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2020MNRAS.497.2759L - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 497, 2759-2770 (2020/September-3)

Ultraviolet and X-ray properties of Coma's ultra-diffuse galaxies.

LEE C.H., HODGES-KLUCK E. and GALLO E.

Abstract (from CDS):

Many ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) have been discovered in the Coma cluster, and there is evidence that some, notably Dragonfly 44, have Milky Way-like dynamical masses despite dwarf-like stellar masses. We used X-ray, ultraviolet (UV), and optical data to investigate the star formation and nuclear activity in the Coma UDGs, and we obtained deep UV and X-ray data (Swift and XMM-Newton) for Dragonfly 44 to search for low-level star formation, hot circumgalactic gas, and the integrated emission from X-ray binaries. Among the Coma UDGs, we find UV luminosities consistent with quiescence but NUV - r colours indicating star formation in the past Gyr. This indicates that the UDGs were recently quenched. The r-band luminosity declines with projected distance from the Coma core. The Dragonfly 44 UV luminosity is also consistent with quiescence, with SFR< 6×10–4 M yr–1, and no X-rays are detected down to a sensitivity of 1038 erg s–1. This rules out a hot corona with a M > 108M within the virial radius, which would normally be expected for a dynamically massive galaxy. The absence of bright, low-mass X-ray binaries is consistent with the expectation from the Galaxy total stellar mass, but it is unlikely if most low-mass X-ray binaries form in globular clusters, as Dragonfly 44 has a very large population. Based on the UV and X-ray analysis, the Coma UDGs are consistent with quenched dwarf galaxies, although we cannot rule out a dynamically massive population.

Abstract Copyright: © 2020 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society

Journal keyword(s): galaxies: clusters: individual: Coma - ultraviolet: galaxies - X-rays: individual: DF44

Simbad objects: 50

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