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galactic conformity: a standalone construct

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Astrophysics

the tendency of satellite galaxies to share the star-forming or passive state of their central galaxy.

In astrophysics, galactic conformity refers to the tendency of satellite galaxies to share the star-forming or passive state of their central galaxy. This meaning comes from Weinmann (2006) in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.[1]

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References

Weinmann, S. M., van den Bosch, F. C., Yang, X., & Mo, H. J. (2006). Properties of galaxy groups in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey -- I. The dependence of colour, star formation and morphology on halo mass. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 366(1), 2-28. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09865.x

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