GALEX - SDSS properties of local galaxies Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Lemonias J.J.
  2. Schiminovich D.
  3. Thilker D.
  4. Wyder T.K.
  5. Martin D.C.,Seibert M.
  6. Treyer M.A.
  7. Bianchi L.
  8. Heckman T.M.
  9. Madore B.F.
  10. Rich R.M.
  11. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We present results of the first unbiased search for extended ultraviolet (XUV)-disk galaxies undertaken to determine the space density of such galaxies. Our sample contains 561 local (0.001<z<0.05) galaxies that lie in the intersection of available Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) deep imaging (exposure time >1.5x10^4^s) and Sloan Digital Sky Survey DR7 footprints. We explore modifications to the standard classification scheme for our sample that includes both disk- and bulge-dominated galaxies. Visual classification of each galaxy in the sample reveals an XUV-disk frequency of up to 20% for the most nearby portion of our sample. On average over the entire sample (out to z=0.05) the frequency ranges from a hard limit of 4%-14%. The GALEX imaging allows us to detect XUV disks beyond 100 Mpc. The XUV regions around XUV-disk galaxies are consistently bluer than the main bodies. We find a surprisingly high frequency of XUV emission around luminous red (NUV-r>5) and green valley (3<NUV-r<5) galaxies. The XUV-disk space density in the local universe is >(1.5-4.2)x10^-3^Mpc^-3^. Using the XUV emission as an indicator of recent gas accretion, we estimate that the cold gas accretion rate onto these galaxies is >(1.7-4.6)x10^-3^M_{sun}_/Mpc^3^/yr. The number of XUV disks in the green valley and the estimated accretion rate onto such galaxies points to the intriguing possibility that 7%-18% of galaxies in this population are transitioning away from the red sequence.

Keywords
  1. galaxies
  2. visible-astronomy
  3. sloan-photometry
  4. ultraviolet-photometry
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2011ApJ...733...74L
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ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/733/74
Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.17330074

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2012-12-10T07:22:21Z
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2012-12-10T07:22:21Z
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