Dwarf Ha em.-line galaxies within voids. I. FN8 Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Draper C.D.
  2. Moody J.W.
  3. McNeil S.R.
  4. Joner M.D.
  5. Steele R.
  6. Steele J.
  7. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

The population density of dwarf galaxies in low-density voids is likely determined by the dark matter halo mass function and how galaxy formation proceeds in smaller halos. This depends on the nature of dark matter itself, making the dwarf galaxy population a tracer of its properties. While dwarfs have been found in smaller, closer voids, they have proven difficult to find in larger, more distant voids through magnitude-limited spectroscopic surveys. This is because these surveys detect an overwhelmingly large number of objects behind the voids that must be verified spectroscopically, making void surveys prohibitively inefficient and expensive in terms of large-telescope time. Narrowband imaging for emission lines such as H{alpha} reduces the number of background objects, although the overall number remains large. If imaging is done through a filter set with overlapping transmission wings, then object redshift can be estimated from photometry alone. The precision possible is an order of magnitude greater than single-band photometry, with the caveat that the captured line must be identified through other means. Broadband photometry can be used to reject enough objects with emission of an unwanted type to make obtaining spectra of the remaining objects feasible. In this study, we present an H{alpha} survey for dwarf galaxies with M_r_' fainter than -14mag through the center 4.3 square degrees of the void FN8. Using Sloan g', r', i' photometry, we exclude enough [OII] and [OIII] emitters that follow-up spectra of only a few dozen objects are required to statistically estimate the void population density.

Keywords
  1. dwarf-galaxies
  2. visible-astronomy
  3. h-alpha-photometry
  4. sloan-photometry
  5. intergalactic-medium
  6. line-intensities
  7. redshifted
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2023ApJ...950..189D
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2025-09-22T13:18:40Z
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2025-09-22T13:18:40Z
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