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Dwarf Galaxies as Low Surface Brightness Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Evan D. Skillman
Evan D. Skillman*
Affiliation:
Astronomy Department, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455

Abstract

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Because of the weak correlation between surface brightness and luminosity, as galaxy surveys reach to lower surface brightnesses, increasing numbers of dwarf galaxies are found. Thus, studies of dwarf galaxies are relevant to our understanding of the low surface brightness universe. In particular, studies of nearby LSB dwarfs may help to answer questions concerning: (1) star formation in low abundance and low mass surface density envrionments, (2) star formation histories of galaxies and the relative youth of LSB galaxies, and (3) the chemical evolution of LSB galaxies. HST WFPC2 photometry of the resolved stars in nearby dwarf galaxies is particularly useful for all three questions.

H II region abundances remain the best probe of current ISM abundances. Current evidence favors total mass (or luminosity) as the primary factor for determining the present day chemical abundance in both LSB and HSB galaxies. It remains possible that mass surface density (or surface brightness) may be a second controlling parameter.

Type
Properties of Low Surface Brightness galaxies
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 171: The Low Surface Brightness Universe , 1999 , pp. 169 - 176
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1999

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