A search for Low Surface Brightness galaxies in the near-infrared

Ragaigne, D. Monnier; Driel, W. van; O'Neil, K.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Balkowski, C.; Jarrett, T. H.

doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20030694

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“…We have calculated a mean LSB baryonic mass-to-light ratio of 2.20 (solar units) from the results of de Blok et al (1996), Matthews et al (2001), McGaugh & de Blok (1997), Monnier Ragaigne et al (2003a, 2003b, O'Neil et al (2000), and Zavala et al (2003). From the data of de Blok et al (1996), McGaugh & de Blok (1998), and Zavala et al (2003, we calculate a mean LSB dynamical mass-to-light ratio of 20.21.…”

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The Cosmological Unimportance of Low Surface Brightness Galaxies

Hayward

Irwin

Bregman

2005

ApJ

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We have searched for Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) in the local (d P 60 Mpc) universe using Northern Sky Variability Survey (NSVS) data collected from the nightly optical surveys of the Robotic Optical Transient Search Experiment (ROTSE) Telescope. It was hoped that SNe Ia would provide a means to find previously unknown low surface brightness (LSB) galaxies or displaced stars that would otherwise be very difficult to detect. The ROTSE data allowed us to survey 19,000 deg 2 at declinations north of 0 , but we did not find a single SN Ia in a period of time covering roughly 1 year. Using known SNe Ia rates in bright galaxies, we set an upper limit on the optical luminosity density, L B , of LSBs in the local universe. Using mean LSB baryonic and dynamical mass-to-light ratios, we find 95% upper limits for LSBs of L B 2:53 ; 10 8 L B; Mpc À3 , b 0:0040, and m 0:036. We conclude that LSBs and displaced stars are not a major constituent of matter in the local universe.

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The Cosmological Unimportance of Low Surface Brightness Galaxies

Hayward

Irwin

Bregman

2005

ApJ

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“…We classify this galaxy as Sbc. Single-dish H i 21 cm observations of KTG15a and KTG15c were carried out by Monnier et al (2003).…”

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BVRISURFACE PHOTOMETRY OF ISOLATED GALAXY TRIPLETS

Hernández-Toledo

Méndez-Hernández

Aceves³

et al. 2011

The Astronomical Journal

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Optical broadband BVRI observations of 54 galaxies selected from the Catalog of Isolated Triplets of Galaxies in the Northern Hemisphere have been carried out at San Pedro Mártir National Observatory to evaluate their photometric and morphological properties. We complement our analysis with Two-Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) and Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) images and look for signatures likely related to interactions/mergers. We report apparent/absolute BVRI magnitudes and colors for the 54 galaxies. The membership of these galaxies is re-evaluated by imposing a reasonable condition of concordant redshifts upon the original selection criteria, rendering a final sample of 34 galaxies in 13 triplets, 12 galaxies in close pairs, and 8 galaxy outliers. The triplets are spiral-dominated systems in different dynamical stages from loosely interacting to almost merged objects. The incidence fraction of features likely associated with interactions is ∼56%, similar to those found in northern and southern compact groups. The average fraction of bars is 35% with a mean value of maximum bar ellipticity max ≈ 0.4. Bars are hosted in the late-type triplet spirals, almost twice more than in early-type spirals. The global fraction of rings is 20%, all in the late-type components. The overdensity of triplets with respect to the background and their current dynamical status, as devised from our estimate of their dynamical parameters, namely the harmonic radius R H , velocity dispersion σ , dimensionless crossing time H 0 τ c , and virial mass M V , appear to be sufficient to favor galaxy transformations similar to those seen in dense groups and clusters. By contrast, the lower fraction of bonafide ellipticals and the relatively higher fraction of late-type spirals make these triplets essentially different from the Hickson Compact Groups and more representative of the field. A modest 1.6 enhancement factor in the optical luminosity of the late-type triplet components relative to an isolated galaxy control sample is also interpreted as consistent with interactions in physically bounded aggregates. Our results lead us to suggest that non-negligible populations of physical triplets might be found in complete and well-observed samples. We provide individual mosaics for the 54 galaxies containing (1) logarithmic-scaled R-band images, (2) R-band sharp/filtered images, (3) (B − I) color index maps, (4) RGB images from the SDSS database, (5) co-added J + H + K images generated from the 2MASS archives that were also sharp/filtered, and (6) , position angle radial profiles from a surface photometry analysis of (a) the R band and (b) the co-added near-infrared images, all used for the present analysis.

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“…O'Neil, Bothun & Cornell (1997a) and O'Neil et al (1997b) in ‘Texas survey’ first found the red LSB galaxy populations. Monnier‐Ragaigne et al (2003a,b,c) selected a sample of about 3800 LSBGs from the all‐sky near‐infrared (NIR) Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS), and then obtained the 21‐cm H i observations and estimated the H i masses for two subsamples of 367 and 334 LSBGs. More related references about LSBG searching and catalogues could be found in Bothun, Impey & McGaugh (1997), Impey & Bothun (1997) and Zhong et al (2008).…”

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A large sample of low surface brightness disc galaxies from the SDSS - II. Metallicities in surface brightness bins

Liang¹,

Zhong²,

Hammer³

et al. 2010

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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We study the spectroscopic properties of a large sample of low surface brightness galaxies (LSBGs) [with B-band central surface brightness μ 0 (B) > 22 mag arcsec −2 ] selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 4 (SDSS-DR4) main galaxy sample. A large sample of disc-dominated high surface brightness galaxies [HSBGs, with μ 0 (B) < 22 mag arcsec −2 ] are also selected for comparison simultaneously. To study them in more details, these sample galaxies are further divided into four subgroups according to μ 0 (B) (in units of mag arcsec −2 ): very low surface brightness galaxies (vLSBGs) (24.5-22.75), intermediate low surface brightness galaxies (iLSBGs) (22.75-22.0), intermediate high surface brightness galaxies (iHSBGs) (22.0-21.25) and very high surface brightness galaxies (vHSBGs) (<21.25). The diagnostic diagram from spectral emission-line ratios shows that the active galactic nucleus fractions of all the four subgroups are small (<9 per cent). The 21 032 star-forming galaxies with good-quality spectroscopic observations are further selected for studying their dust extinction, strong-line ratios, metallicities and stellar mass-metallicity relations. The vLSBGs have lower extinction values and have less metal-rich and massive galaxies than the other subgroups. The oxygen abundances of our LSBGs are not as low as those of the H II regions in LSBGs studied in literature, which could be because our samples are more luminous, and because of the different metallicity calibrations used. We find a correlation between 12 + log(O/H) and μ 0 (B) for vLSBGs, iLSBGs and iHSBGs but show that this could be a result of correlation between μ 0 (B) and stellar mass and the well-known mass-metallicity relation. This large sample shows that LSBGs span a wide range in metallicity and stellar mass, and they lie nearly on the stellar mass versus metallicity and N/O versus O/H relations of normal galaxies. This suggests that LSBGs and HSBGs have not had dramatically different star formation and chemical enrichment histories.

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A search for Low Surface Brightness galaxies in the near-infrared

Cited by 13 publications

References 49 publications

The Cosmological Unimportance of Low Surface Brightness Galaxies

The Cosmological Unimportance of Low Surface Brightness Galaxies

BVRISURFACE PHOTOMETRY OF ISOLATED GALAXY TRIPLETS

A large sample of low surface brightness disc galaxies from the SDSS - II. Metallicities in surface brightness bins

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