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We present the detection of a large population of ultra diffuse galaxies (UDGs) in two massive galaxy clusters, Abell S1063 at $z=0.348$ and Abell 2744 at $z=0.308$, based on F814W and F105W images in the Hubble Frontier Fields Program. We…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-08-09 Myung Gyoon Lee , Jisu Kang , Jeong Hwan Lee , In Sung Jang

The virial masses of ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) have been estimated using the kinematics and abundance of their globular cluster populations, leading to disparate results. Some studies conclude that UDGs reside in massive dark matter…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-12-05 Chervin F. P. Laporte , Adriano Agnello , Julio F. Navarro

We have measured structural parameters and radial color profiles of 108 ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs), carefully selected from six distant massive galaxy clusters in the Hubble Frontier Fields (HFF) in redshift range from 0.308 to 0.545.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-11-01 Pinsong Zhao , Fengshan Liu , Qifan Cui , Hassen M. Yesuf , Hong Wu

In this work, we extend the catalog of low-surface brightness (LSB) galaxies, including Ultra-Diffuse Galaxy (UDG) candidates, within $\approx 0.4R_{vir}$ of the Hydra I cluster of galaxies, based on deep images from the VST Early-type…

In a series of papers, we present detailed chemo-dynamical simulations of tidal dwarf galaxies (TDGs). After the first paper, where we focused on the very early evolution, we present in this work simulations on the long-term evolution of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 Sylvia Ploeckinger , Simone Recchi , Gerhard Hensler , Pavel Kroupa

We present multi-wavelength imaging and analysis of a low surface brightness (LSB) dwarf galaxy in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South (ECDFS), SMDG0333094-280938, with particular emphasis on data from the Euclid space telescope and from…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-07-17 Aaron J. Romanowsky , Yimeng Tang , Kevin A. Bundy

Observational surveys have found that the dynamical masses of ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) correlate with the richness of their globular cluster (GC) system. This could be explained if GC-rich galaxies formed in more massive dark matter…

We report the discovery of 854 ultra diffuse galaxies (UDGs) in the Coma cluster using deep R band images, with partial B, i, and Halpha band coverage, obtained with the Subaru telescope. Many of them (332) are Milky Way-sized with very…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-08 Jin Koda , Masafumi Yagi , Hitomi Yamanoi , Yutaka Komiyama

The modern generation of wide-field galaxy surveys, such as LSST, Euclid and Roman, will enable studies of dwarf galaxies $(10^6 \leq M_\ast / M_\odot \leq 10^9)$ beyond the Local Group (LG) in unprecedented detail. Improved theoretical…

Low mass galaxies are expected to be dark matter dominated even within their centrals. Recently two observations reported two dwarf galaxies in group environment with very little dark matter in their centrals. We explore the population and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-08-05 Yingjie Jing , Chunxiang Wang , Ran Li , Shihong Liao , Jie Wang , Qi Guo , Liang Gao

Star formation may take place in a variety of locations in interacting systems: in the dense core of mergers, in the shock regions at the interface of the colliding galaxies and even within the tidal debris expelled into the intergalactic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Pierre-Alain Duc , Frederic Bournaud , Mederic Boquien

Some gas-rich "ultra-diffuse" galaxies (UDGs), which are extreme examples of low surface brightness (LSB) dwarf galaxies, have been reported to lack dark matter and to be offset from the baryonic Tully-Fisher relation (BTFR). If confirmed,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-08-13 Federico Lelli

Ultra-faint dwarf galaxies (UFDs) are promising observable proxies to building blocks of galaxies formed in the early Universe. We study the formation and evolution of UFDs using cosmological hydrodynamic simulations. In particular, we show…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-06-23 Yuta Tarumi , Naoki Yoshida , Anna Frebel

Observational studies of ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) represent a significant challenge because of their very low surface brightnesses. A feasible approach is to identify "future" UDGs when their stars are still young. Using data mining,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-10-01 Kirill A. Grishin , Igor V. Chilingarian , Anton V. Afanasiev , Ivan Yu. Katkov

Reproducing the physical characteristics of ultra-faint dwarf galaxies (UFDs) in cosmological simulations is challenging, particularly with respect to stellar metallicity and galaxy size. To investigate these difficulties in detail, we…

Ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) are objects which have very extended morphology and faint central surface brightness. Most UDGs are discovered in galaxy clusters and groups, but also some are found in low density environments. The diffuse…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-07-26 Min He , Hong Wu , Wei Du , James Wicker , Pin-song Zhao , Feng-jie Lei , Ji-feng Liu

We present a novel approach to constrain the formation channels of Ultra-Compact Dwarf Galaxies (UCDs). This inhomogeneous class of objects of remnants of tidally stripped dwarf elliptical galaxies and high mass globular clusters. We use…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-02-03 Karina Voggel , Michael Hilker , Tom Richtler

We examine ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) and their relation to non-UDGs in mass-radius-luminosity space. We begin by publishing Keck/KCWI spectroscopy for the Coma cluster UDG Y358, for which we measure both a recessional velocity and…

Large low surface brightness galaxies have recently been found to be abundant in nearby galaxy clusters. In this paper, we investigate these ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) in the six Hubble Frontier Fields galaxy clusters: Abell 2744,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-12-17 Steven R. Janssens , Roberto Abraham , Jean Brodie , Duncan A. Forbes , Aaron J. Romanowsky

Cosmological simulations of galaxy clusters are unable to resolve dwarf galaxies due to limited numerical resolution which drives the artificial disruption of dark matter substructures. We address these limitations by combining the results…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-28 Pradyumna Sadhu , Laura V. Sales , Julio F. Navarro , Raphaël Errani , Jose Benavides , Eric W. Peng