publications | Sharon Lapiner

2026

A&A

Probing the cosmic web with fast radio bursts: I. Scattering

Sharon Lapiner, Nir Mandelker, Paz Beniamini, and S. Peng Oh

\aap, Aug 2026

@article{2026A&A...712A.108L,
  author = {{Lapiner}, Sharon and {Mandelker}, Nir and {Beniamini}, Paz and {Oh}, S. Peng},
  title = {{Probing the cosmic web with fast radio bursts: I. Scattering}},
  journal = {\aap},
  year = {2026},
  month = aug,
  volume = {712},
  eid = {A108},
  pages = {A108},
  doi = {10.1051/0004-6361/202659987},
  primaryclass = {astro-ph.CO},
}

2025

arXiv

From Feedback-Free Star Clusters to Little Red Dots via Compaction

Avishai Dekel, Dhruba Dutta Chowdhury, Sharon Lapiner, Zhiyuan Yao, Shmuel Gilbaum, Daniel Ceverino, Joel Primack, Rachel Somerville, and Romain Teyssier

arXiv e-prints, Nov 2025

DOI arXiv Bib HTML

@article{2025arXiv251107578D,
  author = {{Dekel}, Avishai and {Dutta Chowdhury}, Dhruba and {Lapiner}, Sharon and {Yao}, Zhiyuan and {Gilbaum}, Shmuel and {Ceverino}, Daniel and {Primack}, Joel and {Somerville}, Rachel and {Teyssier}, Romain},
  title = {{From Feedback-Free Star Clusters to Little Red Dots via Compaction}},
  journal = {arXiv e-prints},
  year = {2025},
  month = nov,
  eid = {arXiv:2511.07578},
  pages = {arXiv:2511.07578},
  doi = {10.48550/arXiv.2511.07578},
  primaryclass = {astro-ph.GA},
}

MNRAS

From FFB starbursts at cosmic dawn to quenching at cosmic morning: Hi-z galaxy bimodality

Avishai Dekel, Nir Mandelker, Zhaozhou Li, Zhiyuan Yao, Bocheng Zhu, Sharon Lapiner, Dhruba Dutta Chowdhury, and Omri Ginzburg

\mnras, Nov 2025

DOI arXiv Bib HTML

@article{2025MNRAS.544..160D,
  author = {{Dekel}, Avishai and {Mandelker}, Nir and {Li}, Zhaozhou and {Yao}, Zhiyuan and {Zhu}, Bocheng and {Lapiner}, Sharon and {Dutta Chowdhury}, Dhruba and {Ginzburg}, Omri},
  title = {{From FFB starbursts at cosmic dawn to quenching at cosmic morning: Hi-z galaxy bimodality}},
  journal = {\mnras},
  year = {2025},
  month = nov,
  volume = {544},
  number = {1},
  pages = {160-180},
  doi = {10.1093/mnras/staf1692},
  primaryclass = {astro-ph.GA},
}

2024

MNRAS

Mini-quenching of z = 4-8 galaxies by bursty star formation

Tibor Dome, Sandro Tacchella, Anastasia Fialkov, Daniel Ceverino, Avishai Dekel, Omri Ginzburg, Sharon Lapiner, and Tobias J. Looser

\mnras, Jan 2024

DOI arXiv Bib HTML

@article{2024MNRAS.527.2139D,
  author = {{Dome}, Tibor and {Tacchella}, Sandro and {Fialkov}, Anastasia and {Ceverino}, Daniel and {Dekel}, Avishai and {Ginzburg}, Omri and {Lapiner}, Sharon and {Looser}, Tobias J.},
  title = {{Mini-quenching of z = 4-8 galaxies by bursty star formation}},
  journal = {\mnras},
  year = {2024},
  month = jan,
  volume = {527},
  number = {2},
  pages = {2139-2151},
  doi = {10.1093/mnras/stad3239},
  primaryclass = {astro-ph.GA},
}

2023

MNRAS

Wet compaction to a blue nugget: a critical phase in galaxy evolution

Sharon Lapiner, Avishai Dekel, Jonathan Freundlich, Omri Ginzburg, Fangzhou Jiang, Michael Kretschmer, Sandro Tacchella, Daniel Ceverino, and Joel Primack

