2011MNRAS.417.1335P -
Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 417, 1335-1349 (2011/October-3)
Study of galaxies in the Lynx–Cancer void – III. New extreme low surface brightness dwarf galaxies.
PUSTILNIK S.A., MARTIN J.-M., TEPLIAKOVA A.L. and KNIAZEV A.Y.
Abstract (from CDS):
We present the results of a complex study of the low surface brightness dwarf (LSBD) gas-rich galaxies J0723+3621, J0737+4724 and J0852+1350, which reside in the nearby Lynx–Cancer void. Their ratios M(H I)/LB, according to H I data obtained with the Nanay Radio Telescope (NRT), are respectively ∼ 3.9, ∼ 2 and ∼ 2.6. For the two latter galaxies, we derived an oxygen abundance corresponding to the value of 12+log (O/H) ≲ 7.3, using spectra from the Russian 6-m telescope (BTA) and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) data base. We found two additional blue LSBDs, J0723+3622 and J0852+1351, which appear to be physical companions of J0723+3621 and J0852+1350 situated at projected distances of ∼ 12–13 kpc. The companion relative velocities, derived from the BTA spectra, are ΔV=+89 km/s and +30 km/s respectively. The geometry and relative orientation of orbits and spins in these pairs indicate, respectively, prograde and polar encounters for J0723+3621 and J0852+1350. The NRT H I profiles of J0723+3621 and J0723+3622 indicate a sizeable gas flow in this system. The SDSS u, g, r, i images of the five dwarfs are used to derive photometric parameters and exponential or Sersic disc model fits. For three of them, the (u-g), (g-r), (r-i) colours of the outer parts, when compared with PEGASE evolutionary tracks, provide evidence for the dominance of old stellar populations with ages of T∼ (8–10)±3 Gyr. For J0723+3622 and J0737+4724 the outer region colours appear rather blue, implying ages of the oldest visible stars of T ∼ (8-10)± 3 Gyr. The new LSB galaxies complement the list of known most metal-poor and `unevolved' dwarfs in this void, including DDO 68, SDSS J0812+4836, SDSS J0926+3343 and SAO 0822+3545. This unique concentration of `unevolved' dwarf galaxies in a small cell of the nearby Universe implies a physical relationship between slow galaxy evolution and a void-type global environment. We also compare the baryonic content of these LSBDs with predictions from the most updated cosmological simulations.
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2011 The Authors Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society2011 RAS
Journal keyword(s):
galaxies: abundances - galaxies: dwarf - galaxies: evolution - galaxies: ISM - galaxies: photometry - large-scale structure of Universe
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