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Faint satellite population of the NGC-3175 Group – a Local Group analogue

Kondapally, Rohit; Russell, George A.; Conselice, Christopher J.; Penny, Samantha J.

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Authors

Rohit Kondapally

George A. Russell

Christopher J. Conselice

Samantha J. Penny



Abstract

In this paper, we identify and study the properties of low-mass dwarf satellites of a nearby Local Group analogue – the NGC-3175 galaxy group with the goal of investigating the nature of the lowest mass galaxies and the ‘Missing Satellites’ problem. Deep imaging of nearby groups such as NGC-3175 is one of the only ways to probe these low-mass galaxies which are important for problems in cosmology, dark matter and galaxy formation. We discover 553 candidate dwarf galaxies in the group, the vast majority of which have never been studied before. We obtained R and B band imaging, with the European Southern Observatory 2.2 m, around the central ∼500 kpc region of NGC-3175, allowing us to detect galaxies down to ∼23 mag (MB ∼ −7.7 mag) in the B band. In the absence of spectroscopic information, dwarf members and likely background galaxies are separated using colour, morphology, and surface brightness criteria. We compare the observed size, surface brightness, and mass scaling relations to literature data. The luminosity function with a faint end slope of α = −1.31, is steeper than that observed in the Local Group. In comparison with simulations, we find that our observations are between a pure Λ cold dark matter model and one involving baryonic effects, removing the apparent problem of finding too few satellites as seen around the Milky Way.

Citation

Kondapally, R., Russell, G. A., Conselice, C. J., & Penny, S. J. (2018). Faint satellite population of the NGC-3175 Group – a Local Group analogue. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 481(2), 1759-1773. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty2333

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Aug 22, 2018
Online Publication Date Aug 25, 2018
Publication Date Dec 1, 2018
Deposit Date Oct 8, 2018
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Print ISSN 0035-8711
Electronic ISSN 1365-2966
Publisher Oxford University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 481
Issue 2
Pages 1759-1773
DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty2333
Keywords galaxies: dwarf, galaxies: groups: individual: NGC 3175, galaxies: luminosity function, mass function
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1150098
Publisher URL https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/481/2/1759/5079649

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This article has been accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of rhe Royal Astronomical Society © 2018 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.




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