scholarly journals A connection between bulge properties and the bimodality of galaxies

2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (S245) ◽  
pp. 67-70
Author(s):  
Niv Drory ◽  
David B. Fisher
Keyword(s):  
Surface Brightness ◽  
Structural Parameters ◽  
Formation Mechanisms ◽  
Disk Galaxies ◽  
Central Surface ◽  
Detailed Surface ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
Blue Galaxies ◽  
Nearby Galaxies ◽  
Red Galaxies

AbstractThe global colors and structure of galaxies have recently been shown to follow bimodal distributions. Galaxies separate into a “red sequence”, populated prototypically by early-type galaxies, and a “blue cloud”, whose typical objects are late-type disk galaxies. Intermediate-type (Sa-Sbc) galaxies populate both regions. It has been suggested that this bimodality reflects the two-component nature of disk-bulge galaxies. However, it has now been established that there are two types of bulges: “classical bulges” that are dynamically hot systems resembling (little) ellipticals, and “pseudobulges”, dynamically cold, flattened, disk-like structures that could not have formed via violent relaxation. Alas, given the different formation mechanisms of these bulges, the question is whether at types Sa-Sbc, where both bulge types are found, the red-blue dichotomy separates galaxies at some value of disk-to-bulge ratio,B/T, or, whether it separates galaxies of different bulge type, irrespective of theirB/T. In this paper, we identify classical bulges and pseudobulges morphologically with HST images in a sample of nearby galaxies. Detailed surface photometry reveals that: (1) The red – blue dichotomy is a function of bulge type: at the sameB/T, pseudobulges are in globally blue galaxies and classical bulges are in globally red galaxies. (2) Bulge type also predicts where the galaxy lies in other (bimodal) global structural parameters: global Sérsic index and central surface brightness. Hence, the red – blue dichotomy is not due to decreasing bulge prominence alone, and the bulge type of a galaxy carries significance for the galaxy's evolutionary history.

scholarly journals Characterizing the radial oxygen abundance distribution in disk galaxies

2019 ◽  
Vol 623 ◽  
pp. A7 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. A. Zinchenko ◽  
A. Just ◽  
L. S. Pilyugin ◽  
M. A. Lara-Lopez
Keyword(s):  
Surface Brightness ◽  
Disk Galaxies ◽  
Abundance Distribution ◽  
Oxygen Abundance ◽  
Abundance Gradient ◽  
Central Surface ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
Axisymmetric Structures ◽  
Local Oxygen ◽  
Optical Radius

Context. The relation between the radial oxygen abundance distribution (gradient) and other parameters of a galaxy such as mass, Hubble type, and a bar strength, remains unclear although a large amount of observational data have been obtained in the past years. Aims. We examine the possible dependence of the radial oxygen abundance distribution on non-axisymmetrical structures (bar/spirals) and other macroscopic parameters such as the mass, the optical radius R25, the color g − r, and the surface brightness of the galaxy. A sample of disk galaxies from the third data release of the Calar Alto Legacy Integral Field Area Survey (CALIFA DR3) is considered. Methods. We adopted the Fourier amplitude A2 of the surface brightness as a quantitative characteristic of the strength of non-axisymmetric structures in a galactic disk, in addition to the commonly used morphologic division for A, AB, and B types based on the Hubble classification. To distinguish changes in local oxygen abundance caused by the non-axisymmetrical structures, the multiparametric mass–metallicity relation was constructed as a function of parameters such as the bar/spiral pattern strength, the disk size, color index g − r in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) bands, and central surface brightness of the disk. The gas-phase oxygen abundance gradient is determined by using the R calibration. Results. We find that there is no significant impact of the non-axisymmetric structures such as a bar and/or spiral patterns on the local oxygen abundance and radial oxygen abundance gradient of disk galaxies. Galaxies with higher mass, however, exhibit flatter oxygen abundance gradients in units of dex/kpc, but this effect is significantly less prominent for the oxygen abundance gradients in units of dex/R25 and almost disappears when the inner parts are avoided (R >  0.25R25). We show that the oxygen abundance in the central part of the galaxy depends neither on the optical radius R25 nor on the color g − r or the surface brightness of the galaxy. Instead, outside the central part of the galaxy, the oxygen abundance increases with g − r value and central surface brightness of the disk.

scholarly journals Scale Length of Disk Galaxies

2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (S277) ◽  
pp. 317-320
Author(s):  
Kambiz Fathi
Keyword(s):  
Galaxy Formation ◽  
Surface Brightness ◽  
Sloan Digital Sky Survey ◽  
Disk Galaxies ◽  
Test Bed ◽  
Massive Galaxies ◽  
Central Surface ◽  
Galaxy Formation And Evolution ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
Scale Length

