Submitted Publications

1. "Formation of Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies Via Mergers of Disky Dwarfs" [0]
   S. Kazantzidis, E. Lokas, L. Mayer, A. Knebe, & J. Klimentowski 2011, ApJL, submitted [astro-ph/1103.4909]
2. "Radial Mixing in Galactic Disks: The Effects of Disk Structure and Satellite Bombardment" [0]
   J. Bird, S. Kazantzidis, & D. Weinberg. 2011, MNRAS, submitted [astro-ph/1104.0933]

Refereed Publications

1. "Evolutionary Tracks of Tidally Stirred Disky Dwarf Galaxies" [0]
   E. Lokas, S. Kazantzidis, & L. Mayer 2011, ApJ, accepted [astro-ph/1103.4909]
2. "Growing Massive Black Hole Pairs in Minor Mergers of Disk Galaxies" [0]
   S. Callegari, S. Kazantzidis, L. Mayer, M. Colpi, J. Bellovary, T. Quinn, & J. Wadsley. 2011, ApJ, 729, 85 [ADS] [astro-ph/1002.1712]
3. "On the Efficiency of the Tidal Stirring Mechanism for the Origin of Dwarf Spheroidals: Dependence on the Orbital and Structural Parameters of the Progenitor Disky Dwarfs" [0]
   S. Kazantzidis, E. L. Lokas, S. Callegari, L. Mayer, & L. A. Moustakas. 2011, ApJ, 726, 98 [ADS] [astro-ph/1009.2499]
4. "The Inner Structure and Kinematics of the Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy as a Product of Tidal Stirring" [0]
   E. L. Lokas, S. Kazantzidis, S. R. Majewski, D. R. Law, L. Mayer, & P. M. Frinchaboy. 2010, ApJ, 725, 1516 [ADS] [astro-ph/1008.3464]
5. "The Sphericalization of Dark Matter Halos by Galaxy Disks" [1]
   S. Kazantzidis, M. G. Abadi, & J. F. Navarro. 2010, ApJL, 720, L62 [ADS] [astro-ph/1006.0537]
6. "Direct Formation of Supermassive Black Holes Via Multi-Scale Gas Inflows in Galaxy Mergers" [0]
   L. Mayer, S. Kazantzidis, A. Escala, & S. Callegari. 2010, Nature, 466, 1082 [ADS] [astro-ph/0912.4262]
7. "Thick-Disk Evolution Induced by the Growth of an Embedded Thin Disk" [0]
   A. Villalobos, S. Kazantzidis, & A. Helmi. 2010, ApJ, 718, 314 [ADS] [astro-ph/0912.2250]
8. "Heated Disk Stars in the Stellar Halo" [1]
   C. W. Purcell, J. S. Bullock, & S. Kazantzidis. 2010, MNRAS, 404, 1711 [ADS] [astro-ph/0910.5481]
9. "The Stellar Structure and Kinematics of Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies Formed by Tidal Stirring}" [3]
   E. L. Lokas, S. Kazantzidis, J. Klimentowski, L. Mayer, & S. Callegari. 2010, ApJ, 708, 1032 [ADS] [astro-ph/0906.5084]
10. "The Orientation and Kinematics of Inner Tidal Tails Around Dwarf Galaxies Orbiting the Milky Way" [1]
    J. Klimentowski, E. L. Lokas, S. Kazantzidis, L. Mayer, G. A. Mamon, & F. Prada. 2009, MNRAS, 400, 2162 [ADS] [astro-ph/0908.4022]
11. "Tidal Evolution of Discy Dwarf Galaxies in the Milky Way Potential: The Formation of Dwarf Spheroidals" [8]
    J. Klimentowski, E. L. Lokas, S. Kazantzidis, L. Mayer, & G. A. Mamon. 2009, MNRAS, 397, 2015 [ADS] [astro-ph/0803.2464]
12. "Cold Dark Matter Substructure and Galactic Disks II: Dynamical Effects of Hierarchical Satellite Accretion" [12]
    S. Kazantzidis, A. R. Zentner, A. V. Kravtsov, J. S. Bullock, & V. P. Debattista. 2009, ApJ, 700, 1896 [ADS] [astro-ph/0902.1983]
13. "Evolution of Dark Matter Phase-Space Density Distributions in Equal-Mass Halo Mergers" [3]
    I. M. Vass, S. Kazantzidis, M. Valluri, & A. V. Kravtsov. 2009, ApJ, 698, 1813 [ADS] [astro-ph/0812.3659]
14. "Evolution of the Dark Matter Phase-Space Density Distributions of ΛCDM Haloes" [10]
    I. M. Vass, M. Valluri, A. V. Kravtsov, & S. Kazantzidis. 2009, MNRAS, 395, 1225 [ADS] [astro-ph/0810.0277]
15. "Pairing of Supermassive Black Holes in Unequal-Mass Galaxy Mergers" [12]