\mnras, Jul 2023

DOI arXiv Bib HTML

@article{2023MNRAS.522.4515L,
  author = {{Lapiner}, Sharon and {Dekel}, Avishai and {Freundlich}, Jonathan and {Ginzburg}, Omri and {Jiang}, Fangzhou and {Kretschmer}, Michael and {Tacchella}, Sandro and {Ceverino}, Daniel and {Primack}, Joel},
  title = {{Wet compaction to a blue nugget: a critical phase in galaxy evolution}},
  journal = {\mnras},
  year = {2023},
  month = jul,
  volume = {522},
  number = {3},
  pages = {4515-4547},
  doi = {10.1093/mnras/stad1263},
  primaryclass = {astro-ph.GA},
}

MNRAS

Effects of feedback on galaxies in the VELA simulations: elongation, clumps, and compaction

Daniel Ceverino, Nir Mandelker, Gregory F. Snyder, Sharon Lapiner, Avishai Dekel, Joel Primack, Omri Ginzburg, and Sean Larkin

\mnras, Jul 2023

DOI arXiv Bib HTML

@article{2023MNRAS.522.3912C,
  author = {{Ceverino}, Daniel and {Mandelker}, Nir and {Snyder}, Gregory F. and {Lapiner}, Sharon and {Dekel}, Avishai and {Primack}, Joel and {Ginzburg}, Omri and {Larkin}, Sean},
  title = {{Effects of feedback on galaxies in the VELA simulations: elongation, clumps, and compaction}},
  journal = {\mnras},
  year = {2023},
  month = jul,
  volume = {522},
  number = {3},
  pages = {3912-3925},
  doi = {10.1093/mnras/stad1255},
  primaryclass = {astro-ph.GA},
}

2022

ASCL

CuspCore: Core formation in dark matter haloes and ultra-diffuse galaxies by outflow episodes

Jonathan Freundlich, Fangzhou Jiang, Avishai Dekel, Nicolas Cornuault, Omry Ginzburg, Rémy Koskas, Sharon Lapiner, Aaron Dutton, and Andrea V. Macciò

Jun 2022

Bib HTML

@software{2022ascl.soft06025F,
  author = {{Freundlich}, Jonathan and {Jiang}, Fangzhou and {Dekel}, Avishai and {Cornuault}, Nicolas and {Ginzburg}, Omry and {Koskas}, R{\'e}my and {Lapiner}, Sharon and {Dutton}, Aaron and {Macci{\`o}}, Andrea V.},
  title = {{CuspCore: Core formation in dark matter haloes and ultra-diffuse galaxies by outflow episodes}},
  year = {2022},
  month = jun,
  eid = {ascl:2206.025},
}

2021

MNRAS

Core formation in high-z massive haloes: heating by post-compaction satellites and response to AGN outflows

Avishai Dekel, Jonathan Freundlich, Fangzhou Jiang, Sharon Lapiner, Andreas Burkert, Daniel Ceverino, Xiaolong Du, Reinhard Genzel, and Joel Primack

\mnras, Nov 2021

DOI arXiv Bib HTML

@article{2021MNRAS.508..999D,
  author = {{Dekel}, Avishai and {Freundlich}, Jonathan and {Jiang}, Fangzhou and {Lapiner}, Sharon and {Burkert}, Andreas and {Ceverino}, Daniel and {Du}, Xiaolong and {Genzel}, Reinhard and {Primack}, Joel},
  title = {{Core formation in high-z massive haloes: heating by post-compaction satellites and response to AGN outflows}},
  journal = {\mnras},
  year = {2021},
  month = nov,
  volume = {508},
  number = {1},
  pages = {999-1019},
  doi = {10.1093/mnras/stab2416},
  primaryclass = {astro-ph.GA},
}

MNRAS

Compaction-driven black hole growth

Sharon Lapiner, Avishai Dekel, and Yohan Dubois

\mnras, Jul 2021

DOI arXiv Bib HTML

@article{2021MNRAS.505..172L,
  author = {{Lapiner}, Sharon and {Dekel}, Avishai and {Dubois}, Yohan},
  title = {{Compaction-driven black hole growth}},
  journal = {\mnras},
  year = {2021},
  month = jul,
  volume = {505},
  number = {1},
  pages = {172-190},
  doi = {10.1093/mnras/stab1205},
  primaryclass = {astro-ph.GA},
}

