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Leo-I星系群:新的矮星系和UDG候选星系

The Leo-I group: new dwarf galaxy and UDG candidates

Oliver Müller, Helmut Jerjen, Bruno Binggeli

摘要:

对矮星系及其环境的研究为宇宙学模型的预测和小宇宙尺度上结构形成的认识提供了重要的实验平台。近年来,星系群尺度上的许多问题对当前的宇宙学标准模型提出了挑战。我们的目标是增加Leo-I群中已知星系的样本,包括M1,96子群和Leo Triplet。这个星系集合体位于本体积的边缘,平均距离为10.7 Mpc。我们采用图像增强技术来搜索低表面亮度的对象在公开可用的gr图像由斯隆数字巡天在500平方度内的狮子座-I组。一旦被探测到,我们就进行表面测光,并将它们的结构参数与附近宇宙中其他已知的矮星系进行比较。我们在搜索区域内发现了36个新的矮星系候选者。它们的形态和结构参数类似于其他群中已知的矮星。在候选星系中,有5 ~ 6个星系被认为是超漫射星系候选星系。如果得到证实,它们将是这种星系类型中最接近的例子。我们计算了Leo-I星系群的光度函数,发现该星系群中有相当丰富的矮星系,在M_V=-10的极限星等下,其星系数是本星系群的两倍,暗端斜率较陡。

英文摘要:

The study of dwarf galaxies and their environments provides crucial testbeds for predictions of cosmological models and insights on the structure formation on small cosmological scales. In recent years, many problems on the scale of groups of galaxies challenged the current standard model of cosmology. We aim to increase the sample of known galaxies in the Leo-I group, containing the M\,96 subgroup and the Leo Triplet. This galaxy aggregate is located at the edge of the Local Volume at a mean distance of 10.7 Mpc. We employ image enhancing techniques to search for low-surface brightness objects in publicly available gr images taken by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey within 500 square degrees around the Leo-I group. Once detected, we perform surface photometry and compare their structural parameters to other known dwarf galaxies in the nearby universe. We found 36 new dwarf galaxy candidates within the search area. Their morphology and structural parameters resemble known dwarfs in other groups. Among the candidates 5 to 6 galaxies are considered as ultra diffuse galaxies candidates. If confirmed, they would be some of the closest examples of this galaxy type. We assessed the luminosity function of the Leo-I group and find it to be considerably rich in dwarf galaxies, with twice the number of galaxies as the Local Group at a limiting magnitude of M_V=-10 and a steeper faint-end slope.

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