scholarly journals An expanded catalogue of low surface brightness galaxies in the Coma cluster using Subaru/Suprime-Cam

2020 ◽  
Vol 496 (3) ◽  
pp. 3182-3197
Author(s):  
Adebusola B Alabi ◽  
Aaron J Romanowsky ◽  
Duncan A Forbes ◽  
Jean P Brodie ◽  
Nobuhiro Okabe
Keyword(s):  
Surface Brightness ◽  
Structural Parameters ◽  
Imaging Data ◽  
Coma Cluster ◽  
Cluster Galaxies ◽  
Low Surface Brightness ◽  
Colour Distribution ◽  
Galaxy Population ◽  
Lsb Galaxies ◽  
Red Sequence

ABSTRACT We present a catalogue of low surface brightness (LSB) galaxies in the Coma cluster obtained from deep Subaru/Suprime-Cam V- and R-band imaging data within a region of $\mathord {\sim }4$ deg2. We increase the number of LSB galaxies presented in Yagi et al. (2016) by a factor of $\mathord {\sim }3$ and report the discovery of 29 new ultradiffuse galaxies (UDGs). We compile the largest sample of UDGs with colours and structural parameters in the Coma cluster. While most UDGs lie along the red-sequence relation of the colour–magnitude diagram, $\mathord {\sim }16$ per cent are outside (bluer or redder) the red-sequence region of Coma cluster galaxies. Our analyses show that there is no special distinction in the basic photometric parameters between UDGs and other LSB galaxies. We investigate the clustercentric colour distribution and find a remarkable transition at a projected radius of $\mathord {\sim }0.6$ Mpc. Within this cluster core region and relative to the red-sequence of galaxies, LSB galaxies are on average redder than co-spatial higher surface brightness galaxies at the 2σ level, highlighting how vulnerable LSB galaxies are to the physical processes at play in the dense central region of the cluster. The position of the transition radius agrees with expectations from recent cosmological simulation of massive galaxy clusters within which ancient infalls are predicted to dominate the LSB galaxy population.

scholarly journals Star Formation in Massive Low Surface Brightness Galaxies

2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (S244) ◽  
pp. 266-273
Author(s):  
K. O'Neil
Keyword(s):  
Star Formation ◽  
Surface Brightness ◽  
Structural Parameters ◽  
Gas Content ◽  
Central Surface ◽  
Low Surface Brightness ◽  
Depth Study ◽  
Galaxy Population ◽  
Low Surface Brightness Galaxies ◽  
Lsb Galaxies

AbstractMassive low surface brightness galaxies have disk central surface brightnesses at least one magnitude fainter than the night sky, but total magnitudes and masses that show they are among the largest galaxies known. Like all low surface brightness (LSB) galaxies, massive LSB galaxies are often in the midst of star formation yet their stellar light has remained diffuse, raising the question of how star formation is proceeding within these galaxies. We have undertaken a multi-wavelength study to clarify the structural parameters and stellar and gas content of these enigmatic systems. The results of these studies, which include HI, CO, optical, near UV, and far UV images of the galaxies will provide the most in depth study done to date of how, when, and where star formation proceeds within this unique subset of the galaxy population.

scholarly journals The quiescent fraction of isolated low surface brightness galaxies: observational constraints

2020 ◽  
Vol 500 (2) ◽  
pp. 2049-2062
Author(s):  
D J Prole ◽  
R F J van der Burg ◽  
M Hilker ◽  
L R Spitler
Keyword(s):  
Surface Brightness ◽  
Wide Field ◽  
Imaging Data ◽  
Distance Information ◽  
Spatially Correlated ◽  
Low Surface Brightness ◽  
Formation And Evolution ◽  
Strategic Program ◽  
Low Surface Brightness Galaxies ◽  
Lsb Galaxies

ABSTRACT Understanding the formation and evolution of low surface brightness galaxies (LSBGs) is critical for explaining their wide-ranging properties. However, studies of LSBGs in deep photometric surveys are often hindered by a lack of distance estimates. In this work, we present a new catalogue of 479 LSBGs, identified in deep optical imaging data from the Hyper Suprime-Cam Subaru Strategic Program (HSC-SSP). These galaxies are found across a range of environments, from the field to groups. Many are likely to be ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs). We see clear evidence for a bimodal population in colour–Sérsic index space, and split our sample into red and blue LSBG populations. We estimate environmental densities for a sub-sample of 215 sources by statistically associating them with nearby spectroscopic galaxies from the overlapping GAMA spectroscopic survey. We find that the blue LSBGs are statistically consistent with being spatially randomized with respect to local spectroscopic galaxies, implying they exist predominantly in low-density environments. However, the red LSBG population is significantly spatially correlated with local structure. We find that $26\pm 5{{\ \rm per\ cent}}$ of isolated, local LSBGs belong to the red population, which we interpret as quiescent. This indicates that high environmental density plays a dominant, but not exclusive, role in producing quiescent LSBGs. Our analysis method may prove to be very useful, given the large samples of LSB galaxies without distance information expected from e.g. the Vera C. Rubin observatory (aka LSST), especially in combination with upcoming comprehensive wide-field spectroscopic surveys.

