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Environments of dwarf galaxies with AGN characteristics in observations and simulations<\/h2>\n

This thesis investigates the relation between environment and active galactic nuclei (AGN) activity for dwarf galaxies (M* <= 3 x 10^9 M_odot) in both observations and simulations. So far, it consists of three sub-projects: (i) NASA-Sloan Atlas dwarf galaxies with optical AGN characteristics, (ii) IllustrisTNG dwarf galaxy AGNs and their environmental histories, and (iii) a machine learning approach and spatially resolved MaNGA data to classify and characterise dwarf AGN.<\/p>\n

Findings of project (i) has been published in MNRAS in August 2020, which found that there is not a statistical significant difference between environments of AGN and non-AGN dwarf galaxies. Project (ii)  has been published in ApJ in December 2021. Here, we found that dense environments and small mergers do play a role for a minority of dwarf galaxies \u2013 dense environments can be detrimental to developing AGN activity while minor mergers can enhance it. The last project (iii) is a preliminary study on what we can learn from using a random forest classifier to predict  the class of dwarf galaxies using spatially resolved MaNGA data and different mass bins as training sets.  So far,  this approach suggests that using properties of lower mass AGN as training sets agrees the most observational classifications, but higher mass training sets provide a more candidates. External properties are not important for prediciting AGN activity. <\/p>\n

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\n BPT diagram of dwarf galaxies<\/span>\n
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BPT diagram for dwarf galaxies in the NASA-Sloan Atlas. Blue points are dwarf galaxies, red a dwarf galaxies in the AGN region of the diagram while grey points are AGNs with low signal-to-noise<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Distance to 10th nearest neighbour distribution<\/span>\n
From \"The effect of environment and merger history on AGN activity for dwarf galaxies in IllustrisTNG\"<\/em>\n <\/p>\n

Distribution of distance to 10th nearest neighbour for three TNG subsamples and one observational subsample. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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