    S. Callegari, L. Mayer, S. Kazantzidis, F. Governato, M. Colpi, J. Wadsley, & T. Quinn. 2009, ApJ, 696, L89 [ADS] [astro-ph/0811.0615]
16. "The Destruction of Thin Stellar Disks Via Cosmologically Common Satellite Accretion Events" [24]
    C. W. Purcell, S. Kazantzidis, & J. S. Bullock. 2009, ApJ, 694, L98 [ADS] [astro-ph/0810.2785]
17. "Cold Dark Matter Substructure and Galactic Disks I: Morphological Signatures of Hierarchical Satellite Accretion" [73]
    S. Kazantzidis, J. S. Bullock, A. R. Zentner, A. V. Kravtsov, & L. A. Moustakas. 2008, ApJ, 688, 254 [ADS] [astro-ph/0708.1949]
18. "The Anatomy of Leo I: How Tidal Tails Affect the Kinematics" [13]
    E. L. Lokas, J. Klimentowski, S. Kazantzidis, & L. Mayer. 2008, MNRAS, 390, 625 [ADS] [astro-ph/0804.0204]
19. "The Causes of Halo Shape Changes Induced by Cooling Baryons: Disks Versus Substructures" [17]
    V. P. Debattista, B. Moore, T. Quinn, S. Kazantzidis, R. Maas, L. Mayer, J. Read, & J. Stadel. 2008, ApJ, 681, 1076 [ADS] [astro-ph/0707.0737]
20. "The Formation of Ultra-Compact Dwarf Galaxies and Nucleated Dwarf Galaxies" [15]
    T. Goerdt, B. Moore, S. Kazantzidis, T. Kaufmann, A. V. Macciò, & J. Stadel. 2008, MNRAS, 385, 2136 [ADS] [astro-ph/0711.1162]
21. "Rapid Formation of Supermassive Black Hole Binaries in Galaxy Mergers with Gas" [46]
    L. Mayer, S. Kazantzidis, P. Madau, M. Colpi, T. Quinn, & J. Wadsley. 2007, Science, 316, 1874 [ADS] [astro-ph/0706.1562]
22. "Mass Modelling of Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies: The Effect of Unbound Stars from Tidal Tails and the Milky Way" [32]
    J. Klimentowski, E. L. Lokas, S. Kazantzidis, F. Prada, L. Mayer, & G. A. Mamon. 2007, MNRAS, 378, 353 [ADS] [astro-ph/0611296]
23. "On Relaxation Processes in Collisionless Mergers" [13]
    M. Valluri, I. M. Vass, S. Kazantzidis, A. V. Kravtsov, & C. L. Bohn. 2007, ApJ, 658, 731 [ADS] [astro-ph/0609612]
24. "Early Gas Stripping as the Origin of the Darkest Galaxies in the Universe" [49]
    L. Mayer, S. Kazantzidis, C. Mastropietro, & J. Wadsley. 2007, Nature, 445, 738 [ADS] [astro-ph/0702495]
25. "The Robustness of Dark Matter Density Profiles in Dissipationless Mergers" [33]
    S. Kazantzidis, A. R. Zentner, & A. V. Kravtsov. 2006, ApJ, 641, 647 [ADS] [astro-ph/0510583]
26. "The Fate of Supermassive Black Holes and the Evolution of the MBH-σ Relation in Merging Galaxies: The Effect of Gaseous Dissipation" [71]
    S. Kazantzidis, L. Mayer, M. Colpi, P. Madau, V. P. Debattista, B. Moore, J. Wadsley, J. Stadel, & T. Quinn. 2005, ApJL, 623, L67 [ADS] [astro-ph/0407407]
27. "The Origin and Tidal Evolution of Cuspy Triaxial Haloes" [36]
    B. Moore, S. Kazantzidis, J. Diemand, & J. Stadel. 2004, MNRAS, 354, 522 [ADS] [astro-ph/0310660]
28. "The Effect of Gas Cooling on the Shapes of Dark Matter Halos" [130]
    S. Kazantzidis, A. V. Kravtsov, A. R. Zentner, B. Allgood, D. Nagai, & B. Moore. 2004, ApJL, 611, L73 [ADS] [astro-ph/0405189]
29. "Density Profiles of Cold Dark Matter Substructure: Implications for the Missing-Satellites Problem" [140]
    S. Kazantzidis, L. Mayer, C. Mastropietro, J. Diemand, J. Stadel, & B. Moore. 2004, ApJ, 608, 663 [ADS] [astro-ph/0312194]
30. "Two-body Relaxation in Cold Dark Matter Simulations" [58]
    J. Diemand, B. Moore, J. Stadel, & S. Kazantzidis. 2004, MNRAS, 348, 977 [ADS] [astro-ph/0304549]
31. "Generating Equilibrium Dark Matter Halos: Inadequacies of the Local Maxwellian Approximation" [109]
    S. Kazantzidis, J. Magorrian, & B. Moore. 2004, ApJ, 601, 37 [ADS] [astro-ph/0309517]