AbstractDisk scale length rd and central surface brightness μ0 for a sample of 29955 bright disk galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey have been analyzed. Cross correlation of the SDSS sample with the LEDA catalogue allowed us to investigate the variation of the scale lengths for different types of disk/spiral galaxies and present distributions and typical trends of scale lengths all the SDSS bands with linear relations that indicate the relation that connect scale lengths in one passband to another. We use the volume corrected results in the r-band and revisit the relation between these parameters and the galaxy morphology, and find the average values 〈rd〉 = 3.8 ± 2.1 kpc and 〈μ0〉 = 20.2 ± 0.7 mag arcsec−2. The derived scale lengths presented here are representative for a typical galaxy mass of 1010.8 M⊙, and the RMS dispersion is larger for more massive galaxies. We analyse the rd–μ0 plane and further investigate the Freeman Law and confirm that it indeed defines an upper limit for μ0 in bright disks (rmag < 17.0), and that disks in late type spirals (T ≥ 6) have fainter central surface brightness. Our results are based on a sample of galaxies in the local universe (z < 0.3) that is two orders of magnitudes larger than any sample previously studied, and deliver statistically significant results that provide a comprehensive test bed for future theoretical studies and numerical simulations of galaxy formation and evolution.

scholarly journals Lenses and Low Surface Brightness Disks

1983 ◽  
Vol 100 ◽  
pp. 253-254
Author(s):  
A. Bosma
Keyword(s):  
Surface Brightness ◽  
Disk Galaxies ◽  
Selection Effects ◽  
Central Surface ◽  
Low Surface Brightness ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
Intrinsic Scatter ◽  
Limiting Surface ◽  
Disk Component ◽  
Exponential Disk

The 21.65-“law” for disk galaxies has been debated ever since Freeman's (1970) paper in which he found that for 28 out of 36 galaxies the extrapolated central surface brightness of the exponential disk component I0, follows this rule with little intrinsic scatter. Some people think it significant, while others invoke selection effects. Bosma and Freeman (1982) made a new attempt to clarify this problem by studying ratios of diameters of disk galaxies on the various Sky Surveys in a region of overlap. The limiting surface brightness levels were calibrated to be 24.6 and 25.6 magn/arcsec2 for the Palomar blue prints and the SRC J films, resp. The distribution of the ratio Γ = diameter (SRC) / diameter (PAL) gives a measure of the true distribution of Io if the galaxy has an exponential disk in the brightness interval 24.6 to 25.6; e.g. Io = 21.6 corresponds to Γ = 1.32, Io = 22.6 to Γ = 1.50 and Io = 23.6 to Γ = 1.90, etc.

scholarly journals Wolf-Rayet Populations in Dwarf Galaxies

1991 ◽  
Vol 143 ◽  
pp. 601-612
Author(s):  
Lindsey F. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Surface Brightness ◽  
Dwarf Galaxies ◽  
Dwarf Galaxy ◽  
High Surface ◽  
Hii Regions ◽  
Necessary Condition ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
Nearby Galaxies ◽  
High Metallicity

The Wolf-Rayet (WR) feature at 4650 A is observed in about 10% of the dwarf galaxies with high surface brightness knots. The intensity of the feature implies the presence of tens to thousands of WR stars. Hbeta fluxes imply correspondingly large numbers of O stars. The easily observed intensity ratio WRbump/Hbeta is a measure of the WR/O star numbers.The metallicity of dwarf galaxies ranges from Z = Zo/30 to Zo/2, or O/H” = log(O/H)+12 = 7.4 to 8.6. WRbump/Hbeta correlates with O/H′ and O/H″ > 7.9 appears to be a necessary condition for the presence of the WR feature. Giant HII regions in ordinary galaxies extend to higher than solar metallicities and, in extreme cases, WR/O ≈ 1 are implied.The subtypes present in giant HII regions in nearby galaxies appear to be exclusively late type WN and, occasionally, early type WC. Spectra of most BCD galaxies are compatible with a similar population. However, some high metallicity giant HII regions in large galaxies appear to have stronger NIII4640 relative to HeII4686 than occurs in WN subtypes in the Galaxy and the Magellanic Clouds.The data needed for more detailed analysis of dwarf galaxy observations is collected.

scholarly journals The haloes and environments of nearby galaxies (HERON) – II. The outer structure of edge-on galaxies

