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| DOI | 10.1088/2041-8205/812/1/L2 | ||||
| Año | 2015 | ||||
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We report on the properties of the most massive ultra-compact dwarf galaxy (UCD) in the nearby Virgo Cluster of galaxies using imaging from the Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey and spectroscopy from Keck/DEIMOS. This object (M59-UCD3) appears to be associated with the massive Virgo galaxy M59 (NGC 4621), has an integrated velocity dispersion of 78 km s(-1), a dynamical mass of 3.7 x 10(8)M(circle dot), and an effective radius (R-e) of 25 pc. With an effective surface mass density of 9.4 x 10(10)M(circle dot) kpc(-2), it is the densest galaxy in the local universe discovered to date, surpassing the density of the luminous Virgo UCD, M60-UCD1. M59-UCD3 has a total luminosity of M-g' = -14.2 mag, and a spectral energy distribution consistent with an old (14 Gyr) stellar population with [Fe/H] = 0.0 and [alpha/Fe] = +0.2. We also examine deep imaging around M59 and find a broad low surface brightness stream pointing toward M59-UCD3, which may represent a tidal remnant of the UCD progenitor. This UCD, along with similar objects like M60-UCD1 and M59cO, likely represents an extreme population of tidally stripped galaxies more akin to larger and more massive compact early-type galaxies than to nuclear star clusters in present-day dwarf galaxies.
| Ord. | Autor | Género | Institución - País |
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| 1 | Liu, Chengze | - |
Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ - China
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| 2 | Peng, Eric | Hombre |
Peking Univ - China
Peking University - China |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | Mihos, J. Christopher | - |
Case Western Reserve Univ - Estados Unidos
Case Western Reserve University - Estados Unidos |
| 5 | Ferrarese, Laura | Mujer |
Natl Res Council Canada - Canadá
National Research Council Canada - Canadá |
| 6 | ALAMO-MARTINEZ, KARLA ADRIANA | Mujer |
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - Chile
CASSACA - Chile Chinese Academy of Sciences - China |
| 7 | Zhang, Hong-Xin | - |
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - Chile
CASSACA - Chile CASSACA - China Chinese Academy of Sciences - China National Astronomical Observatories Chinese Academy of Sciences - China Shanghai Astronomical Observatory Chinese Academy of Sciences - China |
| 8 | Cote, Patrick | Hombre |
Natl Res Council Canada - Canadá
National Research Council Canada - Canadá |
| 9 | Cuillandre, Jean Charles | Hombre |
Univ Paris Diderot - Francia
Département d‘Astrophysique - Francia Institut de Recherche sur les Lois Fondamentales de l'Univers - Francia |
| 10 | Cunningham, Emily C. | Mujer |
Univ Calif Santa Cruz - Estados Unidos
University of California, Santa Cruz - Estados Unidos Lick Observatory - Estados Unidos |
| 11 | Guhathakurta, P. | - |
Univ Calif Santa Cruz - Estados Unidos
University of California, Santa Cruz - Estados Unidos Lick Observatory - Estados Unidos |
| 12 | Gwyn, Stephen | Hombre |
Natl Res Council Canada - Canadá
National Research Council Canada - Canadá |
| 13 | Herczeg, Gregory J. | Hombre |
Peking Univ - China
Peking University - China |
| 14 | Lim, Sungsoon | - |
Peking Univ - China
Peking University - China |
| 15 | Puzia, Thomas H. | Hombre |
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - Chile
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| 16 | Roediger, J. | Hombre |
Natl Res Council Canada - Canadá
National Research Council Canada - Canadá |
| 17 | Sanchez-Janssen, Ruben | Hombre |
Natl Res Council Canada - Canadá
National Research Council Canada - Canadá |
| 18 | Yin, Jun | - |
CASSACA - China
Shanghai Astronomical Observatory Chinese Academy of Sciences - China |
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| National Key Basic Research Program of China |
| NSFC |
| NSF |
| Canadian Advanced Network for Astronomical Research (CANFAR) |
| CANARIE under the Network-Enabled Platforms program |
| Sino-French LIA-Origins joint exchange program |
| Strategic Priority Research Program of CAS |
| Office of Science and Technology, Shanghai Municipal Government |
| Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences |
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| Based on observations obtained with MegaPrime/MegaCam, a joint project of CFHT and CEA/DAPNIA, at the CFHT which is operated by the National Research Council (NRC) of Canada, the Institut National des Sciences de Univers of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) of France, and the University of Hawaii. This work was supported by the Sino-French LIA-Origins joint exchange program and by the Canadian Advanced Network for Astronomical Research (CANFAR) which has been made possible by funding from CANARIE under the Network-Enabled Platforms program. |