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Caption: Figure 1.
Log(sSFR) versus SMerg for Cosmic Disco galaxies with Pmerg ≥ 0.5. Merger stages trace galaxies from pre-interaction (SMerg = 1) to post-coalescence (SMerg = 4). We find a weak but statistically significant correlation, with linear fit shown in red and 1σ uncertainty shown as the shaded region. Median ﹩\mathrm{log}({\rm{sSFR}})﹩ for Cosmic Disco non-mergers (Pmerg < 0.5; blue dashed) and SDSS control galaxies (green dashed) are shown for comparison.
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