scholarly journals The radial extent of the Fornax cluster Low Surface Brightness galaxy population

1999 ◽  
Vol 171 ◽  
pp. 138-144
Author(s):  
J.I. Davies ◽  
A. Kambas ◽  
Z. Morshidi-Esslinger ◽  
R. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Surface Brightness ◽  
Sample Surface ◽  
Brightness Distribution ◽  
Mass Scale ◽  
Bright Galaxy ◽  
Cluster Galaxies ◽  
Radial Extent ◽  
Low Surface Brightness ◽  
Galaxy Population ◽  
Fornax Cluster

AbstractIn this paper we compare the radial distribution of Fornax cluster galaxies selected at different surface brightness values. The bright galaxy (RC3) sample surface brightness distribution peaks at a μBx = 21.5, the Low Surface Brightness (LSB) sample at μBx = 23.7 and the very Low Surface Brigthness (VLSB) sample at μBx = 25.7. The bright galaxy surface density decreases with an exponential scale length of α = 0.5°, the LSB galaxies with α = 1.3° and the VLSB galaxies with α = 2.0°. Thus the LSB and VLSB populations define a mass scale size some 2.5 and 4 times larger than the bright galaxies respectively. The contribution of the VLSB population to the total cluster luminosity is comparible to that of the brighter galaxies. If their mass to light ratios are significantly larger than than that of the bright galaxies they will dominate the mass and possibly account for the missing mass in clusters.

scholarly journals Simulations of Lyα Absorption from Low Surface Brightness Galaxies

1999 ◽  
Vol 171 ◽  
pp. 323-330
Author(s):  
Suzanne M. Linder
Keyword(s):  
Selection Criteria ◽  
Surface Brightness ◽  
High Surface ◽  
Brightness Distribution ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Redshift Galaxy ◽  
Low Surface Brightness ◽  
Galaxy Population ◽  
Low Surface Brightness Galaxies ◽  
Lsb Galaxies

AbstractUsing simulations of the low redshift galaxy population based upon galaxy observations, it is shown (Linder 1998) that the majority of Lyα absorbers at low redshift could arise in low surface brightness (LSB) galaxies. The contribution to absorption from LSB galaxies is large for any galaxy surface brightness distribution which is currently supported by observations. Lyα absorbers should become powerful tools for studying the properties and evolution of galaxies, but first it will be necessary to establish observationally the nature of the Lyα absorbers at low redshift. Further simulations, in which the absorbing galaxy population is ‘observed’ with some selection criteria, are used to explore how easy it is for an observer to test for a scenario in which LSB galaxies give rise to most of the Lyα absorbers. It is shown that absorption arising in LSB galaxies is often likely to be attributed to high surface brightness galaxies at larger impact parameters from the quasar line of sight.

scholarly journals The Frequency of Anomalously Red Galaxies in SDSS Clusters

2014 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Shearman ◽  
K. A. Pimbblet
Keyword(s):  
Surface Brightness ◽  
Dust Content ◽  
Early Type ◽  
Late Type ◽  
Cluster Membership ◽  
Cluster Galaxies ◽  
Low Surface Brightness ◽  
Magnitude Diagram ◽  
Red Galaxies ◽  
Red Sequence

AbstractWe present a systematic photometric search for spectroscopically confirmed anomalously red galaxies members of 748 low redshift clusters between 0.03 z 0.17 from the SDSS-C4 cluster catalogue (Miller et al. 2005). For each cluster we spectroscopically determine cluster membership, construct a colour-magnitude diagram and fit the red sequence using a robust bi-weight fit. We define an “anomalously red galaxy” as having a (g - r) colour of greater than 3σ redward of the fitted cluster colour-magnitude relation. We find that of 7485 galaxies at r ≤ 17.77 in (g - r), 7 galaxies are anomalously red – 0.0935 per cent of all galaxies in our sample. We show that two of the red outliers are caused by red contamination from nearby sources and are therefore not intrinsically anomalous red. However, 5 have no underlying cause to be so red and we speculate that they may have a high internal dust content. These intrinsically red galaxies are rare – comprising no more than 0.0668 per cent of all cluster galaxies. Most are morphologically early type galaxies, with a few probable late type galaxies that are viewed edge-on and one low surface brightness late type. One of our anomalously red galaxies appears to be a dust-shrouded starburst and we speculate that this may be a unique galaxy amoungst this galaxy set.

scholarly journals A deep wide survey of faint low surface brightness galaxies in the direction of the Coma cluster of galaxies

2006 ◽  
Vol 459 (3) ◽  
pp. 679-692 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Adami ◽  
R. Scheidegger ◽  
M. Ulmer ◽  
F. Durret ◽  
A. Mazure ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Brightness ◽  
Coma Cluster ◽  
Cluster Of Galaxies ◽  
Low Surface Brightness ◽  
Low Surface Brightness Galaxies

scholarly journals Low Surface Brightness Galaxies in Deep Surveys

1999 ◽  
Vol 171 ◽  
pp. 76-83
Author(s):  
Henry C. Ferguson
Keyword(s):  
Surface Brightness ◽  
Dwarf Galaxies ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
Solid Angle ◽  
Large Space ◽  
Space Density ◽  
Faint Galaxy ◽  
Low Surface Brightness ◽  
Low Surface Brightness Galaxies ◽  
Lsb Galaxies

