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| DOI | 10.1038/S41550-016-0025 | ||||
| Año | 2017 | ||||
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The demographics of dwarf galaxy populations have long been in tension with predictions from the Cold Dark Matter (CDM) paradigm. If primordial density fluctuations were scale-free as predicted, dwarf galaxies should themselves host dark matter subhaloes, the most massive of which may have undergone star formation resulting in dwarf galaxy groups. Ensembles of dwarf galaxies are observed as satellites of more massive galaxies, and there is observational and theoretical evidence to suggest that these satellites at z=0 were captured by the massive host halo as a group. However, the evolution of dwarf galaxies is highly susceptible to environment making these satellite groups imperfect probes of CDM in the low mass regime. We have identified one of the clearest examples to date of hierarchical structure formation at low masses: seven isolated, spectroscopically confirmed groups with only dwarf galaxies as members. Each group hosts 3-5 known members, has a baryonic mass of similar to 4.4 x 10 degrees to 2 x 10(10) (M-circle dot and requires a mass-to-light ratio of <100 to be gravitationally bound. Such groups are predicted to be rare theoretically and found to be rare observationally at the current epoch and thus provide a unique window into the possible formation mechanism of more massive, isolated galaxies.
| Ord. | Autor | Género | Institución - País |
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| 1 | Stierwalt, Sabrina | Mujer |
Natl Radio Astron Observ - Estados Unidos
UNIV VIRGINIA - Estados Unidos National Radio Astronomy Observatory - Estados Unidos University of Virginia - Estados Unidos |
| 2 | Liss, S. E. | - |
UNIV VIRGINIA - Estados Unidos
University of Virginia - Estados Unidos |
| 3 | Johnson, Kelsey E. | Mujer |
UNIV VIRGINIA - Estados Unidos
Trent University - Canadá University of Virginia - Estados Unidos |
| 4 | Patton, D. R. | - |
Trent Univ - Canadá
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - Chile Trent University - Canadá |
| 5 | Privon, George C. | Hombre |
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - Chile
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| 6 | Besla, Gurtina | - |
UNIV ARIZONA - Estados Unidos
The University of Arizona - Estados Unidos |
| 7 | Kallivayalil, Nitya J. | - |
UNIV VIRGINIA - Estados Unidos
University of Virginia - Estados Unidos |
| 8 | Putman, Mary | Mujer |
Columbia Univ - Estados Unidos
Columbia University in the City of New York - Estados Unidos Columbia University - Estados Unidos |
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| National Science Foundation |
| FONDECYT postdoctoral fellowship |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada |
| Clare Boothe Luce Graduate Fellowship |
| Virginia Space Grant Consortium Graduate STEM Research Fellowship |
| Agradecimiento |
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| S.S., S.E.L. and G.C.P. thank S. Veilleux and M. McDonald for the use of their PI instrument, MMTF, and M. McDonald for sharing his advice and wisdom throughout the MMTF observations and data reduction. S. S. acknowledges the L'Oreal USA For Women in Science programme for their grant to conduct this resesarch. S.E.L. acknowledges support from a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship under Grant No. DDGE-1315231. S.E.L. was also partially funded by a Virginia Space Grant Consortium Graduate STEM Research Fellowship and a Clare Boothe Luce Graduate Fellowship. D.R.P. acknowledges a Discovery Grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada which helped to fund this research. G.C.P. was supported by a FONDECYT Postdoctoral Fellowship (No. 3150361). N.K. is supported by the NSF CAREER award 1455260. |