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| DOI | 10.3847/0004-637X/824/1/10 | ||||
| Año | 2016 | ||||
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We present measurements of the galaxy luminosity and stellar mass function in a 3.71 deg(2) (0.3Mpc(2)) area in the core of the Virgo Cluster, based on u*griz data from the Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey (NGVS). The galaxy sample-which consists of 352 objects brighter than M-g = -9.13 mag, the 50% completeness limit of the survey-reaches 2.2 mag deeper than the widely used Virgo Cluster Catalog and at least 1.2 mag deeper than any sample previously used to measure the luminosity function in Virgo. Using a Bayesian analysis, we find a best-fit faint-end slope of alpha = -1.33 +/- 0.02 for the g-band luminosity function; consistent results are found for the stellar mass function and the luminosity function in the other four NGVS bandpasses. We discuss the implications for the faint-end slope of adding 92 ultracompact dwarfs (UCDs)-previously compiled by the NGVS in this region-to the galaxy sample, assuming that UCDs are the stripped remnants of nucleated dwarf galaxies. Under this assumption, the slope of the luminosity function (down to the UCD faint magnitude limit, M-g = -9.6mag) increases dramatically, up to alpha = -1.60 +/- 0.06 when correcting for the expected number of disrupted non-nucleated galaxies. We also calculate the total number of UCDs and globular clusters that may have been deposited in the core of Virgo owing to the disruption of satellites, both nucleated and non-nucleated. We estimate that similar to 150 objects with M-g less than or similar to -9.6 mag and that are currently classified as globular clusters might, in fact, be the nuclei of disrupted galaxies. We further estimate that as many as 40% of the (mostly blue) globular clusters in the Virgo core might once have belonged to such satellites; these same disrupted satellites might have contributed similar to 40% of the total luminosity in galaxies observed in the core region today. Finally, we use an updated Local Group galaxy catalog to provide a new measurement of the luminosity function of Local Group satellites, alpha = -1.21 +/- 0.05, which is only 1.7 sigma shallower than measured in the core of the Virgo Cluster.
| Ord. | Autor | Género | Institución - País |
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| 1 | Ferrarese, Laura | Mujer |
Natl Res Council Canada - Canadá
National Research Council Canada - Canadá |
| 2 | Cote, Patrick | Hombre |
Natl Res Council Canada - Canadá
National Research Council Canada - Canadá |
| 3 | Sánchez-Janssen, Rćben | - |
National Research Council Canada - Canadá
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| 3 | Sanchez-Janssen, Ruben | Hombre |
Natl Res Council Canada - Canadá
National Research Council Canada - Canadá |
| 4 | Roediger, J. | Hombre |
Natl Res Council Canada - Canadá
National Research Council Canada - Canadá |
| 5 | McConnachie, Alan | Hombre |
Natl Res Council Canada - Canadá
National Research Council Canada - Canadá |
| 6 | Durrell, Patrick | Hombre |
Youngstown State Univ - Estados Unidos
Youngstown State University - Estados Unidos |
| 7 | MacArthur, Lauren A. | Mujer |
Natl Res Council Canada - Canadá
Princeton Univ - Estados Unidos National Research Council Canada - Canadá Princeton University - Estados Unidos |
| 8 | Blakeslee, John P. | Hombre |
Natl Res Council Canada - Canadá
National Research Council Canada - Canadá |
| 9 | Duc, P. -A. | Hombre |
Univ Paris Diderot - Francia
Département d‘Astrophysique - Francia Université de Paris - Francia Institut de Recherche sur les Lois Fondamentales de l'Univers - Francia CNRS Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Francia |
| 10 | Boissier, S. | Hombre |
Aix Marseille Univ - Francia
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille - Francia CNRS Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Francia |
| 11 | Boselli, A. | Hombre |
Aix Marseille Univ - Francia
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille - Francia CNRS Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Francia |
| 12 | Courteau, Phane | Hombre |
Queens Univ - Canadá
Queen's University, Kingston - Canadá Queen’s University - Canadá |
| 13 | Cuillandre, Jean Charles | Hombre |
Univ Paris Diderot - Francia
