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Compact disc galaxies (CDGs) with high surface brightness were identified in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) data. We determined the surface profiles of the CDGs and compared them to those of normal-sized disk galaxies (NDGs). The CDGs…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-09-04 Cheng-Yu Chen , Chorng-Yuan Hwang

We study the surface photometry for 13 single-nucleus ultraluminous IRAS galaxies (ULIRGs), selected from a parent sample of 58 galaxies obtained in a Hubble Space Telescope snapshot survey. We find that these galaxies can be classified…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Z. Zheng , H. Wu , S. Mao , X. -Y. Xia , Z. -G. Deng , Z. -L Zou

Convolutional Neutral Networks have been successfully applied in searching for strong lensing systems, leading to discoveries of new candidates from large surveys. On the other hand, systematic investigations about their robustness are…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-15 Zizhao He , Xinzhong Er , Qian Long , Dezi Liu , Xiangkun Liu , Ziwei Li , Yun Liu , Wenqaing Deng , Zuhui Fan

We probe the formation scenarios and the active galactic nuclei (AGN) occupation fraction of ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) in the nearby Coma cluster by utilizing XMM-Newton observations of 779 out of 854 UDG candidates identified by Subaru…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-03-03 M. S. Mirakhor , S. A. Walker

We present a new sample of galaxy-scale strong gravitational-lens candidates, selected from 904 square degrees of Data Release 4 of the Kilo-Degree Survey (KiDS), i.e., the "Lenses in the Kilo-Degree Survey" (LinKS) sample. We apply two…

Recent wide-field galaxy surveys have led to an explosion in the number of galaxy-scale strong gravitational lens candidates. However, the vast majority of them feature massive luminous red galaxies as the main deflectors, with late-type…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-02-18 J. A. Acevedo Barroso , B. Clément , F. Courbin , R. Gavazzi , C. Lemon , K. Rojas , D. Scott , S. Gwyn , F. Hammer , M. J. Hudson , E. A. Magnier

In this paper we present results of a pilot study to use imaging data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) to search for low-surface-brightness (LSB) galaxies. For our pilot study we use a test sample of 92 galaxies from the catalog of…

Low-surface-brightness galaxies(LSBGs) are defined as galaxies that are fainter than dark night sky and are important for studying our universe. Particularly, edge-on galaxies are useful for the study of rotational velocity and dynamical…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-06-23 Min He , Hong Wu , Wei Du , He-yang Liu , Feng-jie Lei , Pin-song Zhao , Bing-qing Zhang

The discovery of Ultra-Faint Dwarf (UFD) galaxies in the halo of the Milky Way extends the faint end of the galaxy luminosity function to a few hundred solar luminosities. This extremely low luminosity regime poses a significant challenge…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-30 R. R. Munoz , N. Padmanabhan , M. Geha

