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We perform several high resolution N-Body/SPH simulations of low surface brightness galaxies (LSBs) embedded in cold dark matter halos to study how likely is bar formation in such systems. The behavior of various collisionless galaxy models…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Lucio Mayer , James Wadsley

We select a large volume-limited sample of low surface brightness galaxies (LSBGs, 2,021) to investigate their statistical properties and their differences from high surface brightness galaxies (HSBGs, 3,639) in details. The distributions…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-05-14 G. H. Zhong , Y. C. Liang , F. S. Liu , F. Hammer , K. Disseau , L. C. Deng

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 derive the disk masses of 18 spiral galaxies of different luminosity and Hubble Type, both by mass modelling their rotation curves and by fitting their SED with spectro-photometric models. The good agreement of the estimates obtained…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Paolo Salucci , Irina A. Yegorova , Niv Drory

We present a study of low surface brightness galaxies (LSBGs) selected by fitting the images for all the galaxies in $\alpha$.40 SDSS DR7 sample with two kinds of single-component models and two kinds of two-component models (disk+bulge):…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-12-14 Bing-qing Zhang , Hong Wu , Wei Du , Pin-song Zhao , Min He , Feng-jie Lei

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

We present preliminary results from spectroscopic observations of a sample of 11 low surface brightness galaxies (LSB). We measured the stellar and gaseous kinematics along their major and minor axes. Such information will allow us to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Pizzella , E. M. Corsini , F. Bertola , L. Coccato , J. Magorrian , M. Sarzi , J. G. Funes S. J.

The origin of low surface brightness (LSB) galaxies remains a key open question in galaxy formation, reflecting the balance internal mechanisms and environmental influence. Using MaNGA integral-field spectroscopy, we investigate whether LSB…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-13 Mengting Shen , Hassen M. Yesuf , Lei Hao , Chong Ge , Jun Yin , Junfeng Wang , Shiyin Shen

The population of Low Surface Brightness (LSB) galaxies is crucial for understanding the extremes of galaxy formation and evolution of the universe. As LSB galaxies are mostly rich in gas (HI), the alpha.40-SDSS DR7 sample is absolutely one…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-03 Wei Du , Hong Wu , Man I Lam , Yinan Zhu , Fengjie Lei , Zhimin Zhou

We present the correlation between the extrapolated central disk surface brightness (mu) and extrapolated central surface mass density (Sigma) for galaxies in the DiskMass sample. This mu-Sigma-relation has a small scatter of 30% at the…

Giant low surface brightness galaxies (GLSBs), such as Malin 1, have unusually large and flat discs. Their formation is a puzzle for cosmological simulations in the cold dark matter scenario. We suggest that GLSBs might be the final product…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-02-23 M. Mapelli , B. Moore

We build a volume-limited sample of galaxies derived from the SDSS-DR7 to characterize several physical properties of the dark matter halos where LSB galaxies reside. Using an observational proxy for the assembly time, we found that LSB…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-10-11 Luis Enrique Pérez-Montaño , Bernardo Cervantes Sodi

Low-surface brightness galaxies (LSBGs) are defined as galaxies with central surface brightness levels fainter than the night sky, making them challenging to observe. A key open question is whether their faint appearance arises from…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-10-01 D. Stoppacher , P. Tissera , Y. Rosas-Guevara , G. Galaz , J. Oñorbe

We follow the evolution of disk galaxies within a cluster that forms hierarchically in a standard cold dark matter N-body simulation. At a redshift z=0.5 we select several dark matter halos that have quiet merger histories and are about to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ben Moore , George Lake , Joachim Stadel , Thomas Quinn

With this study we aim at the spectroscopic verification of a photometrically selected sample of Low Surface Brightness (LSB) galaxy candidates in a field around the Hubble Deep Field-South (HDF-S). The sample helps to extend the parameter…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-07-05 L. Haberzettl , D. J. Bomans , R. -J. Dettmar

We present B, R, and Halpha imaging data of 19 large disk galaxies whose properties are intermediate between classical low surface brightness galaxies and ordinary high surface brightness galaxies. We use data taken from the Lowell 1.8m…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 K. O'Neil , S. Oey , G. Bothun

We measure the bar properties (length, strength, and corotation radius) of a sample of barred low surface brightness (LSBs) galaxies and compare to previous results for both LSBs and high surface brightness galaxy (HSBs) samples. In…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-01-09 Wesley Peters , Rachel Kuzio de Naray

We study massive disk galaxies (stellar mass $>=10^{11}\mathrm{M_{\odot}}$) at z=0 from IllustrisTNG simulation to detect galaxies that contain two exponential stellar disks - a central high surface brightness (HSB) disk surrounded by an…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-04-22 Suchira Sarkar , Kanak Saha

Low Surface Brightness (LSB) galaxies have very diffuse, low surface density stellar disks which appear faint in optical images. They are very rich in neutral hydrogen (HI) gas, which extends well beyond the stellar disks. Their extended HI…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-12-16 Pooja Bhattacharjee , Pratik Majumdar , Mousumi Das , Subinoy Das , Partha S. Joarder , Sayan Biswas

Major mergers or/and the repeated minor mergers lead to dynamical heating of disks of galaxies. We analyze the available data on the velocity dispersion of stellar disks of S-S0 galaxies, including the new observational data obtained at 6m…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-12-04 A. Zasov , A. Saburova , I. Katkov