Spatial segregation as the origin of anisotropic satellite quenching in haloes and beyond

arXiv:2609.29739 · astro-ph.GA, astro-ph.CO · Submitted 2026-09-24 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.GA, astro-ph.CO

Submitted: 2026-09-24

Updated: 2026-09-24

Terminology

• Anisotropy — 17× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• AGN — 12× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• AGN Feedback — 9× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Alignment — 7× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Galaxy Quenching — 4× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Stellar Feedback — 4× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Consistency — 3× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Trace — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Baryonic Feedback — 2× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Environmental Quenching — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Robustness — 2× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Abundance — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Clustering — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• Anisotropy in the distribution of satellites around primary galaxies in the 2dFGRS: the Holmberg effect
• Anisotropic Distribution of SDSS Satellite Galaxies: Planar (not Polar) Alignment
• The Alignment between the Distribution of Satellites and the Orientation of their Central Galaxy
• The Distribution of Satellite Galaxies in a Lambda-CDM Universe
• The Anisotropic Distribution of Satellite Galaxies
• The Distribution of Satellite Galaxies: The Great Pancake
• The Physics of Galaxy Clustering I: A Model for Subhalo Populations
• The Alignment between Satellites and Central Galaxies: Theory vs. Observations
• Testing the Impact of Satellite Anisotropy on Large and Small Scale Intrinsic Alignments using Hydrodynamical Simulations
• Anisotropy of Satellite Galaxies-I: Contrasting Correlations with Central Galaxy, Host Halo, and Large-Scale Filament Structures
• Environmental Effects on Satellite Galaxies: The Link Between Concentration, Size and Colour Profile
• Mass and environment as drivers of galaxy evolution in SDSS and zCOSMOS and the origin of the Schechter function
• Mass and Environment as Drivers of Galaxy Evolution II: The quenching of satellite galaxies as the origin of environmental effects
• Galaxy evolution in groups and clusters: star formation rates, red sequence fractions, and the persistent bimodality
• Galaxy evolution in groups and clusters: satellite star formation histories and quenching timescales in a hierarchical Universe
• Ram pressure stripping the hot gaseous halos of galaxies in groups and clusters
• The environmental history of group and cluster galaxies in a LambdaCDM Universe
• Taking Care of Business in a Flash: Constraining the Timescale for Low-Mass Satellite Quenching with ELVIS
• Satellite quenching timescales in clusters from projected phase space measurements matched to simulated orbits
• Rapid Environmental Quenching of Satellite Dwarf Galaxies in the Local Group

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