Figure 9. Major merger fraction as a function of redshift for galaxies with M∗ ≥ 109.5 M (black circles), ≥1010.5 M (blue circles), and M∗ ≥ 1011 M (red circles) derived from Ref-L100N1504. The simulation predictions lie within the scatter of the observational data from both close-pair studies (solid grey symbols) andmorphological diagnostics ( open grey symbols). Curves represent power-law/exponential fits to the simulated merger fraction in the corresponding stellar mass bins.
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