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We present deep, pointed $^{12}$CO($J=2-1$) observations of three late-type LSB galaxies. The beam-size was small enough that we could probe different environments (\HI maximum, \HI mininum, star forming region) in these galaxies. No CO was…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 W. J. G. de Blok , J. M. van der Hulst

Recent surveys have discovered hundreds of low surface brightness galaxies, systems with central surface brightness fainter than 22.0 B mag arcsec^-2, in the local universe. Plots of the surface brightness distribution - that is, the space…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 K. O'Neil

Giant low surface brightness galaxies (gLSBs) are galaxies with extremely extended, faint, optical disks over 50 kpc in radius and have high total masses which can reach 10^12 solar masses. The existence of such galaxies is problematic for…

Classical low surface brightness (LSB) galaxies pose an important challenge to galaxy evolution models. While they are found to host large reservoirs of atomic hydrogen, they display low stellar and star-formation surface densities. Global…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-09-25 Hannah S. Christie , Pauline Barmby , Jason E. Young

We investigate in detail the hypothesis that low surface brightness galaxies (LSB) differ from ordinary galaxies simply because they form in halos with large spin parameters. We compute star formation rates using the Schmidt law, assuming…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Raul Jimenez , Paolo Padoan , Francesca Matteucci , Alan Heavens

We present Very Large Array ({\sc vla}) and Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope ({\sc wsrt}) 21-cm H{\sc i} observations of 19 late-type low surface brightness (LSB) galaxies. Our main findings are that these galaxies, as well as having…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 W. J. G. de Blok , S. S. McGaugh , J. M. van der Hulst

Using the Early Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) we investigated the clustering properties of Low Surface Brightness (LSB) galaxies in comparison to normal, High Surface Brightness (HSB) galaxies. We selected LSB galaxies…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 S. D. Rosenbaum , D. J. Bomans

We investigate the star formation history and chemical evolution of low surface brightness (LSB) disk galaxies by modelling their observed spectro-photometric and chemical properties using a galactic chemical and photometric evolution model…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 L. B. van den Hoek , W. J. G. de Blok , J. M. van der Hulst , T. de Jong , .

An update of the set of low surface brightness galaxies is presented which can be used to set constraints on the otherwise ambiguous decompositions of their rotation curves into contributions due to the various components of the galaxies.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 B. Fuchs

We present $UBVI$ and H$\alpha$ images of a sample of Low Surface Brightness (LSB) disk galaxies. These galaxies are generally late types, if they can be sensibly classified at all. However, they are not dwarfs, being intrinsically large…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Stacy McGaugh , Jim Schombert , Greg Bothun

We have observed the closest known large, low surface brightness (LSB) galaxy, UGC 2302, with HST using WFPC2 and the F555W and F814W filters. UGC 2302 is a typical large LSB galaxy, and thus represents a good choice for detailed stellar…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Patricia M. Knezek

We investigate the formation and properties of low surface brightness galaxies (LSBGs) with $M_{*} > 10^{9.5} \mathrm{M_{\odot}}$ in the EAGLE hydrodynamical cosmological simulation. Galaxy surface brightness depends on a combination of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-09-04 Andrea Kulier , Gaspar Galaz , Nelson D. Padilla , James W. Trayford

Superthin galaxies (STs) are edge-on disc galaxies with strikingly high planar-to-vertical axes ratios of $\sim 10 - 20$ with no bulge component, and central surface brightness in $B$-band $>$ 23 mag arcsec$^{-2}$ comparable to low surface…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-06-22 Ganesh Narayanan , Arunima Banerjee

How does the low surface brightness galaxies (LSBGs) form stars and assemble the stellar mass is one of the most important questions to understand the LSBG population. We select a sample of 381 HI bright LSBGs with both Far Ultraviolet…

Although numerous simulations have been done to understand the effects of intense bursts of star formation on high surface brightness galaxies, few attempts have been made to understand how localized starbursts would affect both the color…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Karen O'Neil , G. D. Bothun , J. Schombert

We explore the star forming properties of late type, low surface brightness (LSB) galaxies. The star forming main sequence (SFR-$M_*$) of LSB dwarfs has a steep slope, indistinguishable from unity ($1.04 \pm 0.06$). They form a distinct…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-12-11 Stacy McGaugh , Jim Schombert , Federico Lelli

A large sample of low surface brightness (LSB) disk galaxies is selected from SDSS with B-band central surface brightness mu_0(B) from 22 to 24.5 mag arcsec^(-2). Some of their properties are studied, such as magnitudes, surface brightness,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 Y. C. Liang , G. H. Zhong , X. Y. Chen , D. Gao , F. Hammer , F. S. Liu , J. Y. Hu , L. C. Deng , B. Zhang

The existence of galaxies with a surface brightness $\mu$ lower than the night sky has been known since three decades. Yet, their formation mechanism and emergence within a $\rm\Lambda CDM$ universe has remained largely undetermined. For…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-04-17 Arianna Di Cintio , Chris B. Brook , Andrea V. Macciò , Aaron A. Dutton , Salvador Cardona-Barrero

Low surface brightness galaxies (LSBs) are an important class of galaxies that allow us to broaden our understanding of galaxy formation and test various cosmological models. We present a survey of low surface brightness galaxies at $0.4 <…

The distribution of the stellar and gaseous components in low surface brightness galaxies has been determined directly from optical and HI imaging. The distribution of what might be the dominant mass component, the dark matter, which is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Rob Swaters