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后发座星系团中微弱低表面亮度星系的性质

On the nature of faint Low Surface Brightness galaxies in the Coma cluster

C. Adami, R. Pello, M. P. Ulmer, J. C. Cuillandre, F. Durret, A. Mazure, J. P. Picat, R. Scheidegger

摘要:

这个项目是我们在一个已知的密集的邻近星系区域后发座星系团中研究微弱的低表面亮度星系团(fLSB)的继续。我们的目标是提高我们的理解,这些对象的性质,通过比较宽带光谱能量分布与人口合成模型。这些数据是由CFHT的MEGACAM和CFH12K相机获得的。我们在5个宽带滤波器(u*,B,V,R和I)中使用所得到的测光,其中包括新的u* 波段数据,以拟合光谱模型。通过这些光谱拟合,我们推断出了一个集群成员资格标准,以及这些fLSB的年龄,尘埃分布和光度类型。我们发现,大约有一半的后发座集群fLSB的光谱能量分布,以及在我们的模板库,而另一半目前在紫外波长的通量赤字。根据光谱能量分布,其中约80%可能是后发座星系团的一部分。它们是相对年轻的(90%的样本小于2.3 Gyr)非星暴天体。他们的类型越晚,fLSB越年轻。fLSB的很大一部分是非常多尘的物体。fLSB是低恒星质量物体(类型越晚,质量越小),最暗的恒星质量与球状星团相当。它们的特征与坠落方向相关,证实了其中一部分的破坏性起源。

英文摘要:

This project is the continuation of our study of faint Low Surface Brightness Galaxies (fLSBs) in one of the densest nearby galaxy regions known, the Coma cluster. Our goal is to improve our understanding of the nature of these objects by comparing the broad band spectral energy distribution with population synthesis models. The data were obtained with the MEGACAM and CFH12K cameras at the CFHT. We used the resulting photometry in 5 broad band filters (u*, B, V, R, and I), that included new u*-band data, to fit spectral models. With these spectral fits we inferred a cluster membership criterium, as well as the ages, dust extinctions, and photometric types of these fLSBs. We show that about half of the Coma cluster fLSBs have a spectral energy distribution well represented in our template library while the other half present a flux deficit at ultraviolet wavelengths. Among the well represented, ~80% are probably part of the Coma cluster based on their spectral energy distribution. They are relatively young (younger than 2.3 Gyrs for 90% of the sample) non-starburst objects. The later their type, the younger fLSBs are. A significant part of the fLSBs are quite dusty objects. fLSBs are low stellar mass objects (the later their type the less massive they are), with stellar masses comparable to globular clusters for the faintest ones. Their characteristics are correlated with infall directions, confirming the disruptive origin for part of them.

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