An evolutionary continuum from nucleated dwarf galaxies to star clusters

K Wang, EW Peng, C Liu, JC Mihos, P Côté… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Systematic studies,,–have revealed hundreds of ultra-compact dwarf galaxies (UCDs) in the
nearby Universe. With half-light radii rh of approximately 10–100 parsecs and stellar masses …

The formation of ultra-diffuse galaxies in cored dark matter haloes through tidal stripping and heating

T Carleton, R Errani, M Cooper… - Monthly Notices of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
We propose that the ultra-diffuse galaxy (UDG) population represents a set of satellite
galaxies born in∼ 1010− 1011 M⊙ haloes, similar to field dwarfs, which suffer a dramatic …

Robust H i kinematics of gas-rich ultra-diffuse galaxies: hints of a weak-feedback formation scenario

PE Mancera Piña, F Fraternali, KA Oman… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
We study the gas kinematics of a sample of six isolated gas-rich low surface brightness
galaxies, of the class called ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs). These galaxies have recently …

The faint end of the centaurus a satellite luminosity function

D Crnojević, DJ Sand, P Bennet, S Pasetto… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Panoramic Imaging Survey of Centaurus and Sculptor (PISCeS) is constructing
a wide-field map of the resolved stellar populations in the extended halos of these two …

Galaxy populations in the Hydra I cluster from the VEGAS survey-II. The ultra-diffuse galaxy population

A La Marca, E Iodice, M Cantiello, DA Forbes… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
In this work, we extend the catalog of low-surface brightness (LSB) galaxies, including ultra-
diffuse galaxy (UDG) candidates, within≈ 0.4R vir of the Hydra I cluster of galaxies based …

Systematically Measuring Ultra-diffuse Galaxies (SMUDGes). III. The Southern SMUDGes Catalog

D Zaritsky, R Donnerstein, A Karunakaran… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a catalog of 5598 ultra-diffuse galaxy (UDG) candidates with effective radius re>
5 farcs 3 distributed throughout the southern portion of the DESI Legacy Imaging Survey …

Resolved Dwarf Galaxy Searches within∼ 5 Mpc with the Vera Rubin Observatory and Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam

B Mutlu-Pakdil, DJ Sand, D Crnojević… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a preview of the faint dwarf galaxy discoveries that will be possible with the Vera
C. Rubin Observatory and Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam in the next decade. In this work, we …

The formation of isolated ultradiffuse galaxies in romulus25

AC Wright, M Tremmel, AM Brooks… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We use the romulus25 cosmological simulation volume to identify the largest-ever simulated
sample of field ultradiffuse galaxies (UDGs). At z= 0, we find that isolated UDGs have …

The m101 satellite luminosity function and the halo–halo scatter among local volume hosts

P Bennet, DJ Sand, D Crnojević… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We have obtained deep Hubble Space Telescope (HST) imaging of 19 dwarf galaxy
candidates in the vicinity of M101. Advanced Camera for Surveys HST photometry for two of …

Census and classification of low-surface-brightness structures in nearby early-type galaxies from the MATLAS survey

M Bílek, PA Duc, JC Cuillandre, S Gwyn… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The morphology of galaxies gives essential constraints on the models of galaxy evolution.
The morphology of the features in the low-surface-brightness (LSB) regions of galaxies has …