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NGC-3175星群的微弱卫星星群--一个Local Group类星体

Faint Satellite Population of the NGC-3175 Group - a Local Group Analogue

Rohit Kondapally, George A. Russell, Christopher J. Conselice, Samantha J. Penny

摘要:

在本文中,我们确定和研究附近的本星系群类似物-NGC-3175星系群的低质量矮卫星的属性,目的是调查最低质量星系的性质和“失踪的卫星”问题。对邻近星系群(如NGC-3175)的深度成像是探测这些低质量星系的唯一方法之一,这些星系对宇宙学、暗物质和星系形成问题都很重要。我们发现了553个候选矮星系,其中绝大多数以前从未被研究过。我们在NGC-3175中心$\sim$ 500 kpc区域附近获得了R和B波段的图像,ESO 2.2 m,使我们能够在B波段探测到$\sim$ 23等(M $_{B} \sim$ -7.7等)的星系。在没有光谱信息的情况下,矮成员和可能的背景星系是使用颜色,形态和表面亮度标准分离的。我们比较观察到的尺寸,表面亮度和质量标度关系的文献数据。光度函数的暗端斜率为$α$ =-1.31,比在本星系群中观测到的更陡。与模拟结果相比,我们发现我们的观测结果介于纯$Λ$ CDM模型和涉及重子效应的CDM模型之间,消除了银河系周围卫星太少的明显问题。

英文摘要:

In this paper we identify and study the properties of low mass dwarf satellites of a nearby Local Group analogue - the NGC-3175 galaxy group with the goal of investigating the nature of the lowest mass galaxies and the `Missing Satellites' problem. Deep imaging of nearby groups such as NGC-3175 are one of the only ways to probe these low mass galaxies which are important for problems in cosmology, dark matter and galaxy formation. We discover 553 candidate dwarf galaxies in the group, the vast majority of which have never been studied before. We obtained R and B band imaging, with the ESO 2.2m, around the central $\sim$500kpc region of NGC-3175, allowing us to detect galaxies down to $\sim$23 mag (M$_{B} \sim$-7.7 mag) in the B band. In the absence of spectroscopic information, dwarf members and likely background galaxies are separated using colour, morphology and surface brightness criteria. We compare the observed size, surface brightness and mass scaling relations to literature data. The luminosity function with a faint end slope of $α$ = -1.31, is steeper than that observed in the Local Group. In comparison with simulations, we find that our observations are between a pure $Λ$CDM model and one involving baryonic effects, removing the apparent problem of finding too few satellites as seen around the Milky Way.

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