The Morphology, Color, and Gas Content of Low Surface Brightness Galaxies
| dc.creator | O'Neil, K. | |
| dc.date | 2000-02-10 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T01:52:14Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T01:52:14Z | |
| dc.description | 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 density of galaxies plotted against central surface brightness - show a flat space density distribution from the canonical Freeman value of 21.65 through the current observational limit of 25.0 B mag arcsec^-2. It is therefore extremely important to understand these diffuse systems if we wish to understand galaxy formation and evolution as a whole. This talk is a review of both the known properties of low surface brightness galaxies and of popular theories describing the formation and evolution of these enigmatic systems. | |
| dc.description | 4 pages, including 4 figures. For publication in "Cosmic Evolution and Galaxy Formation: Structure, Interactions, and Feedback: ASP Conference Series" eds. J. Franco, E. Terlevich, O. Lopez-Cruz, and I. Aretxaga. Also available at http://guernsey.uoregon.edu/~karen | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0002226 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0002226 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/554 | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.title | The Morphology, Color, and Gas Content of Low Surface Brightness Galaxies | |
| dc.type | text |