AbstractWe examine the constraints that can be placed on the space density of low-surface-brightness galaxies from deep HST images. Such images, while covering only a small solid angle, provide enough depth and spatial resolution to detect LSB galaxies at moderate redshift and distinguish them from galaxies of higher surface brightness.We consider five simple models of the non-evolving or slowly-evolving population of LSB galaxies, motivated by various discussions in the recent literature. The basic results are (1) models with a large space-density of giant LSB galaxies at moderate redshift do not look like the real world and, (2) models with a large space-density of dwarf LSB galaxies are consistent with HST data (that is, they do not produce more faint LSB galaxies per unit solid angle than are detected at magnitudes I ≳ 23), but these LSB dwarf galaxies do not contribute much to faint galaxy counts unless they formed their stars in a rapid burst.

scholarly journals Gas-rich LSB Galaxies – Progenitors of Blue Compact Dwarfs?

1999 ◽  
Vol 171 ◽  
pp. 253-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
John J. Salzer ◽  
Stuart A. Norton
Keyword(s):  
Star Formation ◽  
Surface Brightness ◽  
Dwarf Galaxies ◽  
Dwarf Galaxy ◽  
Mass Density ◽  
Central Mass ◽  
Galaxy Distribution ◽  
Low Surface Brightness ◽  
Central Regions ◽  
Lsb Galaxies

AbstractWe analyze deep CCD images of nearby Blue Compact Dwarf (BCD) galaxies in an attempt to understand the nature of the progenitors which are hosting the current burst of star formation. In particular, we ask whether BCDs are hosted by normal or low-surface-brightness dI galaxies. We conclude that BCDs are in fact hosted by gas-rich galaxies which populate the extreme high-central-mass-density end of the dwarf galaxy distribution. Such galaxies are predisposed to having numerous strong bursts of star formation in their central regions. In this picture, BCDs can only occur in the minority of dwarf galaxies, rather than being a common phase experienced by all gas-rich dwarfs.

scholarly journals The VISCACHA survey – II. Structure of star clusters in the Magellanic Clouds periphery

2020 ◽  
Vol 498 (1) ◽  
pp. 205-222
Author(s):  
João F C Santos ◽  
Francisco F S Maia ◽  
Bruno Dias ◽  
Leandro de O Kerber ◽  
Andrés E Piatti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Brightness ◽  
Structural Parameters ◽  
Star Clusters ◽  
Large Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Magellanic Cloud ◽  
The Core ◽  
Optical Images ◽  
Low Surface Brightness ◽  
Homogeneous Set ◽  
Stellar Density

ABSTRACT We provide a homogeneous set of structural parameters of 83 star clusters located at the periphery of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) and the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). The clusters’ stellar density and surface brightness profiles were built from deep, AO assisted optical images, and uniform analysis techniques. The structural parameters were obtained from King and Elson et al. model fittings. Integrated magnitudes and masses (for a subsample) are also provided. The sample contains mostly low surface brightness clusters with distances between 4.5 and 6.5 kpc and between 1 and 6.5 kpc from the LMC and SMC centres, respectively. We analysed their spatial distribution and structural properties, comparing them with those of inner clusters. Half-light and Jacobi radii were estimated, allowing an evaluation of the Roche volume tidal filling. We found that: (i) for our sample of LMC clusters, the tidal radii are, on average, larger than those of inner clusters from previous studies; (ii) the core radii dispersion tends to be greater for LMC clusters located towards the southwest, with position angles of ∼200° and about ∼5° from the LMC centre, i.e. those LMC clusters nearer to the SMC; (iii) the core radius evolution for clusters with known age is similar to that of inner clusters; (iv) SMC clusters with galactocentric distances closer than 4 kpc are overfilling; (v) the recent Clouds collision did not leave marks on the LMC clusters’ structure that our analysis could reveal.

scholarly journals On the nature of the peculiar superthin LSB galaxy UGC 12281

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (S284) ◽  
pp. 138-140
Author(s):  
Philip Günster ◽  
Dominik J. Bomans
Keyword(s):  
Star Formation ◽  
Surface Brightness ◽  
Ionized Gas ◽  
Low Surface Brightness ◽  
Lsb Galaxies

AbstractUGC 12281 has been classified as having a pure disk and being a low surface brightness galaxy (LSBG), thus being an obvious member of the so-called superthin galaxies. At the same time it represents an extremely untypical type of LSBG due to its remarkable amount of current star formation and evidence for extraplanar ionized gas. This makes it become a perfect tool to investigate the triggering of star formation in LSB galaxies, located in an alleged isolated area. By means of deep photometry and long-slit spectroscopy we analyse the Hα halo and verify the existence of a potential dwarf companion which we found on processed SDSS images.

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