MNRAS

Evaluating galaxy dynamical masses from kinematics and jeans equilibrium in simulations

Michael Kretschmer, Avishai Dekel, Jonathan Freundlich, Sharon Lapiner, Daniel Ceverino, and Joel Primack

\mnras, Jun 2021

DOI arXiv Bib HTML

@article{2021MNRAS.503.5238K,
  author = {{Kretschmer}, Michael and {Dekel}, Avishai and {Freundlich}, Jonathan and {Lapiner}, Sharon and {Ceverino}, Daniel and {Primack}, Joel},
  title = {{Evaluating galaxy dynamical masses from kinematics and jeans equilibrium in simulations}},
  journal = {\mnras},
  year = {2021},
  month = jun,
  volume = {503},
  number = {4},
  pages = {5238-5253},
  doi = {10.1093/mnras/stab833},
  primaryclass = {astro-ph.GA},
}

2020

MNRAS

The Dekel-Zhao profile: a mass-dependent dark-matter density profile with flexible inner slope and analytic potential, velocity dispersion, and lensing properties

Jonathan Freundlich, Fangzhou Jiang, Avishai Dekel, Nicolas Cornuault, Omry Ginzburg, Rémy Koskas, Sharon Lapiner, Aaron Dutton, and Andrea V. Macciò

\mnras, Dec 2020

DOI arXiv Bib HTML

@article{2020MNRAS.499.2912F,
  author = {{Freundlich}, Jonathan and {Jiang}, Fangzhou and {Dekel}, Avishai and {Cornuault}, Nicolas and {Ginzburg}, Omry and {Koskas}, R{\'e}my and {Lapiner}, Sharon and {Dutton}, Aaron and {Macci{\`o}}, Andrea V.},
  title = {{The Dekel-Zhao profile: a mass-dependent dark-matter density profile with flexible inner slope and analytic potential, velocity dispersion, and lensing properties}},
  journal = {\mnras},
  year = {2020},
  month = dec,
  volume = {499},
  number = {2},
  pages = {2912-2933},
  doi = {10.1093/mnras/staa2790},
  primaryclass = {astro-ph.GA},
}

MNRAS

Origin of star-forming rings around massive centres in massive galaxies at z < 4

Avishai Dekel, Sharon Lapiner, Omri Ginzburg, Jonathan Freundlich, Fangzhou Jiang, Bar Finish, Michael Kretschmer, Doug Lin, Daniel Ceverino, Joel Primack, Mauro Giavalisco, and Zhiyuan Ji

\mnras, Aug 2020

DOI arXiv Bib HTML

@article{2020MNRAS.496.5372D,
  author = {{Dekel}, Avishai and {Lapiner}, Sharon and {Ginzburg}, Omri and {Freundlich}, Jonathan and {Jiang}, Fangzhou and {Finish}, Bar and {Kretschmer}, Michael and {Lin}, Doug and {Ceverino}, Daniel and {Primack}, Joel and {Giavalisco}, Mauro and {Ji}, Zhiyuan},
  title = {{Origin of star-forming rings around massive centres in massive galaxies at z < 4}},
  journal = {\mnras},
  year = {2020},
  month = aug,
  volume = {496},
  number = {4},
  pages = {5372-5398},
  doi = {10.1093/mnras/staa1713},
  primaryclass = {astro-ph.GA},
}

MNRAS

A mass threshold for galactic gas discs by spin flips

Avishai Dekel, Omri Ginzburg, Fangzhou Jiang, Jonathan Freundlich, Sharon Lapiner, Daniel Ceverino, and Joel Primack

\mnras, Apr 2020

DOI arXiv Bib HTML

@article{2020MNRAS.493.4126D,
  author = {{Dekel}, Avishai and {Ginzburg}, Omri and {Jiang}, Fangzhou and {Freundlich}, Jonathan and {Lapiner}, Sharon and {Ceverino}, Daniel and {Primack}, Joel},
  title = {{A mass threshold for galactic gas discs by spin flips}},
  journal = {\mnras},
  year = {2020},
  month = apr,
  volume = {493},
  number = {3},
  pages = {4126-4142},
  doi = {10.1093/mnras/staa470},
  primaryclass = {astro-ph.GA},
}

MNRAS

A model for core formation in dark matter haloes and ultra-diffuse galaxies by outflow episodes