Strong gravitational lensing (SL) by galaxy clusters is a powerful probe of their inner mass distribution and a key test bed for cosmological models. However, the detection of SL events in wide-field surveys such as Euclid requires robust,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-04 Euclid Collaboration , L. Bazzanini , G. Angora , P. Bergamini , M. Meneghetti , P. Rosati , A. Acebron , C. Grillo , M. Lombardi , R. Ratta , M. Fogliardi , G. Di Rosa , D. Abriola , M. D'Addona , G. Granata , L. Leuzzi , A. Mercurio , S. Schuldt , E. Vanzella , C. Tortora , B. Altieri , S. Andreon , N. Auricchio , C. Baccigalupi , M. Baldi , A. Balestra , S. Bardelli , P. Battaglia , A. Biviano , E. Branchini , M. Brescia , S. Camera , G. Cañas-Herrera , V. Capobianco , C. Carbone , J. Carretero , M. Castellano , G. Castignani , S. Cavuoti , A. Cimatti , C. Colodro-Conde , G. Congedo , L. Conversi , Y. Copin , A. Costille , F. Courbin , H. M. Courtois , M. Cropper , A. Da Silva , H. Degaudenzi , G. De Lucia , H. Dole , F. Dubath , C. A. J. Duncan , X. Dupac , S. Dusini , S. Escoffier , M. Fabricius , M. Farina , R. Farinelli , F. Faustini , S. Ferriol , F. Finelli , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , M. Fumana , S. Galeotta , W. Gillard , B. Gillis , C. Giocoli , J. Gracia-Carpio , A. Grazian , F. Grupp , L. Guzzo , S. V. H. Haugan , J. Hoar , W. Holmes , I. M. Hook , F. Hormuth , A. Hornstrup , K. Jahnke , M. Jhabvala , B. Joachimi , E. Keihänen , S. Kermiche , A. Kiessling , M. Kilbinger , B. Kubik , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , R. Laureijs , A. M. C. Le Brun , D. Le Mignant , S. Ligori , P. B. Lilje , V. Lindholm , I. Lloro , G. Mainetti , D. Maino , E. Maiorano , O. Mansutti , O. Marggraf , M. Martinelli , N. Martinet , F. Marulli , R. J. Massey , E. Medinaceli , S. Mei , M. Melchior , Y. Mellier , E. Merlin , G. Meylan , A. Mora , M. Moresco , L. Moscardini , C. Neissner , S. -M. Niemi , C. Padilla , S. Paltani , F. Pasian , K. Pedersen , W. J. Percival , V. Pettorino , S. Pires , G. Polenta , M. Poncet , L. A. Popa , L. Pozzetti , F. Raison , A. Renzi , J. Rhodes , G. Riccio , E. Romelli , M. Roncarelli , R. Saglia , Z. Sakr , A. G. Sánchez , D. Sapone , B. Sartoris , P. Schneider , T. Schrabback , A. Secroun , G. Seidel , S. Serrano , P. Simon , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , L. Stanco , J. Steinwagner , P. Tallada-Crespí , A. N. Taylor , I. Tereno , N. Tessore , S. Toft , R. Toledo-Moreo , F. Torradeflot , I. Tutusaus , E. A. Valentijn , L. Valenziano , J. Valiviita , T. Vassallo , G. Verdoes Kleijn , A. Veropalumbo , Y. Wang , J. Weller , A. Zacchei , G. Zamorani , E. Zucca , M. Ballardini , M. Bolzonella , E. Bozzo , C. Burigana , R. Cabanac , M. Calabrese , A. Cappi , D. Di Ferdinando , J. A. Escartin Vigo , W. G. Hartley , J. Martín-Fleitas , S. Matthew , N. Mauri , R. B. Metcalf , A. Pezzotta , M. Pöntinen , I. Risso , V. Scottez , M. Sereno , M. Tenti , M. Viel , M. Wiesmann , Y. Akrami , I. T. Andika , S. Anselmi , M. Archidiacono , F. Atrio-Barandela , E. Aubourg , D. Bertacca , M. Bethermin , A. Blanchard , L. Blot , H. Böhringer , M. Bonici , S. Borgani , M. L. Brown , S. Bruton , A. Calabro , B. Camacho Quevedo , F. Caro , C. S. Carvalho , T. Castro , B. Clément , F. Cogato , S. Conseil , A. R. Cooray , O. Cucciati , S. Davini , F. De Paolis , G. Desprez , A. Díaz-Sánchez , J. J. Diaz , S. Di Domizio , J. M. Diego , P. Dimauro , P. -A. Duc , M. Y. Elkhashab , A. Enia , Y. Fang , A. Finoguenov , A. Fontana , A. Franco , K. Ganga , J. García-Bellido , T. Gasparetto , V. Gautard , R. Gavazzi , E. Gaztanaga , F. Giacomini , F. Gianotti , A. H. Gonzalez , G. Gozaliasl , M. Guidi , C. M. Gutierrez , S. Hemmati , H. Hildebrandt , J. Hjorth , J. J. E. Kajava , Y. Kang , V. Kansal , D. Karagiannis , K. Kiiveri , J. Kim , C. C. Kirkpatrick , S. Kruk , J. Le Graet , L. Legrand , M. Lembo , F. Lepori , G. Leroy , G. F. Lesci , J. Lesgourgues , T. I. Liaudat , S. J. Liu , A. Loureiro , J. Macias-Perez , M. Magliocchetti , F. Mannucci , R. Maoli , C. J. A. P. Martins , L. Maurin , C. J. R. McPartland , M. Miluzio , P. Monaco , C. Moretti , G. Morgante , C. Murray , K. Naidoo , A. Navarro-Alsina , S. Nesseris , D. Paoletti , F. Passalacqua , K. Paterson , A. Pisani , D. Potter , S. Quai , M. Radovich , P. -F. Rocci , S. Sacquegna , M. Sahlén , D. B. Sanders , E. Sarpa , A. Schneider , D. Sciotti , E. Sellentin , L. C. Smith , J. G. Sorce , K. Tanidis , C. Tao , G. Testera , R. Teyssier , S. Tosi , A. Troja , M. Tucci , C. Valieri , A. Venhola , D. Vergani , G. Verza , P. Vielzeuf , N. A. Walton , D. Scott

