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In this paper, by analyzing mock images from the IllustrisTNG100-1 simulation, we examine the properties of the diffuse light and compare them to those of central and satellite galaxies. Our findings suggest that the majority of the diffuse…

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We use \texttt{GRUMPY}, a simple regulator-type model for dwarf galaxy formation and evolution, to forward model the dwarf galaxy satellite population of the Milky Way (MW) using the Caterpillar zoom-in simulation suite. We show that…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-09-14 Viraj Manwadkar , Andrey Kravtsov

We measure the optical spectrum of the Diffuse Galactic Light (DGL) -- the local Milky Way in reflection -- using 92,000 blank-sky spectra from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). We correlate the SDSS optical intensity in regions of blank…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-12-23 Timothy D. Brandt , Bruce T. Draine

We use data from the SDSS to investigate the evolution of the large-scale galaxy bias as a function of luminosity for red galaxies. We carefully consider correlation functions of galaxies selected from both photometric and spectroscopic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-17 Ashley J. Ross , Rita Tojeiro , Will J. Percival

A catalogue of binary galaxies with 621 pairs has been determined by applying a surface density enhancement procedure to {\it The Surface Photometry Catalogue of the ESO-Uppsala Galaxies}. The method does not require any redshift…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. S. L. Soares , R. E. de Souza , R. R. de Carvalho , T. C. Couto da Silva

We simultaneously constrain cosmology and galaxy bias using measurements of galaxy abundances, galaxy clustering and galaxy-galaxy lensing taken from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. We use the conditional luminosity function (which describes…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Marcello Cacciato , Frank C. van den Bosch , Surhud More , Houjun Mo , Xiaohu Yang

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 total luminosity of satellite galaxies around a central galaxy, L$_{sat}$, is a powerful metric for probing dark matter halos. In this paper we use data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys to explore the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-07-08 Mehmet Alpaslan , Jeremy L. Tinker

The interpretive power of the newest generation of large-volume hydrodynamical simulations of galaxy formation rests upon their ability to reproduce the observed properties of galaxies. In this second paper in a series, we employ bulge+disc…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-03-17 Connor Bottrell , Paul Torrey , Luc Simard , Sara L. Ellison

Using a samples of 61506 spiral galaxies selected from the SDSS DR2, we examine the luminosity function (LF) of spiral galaxies with different inclination angles. We find that the characteristic luminosity of the LF, $L^*$, decreases with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Zhengyi Shao , Quanbao Xiao , Shiyin Shen , H. J. Mo , Xiaoyang Xia , Zugan Deng

Aims. We use the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey to derive the luminosity function (LF) of the first-ranked (brightest) group/cluster galaxies, the LF of second-ranked, satellite and isolated galaxies, and the LF of groups of galaxies. Methods.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Elmo Tempel , Jaan Einasto , Maret Einasto , Enn Saar , Erik Tago

We identify satellites of isolated galaxies in SDSS and examine their angular distribution. Using mock catalogues generated from cosmological N-body simulations, we demonstrate that the selection criteria used to select isolated galaxies…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Jeremy Bailin , Chris Power , Peder Norberg , Dennis Zaritsky , Brad K. Gibson

With galaxy groups constructed from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), we analyze the expected galaxy-galaxy lensing signals around satellite galaxies residing in different host haloes and located at different halo-centric distances. We…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-03-04 Ran Li , Houjun Mo , Zuhui Fan , Xiaohu Yang , Frank C. van den Bosch

The kinematics of satellite galaxies moving in a dark matter halo are a direct probe of the underlying gravitational potential. Thus, the phase-space distributions of satellites represent a powerful tool to determine the galaxy-halo…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-22 Johannes U. Lange , Frank C. van den Bosch , Andrew R. Zentner , Kuan Wang , Antonia S. Villarreal

The study of satellite galaxies can provide information on the merging and aggregation processes which, according to the hierarchical clustering models, form the larger spiral galaxies we observe. With the aim of testing hierarchical models…

The population of satellite galaxies in a host galaxy is a combination of the cumulative accretion of subhaloes and their associated star formation efficiencies, therefore, the luminosity distribution of satellites provides valuable…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-10-13 Dali Zhang , Yu Luo , Xi Kang , Han Qu

Rapid advance has been made recently in accurate distance measurements for nearby ($D < 11$ Mpc) galaxies based on the magnitude of the tip of red giant branch stars resolved with the Hubble Space Telescope. We use observational properties…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-09-02 Igor D. Karachentsev , Olga G. Kashibadze

The mean apparent magnitude and the mean of magnitudes adjusted to a standard distance are reported. The illumination phase function for OneWeb satellites is determined and it differs strongly from that of VisorSat spacecraft. Brightness…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-11 Anthony Mallama

We describe the algorithm that selects the main sample of galaxies for spectroscopy in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey from the photometric data obtained by the imaging survey. Galaxy photometric properties are measured using the Petrosian…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Michael A. Strauss , David H. Weinberg , Robert H. Lupton , Vijay K. Narayanan

We have conducted a search of a 9 deg$^{2}$ region of the CFHTLS around the Milky Way analog M101 (D$\sim$7 Mpc), in order to look for previously unknown low surface brightness galaxies. This search has uncovered 38 new low surface…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-12-06 P. Bennet , D. J. Sand , D. Crnojević , K. Spekkens , D. Zaritsky , A. Karunakaran