2020 ◽  
Vol 494 (2) ◽  
pp. 1751-1770 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksandr Mosenkov ◽  
R Michael Rich ◽  
Andreas Koch ◽  
Noah Brosch ◽  
David Thilker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Brightness ◽  
3D Model ◽  
Interacting Galaxies ◽  
Deep Imaging ◽  
Low Surface Brightness ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
Nearby Galaxies

ABSTRACT The haloes and environments of nearby galaxies (HERON) project is aimed at studying haloes and low surface brightness (LSB) details near galaxies. In this second HERON paper, we consider in detail deep imaging (down to surface brightness of ∼28 mag arcsec−2 in the r band) for 35 galaxies, viewed edge-on. We confirm a range of LSB features previously described in the literature but also report new ones. We classify the observed outer shapes of the galaxies into three main types (and their prototypes): disc/diamond-like (NGC 891), oval (NGC 4302), and boxy (NGC 3628). We show that the shape of the outer disc in galaxies does not often follow the general 3D model of an exponential disc: 17 galaxies in our sample exhibit oval or even boxy isophotes at the periphery. Also, we show that the less flattened the outer disc, the more oval or boxy its structure. Many galaxies in our sample have an asymmetric outer structure. We propose that the observed diversity of the galaxy outer shapes is defined by the merger history and its intensity: if no recent multiple minor or single major merging took place, the outer shape is diamond-like or discy. On the contrary, interacting galaxies show oval outer shapes, whereas recent merging appears to transform the outer shape to boxy.

scholarly journals Adaptive optics imaging of Lyman break galaxies as progenitors of spheroids in the local Universe

2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (S245) ◽  
pp. 447-450
Author(s):  
M. Akiyama ◽  
Y. Minowa ◽  
N. Kobayashi ◽  
K. Ohta ◽  
I. Iwata
Keyword(s):  
Adaptive Optics ◽  
Spatial Clustering ◽  
Stellar Mass ◽  
Disk Galaxies ◽  
Local Universe ◽  
Lyman Break Galaxies ◽  
Optical Images ◽  
Major Merger ◽  
Nearby Galaxies ◽  
Red Galaxies

AbstractIn order to reveal the stellar mass distribution of z ~ 3 galaxies, we are conducting deep imaging observations of U-dropout Lyman Break Galaxies (LBGs) with Adaptive Optics (AO) systems in K-band, which corresponds to rest-frame V-band of z ~ 3 galaxies. The results of the Subaru intensive-program observations with AO36/NGS/IRCS indicate that 1) the K-band peaks of some of the LBGs brighter than K = 22.0 mag show significant offset from those in the optical images, 2) the z ~ 3 $M_{V}^{*}$ LBGs and serendipitously observed Distant Red Galaxies (DRGs) have flat profiles similar to disk galaxies in the local universe (i.e., Sérsic with n < 2), and 3) the surface stellar mass densities of the $M_{V}^{*}$ LBGs are 3-6 times larger than those of disk galaxies at z = 0 − 1. Considering the lack of n > 2 systems among the luminous z ~ 3 LBGs and DRGs, and their strong spatial clustering, we infer that the dense n < 2 disk-like structures evolve into the n > 2 spheroids of nearby galaxies through relaxations due to major merger events.

scholarly journals The Surface Brightness of Our Galaxy and Other Spirals

1990 ◽  
Vol 139 ◽  
pp. 85-97
Author(s):  
P. C. van der Kruit
Keyword(s):  
Distribution Function ◽  
Surface Brightness ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Spiral Galaxies ◽  
Hubble Constant ◽  
Central Surface ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
Scale Length

In this review I discuss some aspects of the luminosity distributions in our Galaxy and external spiral galaxies. The major conclusions are the following: (1) the radial scale length of the luminosity distribution in the disk of our Galaxy is 5.0 ± 0.5 kpc, (2) on this basis the Hubble constant needs to be at most 65 ± 10 km s−1 Mpc−1, if our Galaxy and M31 are among the largest spirals, as the Fisher-Tully relation suggests, (3) the probable Hubble type of the Galaxy is SbI–II, (4) the bi-modal distribution function of face-on, central surface brightness μ0 and radial scale length h of spirals shows a preferred value for μ0 of about 22 B-mag arcsec2 and a distribution of h that declines with one e-folding per kpc, (5) the Galaxy is a normal, fairly large Sb galaxy, and (6) galaxies similar to our own in terms of large-scale, nonmorphological properties are NGC 891 and NGC 5033.

scholarly journals MOCCA Survey Database: Extra Galactic Globular Clusters. I. Method and first results

