- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/488/2175
- Title:
- CVRHS classifications for 719 AMIGA galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/488/2175
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Using images from Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 8, we have re-examined the morphology of 719 galaxies from the Analysis of the interstellar Medium in Isolated GAlaxies (AMIGA) project, a sample consisting of the most isolated galaxies that have yet been identified. The goal is to further improve the classifications of these galaxies by examining them in the context of the Comprehensive de Vaucouleurs revised Hubble-Sandage (CVRHS) system, which includes recognition of features that go beyond the original de Vaucouleurs point of view. Our results confirm previous findings that isolated galaxies are found across the complete revised Hubble sequence, with intermediate to late-type (Sb-Sc) spirals being relatively more common. Elmegreen Arm Classifications are also presented, and show that more than 50\% of the 514 spirals in the sample for which an arm class could be judged are grand design (AC 8,9,12). The visual bar fraction for the sample is ~50%, but only 16% are classified as strongly-barred (SB). The dominant family classification is SA (nonbarred), the dominant inner variety classification is (s) (pure spiral), and the dominant outer variety classification is no outer ring, pseudoring, or lens. The Kolmogorov-Smirnov test is used to check for potential biases in the morphological interpretations, and for any possible relation between rings, bars, and arm classes with local environment and far-infrared excess. The connection between morphology and stellar mass is also examined for a subset of the sample.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/488/590
- Title:
- CVRHS classifications for the EFIGI Galaxy Sample
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/488/590
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This paper is the third which examines galaxy morphology from the point of view of comprehensive de Vaucouleurs revised Hubble-Sandage (CVRHS) classification, a variation on the original de Vaucouleurs classification volume that accounts for finer details of galactic structure, including lenses, nuclear structures, embedded disks, boxy and disky components, and other features. The classification is applied to the EFIGI sample, a well-defined set of nearby galaxies which were previously examined by Baillard et al. (2011, Cat. J/A+A/532/A74) and de Lapparent et al. (2011A&A...532A..75D). The survey is focussed on statistics of features, and brings attention to exceptional examples of some morphologies, such as skewed bars, blue bar ansae, bar-outer pseudoring misalignment, extremely elongated inner SB rings, outer rings and lenses, and other features that are likely relevant to galactic secular evolution and internal dynamics. The possibility of using these classifications as a training set for automated classification algorithms is also discussed.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/471/4027
- Title:
- CVRHS classifications for the GZ2 Ring Sample
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/471/4027
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Rings are important and characteristic features of disc-shaped galaxies. This paper is the first in a series that re-visits galactic rings with the goals of further understanding the nature of the features and for examining their role in the secular evolution of galaxy structure. The series begins with a new sample of 3962 galaxies drawn from the Galaxy Zoo 2 citizen science data base, selected because zoo volunteers recognized a ring-shaped pattern in the morphology as seen in Sloan Digital Sky Survey colour images. The galaxies are classified within the framework of the Comprehensive de Vaucouleurs revised Hubble-Sandage system. It is found that zoo volunteers cued on the same kinds of ring-like features that were recognized in the 1995 Catalogue of Southern Ringed Galaxies. This paper presents the full catalogue of morphological classifications, comparisons with other sources of classifications and some histograms designed mainly to highlight the content of the catalogue. The advantages of the sample are its large size and the generally good quality of the images; the main disadvantage is the low physical resolution that limits the detectability of linearly small rings such as nuclear rings. The catalogue includes mainly inner and outer disc rings and lenses. Cataclysmic ('encounter-driven') rings (such as ring and polar ring galaxies) are recognized in less than 1 per cent of the sample.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/247/31
- Title:
- Dark matter halo models for SPARC galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/247/31
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present rotation curve fits to 175 late-type galaxies from the Spitzer Photometry and Accurate Rotation Curves database using seven dark matter (DM) halo profiles: pseudo-isothermal, Burkert, Navarro-Frenk-White (NFW), Einasto, Di Cintio+ (DC14; 2014MNRAS.441.2986D), cored-NFW, and a new semi-empirical profile named Lucky13. We marginalize over the stellar mass-to-light ratio, galaxy distance, disk inclination, halo concentration, and halo mass (and an additional shape parameter for Einasto) using a Markov Chain Monte Carlo method. We find that cored halo models, such as the DC14 and Burkert profiles, generally provide better fits to rotation curves than the cuspy NFW profile. The stellar mass-halo mass relation from abundance matching is recovered by all halo profiles once imposed as a Bayesian prior, whereas the halo mass-concentration relation is not reproduced in detail by any halo model.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/418/1526
- Title:
- Dark matter in dSph galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/418/1526
