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SDSS DR6中的边缘盘状星系:无球和其他盘状星系的部分

Edge-on disk galaxies in the SDSS DR6: Fractions of bulgeless and other disk galaxies

S. J. Kautsch

摘要:

本研究的目的是确定不同的螺旋星系类型的分数,特别是无凸起的磁盘,从一个完整的和均匀的样本15127边缘盘星系提取的第六次数据发布从斯隆数字巡天。样品被分为广泛的形态类和子类型,包括星系与凸起,中间类型和星系出现无凸起。还检测到一小部分盘状不规则星。形态学分离是基于自动分类标准,其类似于盘的凸起尺寸和平坦度。这些大类中的每一个都约占总样本的1/3。使用严格的标准来选择纯粹的无球星系会导致15%的简单盘星系。我们比较这部分与其他星系目录,并发现一个很好的协议所观察到的频率的无凸星系。虽然这项研究中简单盘星系的比例并不代表无球星系的宇宙比例,但它表明纯盘的相对丰度与其他研究相当,并提供了本地宇宙中简单盘频率的深刻价值。简单盘的这一部分强调了盘星系形成和演化模型的挑战,因为这些模型很难解释这些物体的观测频率。

英文摘要:

The aim of this study is to determine the fractions of different spiral galaxy types, especially bulgeless disks, from a complete and homogeneous sample of 15127 edge-on disk galaxies extracted from the sixth data release from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The sample is divided in broad morphological classes and sub types consisting of galaxies with bulges, intermediate types and galaxies which appear bulgeless. A small fraction of disky irregulars is also detected. The morphological separation is based on automated classification criteria which resemble the bulge sizes and the flatness of the disks. Each of these broad classes contains about 1/3 of the total sample. Using strict criteria for selecting pure bulgeless galaxies leads to a fraction of 15% of simple disk galaxies. We compare this fraction to other galaxy catalogs and find an excellent agreement of the observed frequency of bulgeless galaxies. Although the fraction of simple disk galaxies in this study does not represent a cosmic fraction of bulgeless galaxies, it shows that the relative abundance of pure disks is comparable to other studies and offers a profound value of the frequency of simple disks in the local Universe. This fraction of simple disks emphasizes the challenge for formation and evolution models of disk galaxies since these models are hard pressed to explain the observed frequency of these objects.

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