2008AJ....135.1488T -
Astron. J., 135, 1488-1504 (2008/April-0)
Midlife crises in dwarf galaxies in the NGC 5353/4 group.
TULLY R.B. and TRENTHAM N.
Abstract (from CDS):
This third paper in a series about the dwarf galaxy populations in groups within the Local Supercluster concerns the intermediate mass (2.1x1013M☉) NGC 5353/4 Group with a core dominated by S0 systems and a periphery of mostly spiral systems. Dwarf galaxies are strongly concentrated toward the core. The mass-to-light ratio M/LR=105M☉/L☉ is a factor of 3 lower than for the two groups studied earlier in the series. The properties of the group suggest it is much less dynamically evolved than those two groups of early-type galaxies. By comparison, the NGC 5353/4 Group lacks superluminous systems but has a large fraction of intermediate-luminosity galaxies; or equivalently, a luminosity function with a flatter faint-end slope. The luminosity function for the NGC 5353/4 Group should steepen as the intermediate-luminosity galaxies merge. Evidence for the ongoing collapse of the group is provided by the unusually large incidence of star-formation activity in small galaxies with early morphological types. The pattern in the distribution of galaxies with activity suggests a succession of infall events. Residual gas in dwarfs that enter the group is used up in sputtering events. The resolution of midlife crises is exhaustion.
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Journal keyword(s):
galaxies: clusters: individual: NGC 5353/4 - galaxies: dwarf - galaxies: luminosity function, mass function - galaxies: photometry - galaxies: starburst
VizieR on-line data:
<Available at CDS (J/AJ/135/1488): table1.dat>
Nomenclature:
Table 1: [TT2008] NNN (Nos 1-215).
Simbad objects:
232
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