Département d‘Astrophysique - Francia Université de Paris - Francia Institut de Recherche sur les Lois Fondamentales de l'Univers - Francia CNRS Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Francia |
| 14 | Emsellem, Eric | Hombre |
ESO - Alemania
Observatorio Europeo Austral - Alemania |
| 15 | Gwyn, Stephen | Hombre |
Natl Res Council Canada - Canadá
National Research Council Canada - Canadá |
| 16 | Guhathakurta, P. | - |
Univ Calif Santa Cruz - Estados Unidos
University of California, Santa Cruz - Estados Unidos Lick Observatory - Estados Unidos |
| 17 | JORDAN-COLZANI, ANDRES CRISTOBAL | Hombre |
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - Chile
Centro de Excelencia en Astrofísica y Tecnologías Afines - Chile |
| 18 | Lancon, Ariane | Mujer |
Univ Strasbourg - Francia
CNRS - Francia Université de Strasbourg - Francia CNRS Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Francia Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg - Francia |
| 19 | Liu, Chengze | - |
Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ - China
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| 20 | Mei, Simona | Mujer |
CNRS - Francia
Univ Paris Denis Diderot - Francia CNRS Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Francia Université de Paris - Francia Université Paris Cité - Francia |
| 21 | Mihos, J. Christopher | - |
Case Western Reserve Univ - Estados Unidos
Case Western Reserve University - Estados Unidos |
| 22 | Navarro, Julio F. | Hombre |
Univ Victoria - Canadá
University of Victoria - Canadá |
| 23 | Peng, Eric | Hombre |
Peking Univ - China
Peking University - China |
| 24 | Puzia, Thomas H. | Hombre |
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - Chile
Centro de Excelencia en Astrofísica y Tecnologías Afines - Chile |
| 25 | Taylor, James | Hombre |
Univ Waterloo - Canadá
University of Waterloo - Canadá |
| 26 | Toloba, Elisa | Mujer |
Univ Calif Santa Cruz - Estados Unidos
TEXAS TECH UNIV - Estados Unidos University of California, Santa Cruz - Estados Unidos Texas Tech University - Estados Unidos Lick Observatory - Estados Unidos |
| 27 | Zhang, Hong-Xin | - |
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - Chile
Peking Univ - China Peking University - China |
| Fuente |
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| National Natural Science Foundation of China |
| National Key Basic Research Program of China |
| NSFC |
| NSF |
| Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada |
| Canadian Space Agency |
| Strategic Priority Research Program, "The Emergence of Cosmological Structures," of the Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| Canadian Advanced Network for Astronomical Research (CANFAR) |
| CANARIE under the Network-Enabled Platforms program |
| French Agence Nationale de la Recherche grant VIRAGE |
| Agradecimiento |
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| We wish to thank the anonymous referee for the very thorough reading of the paper and the many helpful and constructive comments. This work was supported in part by the Canadian Advanced Network for Astronomical Research (CANFAR), which has been made possible by funding from CANARIE under the Network-Enabled Platforms program. This research also used the facilities of the Canadian Astronomy Data Centre operated by the National Research Council of Canada with the support of the Canadian Space Agency. The authors further acknowledge use of the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED), which is operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the HyperLeda database (http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr). S.C. and J.T. acknowledge support from the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada through a Research Discovery Grant. E.W.P. acknowledges support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China under grant Nos. 11173003 and 11573002, and from the Strategic Priority Research Program, "The Emergence of Cosmological Structures," of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, grant No. XDB09000105. This work is supported in part by the French Agence Nationale de la Recherche grant VIRAGE (ANR10-BLANC-0506-01). C.L. acknowledges the National Key Basic Research Program of China (2015CB857002), NSFC grants 11203017, 11125313, and 11473020. E.T. and R.G. acknowledge NSF grants AST-1010039 and AST-1412504. |