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Leveque ◽  
M Giersz ◽  
M Paolillo
Keyword(s):  
Globular Clusters ◽  
Surface Brightness ◽  
Velocity Dispersion ◽  
Structural Parameters ◽  
Dynamical Evolution ◽  
Central Surface ◽  
First Results ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Galactic Globular Clusters ◽  
Gaia Dr2

Abstract Over the last few decades, exhaustive surveys of extra Galactic globular clusters (EGGCs) have become feasible. Only recently, limited kinematical information of globular clusters (GCs) were available through Gaia DR2 spectroscopy and also proper motions. On the other hand, simulations of GCs can provide detailed information about the dynamical evolution of the system. We present a preliminary study of EGGCs- properties for different dynamical evolutionary stages. We apply this study to 12 Gyr-old GCs simulated as part of the MOCCA Survey Database. Mimicking observational limits, we consider only a subssample of the models in the database, showing that it is possible to represent observed Milky Way GCs. In order to distinguish between different dynamical states of EGGCs, at least three structural parameters are necessary. The best distinction is achieved by considering the central parameters, those being observational core radius, central surface brightness, ratio between central and half-mass velocity dispersion, or similarly considering the central color, the central V magnitude and the ratio between central and half-mass radius velocity dispersion, although such properties could be prohibitive with current technologies. A similar but less solid result is obtained considering the average properties at the half-light radius, perhaps accessible presently in the Local Group. Additionally, we mention that the color spread in EGGCs due to internal dynamical models, at fixed metallcity, could be just as important due to the spread in metallicity.

scholarly journals GASP and MaNGA Surveys Shed Light on the Enigma of the Gas Metallicity Gradients in Disk Galaxies

2021 ◽  
Vol 923 (1) ◽  
pp. 28
Author(s):  
Andrea Franchetto ◽  
Matilde Mingozzi ◽  
Bianca M. Poggianti ◽  
Benedetta Vulcani ◽  
Cecilia Bacchini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stellar Mass ◽  
Disk Galaxies ◽  
Mass Relation ◽  
Gas Stripping ◽  
Local Cluster ◽  
Cluster Galaxies ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
Nearby Galaxies ◽  
Galaxy Environment

Abstract Making use of both MUSE observations of 85 galaxies from the survey GASP (GAs Stripping Phenomena in galaxies with MUSE) and a large sample from MaNGA (Mapping Nearby Galaxies at Apache Point Observatory survey), we investigate the distribution of gas metallicity gradients as a function of stellar mass for local cluster and field galaxies. Overall, metallicity profiles steepen with increasing stellar mass up to 1010.3 M ⊙ and flatten out at higher masses. Combining the results from the metallicity profiles and the stellar mass surface density gradients, we propose that the observed steepening is a consequence of local metal enrichment due to in situ star formation during the inside-out formation of disk galaxies. The metallicity gradient−stellar mass relation is characterized by a rather large scatter, especially for 109.8 < M ⋆/M ⊙ < 1010.5, and we demonstrate that metallicity gradients anti-correlate with the galaxy gas fraction. Focusing on the galaxy environment, at any given stellar mass, cluster galaxies have systematically flatter metallicity profiles than their field counterparts. Many subpopulations coexist in clusters: galaxies with shallower metallicity profiles appear to have fallen into their present host halo sooner and have experienced the environmental effects for a longer time than cluster galaxies with steeper metallicity profiles. Recent galaxy infallers, like galaxies currently undergoing ram pressure stripping, show metallicity gradients more similar to those of field galaxies, suggesting they have not felt the effect of the cluster yet.

scholarly journals A large sample of low surface brightness disk galaxies from SDSS

2008 ◽  
Vol 4 (S252) ◽  
pp. 131-132
Author(s):  
G. H. Zhong ◽  
Y. C. Liang ◽  
L. C. Deng ◽  
B. Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Surface Brightness ◽  
Stellar Populations ◽  
Disk Galaxies ◽  
Large Sample ◽  
Central Surface ◽  
Main Galaxy ◽  
Low Surface Brightness ◽  
Galaxy Sample

AbstractWe present the properties of a large sample (12,282) of nearly face-on low surface brightness disk galaxies selected from the main galaxy sample of SDSS-DR4. Those properties includes B-band central surface brightness μ0(B), scale lengths h, distances D, integrated magnitudes, colors and some resulted relations. This sample has μ0(B) from 22 to 24.5 mag arcsec−2 with a median value of 22.44 mag arcsec−2. They are quite bright with MB taking values from −18 to −23 mag with a median value of −20.08 mag. The disk scale lengths h are from 2 kpc to 19 kpc. There exist clear correlations between log h and MB, log h and log D. Both the optical-optical and optical-NIR color-color relations show most of them have a mix of young and old stellar populations.

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