Selected Conference Proceedings

1. "Formation of Nuclear Disks and Supermassive Black Hole Binaries in Galaxy Mergers" [3]
   L. Mayer, S. Kazantzidis, & A. Escala. Proceedings of the Conference "The Central Kiloparsec: Active Galactic Nuclei and Their Hosts", Ierapetra, Greece, 2008, Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana, 79, 1284 [ADS] [astro-ph/0807.3329]
2. "Cold Dark Matter Substructure and Galactic Disks [3]
   S. Kazantzidis, A. R. Zentner, & J. S. Bullock. Proceedings of the IAU Symposium No. 254 "The Galaxy Disk in Cosmological Context", Copenhagen, Denmark, 2008, eds. J. Andersen, J. Bland-Hawthorn, & B. Nordström 2009, Cambridge University Press, 254, 417 [ADS] [astro-ph/0807.2863]
3. "Multi-Scale Simulations of Merging Galaxies with Supermassive Black Holes" [11]
   L. Mayer, S. Kazantzidis, P. Madau, M. Colpi, T. Quinn, & J. Wadsley. Proceedings of the Conference "Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology - Einstein's Legacy", Munich, Germany, 2008, ESO Astrophysics Symposia Springer, 152 [ADS] [astro-ph/0602029]
4. "The Effect of Baryons on Halo Shapes" [3]
   S. Kazantzidis, A. R. Zentner, & D. Nagai. Proceedings of the XXIst IAP Colloquium "Mass Profiles and Shapes of Cosmological Structures", Paris, France, 2005, eds. G. Mamon, F. Combes, C. Deffayet, & B. Fort 2006, EAS, 20, 65 [ADS] [astro-ph/0508114]
5. "Dark Matter Halos: Shapes, The Substructure Crisis, and Indirect Detection" [1]
   A. R. Zentner, S. M. Koushiappas, & S. Kazantzidis. Proceedings of the Conference "The Identification of Dark Matter", Edinburgh, Scotland, 2005, eds. N. J. C. Spooner & V. Kudryatsev 2005, World Scientific, 98 [ADS] [astro-ph/0502118]
6. "Galaxies and Overmerging: What Does it Take to Destroy a Satellite Galaxy?" [4]
   S. Kazantzidis, B. Moore, & L. Mayer. Proceedings of the Conference "Satellites and Tidal Streams", La Palma, Spain, 2003, eds. F. Prada, D. Martìnez-Delgado, & T. Mahoney, 2004, ASPC, 327, 155 [ADS] [astro-ph/0307362]