We present a machine learning framework to simulate realistic galaxies for the Euclid Survey. The proposed method combines a control on galaxy shape parameters offered by analytic models with realistic surface brightness distributions…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-01-26 Euclid Collaboration , H. Bretonnière , M. Huertas-Company , A. Boucaud , F. Lanusse , E. Jullo , E. Merlin , D. Tuccillo , M. Castellano , J. Brinchmann , C. J. Conselice , H. Dole , R. Cabanac , H. M. Courtois , F. J. Castander , P. A. Duc , P. Fosalba , D. Guinet , S. Kruk , U. Kuchner , S. Serrano , E. Soubrie , A. Tramacere , L. Wang , A. Amara , N. Auricchio , R. Bender , C. Bodendorf , D. Bonino , E. Branchini , V. Capobianco , C. Carbone , J. Carretero , S. Cavuoti , A. Cimatti , R. Cledassou , L. Corcione , A. Costille , H. Degaudenzi , M. Douspis , F. Dubath , S. Dusini , S. Ferriol , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , M. Fumana , B. Garilli , C. Giocoli , A. Grazian , F. Grupp , S. V. H. Haugan , W. Holmes , F. Hormuth , P. Hudelot , K. Jahnke , A. Kiessling , M. Kilbinger , T. Kitching , M. Kümmel , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , S. Ligori , P. B. Lilje , I. Lloro , E. Maiorano , O. Mansutti , O. Marggraf , K. Markovic , R. Massey , M. Melchior , M. Meneghetti , G. Meylan , L. Moscardini , S. M. Niemi , C. Padilla , S. Paltani , F. Pasian , K. Pedersen , V. Pettorino , S. Pires , M. Poncet , L. Popa , L. Pozzetti , F. Raison , R. Rebolo , J. Rhodes , M. Roncarelli , E. Rossetti , R. Saglia , P. Schneider , A. Secroun , G. Seidel , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , J. -L. Starck , A. N. Taylor , I. Tereno , R. Toledo-Moreo , E. A. Valentijn , L. Valenziano , Y. Wang , J. Weller , G. Zamorani , J. Zoubian , M. Baldi , S. Bardelli , S. Brau-Nogue , M. Brescia , S. Camera , G. Congedo , L. Conversi , Y. Copin , C . A. J. Duncan , X. Dupac , R. Farinelli , B. Gillis , S. Kermiche , R. Kohley , F. Marulli , E. Medinaceli , S. Mei , M. Moresco , B. Morin , E. Munari , G. Polenta , E. Romelli , P. Tallada-Crespí , M. Tenti , F. Torradeflot , T. Vassallo , N. Welikala , A. Zacchei , E. Zucca , C. Baccigalupi , A. Balaguera-Antolínez , A. Biviano , S. Borgani , E. Bozzo , C. Burigana , A. Cappi , C. S. Carvalho , S. Casas , G. Castignani , C. Colodro-Conde , J. Coupon , A. Da Silva , S. de la Torre , M. Fabricius , M. Farina , S. Farrens , P. G. Ferreira , P. Flose-Reimberg , S. Fotopoulou , S. Galeotta , K. Ganga , J. Garcia-Bellido , E. Gaztanaga , W. Gillard , G. Gozaliasl , I. M. Hook , B. Joachimi , V. Kansal , A. Kashlinsky , E. Keihanen , C. C. Kirkpatrick , V. Lindholm , G. Mainetti , D. Maino , R. Maoli , M. Martinelli , N. Martinet , S. Maurogordato , H. J. McCracken , R. B. Metcalf , G. Morgante , N. Morisset , R. Nakajima , J. Nightingale , A. Nucita , L. Patrizii , D. Potter , A. Renzi , G. Riccio , A. G. Sánchez , D. Sapone , M. Schirmer , M. Schultheis , V. Scottez , E. Sefusatti , L. Stanco , R. Teyssier , I. Tutusaus , J. Valiviita , M. Viel , L. Whittaker , J. H Knapen

Due to the peculiar properties of ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs), understanding their origin presents a major challenge. Previous X-ray studies demonstrated that the bulk of UDGs lack substantial X-ray emission, implying that they reside in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-10-07 Akos Bogdan

We present the results of our pipeline for discovering strong gravitational lenses in the ongoing Ultraviolet Near-Infrared Optical Northern Survey (UNIONS). We successfully train the deep residual neural network (ResNet) based on…

The survey description and near-infrared properties for 92 galaxies are presented for the Extended Disc Galaxy Exploration Science (EDGES) Survey, along with an investigation into the properties of the stellar halos of these galaxies. EDGES…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-04-24 Shawn M. Staudaher , Daniel A. Dale , Liese Van Zee

Low-surface-brightness galaxies (LSBs) contribute to a significant fraction of all the galaxies in the Universe. Ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) form a subclass of LSBs that has attracted a lot of attention in recent years (although its…

Images of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field are analyzed to obtain a catalog of galaxies for which the angular sizes, surface brightness, photometric redshifts, and absolute magnitudes are found. The catalog contains a total of about 4000…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 Nikita V. Nabokov , Yuriy V. Baryshev

We present a machine learning search for local, low-mass galaxies ($z < 0.02$ and $10^6 M_\odot < M_* < 10^9 M_\odot$) using the combined photometric data from the DESI Imaging Legacy Surveys and the WISE survey. We introduce the spectrally…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-03-19 Huanian Zhang , Guangping Ye , Rongyu Wu , Dennis Zaritsky

We present HST/ACS imaging of twenty-three very low surface brightness ($\mu_{e,V}$=25-27.5) galaxies detected in the fields of four nearby galaxy groups. These objects were selected from deep optical imaging obtained with the Dragonfly…

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

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