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利用表面亮度起伏研究邻近卫星星系系统:校准和方法学

Using Surface Brightness Fluctuations to Study Nearby Satellite Galaxy Systems: Calibration and Methodology

Scott Carlsten, Rachael Beaton, Johnny Greco, Jenny Greene

摘要:

我们探讨了使用地面的表面亮度波动(SBF)的测量,以限制距离附近的矮星系。使用档案CFHT Megacam成像数据的样本27附近的矮星,我们表明,可靠的SBF测量和距离精确到15\%是可能的,即使是非常低的表面亮度(LSB,$μ_{i0}>24$ mag/arcsec $^2$)星系适度,$\sim$小时长的曝光与CFHT。结合我们的样品与最近的样品7矮星与SBF测量与HST从文献中,我们提供了最强大的经验SBF校准到目前为止的蓝色预期这些低质量系统。我们的校准是可信的颜色范围$0.3\lesssim g-i\lesssim0.8$马格。这也是第一个SBF校准完全绑定到TRGB距离的样本中的每个星系有一个文献TRGB距离。我们发现,即使在SBF的内在散射增加蓝色星系,均方根散射校准仍然是$\lesssim0.3$马格。我们验证我们的测量与HST SBF测量和详细的图像模拟比较。我们认为,地基SBF是一个非常有用的工具,在附近,D $\lesssim$ 20兆秒差距的宇宙中的特征矮卫星系统和场矮星。

英文摘要:

We explore the use of ground-based surface brightness fluctuation (SBF) measurements to constrain distances to nearby dwarf galaxies. Using archival CFHT Megacam imaging data for a sample of 27 nearby dwarfs, we demonstrate that reliable SBF measurements and distances accurate to 15\% are possible even for very low surface brightness (LSB, $μ_{i0}>24$ mag/arcsec$^2$) galaxies with modest, $\sim$hour-long exposures with CFHT. Combining our sample with a recent sample of 7 dwarfs with SBF measured with HST from the literature, we provide the most robust empirical SBF calibration to-date for the blue colors expected for these low mass systems. Our calibration is credible over the color range $0.3\lesssim g-i\lesssim0.8$ mag. It is also the first SBF calibration tied completely to TRGB distances as each galaxy in the sample has a literature TRGB distance. We find that even though the intrinsic scatter in SBF increases for blue galaxies, the rms scatter in the calibration is still $\lesssim0.3$ mag. We verify our measurements by comparing with HST SBF measurements and detailed image simulations. We argue that ground-based SBF is a very useful tool for characterizing dwarf satellite systems and field dwarfs in the nearby, D$\lesssim$20 Mpc universe.

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