scholarly journals Formation and Evolution of Gas-Rich Dwarf Galaxies

2011 ◽  
pp. 55-58
Author(s):  
Y. Ascasibar ◽  
M. Gavilán ◽  
M. Mollá ◽  
A. I. Díaz
Keyword(s):  
Dwarf Galaxies ◽  
Formation And Evolution

scholarly journals The Structure of the Stellar Hosts in Blue Compact Dwarf Galaxies

2006 ◽  
Vol 2 (S235) ◽  
pp. 300-300
Author(s):  
R.O. Amorín ◽  
J.A.L. Aguerri ◽  
L.M. Cairós ◽  
N. Caon ◽  
C. Muñoz-Tuñón
Keyword(s):  
Galaxy Formation ◽  
Dwarf Galaxies ◽  
Dwarf Galaxy ◽  
Structural Parameters ◽  
Host Galaxy ◽  
Host Galaxies ◽  
Galaxy Formation And Evolution ◽  
Radial Profiles ◽  
Low Surface Brightness ◽  
Formation And Evolution

AbstractBlue compact dwarf (BCD) galaxies are gas-rich, low-luminosity (Mb≳-18 mag) and compact systems, currently undergoing violent star-formation burst (Sargent & Searle 1970). While it was initially hypothesized that they were very young galaxies (e.g. Sargent & Searle 1970, et al. 1988), the subsecuent detection of an extended, redder stellar host galaxy showed that the vast majority of them are old systems (e.g. Gil de Paz et al. 2003,2005). BCDs play an important role for understanding the process of galaxy formation and evolution.The structural properties of the low surface brightness stellar host in BCDs are often studied by fitting r1/n models to the outer regions of their radial profiles. The limitations imposed by the presence of a large starburst emission overlapping the underlying component makes this kind of analysis a difficult task.We propose a two-dimensional fitting methodology in order to improve the extraction of the structural parameters of the LSB host Amorín et al. 2006, submitted). A set of ideal simulations are presented in order to test the reliability of the method and to determine its robustness and flexibility. We present the different steps of the method discussing its advantages and weaknesses. We compare the results for a sample of eight objects with those already obtained using a one-dimensional technique (Caon et al. 2005).We fit a PSF convolved Sérsic model to the BVR images with the GALFIT publicly software (Peng et al. 2002). We restrict the fit to the stellar host by masking out the starburst region and take special care to minimize the sky-subtraction uncertainties. Consistency checks are performed to assess the reliability and accuracy of the derived structural parameters.We obtain robust fits for all the sample galaxies, all of which, except one, show low Sérsic indices n—very close to 1—with good agreement in the three bands. These findings suggest that the stellar hosts in BCDs have near-exponential profiles. Since the Sérsic index n of host galaxies is important in the context of the possible structural and evolutionary connections among the different types of dwarf galaxies, we are currently extending the study to a larger sample of objects. This kind of studies will help us to understand the mechanisms that form and shape BCD galaxies, and how they relate to the other dwarf galaxy classes.

scholarly journals The Ghosts of Galaxies: Tidal Debris in Clusters

2004 ◽  
Vol 217 ◽  
pp. 70-76
Author(s):  
Michael D. Gregg ◽  
Michael J. West
Keyword(s):  
Globular Clusters ◽  
Surface Brightness ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Dwarf Galaxies ◽  
Cluster Formation ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Cluster Evolution ◽  
Low Surface Brightness ◽  
Intergalactic Space ◽  
Formation And Evolution

Gravitational interactions in rich clusters can strip material from the outer parts of galaxies or even completely disrupt entire systems, giving rise to large scale, low surface brightness ghostly features stretching across intergalactic space. The nearby Coma and Centaurus clusters both have striking examples of galaxy ghosts, in the form of 100 kpc-long plumes of intergalactic debris. By searching HST archival images, we have found numerous other examples of galaxy ghosts in rich clusters at low redshift, evidence that galaxy destruction and recycling are ubiquitous, important in cluster formation and evolution, and continue to mold clusters at the present epoch. Many ghosts appear in X-ray bright clusters, perhaps signaling a connection with energetic subcluster mergers.The fate of such material has important ramifications for cluster evolution. Our new HST WFPC2 V & I images of a portion of the Centaurus plume reveal that it contains an excess of discrete objects with −12 < MV < −6, consistent with being globular clusters or smaller dwarf galaxies. This tidally liberated material is being recycled directly into the intracluster population of stars, dwarf galaxies, globular clusters, and gas, which may have been built largely from a multitude of similar events over the life of the cluster.

scholarly journals Hunting for Dwarf Galaxies Hosting the Formation and Coalescence of Compact Binaries

Physics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 412-429 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luca Graziani
Keyword(s):  
Binary Systems ◽  
Local Group ◽  
Dwarf Galaxies ◽  
Large Population ◽  
Compact Binaries ◽  
Compact Binary ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
Low Metallicity ◽  
Formation And Evolution ◽  
Galaxy Assembly

Here we introduce the latest version of the GAMESH model, capable to consistently account for the formation and evolution of compact binary systems along the cosmic assembly of a Milky Way (MW)-like galaxy, centered on a local group volume resolving a large population of dwarf satellites. After describing the galaxy assembly process and how the formation of binary systems is accounted for, we summarize some recent findings on the properties and evolution of low-metallicity dwarf galaxies hosting the birth/coalescence of stellar/compact binaries generating GW150914-like signals. Finally, we focus on the mass and orbital properties of the above compact binary candidates assessing their impact on the resulting coalescence times and on selecting suitable galaxy hosts.

