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Hickson紧致群90中的弱矮星星系

Faint Dwarf Galaxies in Hickson Compact Group 90

Yasna Ordenes-Briceño, Matthew A. Taylor, Thomas H. Puzia, Roberto P. Muñoz, Paul Eigenthaler, Iskren Y. Georgiev, Paul Goudfrooij, Michael Hilker, Ariane Lanço… 展开作者

Yasna Ordenes-Briceño, Matthew A. Taylor, Thomas H. Puzia, Roberto P. Muñoz, Paul Eigenthaler, Iskren Y. Georgiev, Paul Goudfrooij, Michael Hilker, Ariane Lançon, Gary Mamon, Steffen Mieske, Bryan W. Miller, Eric W. Peng, Rubén Sánchez-Janssen

摘要:

我们报告了一组非常多样化的五个低表面亮度(LSB)的矮星系候选人在希克森紧凑组90(HCG 90)的深U-和I-波段的VLT/VIMOS获得的图像检测发现。这是在一个紧凑的星系群中发现的第一个LSB矮星系候选者。我们用$-11.65\!\lesssim\! M_U\! \lesssim\! -9.42$和$-12.79\!\lesssim\! M_I\! \lesssim\! -10.58$ mag的光度测量$0.7\!\lesssim\! r_{\rm eff}/{\rm kpc}\! \lesssim\! 1.5$范围内的球体半光半径,对应于$(U\!-\!I)_0\!\simeq\!1.1\!-\!2.2$ mag的颜色范围和$μ_U\!\simeq\!28.1\,{\rm mag/arcsec^2}$和$μ_I\!\simeq\!27.4\,{\rm mag/arcsec^2}$的表面亮度水平。它们的颜色和光度与一组不同的恒星种群特性相一致。假设太阳和0.02 Z $_\odot$金属丰度,我们得到的恒星质量范围$M_*|_{Z_\odot} \simeq 10^{5.7-6.3} M_{\odot}$和$M_*|_{0.02\,Z_\odot}\!\simeq\!10^{6.3-8}\,M_{\odot}$。三颗矮星的年龄大于1 Gyr,而另外两颗明显更蓝的矮星在任何质量/金属丰度组合下都比$\sim 2$ Gyr年轻。总而言之,新的LSB矮星系候选者与在整个本体积和附近星系团(如天炉座)中发现的矮星系具有相同的特性。我们发现了一对具有$\sim\!2$ kpc投影距离的候选星系,这可能是最近的矮星系对之一。我们还发现了一个有核矮星系候选星系,其核大小为$r_{\rm eff}\!\simeq\!46\!-\!63$ pc,星等为M $_{U,0}=-7.42$ mag和$(U\!-\!I)_0\!=\!1.51$ mag,这与恒星质量在$10^{4.9-6.5}\,M_\odot$范围内的核恒星盘一致。

英文摘要:

We report the discovery of a very diverse set of five low-surface brightness (LSB) dwarf galaxy candidates in Hickson Compact Group 90 (HCG 90) detected in deep U- and I-band images obtained with VLT/VIMOS. These are the first LSB dwarf galaxy candidates found in a compact group of galaxies. We measure spheroid half-light radii in the range $0.7\!\lesssim\! r_{\rm eff}/{\rm kpc}\! \lesssim\! 1.5$ with luminosities of $-11.65\!\lesssim\! M_U\! \lesssim\! -9.42$ and $-12.79\!\lesssim\! M_I\! \lesssim\! -10.58$ mag, corresponding to a color range of $(U\!-\!I)_0\!\simeq\!1.1\!-\!2.2$ mag and surface brightness levels of $μ_U\!\simeq\!28.1\,{\rm mag/arcsec^2}$ and $μ_I\!\simeq\!27.4\,{\rm mag/arcsec^2}$. Their colours and luminosities are consistent with a diverse set of stellar population properties. Assuming solar and 0.02 Z$_\odot$ metallicities we obtain stellar masses in the range $M_*|_{Z_\odot} \simeq 10^{5.7-6.3} M_{\odot}$ and $M_*|_{0.02\,Z_\odot}\!\simeq\!10^{6.3-8}\,M_{\odot}$. Three dwarfs are older than 1 Gyr, while the other two significantly bluer dwarfs are younger than $\sim 2$ Gyr at any mass/metallicity combination. Altogether, the new LSB dwarf galaxy candidates share properties with dwarf galaxies found throughout the Local Volume and in nearby galaxy clusters such as Fornax. We find a pair of candidates with $\sim\!2$ kpc projected separation, which may represent one of the closest dwarf galaxy pairs found. We also find a nucleated dwarf candidate, with a nucleus size of $r_{\rm eff}\!\simeq\!46\!-\!63$ pc and magnitude M$_{U,0}=-7.42$ mag and $(U\!-\!I)_0\!=\!1.51$ mag, which is consistent with a nuclear stellar disc with a stellar mass in the range $10^{4.9-6.5}\,M_\odot$.

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