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We study the formation of ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) using the cosmological hydrodynamical simulation TNG50 of the Illustris-TNG suite. We define UDGs as dwarf galaxies in the stellar mass range $\rm{7.5 \leq log (M_{\star} / M_{\odot})…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-04-19 Jose A. Benavides , Laura V. Sales , Mario. G. Abadi , Federico Marinacci , Mark Vogelsberger , Lars Hernquist

We investigate the formation of ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) using the Auriga high-resolution cosmological magneto-hydrodynamical simulations of Milky Way-sized galaxies. We identify a sample of $92$ UDGs in the simulations that match a…

A particular population of galaxies have drawn much interest recently, which are as faint as typical dwarf galaxies but have the sizes as large as $L^*$ galaxies, the so called "ultra-diffuse galaxie" (UDGs). The lack of tidal features of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-08-02 Yu Rong , Qi Guo , Liang Gao , Shihong Liao , Lizhi Xie , Thomas H. Puzia , Shuangpeng Sun , Jun Pan

We study the origins of 122 ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) in the {\sc RomulusC} zoom-in cosmological simulation of a galaxy cluster (M$_{200} = 1.15\times10^{14}$ M$_{\odot}$), one of the only such simulations capable of resolving the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-07-22 Michael Tremmel , Anna C. Wright , Alyson M. Brooks , Ferah Munshi , Daisuke Nagai , Thomas R. Quinn

This study compiles stellar populations and internal properties of ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) to highlight correlations with their local environment, globular cluster (GC) richness, and star formation histories. Complementing our sample…

Some ultra diffuse galaxies (UDGs) reveal many more globular clusters (GCs) than classical dwarf galaxies of the same stellar mass. These UDGs, with a mass in their GC system (M$_{GC}$) approaching 10\% of their host galaxy stellar mass…

Recent observations have revealed the existence of an abundant population of faint, low surface brightness (SB) galaxies, which appear to be numerous and ubiquitous in nearby galaxy clusters, including the Virgo, Coma and Fornax clusters.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-04-27 N. C. Amorisco , A. Loeb

We address the origin of Ultra-Diffuse Galaxies (UDGs), which have stellar masses typical of dwarf galaxies but effective radii of Milky Way-sized objects. Their formation mechanism, and whether they are failed $\rm L_{\star}$ galaxies or…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-12-14 Arianna Di Cintio , Chris B. Brook , Aaron A. Dutton , Andrea V. Macciò , Aura C. Obreja , Avishai Dekel

Ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) are unusual galaxies with low luminosities, similar to classical dwarf galaxies, but sizes up to $\sim\!5$ larger than expected for their mass. Some UDGs have large populations of globular clusters (GCs),…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-08-08 Sungsoon Lim , Eric W. Peng , Patrick Cote , Laura V. Sales , Mark den Brok , John P. Blakeslee , Puragra Guhathakurta

We use the IllustrisTNG cosmological hydrodynamical simulation to study the formation of ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) in galaxy clusters. We supplement the simulations with a realistic mass-size relation for galaxies at the time of infall…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-06-30 Laura V. Sales , Julio F. Navarro , Louis Penafiel , Eric W. Peng , Sungsoon Lim , Lars Hernquist

By analyzing data from DESI Legacy Imaging Survey of the dwarf galaxies in the Arecibo Legacy Fast Alfa Survey, we have identified five ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) featuring central pseudo-bulges. These UDGs display blue pseudo-bulges…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-12-17 Yu Rong , Hong-Xin Zhang , Cheng Cheng , Qi Guo , Weiyu Ding , Zichen Hua , Huiyuan Wang , Xu Kong

We present the completed catalog of ultra-diffuse galaxy (UDG) candidates (7070 objects) from our search of the DR9 Legacy Survey images, including distance and total mass estimates for 1529 and 1436 galaxies, respectively, that we provide…

It has been 10 years since the initial discovery of Ultra-Diffuse Galaxies (UDGs) in the Coma cluster and the revelation that large, low surface brightness galaxies may constitute a greater fraction of galaxies than first thought. This left…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-13 Jonah S. Gannon , Anna Ferré-Mateu , Duncan A. Forbes

Recent observations have highlighted a significant population of faint but large (r_eff>1.5 kpc) galaxies in the Coma cluster. The origin of these Ultra Diffuse Galaxies (UDGs) remains puzzling, as the interpretation of the observational…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-05-04 Remco F. J. van der Burg , Adam Muzzin , Henk Hoekstra

The formation and evolution of the ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) continues to remain a puzzle. Similarities and differences in the morphological and the kinematical properties of the UDGs with their possible precursors, namely low-surface…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-11 Nilanjana Nandi , Arunima Banerjee

In recent years, multiple studies have reported substantial populations of large, low-surface-brightness galaxies in local galaxy clusters. Various theories that aim to explain the presence of such ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) have since…

Recent advances in deep dedicated imaging surveys over the past decade have uncovered a surprisingly large number of extremely faint low surface brightness galaxies with large physical sizes called ultra diffuse galaxies (UDGs) in clusters…

Ultra diffuse galaxies (UDGs) reveal extreme properties. Here we compile the largest study to date of 85 globular cluster (GC) systems around UDGs in the Coma cluster, using new deep ground-based imaging of the known UDGs and existing…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-02-05 Duncan A. Forbes , Adebusola Alabi , Aaron J. Romanowsky , Jean P. Brodie , Nobuo Arimoto

We study the population of ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) in a set of eight nearby ($z <$ 0.035) galaxy clusters, from the Kapteyn IAC WEAVE INT Clusters Survey ($\texttt{KIWICS}$). We report the discovery of 442 UDG candidates in our eight…

The recent discovery of thousands of ultra diffuse galaxies (UDGs) in nearby galaxy clusters has opened a new window into the process of galaxy formation and evolution. Several scenarios have been proposed to explain the formation history…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-12-06 Cristóbal Sifón , Remco F. J. van der Burg , Henk Hoekstra , Adam Muzzin , Ricardo Herbonnet
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