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Due to their large dynamical mass-to-light ratios, dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs) are promising targets for the indirect detection of dark matter (DM) in {gamma}-rays. We examine their detectability by present and future {gamma}-ray observatories. The key innovative features of our analysis are as follows: (i) we take into account the angular size of the dSphs; while nearby objects have higher {gamma}-ray flux, their larger angular extent can make them less attractive targets for background-dominated instruments; (ii) we derive DM profiles and the astrophysical J-factor (which parametrizes the expected {gamma}-ray flux, independently of the choice of DM particle model) for the classical dSphs directly from photometric and kinematic data. We assume very little about the DM profile, modelling this as a smooth split-power-law distribution, with and without subclumps; (iii) we use a Markov chain Monte Carlo technique to marginalize over unknown parameters and determine the sensitivity of our derived J-factors to both model and measurement uncertainties; and (iv) we use simulated DM profiles to demonstrate that our J-factor determinations recover the correct solution within our quoted uncertainties.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/801/74
- Title:
- Dark matter profiles in dwarf galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/801/74
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Gamma-ray searches for dark matter annihilation and decay in dwarf galaxies rely on an understanding of the dark matter density profiles of these systems. Conversely, uncertainties in these density profiles propagate into the derived particle physics limits as systematic errors. In this paper we quantify the expected dark matter signal from 20 Milky Way dwarfs using a uniform analysis of the most recent stellar-kinematic data available. Assuming that the observed stellar populations are equilibrium tracers of spherically symmetric gravitational potentials that are dominated by dark matter, we find that current stellar-kinematic data can predict the amplitudes of annihilation signals to within a factor of a few for the ultra-faint dwarfs of greatest interest. On the other hand, the expected signal from several classical dwarfs (with high-quality observations of large numbers of member stars) can be localized to the ~20% level. These results are important for designing maximally sensitive searches in current and future experiments using space and ground-based instruments.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/VII/87A
- Title:
- Data on 1889 Abell's clusters of galaxies
- Short Name:
- VII/87A
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A sample of 1889 clusters from Abell's catalogue of Rich Clusters of Galaxies (1958, ApJS 3, 211) have been classified in the Bautz-Morgan system
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/546/A79
- Title:
- 400d Cluster Survey Weak Lensing Programme II
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/546/A79
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Evolution in the mass function of galaxy clusters sensitively traces both the expansion history of the Universe and cosmological structure formation. Robust cluster mass determinations are a key ingredient for a reliable measurement of this evolution, especially at high redshift. Weak gravitational lensing is a promising tool for, on average, unbiased mass estimates. This weak lensing project aims at measuring reliable weak lensing masses for a complete X-ray selected sample of 36 high redshift (0.35<z<0.9) clusters. The goal of this paper is to demonstrate the robustness of the methodology against commonly encountered problems, including pure instrumental effects, the presence of bright (8-9mag) stars close to the cluster centre, ground based measurements of high-z (z~0.8) clusters, and the presence of massive unrelated structures along the line-sight.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/598/A32
- Title:
- 2D decomposition of CALIFA galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/598/A32
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a two-dimensional multi-component photometric decomposition of 404 galaxies from the Calar Alto Legacy Integral Field Area Data Release 3 (CALIFA-DR3). They represent all possible galaxies with no clear signs of interaction and not strongly inclined in the final CALIFA data release. Galaxies are modelled in the g, r, and i Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) images including, when appropriate, a nuclear point source, bulge, bar, and an exponential or broken disc component. We use a human-supervised approach to determine the optimal number of structures to be included in the fit. The dataset, including the photometric parameters of the CALIFA sample, is released together with statistical errors and a visual analysis of the quality of each fit. The analysis of the photometric components reveals a clear segregation of the structural composition of galaxies with stellar mass. At high masses (log(M*/M_{sun}_)>11), the galaxy population is dominated by galaxies modelled with a single Sersic or a bulge+disc with a bulge-to-total (B/T) luminosity ratio B/T>0.2. At intermediate masses (9.5<log(M*/M_{sun}_)<11), galaxies described with bulge+disc but B/T<0.2 are preponderant, whereas, at the low mass end (log(M*/M_{\sun}_)<9.5), the prevailing population is constituted by galaxies modelled with either pure discs or nuclear point sources+discs (i.e., no discernible bulge). The analyses of the extended multi-component radial profile result in a volume-corrected distribution of 62%, 28%, and 10% for the so-called Type I (pure exponential), Type II (down-bending), and Type III (up-bending) disc profiles, respectively. These fractions are in discordance with previous findings. We argue that the different methodologies used to detect the breaks are the main cause for these differences.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/261/657
- Title:
- Deep CCD photometry of Leo II
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/261/657
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a deep colour-magnitude diagram of the central 7 x 7 arcmin2 region of Leo II. The diagram shows a well-defined giant branch and a red horizontal branch, heavily populated on the red side but extending far into the blue. Having a low metallicity ([Fe/H]=-1.9), the Leo II diagram is similar to those of outer halo clusters suffering from the second-parameter syndrome. From the mean apparent magnitude of candidate RR Lyrae stars, (VHB) = 22.10, we estimate the distance of Leo II to be 215 kpc, a value similar to previous estimates. A number of variable-star candidates are identified and two new very red giants have been found. Comparison with the other dwarf spheroidals of the Local Group reveals that Leo II belongs to the group of four small and faint dwarf spheroidal galaxies.
