- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/435/1186
- Title:
- BI photometry of bulgeless galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/435/1186
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We examine the magnitude and size evolution of bulgeless (discs with no-bulge or pseudo-bulge) galaxies up to z~0.9 in rest-frame B band. Their evolution is compared to that of normal-discs (or discs with classical bulge). The study is done for luminous sources (M_B_<=-20) in two equal-volume redshift bins (0.4<=z<0.77 and 0.77<=z<1.0) and a local range (0.02<=z<0.05). The mean surface-brightness, mu_B_, from z_mean_=0.89 to z_mean_=0.04, shows a dimming of 0.79mag/arcsec2 for bulgeless galaxies and 1.16mag/arcsec2 for normal-discs. The characteristic magnitude, M_B_, shows an increase of 0.55mag for bulgeless galaxies and 0.95mag for normal-discs. Both dimming and faintness observed since z~0.9 is more pronounced for the normal-discs by ~0.4mag. The size distribution is log-normal and both bulgeless and normal-discs show a slight increase in the mean value, <{Delta}log(R_e_)>~0.11, from z_mean_=0.89 to z_mean_=0.04. The proportion of bulgeless galaxies in the full disc sample undergoes a considerable decline with decrease in redshift. This along with the larger dimming and faintness seen for normal-discs suggests that some fraction of the bulgeless sources switch to the normal-disc morphology with time. To ascertain the validity of studying morphology in the optical, the properties of the galaxies observed in both rest-frame B and I band are compared. The common sample is more luminous in the I band but the sizes are larger in the B band for more than 74 percent of the sources. The variation in the Sersic-index values of the galaxies in the two rest-bands is minor enough to have any effect on the morphological classification.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/RAA/19.81
- Title:
- Blue-core galaxies properties
- Short Name:
- J/other/RAA/19.8
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We select 107 blue-core galaxies from the MaNGA survey, studying their morphology, kinematics as well as the gas-phase metallicity. Our results are as follows: (i) In our sample, 26% of blue-core galaxies have decoupled gas-star kinematics, indicating external gas accretion; 15% have bar-like structure and 8% show post-merger features, such as tidal tails and irregular gas/star velocity field. All these processes/features, such as accreting external misaligned gas, interaction and bar, can trigger gas inflow. Thus the central star-forming activities lead to bluer colors in their centers (blue-core galaxies). (ii) By comparing with the SDSS DR7 star-forming galaxy sample, we find that the blue-core galaxies have higher central gas-phase metallicity than what is predicted by the local mass-metallicity relation. We explore the origin of the higher metallicity, finding that not only the blue-core galaxies, but also the flat-gradient and red-core galaxies all have higher metallicity. This can be explained by the combined effect of redshift and galaxy color.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/418/1055
- Title:
- BOSS morphology of galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/418/1055
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We study the morphology and size of the luminous and massive galaxies at 0.3<z<0.7 targeted in the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS) using publicly available Hubble Space Telescope (HST) imaging, and catalogues, from the COSMic Origins Survey (COSMOS). Our sample (240 objects) provides a unique opportunity to check the visual morphology of these galaxies which were targeted based solely on stellar population modelling.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/145/405
- Title:
- Box- and peanut-shaped bulges. I.
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/145/405
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- NIR observations reveal that dust extinction does almost not influence the shape of bulges. There is no substantial difference between the shape of bulges in the optical and in the NIR. Our analysis reveals that 45% of all bulges are box- and peanut-shaped (b/p). The frequency of b/p bulges for all morphological types from S0 to Sd is >40%. In particular, this is for the first time that such a large frequency of b/p bulges is reported for galaxies as late as Sd. The fraction of the observed b/p bulges is large enough to explain the origin of b/p bulges by a barred potential (Luetticke et al., 2000, A&A, accepted).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/468/2058
- Title:
- Boxy/peanut-shaped bulges in barred galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/468/2058
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- From a sample of 84 local barred, moderately inclined disc galaxies, we determine the fraction that hosts boxy or peanut-shaped (B/P) bulges (the vertically thickened inner parts of bars). We find that the frequency of B/P bulges in barred galaxies is a very strong function of stellar mass: 79 per cent of the bars in galaxies with log (M*/M_{sun}_)w>=10.4 have B/P bulges, while only 12 per cent of those in lower mass galaxies do. (We find a similar dependence in data published by Yoshino & Yamauchi for edge-on galaxies.) There are also strong trends with other galaxy parameters - e.g. Hubble type: 77 per cent of S0-Sbc bars, but only 15 per cent of Sc-Sd bars, have B/P bulges - but these appear to be side effects of the correlations of these parameters with stellar mass. In particular, despite indications from models that a high gas content can suppress bar buckling, we find no evidence that the (atomic) gas mass ratio M_HI+He_/M* affects the presence of B/P bulges, once the stellar-mass dependence is controlled for. The semimajor axes of B/P bulges range from one-quarter to three-quarters of the full bar size, with a mean of R_box_/L_bar_=0.42+/-0.09 and R_box_/a_{epsilon}_=0.53+/-0.12 (where R_box_ is the size of the B/P bulge and a_{epsilon}_ and L_bar_ are lower and upper limits on the size of the bar).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/625/A36
- Title:
- Breaks in surf. brightness prof. of galaxy disks
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/625/A36
