… - The Astrophysical …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Post-starbursts are galaxies in transition from the blue cloud to the red sequence. Although
they are rare today, integrated over time they may be an important pathway to the red …

Clocking the evolution of post-starburst galaxies: methods and first results

KD French, Y Yang, AI Zabludoff… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Detailed modeling of the recent star formation histories (SFHs) of post-starburst (or" E+ A")
galaxies is impeded by the degeneracy between the time elapsed since the starburst ended …

The evolution of the cold interstellar medium in galaxies following a starburst

K Rowlands, V Wild, N Nesvadba… - Monthly Notices of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
We present the evolution of dust and molecular gas properties in a sample of 11 z∼ 0.03
starburst to post-starburst (PSB) galaxies selected to span an age sequence from ongoing …

Chronos and KAIROS: MOSFIRE observations of post-starburst galaxies in z ∼ 1 clusters and groups

BC Lemaux, AR Tomczak, LM Lubin… - Monthly Notices of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
We present an exploration of∼ 500 spectroscopically confirmed galaxies in and around two
large-scale structures (LSSs) at z∼ 1 drawn from the Observations of Redshift Evolution in …

Hubble space telescope imaging of post-starburst quasars

SL Cales, MS Brotherton, Z Shang… - The Astrophysical …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
We present images of 29 post-starburst quasars (PSQs) from a Hubble Space Telescope
(HST) Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) Wide Field Channel Snapshot program. These …

The properties of post-starburst quasars based on optical spectroscopy

SL Cales, MS Brotherton, Z Shang… - The Astrophysical …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
We present optical spectroscopy of a sample of 38 post-starburst quasars (PSQs) at z∼ 0.3,
29 of which have morphological classifications based on Hubble Space Telescope imaging …

Comparing six evolutionary population synthesis models by performing spectral synthesis for galaxies

XY Chen, YC Liang, F Hammer, P Prugniel… - Astronomy & …, 2010 - aanda.org
Aims. We compare six popularly used evolutionary population synthesis (EPS) models by
fitting the full optical spectra of six representative types of galaxies (star-forming and …

NGC 1266 as a local candidate for rapid cessation of star formation

K Alatalo, K Nyland, G Graves, S Deustua… - The Astrophysical …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT We present new Spectrographic Areal Unit for Research on Optical Nebulae
(SAURON) integral-field spectroscopy and Swift Ultraviolet Optical Telescope (UVOT) …

Post-starburst quasars: bridging the gap between post-starburst galaxies and quasars

SL Cales, MS Brotherton - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
In order to better understand the nature of post-starburst quasars (PSQs) in the context of
galaxy evolution, we compare their properties to those of post-starburst galaxies and …

On the buildup of massive early-type galaxies at z 1-I. Reconciling their hierarchical assembly with mass downsizing

MC Eliche-Moral, M Prieto, J Gallego, G Barro… - Astronomy & …, 2010 - aanda.org
Context. Several studies have tried to ascertain whether the increase in abundance of the
early-type galaxies (E-S0a's) with time is mainly due to major mergers, but have reached …