Local Group Dwarf Galaxies

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (S344) ◽  
pp. 29-37
Author(s):  
Andrew A. Cole
Keyword(s):  
Star Formation ◽  
Local Group ◽  
Dwarf Galaxies ◽  
Cosmic Time ◽  
Star Formation History ◽  
Gas Content ◽  
Cosmological Context ◽  
Low Mass ◽  
Formation And Evolution ◽  
Star Formation Histories

AbstractLocal Group dwarf galaxies are a unique astrophysical laboratory because they are the only objects in which we can reliably and precisely characterize the star formation histories of low-mass galaxies going back to the epoch of reionization. There are of order 100 known galaxies less massive than the Small Magellanic Cloud within ~1 Megaparsec of the Milky Way, with a vide variety of star formation history, gas content, and mass to light ratios. In this overview the current understanding of the formation and evolution of low-mass galaxies across cosmic time will be presented, and the possibility of drawing links between the properties of individual systems and the broader Local Group and cosmological context will be discussed. Local Group dwarfs will remain a uniquely powerful testbed to constrain the properties of dark matter and to evaluate the performance of simulations for the foreseeable future.

scholarly journals Deep spectroscopy of the dwarf spheroidal NGC 185

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (S283) ◽  
pp. 370-371
Author(s):  
Denise R. Gonçalves ◽  
Laura Magrini ◽  
Lucimara P. Martins ◽  
Ana M. Teodorescu ◽  
Cintia Quireza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emission Line ◽  
Chemical Evolution ◽  
Dwarf Galaxies ◽  
Seyfert Galaxy ◽  
Ionization Mechanisms ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
Nearby Galaxies ◽  
Formation And Evolution ◽  
Nuclear Regions ◽  
Galaxy Population

AbstractDwarf galaxies are crucial to understand the formation and evolution of galaxies, since they constitute the most abundant galaxy population. Abundance ratios and their variations due to star formation and inflow/outflow of gas are key constraints to chemical evolution models. The determination of these abundances in the dwarf galaxies of the Local Universe is thus of extreme importance. NGC 185 is one of the four brightest dwarf companions of M31, but unlike the other three it has an important content of gas and dust. Interestingly enough, in an optical survey of bright nearby galaxies NGC 185 was classified as a Seyfert galaxy based on its integrated emission-line ratios in the nuclear regions. However, although its emission lines formally place it in the category of Seyfert it is probable that this galaxy does not contain a genuine active nucleus. In this contribution, we resume, firstly, our results of an empirical study of the galaxy, on which we characterise its emission-line population and obtain planetary nebulae abundance ratios (Gonçalves et al. 2012). And, secondly, we discuss our attempt to identify the possible ionization mechanisms for NGC 185 enlighting the controversial classification of this galaxy dwarf spheroidal (dSph) as well as Seyfert, via stellar population synthesis and chemical evolution modelling (Martins et al. 2011).

Simulations of the formation and evolution of dwarf galaxies

2009 ◽  
Vol 330 (9���10) ◽  
pp. 972-977
Author(s):  
S. Valcke ◽  
S. De Rijcke ◽  
H. Dejonghe
Keyword(s):  
Dwarf Galaxies ◽  
Formation And Evolution

scholarly journals The Evolution of Tidal Debris

2004 ◽  
Vol 217 ◽  
pp. 390-399 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Christopher Mihos
Keyword(s):  
Galaxy Clusters ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Dwarf Galaxies ◽  
Galactic Disks ◽  
Galaxy Interactions ◽  
Surrounding Environment ◽  
History Of ◽  
Formation And Evolution ◽  
Intracluster Light ◽  
Interaction History

Galaxy interactions expel a significant amount of stars and gas into the surrounding environment. I review the formation and evolution of the tidal debris spawned during these collisions, and describe how this evolution depends on the large scale environment in which the galaxies live. In addition to acting as a long-lived tracer of the interaction history of galaxies, the evolution of this material - on both large scales and small - has important ramifications for galactic recycling processes, the feeding of the intracluster light and intracluster medium within galaxy clusters, and the delayed formation of galactic disks and dwarf galaxies.

scholarly journals Stellar Population Gradients in Phoenix and Leo I

1999 ◽  
Vol 192 ◽  
pp. 325-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Martínez-Delgado ◽  
Carme Gallart ◽  
A. Aparicio ◽  
W. Freedman
Keyword(s):  
Stellar Population ◽  
Dwarf Galaxies ◽  
Stellar Populations ◽  
Formation And Evolution

The study of gradients in the stellar populations of dwarf galaxies will give us necessary information to construct detailed models of their formation and evolution. We find clear traces of these gradients, in the sense of stars being older for larger galactocentric distances, in two interesting nearby dwarfs: Phoenix and Leo I.

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