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A large sample of low surface brightness (LSB) disk galaxies is selected from SDSS with B-band central surface brightness mu_0(B) from 22 to 24.5 mag arcsec^(-2). Some of their properties are studied, such as magnitudes, surface brightness,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 Y. C. Liang , G. H. Zhong , X. Y. Chen , D. Gao , F. Hammer , F. S. Liu , J. Y. Hu , L. C. Deng , B. Zhang

Rare giant low surface brightness galaxies (gLSBGs) act as a stress test for the current galaxy formation paradigm. To answer the question `How rare are they?' we estimate their volume density in the local Universe. A visual inspection of…

In twenty years, low surface brightness (LSB) galaxies have evolved from being an idiosyncratic notion to being one of the major baryonic repositories in the Universe. The story of their discovery and the characterization of their…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-25 Greg Bothun , Chris Impey , Stacy McGaugh

We study massive disk galaxies (total stellar mass$>=10^{11}$ $\mathrm{M_{\odot}}$) from IllustrisTNG50 simulation, and perform 2-D structural decomposition of the galaxies using their idealised, synthetic SDSS images for z=0. We find an…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-02-11 Suchira Sarkar , Kanak Saha

We show that simple models of the chemical and spectrophotometric evolution of galaxies can be used to explore the properties of present-day galaxies and especially the causes of the observed variety among disc galaxies. We focus on the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 S. Boissier , D. Monnier Ragaigne , N. Prantzos , W. van Driel , C. Balkowski

We present a scenario for the formation of disks which explains not only the properties of normal galaxies, but the properties of the population of low surface brightness galaxies (LSBs) as well. We use a gravitationally self-consistent…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 J. J. Dalcanton , D. N. Spergel , F J Summers

We estimate the masses of disks of galaxies using the marginal gravitational stability criterion and compare them with the photometrical disk mass evaluations. The comparison reveals that the stellar disks of most of spiral galaxies we…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 A. Saburova , A. Zasov

Recent surveys have discovered hundreds of low surface brightness galaxies in the local (z < 0.1) Universe. Plots of the surface brightness distribution (the space density of galaxies plotted against central surface brightness) show a flat…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 K. O'Neil

To investigate the structure and composition of the dusty interstellar medium (ISM) of low surface brightness (LSB) disk galaxies, we have used multiwavelength photometry to construct spectral energy distributions for three low-mass,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 John M. MacLachlan , Lynn D. Matthews , Kenneth Wood , John S. Gallagher

Recent surveys have discovered hundreds of low surface brightness galaxies, systems with central surface brightness fainter than 22.0 B mag arcsec^-2, in the local universe. Plots of the surface brightness distribution - that is, the space…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 K. O'Neil

The formation and evolution of galactic disks is particularly important for understanding how galaxies form and evolve, and the cause of the variety in which they appear to us. Ongoing large surveys, made possible by new instrumentation at…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-27 P. C. van der Kruit , K. C. Freeman

We present $UBVI$ and H$\alpha$ images of a sample of Low Surface Brightness (LSB) disk galaxies. These galaxies are generally late types, if they can be sensibly classified at all. However, they are not dwarfs, being intrinsically large…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Stacy McGaugh , Jim Schombert , Greg Bothun

Different ways of the determination of masses of galactic disks, based on the kinematic data, are briefly discussed. The analysis of the rotation curves which reach maximum inside of a disk, and N-body modeling, reproducing the rotation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. V. Zasov , A. V. Khoperskov , N. V. Tyurina

We present models for the interstellar medium in disk galaxies. In particular, we investigate whether the ISM in low surface brightness galaxies can support a significant fraction of molecular gas given their low metallicity and surface…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Chris Mihos , Marco Spaans , Stacy McGaugh

Astronomers have been using the measured luminosity to estimate the {\em luminous mass} of stars, based on empirically established mass-to-light ratio which seems to be only applicable to a special class of stars---the main-sequence…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-08-23 James Q. Feng , C. F. Gallo

The radial distribution of mass in a disk galaxy is strongly constrained by its rotation curve. The separate contributions from the individual stellar populations and dark matter (DM) are not easily disentangled, however, especially since…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J A Sellwood

Low-surface-brightness galaxies (LSBGs) -- defined as systems that are fainter than the surface-brightness limits of past wide-area surveys -- form the overwhelming majority of galaxies in the dwarf regime (M* < 10^9 MSun). Using…

We present UBVI surface photometry of a sample of low surface brightness (LSB) disk galaxies. LSB disk galaxies are fairly well described as exponential disks with no preferred value for either scale length, central surface brightness, or…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-22 Stacy McGaugh , Greg Bothun

We present stellar mass surface density profiles of a mass-selected sample of 177 galaxies at 0.5 < z < 2.5, obtained using very deep HST optical and near-infrared data over the GOODS-South field, including recent CANDELS data. Accurate…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Daniel Szomoru , Marijn Franx , Pieter G. van Dokkum , Michele Trenti , Garth D. Illingworth , Ivo Labbe , Pascal Oesch

Using imaging data from the SDSS survey, we present the g' and r' radial stellar light distribution of a complete sample of ~90 face-on to intermediate inclined, nearby, late-type (Sb-Sdm) spiral galaxies. The surface brightness profiles…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 M. Pohlen , I. Trujillo