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Using a sample of 175 low-inclination galaxies from the S^4^G, we investigate the origins of up-bending (Type III) breaks in the 3.6{mu}m surface brightness profiles of disk galaxies. We reanalyzed a sample of previously identified Type III disk break-hosting galaxies using a new, unbiased break-finding algorithm, which uncovered many new, sometimes subtle disk breaks across the whole sample. We classified each break by its likely origin through close examination of the galaxy images across wavelengths, and compare samples of galaxies separated by their outermost identified break types in terms of their stellar populations and local environments. We find that more than half of the confirmed Type III breaks in our sample can be attributed to morphological asymmetry in the host galaxies. As these breaks are mostly an artifact of the azimuthal averaging process, their status as physical breaks is questionable. Such galaxies occupy some of the highest density environments in our sample, implying that much of this asymmetry is the result of tidal disturbance. We also find that Type III breaks related to extended spiral arms or star formation often host down-bending (Type II) breaks at larger radius which were previously unidentified. Such galaxies reside in the lowest density environments in our sample, in line with previous studies that found a lack of Type II breaks in clusters. Galaxies occupying the highest density environments most often show Type III breaks associated with outer spheroidal components. We find that Type III breaks in the outer disks of galaxies arise most often through environmental influence: either tidal disturbance (resulting in disk asymmetry) or heating through, for example, galaxy harrassment (leading to spheroidal components). Galaxies hosting the latter break types also show bimodal distributions in central g-r color and morphological type, with more than half of such galaxies classified as Sa or earlier; this suggests these galaxies may be evolving into early-type galaxies. By contrast, we find that Type III breaks related to apparently secular features (e.g., spiral arms) may not truly define their hosts' outer disks, as often in such galaxies additional significant breaks can be found at larger radius. Given this variety in Type III break origins, we recommend in future break studies making a more detailed distinction between break subtypes when seeking out, for example, correlations between disk breaks and environment, to avoid mixing unlike physical phenomena.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/440/405
- Title:
- Brightest galaxies in Local Volume
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/440/405
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Distances and near-infrared luminosities of the brightest galaxies in the Local Volume have been re-evaluated in order to gain a fully homogeneous collection of data for elucidating the framework of the Local Sheet and its relevance to Local Group evolution. It is demonstrated that the Local Sheet is both geometrically and dynamically distinct from the Local Supercluster and that the evolution of the Sheet and Local Group were probably interconnected. The Sheet is inclined by 8{deg} with respect to the Local Supercluster, and the dispersion of giant members about the mid-plane is only 230kpc. A 'Council of Giants' with a radius of 3.75Mpc encompasses the Local Group, demarcating a clear upper limit to the realm of influence of the Local Group. The only two giant elliptical galaxies in the Sheet sit on opposite sides of the Council, raising the possibility that they have somehow shepherded the evolution of the Local Group. The position vector of the Andromeda galaxy with respect to the Milky Way deviates only 11{deg} from the Sheet plane and only 11{deg} from the projected axis of the ellipticals. The Local Group appears to be moving away from a ridge in the potential surface of the Council on a path parallel to the elliptical axis. Spin directions of the giants in the Council are distributed over the sky in a pattern which is very different from that of giants beyond, possibly in reaction to the central mass asymmetry that developed into the Local Group. By matching matter densities of Group and Council giants, the edge of the volume of space most likely to have contributed to the development of the Local Group is shown to be very close to where gravitational forces from the Local Group and the Council balance. The boundary specification reveals that the Local Sheet formed out of a density perturbation of very low amplitude (~10%), but that normal matter was incorporated into galaxies with relatively high efficiency (~40%). It appears that the development of the giants of the Local Sheet was guided by a pre-existing flattened framework of matter.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/135/1567
- Title:
- Bright star clusters in M51
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/135/1567
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a catalog of star clusters with V_F555W_<23mag detected in the interacting spiral galaxy M51 system based on mosaic images taken with the Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys by the Hubble Heritage Team. We have selected about 3600 clusters based on their morphological information through visual inspection. The final star cluster catalog includes 2224 clusters that are relatively well isolated and have a circular shape.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/117/75
- Title:
- BR photometry in Coma, A2199 & AWM5 clusters
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/117/75
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of a study on galaxy interactions, tides, and other processes that produce luminous fine-scale substructures in the galaxy clusters: Coma, Perseus, Abell 2199, AWM 3, and AWM 5. All unusual structures in these clusters can be categorized into seven morphologies: interacting galaxies, multiple galaxies (noninteracting), distorted galaxies, tailed galaxies, line galaxies, dwarf galaxy groups, and galaxy aggregates. The various morphologies are described, and a catalog is presented, of 248 objects in these five clusters along with color, and positional information obtained from CCD images taken with the WIYN 3.5 m telescope in broadband B and R filters.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/649/759
- Title:
- Bubbles in the galactic disk
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/649/759
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A visual examination of the images from the Galactic Legacy Infrared Mid-Plane Survey Extraordinaire (GLIMPSE) has revealed 322 partial and closed rings that we propose represent partially or fully enclosed three-dimensional bubbles. We argue that the bubbles are primarily formed by hot young stars in massive star formation regions. We have found an average of about 1.5 bubbles per square degree. About 25% of the bubbles coincide with known radio HII regions, and about 13% enclose known star clusters. It appears that B4B9 stars (too cool to produce detectable radio HII regions) probably produce about three-quarters of the bubbles in our sample, and the remainder are produced by young OB3 stars that produce detectable radio HII regions.