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From $\sim$ 5000 deg$^{2}$ of the combination of the Beijing-Arizona Sky Survey (BASS) and Mayall $z$-band Legacy Survey (MzLS) which is also the northern sky region of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Legacy Imaging Surveys,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-05-01 Peng-Liang Du , Wei Du , Bing-Qing Zhang , Zhen-Ping Yi , Min He , Hong Wu

We use weak gravitational lensing to measure mean mass profiles around Locally Brightest Galaxies (LBGs). These are selected from the SDSS/DR7 spectroscopic and photometric catalogues to be brighter than any neighbour projected within 1.0…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-15 Wenting Wang , Simon White , Rachel Mandelbaum , Bruno Henriques , Michael E. Anderson , Jiaxin Han

Low surface brightness galaxies (LSBGs) which are defined as galaxies that are fainter than the night sky, play a crucial role in understanding galaxy evolution and cosmological models. Upcoming large-scale surveys like Rubin Observatory…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-01-29 H. Thuruthipilly , Junais , A. Pollo , U. Sureshkumar , M. Grespan , P. Sawant , K. Malek , A. Zadrozny

We present a catalog of extended low-surface-brightness galaxies (LSBGs) identified in the Wide layer of the Hyper Suprime-Cam Subaru Strategic Program (HSC-SSP). Using the first ${\sim}$200 deg$^2$ of the survey, we have uncovered 781…

We study the spectroscopic properties of a large sample of Low Surface Brightness galaxies (LSBGs) (with B-band central surface brightness mu0(B)>22 mag arcsec^(-2)) selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 4 (SDSS-DR4) main…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Y. C. Liang , G. H. Zhong , F. Hammer , X. Y. Chen , F. S. Liu , D. Gao , J. Y. Hu , L. C. Deng , B. Zhang

Number counts of galaxy clusters across redshift are a powerful cosmological probe, if a precise and accurate reconstruction of the underlying mass distribution is performed -- a challenge called mass calibration. With the advent of wide…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-17 S. Grandis , V. Ghirardini , S. Bocquet , C. Garrel , J. J. Mohr , A. Liu , M. Kluge , L. Kimmig , T. H. Reiprich , A. Alarcon , A. Amon , E. Artis , Y. E. Bahar , F. Balzer , K. Bechtol , M. R. Becker , G. Bernstein , E. Bulbul , A. Campos , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , R. Cawthon , C. Chang , R. Chen , I. Chiu , A. Choi , N. Clerc , J. Comparat , J. Cordero , C. Davis , J. Derose , H. T. Diehl , S. Dodelson , C. Doux , A. Drlica-Wagner , K. Eckert , J. Elvin-Poole , S. Everett , A. Ferte , M. Gatt , G. Giannini , P. Giles , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , I. Harrison , W. G. Hartley , K. Herner , E. M. Huf , F. Kleinebreil , N. Kuropatkin , P. F. Leget , N. Maccrann , J. Mccullough , A. Merloni , J. Myles , K. Nandra , A. Navarro-Alsina , N. Okabe , F. Pacaud , S. Pandey , J. Prat , P. Predehl , M. Ramos , M. Raveri , R. P. Rollins , A. Roodman , A. J. Ross , E. S. Rykoff , C. Sanchez , J. Sanders , T. Schrabback , L. F. Secco , R. Seppi , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , E. Sheldon , T. Shin , M. Troxel , I. Tutusaus , T. N. Varga , H. Wu , B. Yanny , B. Yin , X. Zhang , Y. Zhang , O. Alves , S. Bhargava , D. Brooks , D. L. Burke , J. Carretero , M. Costanzi , L. N. da Costa , M. E. S. Pereira , J. De Vicente , S. Desai , P. Doel , I. Ferrero , B. Flaugher , D. Friedel , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , G. Gutierrez , S. R. Hinton , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , D. J. James , N. Jeffrey , O. Lahav , S. Lee , J. L. Marshall , F. Menanteau , R. L. C. Ogando , A. Pieres , A. A. Plazas Malagón , A. K. Romer , E. Sanchez , M. Schubnell , M. Smith , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , N. Weaverdyck , J. Weller

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 present long-slit optical spectra of 12 edge-on low surface brightness galaxies (LSBGs) positioned along their major axes. After performing reddening corrections for the emission-line fluxes measured from the extracted integrated…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-03-22 Wei Du , Hong Wu , Yinan Zhu , Weikang Zheng , Alexei V. Filippenko

We study the relative fraction of low and high surface brightness galaxies (LSBGs and HSBGs) at void walls in the SDSS DR7. We focus on galaxies in equal local density environments. We assume that the host dark-matter halo mass (for which…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 L. Ceccarelli , R. Herrera-Camus , D. G. Lambas , G. Galaz , N. D. Padilla

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

Low-surface-brightness galaxies (LSBGs) are vital for understanding galaxy formation, but their diffuse nature makes them challenging to detect. Upcoming large-scale surveys are expected to uncover large numbers of LSBGs, requiring robust…

Understanding the formation and evolution of low surface brightness galaxies (LSBGs) is critical for explaining their wide-ranging properties. However, studies of LSBGs in deep photometric surveys are often hindered by a lack of distance…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-11-04 Daniel J. Prole , Remco F. J. van der Burg , Michael Hilker , Lee R. Spitler

We report on a search for new low-surface-brightness galaxies (LSBGs) using Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) data within the GAMA equatorial fields. The search method consisted of masking objects detected with SDSS photo, combining gri…

We study the structural properties of Low Surface Brightness galaxies (LSB) using a sample of 263 galaxies observed by the Green Bank Telescope (Schneider et al 1992). We perform 2D decompositions of these galaxies in the SDSS $g$, $r$ and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-05-16 Isha Pahwa , Kanak Saha

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

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 detect the weak gravitational lensing distortion of 450,000 background galaxies (20<R<23) by 790 foreground galaxies (R<18) selected from the Las Campanas Redshift Survey (LCRS). This is the first detection of weak lensing by field…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 D. R. Smith , G. M. Bernstein , P. Fischer , R. M. Jarvis

Low surface brightness galaxies (LSBGs) are important for understanding galaxy evolution and cosmological models. The upcoming large-scale surveys are expected to uncover a large number of LSBGs, requiring accurate automated or machine…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-03-20 H. Thuruthipilly , Junais , J. Koda , A. Pollo , M. Yagi , H. Yamanoi , Y. Komiyama , M. Romano , K. Małek , D. Donevski
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