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\citet{Mandelker2015}: Analyzed clumps in simulated high-redshift galaxies, found radiative pressure feedback changes the radius of the galaxy, but not by much; disk thickness may be increased by 30\% and radius increase by <10\%.   \citet{Ma2015}: Studied distant red galaxies in COSMOS in redshift range $1  What we'd need: precise size measurements (fitting tool?)  What we could learn: As galaxies age, mass from the gas gets converted to stars, so we obviously expect stellar mass increases with age, but does the forming of new stars change the size of the galaxy? If we are considering size to be a measure of the range across which we receive stellar light, then how the size changes with age could be a clue about where in the galaxy stars tend to form and/or whether/how orbits of the individual stars change over time.  

What has been done:   \citet{Mandelker2015}: Analyzed clumps in simulated high-redshift galaxies, found radiative pressure feedback can lower the stellar mass by a factor of 2 at $z=2$, or increase by a factor of 10 in low-mass galaxies.   \citet{Ma2015}:  What we'd need: stellar mass measurements   What we could learn: It should be obvious that mass will increase with age, but how quickly, and is this rate affected by any other factors (ie morphology, environment?) Would directly measuring the increase in mass over time match the current calculations of star formation rate over time?