Jonathan Freundlich, Avishai Dekel, Fangzhou Jiang, Guy Ishai, Nicolas Cornuault, Sharon Lapiner, Aaron A. Dutton, and Andrea V. Macciò

\mnras, Jan 2020

DOI arXiv Bib HTML

@article{2020MNRAS.491.4523F,
  author = {{Freundlich}, Jonathan and {Dekel}, Avishai and {Jiang}, Fangzhou and {Ishai}, Guy and {Cornuault}, Nicolas and {Lapiner}, Sharon and {Dutton}, Aaron A. and {Macci{\`o}}, Andrea V.},
  title = {{A model for core formation in dark matter haloes and ultra-diffuse galaxies by outflow episodes}},
  journal = {\mnras},
  year = {2020},
  month = jan,
  volume = {491},
  number = {3},
  pages = {4523-4542},
  doi = {10.1093/mnras/stz3306},
  primaryclass = {astro-ph.GA},
}

2019

MNRAS

Is the dark-matter halo spin a predictor of galaxy spin and size?

Fangzhou Jiang, Avishai Dekel, Omer Kneller, Sharon Lapiner, Daniel Ceverino, Joel R. Primack, Sandra M. Faber, Andrea V. Macciò, Aaron A. Dutton, Shy Genel, and Rachel S. Somerville

\mnras, Oct 2019

DOI arXiv Bib HTML

@article{2019MNRAS.488.4801J,
  author = {{Jiang}, Fangzhou and {Dekel}, Avishai and {Kneller}, Omer and {Lapiner}, Sharon and {Ceverino}, Daniel and {Primack}, Joel R. and {Faber}, Sandra M. and {Macci{\`o}}, Andrea V. and {Dutton}, Aaron A. and {Genel}, Shy and {Somerville}, Rachel S.},
  title = {{Is the dark-matter halo spin a predictor of galaxy spin and size?}},
  journal = {\mnras},
  year = {2019},
  month = oct,
  volume = {488},
  number = {4},
  pages = {4801-4815},
  doi = {10.1093/mnras/stz1952},
  primaryclass = {astro-ph.GA},
}

Nat. Astron.

Multi-filament gas inflows fuelling young star-forming galaxies

D. Christopher Martin, Donal O’Sullivan, Mateusz Matuszewski, Erika Hamden, Avishai Dekel, Sharon Lapiner, Patrick Morrissey, James D. Neill, Sebastiano Cantalupo, Jason Xavier Prochaska, Charles Steidel, Ryan Trainor, Anna Moore, Daniel Ceverino, Joel Primack, and Luca Rizzi

Nature Astronomy, Jul 2019

DOI arXiv Bib HTML

@article{2019NatAs...3..822M,
  author = {{Martin}, D. Christopher and {O'Sullivan}, Donal and {Matuszewski}, Mateusz and {Hamden}, Erika and {Dekel}, Avishai and {Lapiner}, Sharon and {Morrissey}, Patrick and {Neill}, James D. and {Cantalupo}, Sebastiano and {Prochaska}, Jason Xavier and {Steidel}, Charles and {Trainor}, Ryan and {Moore}, Anna and {Ceverino}, Daniel and {Primack}, Joel and {Rizzi}, Luca},
  title = {{Multi-filament gas inflows fuelling young star-forming galaxies}},
  journal = {Nature Astronomy},
  year = {2019},
  month = jul,
  volume = {3},
  pages = {822-831},
  doi = {10.1038/s41550-019-0791-2},
  primaryclass = {astro-ph.GA},
}

arXiv

Origin of the Golden Mass of Galaxies and Black Holes

Avishai Dekel, Sharon Lapiner, and Yohan Dubois

arXiv e-prints, Apr 2019

DOI arXiv Bib HTML

@article{2019arXiv190408431D,
  author = {{Dekel}, Avishai and {Lapiner}, Sharon and {Dubois}, Yohan},
  title = {{Origin of the Golden Mass of Galaxies and Black Holes}},
  journal = {arXiv e-prints},
  year = {2019},
  month = apr,
  eid = {arXiv:1904.08431},
  pages = {arXiv:1904.08431},
  doi = {10.48550/arXiv.1904.08431},
  primaryclass = {astro-ph.GA},
}

2018

ApJ

Deep Learning Identifies High-z Galaxies in a Central Blue Nugget Phase in a Characteristic Mass Range

