Evolution of the Brightest Cluster Galaxies

In this thesis, I explore the evolution of the brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs) over the last 10 billion years through detailed studies of both local BCGs from SDSS and their high-z progenitors from CANDELS UDS. First, I study a large sample of local BCGs and link their morphologies to their str...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zhao, Dongyao
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2016
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/35927/