Spatial environment of polar-ring galaxies from the SDSS
Astrophysics of Galaxies
2017-03-22 v1
Abstract
Based on SDSS data, we have considered the spatial environment of galaxies with extended polar rings. We used two approaches: estimating the projected distance to the nearest companion and counting the number of companions as a function of the distance to the galaxy. Both approaches have shown that the spatial environment of polar-ring galaxies on scales of hundreds of kiloparsecs is, on average, less dense than that of galaxies without polar structures. Apparently, one of the main causes of this effect is that the polar structures in a denser environment are destroyed more often during encounters and mergers with other galaxies.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1701.07978,
title = {Spatial environment of polar-ring galaxies from the SDSS},
author = {S. S. Savchenko and V. P. Reshetnikov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1701.07978},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
7 pages, 2 figures