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Luminosity Distribution of Dwarf Elliptical-like Galaxies

Astrophysics of Galaxies 2022-07-07 v1

Abstract

We present the structural parameters of 910\sim910 dwarf elliptical-like galaxies in the local universe (z0.01z\lesssim0.01) derived from the rr-band images of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). We examine the dependence of structural parameters on the morphological types (dS0, dE,dEbc_{bc}, dSph, and dEblue_{blue}). There is a significant difference in the structural parameters among the five sub-types if we properly treat the light excess due to nucleation in dSph and dE galaxies. The mean surface brightness within the effective radius (<μe><\mu_{e}>) of dSph galaxies is also clearly different from that of other sub-types. The frequency of disk features such as spiral arms depends on the morphology of dwarf galaxies. The most pronounced difference between dSph galaxies and other sub-types of early-type dwarf galaxies is the absence of disk feature which is thought to be closely related to their origin.

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@article{arxiv.2207.02216,
  title  = {Luminosity Distribution of Dwarf Elliptical-like Galaxies},
  author = {Mira Seo and Hong Bae Ann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2207.02216},
  year   = {2022}
}

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14 pages, 12 figures