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通过星系相互作用形成超扩散星系的证据

Evidence for Ultra-Diffuse Galaxy `Formation' Through Galaxy Interactions

Paul Bennet, David J. Sand, Dennis Zaritsky, Denija Crnojević, Kristine Spekkens, Ananthan Karunakaran

摘要:

我们报告的发现两个超弥漫星系(UDG),这表明明确的证据与潮汐物质的关联和与一个更大的星系晕的相互作用,发现在加拿大-法国-夏威夷望远镜遗产调查(CFHTLS)的宽部分搜索。两个新的UDG,NGC 2708-Dw 1和NGC 5631-Dw 1,是微弱的($M_g$ = $-$ 13.7和$-$ 11.8 mag),扩展($r_h$ =2.60和2.15 kpc),中心表面亮度低($μ(g,0)$ =24.9和27.3磁角秒$^{-2}$),而与每一个相关的恒星流的表面亮度为$μ(g)$ $\gtrsim$ 28.2等角秒$^{-2}$。这些观测结果提供了证据,表明一些UDG的起源可能与星系的相互作用有关,要么是通过膨胀它们来改变正常的矮星系,要么是因为UDG可以从潮汐物质中坍缩出来(即它们是潮汐矮星系)。需要进一步的工作,以了解UDG人口的比例'形成'通过星系的相互作用,广泛的领域搜索弥漫矮星系将提供进一步的线索,这些神秘的恒星系统的起源。

英文摘要:

We report the discovery of two ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) which show clear evidence for association with tidal material and interaction with a larger galaxy halo, found during a search of the Wide portion of the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Legacy Survey (CFHTLS). The two new UDGs, NGC2708-Dw1 and NGC5631-Dw1, are faint ($M_g$=$-$13.7 and $-$11.8 mag), extended ($r_h$=2.60 and 2.15 kpc) and have low central surface brightness ($μ(g,0)$=24.9 and 27.3 mag arcsec$^{-2}$), while the stellar stream associated with each has a surface brightness $μ(g)$$\gtrsim$28.2 mag arcsec$^{-2}$. These observations provide evidence that the origin of some UDGs may connect to galaxy interactions, either by transforming normal dwarf galaxies by expanding them, or because UDGs can collapse out of tidal material (i.e. they are tidal dwarf galaxies). Further work is needed to understand the fraction of the UDG population `formed' through galaxy interactions, and wide field searches for diffuse dwarf galaxies will provide further clues to the origin of these enigmatic stellar systems.

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