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We use the IllustrisTNG100 hydrodynamical simulation to study the dependence of the galaxy two-point correlation function on a broad range of secondary subhalo and galactic properties. We construct galaxy mock catalogues adopting a standard subhalo abundan ...

OXFORD UNIV PRESS2022

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A machine learning approach for mapping the very shallow theoretical geothermal potential

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Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2017