M. Huertas-Company, J. R. Primack, A. Dekel, D. C. Koo, S. Lapiner, D. Ceverino, R. C. Simons, G. F. Snyder, M. Bernardi, Z. Chen, H. Domínguez-Sánchez, C. T. Lee, B. Margalef-Bentabol, and D. Tuccillo

\apj, May 2018

DOI arXiv Bib HTML

@article{2018ApJ...858..114H,
  author = {{Huertas-Company}, M. and {Primack}, J.~R. and {Dekel}, A. and {Koo}, D.~C. and {Lapiner}, S. and {Ceverino}, D. and {Simons}, R.~C. and {Snyder}, G.~F. and {Bernardi}, M. and {Chen}, Z. and {Dom{\'i}nguez-S{\'a}nchez}, H. and {Lee}, C.~T. and {Margalef-Bentabol}, B. and {Tuccillo}, D.},
  title = {{Deep Learning Identifies High-z Galaxies in a Central Blue Nugget Phase in a Characteristic Mass Range}},
  journal = {\apj},
  year = {2018},
  month = may,
  volume = {858},
  number = {2},
  eid = {114},
  pages = {114},
  doi = {10.3847/1538-4357/aabfed},
  primaryclass = {astro-ph.GA},
}

2016

MNRAS

Evolution of galaxy shapes from prolate to oblate through compaction events

Matteo Tomassetti, Avishai Dekel, Nir Mandelker, Daniel Ceverino, Sharon Lapiner, Sandra Faber, Omer Kneller, Joel Primack, and Tanmayi Sai

\mnras, Jun 2016

DOI arXiv Bib HTML

@article{2016MNRAS.458.4477T,
  author = {{Tomassetti}, Matteo and {Dekel}, Avishai and {Mandelker}, Nir and {Ceverino}, Daniel and {Lapiner}, Sharon and {Faber}, Sandra and {Kneller}, Omer and {Primack}, Joel and {Sai}, Tanmayi},
  title = {{Evolution of galaxy shapes from prolate to oblate through compaction events}},
  journal = {\mnras},
  year = {2016},
  month = jun,
  volume = {458},
  number = {4},
  pages = {4477-4497},
  doi = {10.1093/mnras/stw606},
  primaryclass = {astro-ph.GA},
}

MNRAS

Evolution of density profiles in high-z galaxies: compaction and quenching inside-out

Sandro Tacchella, Avishai Dekel, C. Marcella Carollo, Daniel Ceverino, Colin DeGraf, Sharon Lapiner, Nir Mandelker, and Joel R. Primack

\mnras, May 2016

DOI arXiv Bib HTML

@article{2016MNRAS.458..242T,
  author = {{Tacchella}, Sandro and {Dekel}, Avishai and {Carollo}, C. Marcella and {Ceverino}, Daniel and {DeGraf}, Colin and {Lapiner}, Sharon and {Mandelker}, Nir and {Primack}, Joel R.},
  title = {{Evolution of density profiles in high-z galaxies: compaction and quenching inside-out}},
  journal = {\mnras},
  year = {2016},
  month = may,
  volume = {458},
  number = {1},
  pages = {242-263},
  doi = {10.1093/mnras/stw303},
  primaryclass = {astro-ph.GA},
}

MNRAS

The confinement of star-forming galaxies into a main sequence through episodes of gas compaction, depletion and replenishment

Sandro Tacchella, Avishai Dekel, C. Marcella Carollo, Daniel Ceverino, Colin DeGraf, Sharon Lapiner, Nir Mandelker, and R. Primack Joel

\mnras, Apr 2016

DOI arXiv Bib HTML

@article{2016MNRAS.457.2790T,
  author = {{Tacchella}, Sandro and {Dekel}, Avishai and {Carollo}, C. Marcella and {Ceverino}, Daniel and {DeGraf}, Colin and {Lapiner}, Sharon and {Mandelker}, Nir and {Primack Joel}, R.},
  title = {{The confinement of star-forming galaxies into a main sequence through episodes of gas compaction, depletion and replenishment}},
  journal = {\mnras},
  year = {2016},
  month = apr,
  volume = {457},
  number = {3},
  pages = {2790-2813},
  doi = {10.1093/mnras/stw131},
  primaryclass = {astro-ph.GA},
}