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The formation and evolution of low-surface-brightness galaxies

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Our statistical understanding of galaxy evolution is fundamentally driven by objects that lie above the surface-brightness limits of current wide-area surveys (μ ∼ 23 mag arcsec−2). While both theory and small, deep surveys have hinted at a rich population of low-surface-brightness galaxies (LSBGs) fainter than these limits, their formation remains poorly understood. We use Horizon-AGN, a cosmological hydrodynamical simulation to study how LSBGs, and in particular the population of ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs; μ > 24.5 mag arcsec−2), form and evolve over time. For M∗>108M⊙⁠, LSBGs contribute 47, 7, and 6 per cent of the local number, mass, and luminosity densities, respectively (∼85/11/10 per cent for M∗>107M⊙⁠). Today’s LSBGs have similar dark-matter fractions and angular momenta to high-surface-brightness galaxies (HSBGs; μ < 23 mag arcsec−2), but larger effective radii (×2.5 for UDGs) and lower fractions of dense, star-forming gas (more than ×6 less in UDGs than HSBGs). LSBGs originate from the same progenitors as HSBGs at z > 2. However, LSBG progenitors form stars more rapidly at early epochs. The higher resultant rate of supernova-energy injection flattens their gas-density profiles, which, in turn, creates shallower stellar profiles that are more susceptible to tidal processes. After z ∼ 1, tidal perturbations broaden LSBG stellar distributions and heat their cold gas, creating the diffuse, largely gas-poor LSBGs seen today. In clusters, ram-pressure stripping provides an additional mechanism that assists in gas removal in LSBG progenitors. Our results offer insights into the formation of a galaxy population that is central to a complete understanding of galaxy evolution, and that will be a key topic of research using new and forthcoming deep-wide surveys.
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hal-02137273 , version 1 (22-05-2019)

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G Martin, S. Kaviraj, C. Laigle, J. E. G. Devriendt, R A Jackson, et al.. The formation and evolution of low-surface-brightness galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2019, 485 (1), pp.796-818. ⟨10.1093/mnras/stz356⟩. ⟨hal-02137273⟩
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