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Fig. 8.

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Cumulative posterior distribution of the α parameter, which describes the accretion of stars into a galaxies. The stars being accreted can be from the intergalactic medium, via minor mergers, or from globular clusters. The dashed green line shows the fitting results for group galaxies, while the orange line shows isolated galaxies. On average, the group galaxies accrete more stars compared to isolated ones.

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