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We report the discovery of two ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) which show clear evidence for association with tidal material and interaction with a larger galaxy halo, found during a search of the Wide portion of the Canada-France-Hawaii…

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Context : Ultra Diffuse Galaxies are low surface brightness systems which have been detected in HI in the field, where their line widths sometimes indicate significant dark matter deficits. They are rarely detected in HI in clusters, making…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-04 Rhys Taylor , Vojtech Partík , Robert Minchin

We combine a new, comprehensive database for globular cluster populations in all types of galaxies with a new calibration of galaxy halo masses based entirely on weak lensing. Correlating these two sets of data, we find that the mass ratio…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-19 Michael J. Hudson , Gretchen L. Harris , William E. Harris

The mass function of galaxies and clusters of galaxies can be derived observationally based on different types of observations. In this study we test if these observations can be combined to a consistent picture which is also in accord with…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-10-24 Masataka Fukugita , Hans Böhringer

We use the \textsc{Romulus25} cosmological simulation volume to identify the largest-ever simulated sample of {\it field} ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs). At $z=0$, we find that isolated UDGs have average star formation rates, colors, and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-01-20 Anna C. Wright , Michael Tremmel , Alyson M. Brooks , Ferah Munshi , Daisuke Nagai , Ray S. Sharma , Thomas R. Quinn

We explore how diffuse stellar light and globular clusters (GCs) can be used to trace the matter distribution of their host halo using an observational methodology. For this, we use 117 simulated dark matter (DM) haloes from the $(34.4~\rm…

Various galaxy properties are not continuous over a large range in mass, but rather reveal a remarkable transition or `bimodality' at a stellar mass of 3 x 10^{10} Mo. These properties include colors, stellar populations, Xray emission and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Duncan A. Forbes

We investigate the connection between globular clusters and ultra-compact dwarf galaxies (UCDs) by examining the properties of several compact objects associated with M87, all of which were previously classified as globular clusters.…

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

Outer-halo globular clusters show large half-light radii and flat stellar mass functions, depleted in low-mass stars. Using N-body simulations of globular clusters on eccentric orbits within a Milky Way-like potential, we show how a…

Ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) exhibit morphological similarities with other low-luminosity galaxies indicating a possible evolutionary connection. We investigate for common dynamical characteristics of isolated, HI-rich UDGs with other low…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-01-22 Nilanjana Nandi , Arunima Banerjee , Ganesh Narayanan

We develop a new empirical methodology to study the relation between the stellar mass of galaxies and the mass of their host subhaloes. Our approach is similar to abundance matching, and is based on assigning a stellar mass to each subhalo…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Eyal Neistein , Cheng Li , Sadegh Khochfar , Simone M. Weinmann , Francesco Shankar , Michael Boylan-Kolchin

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

Ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) are spatially extended, low surface brightness stellar systems with regular elliptical-like morphology found in large numbers in galaxy clusters and groups. Studies of the internal dynamics and dark matter…

We explore the interrelationships between the galaxy group halo mass and various observable group properties. We propose a simple scenario that describes the evolution of the central galaxies and their host dark matter halos. Star formation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-08-21 Zhong-yi Man , Ying-jie Peng , Jing-jing Shi , Xu Kong , Cheng-peng Zhang , Jing Dou , Ke-xin Guo

We use high resolution simulations to study the formation and distribution of galaxies within a cluster which forms hierarchically. We follow both dark matter and baryonic gas which is subject to thermal pressure, shocks and radiative…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-25 C. S. Frenk , A. E. Evrard , S. D. M. White , FJ Summers

Ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) are spatially extended, low surface brightness stellar systems with regular elliptical-like morphology found in a wide range of environments. Studies of the internal dynamics and dark matter content of UDGs…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-11-06 Igor Chilingarian , Anton Afanasiev , Kirill Grishin , Daniel Fabricant , Sean Moran

We perform a systematic statistical study of ultra-diffuse galaxy analogues (NUDGEs) in a large sample of galaxy clusters to investigate their properties with respect to the host clusters. We used data from the Hyper Suprime-Cam Subaru…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-11-03 N. A. Makda , S. L. Blyth , R. E. Skelton

Strong gravitational lensing offers a powerful probe of the detailed distribution of matter in lenses, while magnifying and bringing faint background sources into view. Observed strong lensing by massive galaxy clusters, which are often in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-29 Yarone M. Tokayer , Isaque Dutra , Priyamvada Natarajan , Guillaume Mahler , Mathilde Jauzac , Massimo Meneghetti

The large scale distribution of galaxies in the universe displays a complex pattern of clusters, super-clusters, filaments and voids with sizes limited only by the boundaries of the available samples. A quantitative statistical…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Francesco Sylos Labini , Luciano Pietronero