The multiple classes of ultra-diffuse galaxies: can we tell them apart?

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dc.contributor.authorJarrett, Thomas H
dc.contributor.authorBuzzo, Maria Luisa
dc.contributor.authorForbes, Duncan A
dc.date.accessioned2025-07-25T09:03:37Z
dc.date.available2025-07-25T09:03:37Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractThis study compiles stellar populations and internal properties of ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) to highlight correlations with their local environment, globular cluster (GC) richness, and star formation histories. Complementing our sample of 88 UDGs, we include 36 low surface brightness dwarf galaxies with UDG-like properties, referred to as NUDGes (nearly UDGs). All galaxies were studied using the same spectral energy distribution fitting methodology to explore what sets UDGs apart from other galaxies. We show that NUDGes are similar to UDGs in all properties except for being, by definition, smaller and having higher surface brightness. We find that UDGs and NUDGes show similar behaviours in their GC populations, with the most metal-poor galaxies hosting consistently more GCs on average. This suggests that GC content may provide an effective way to distinguish extreme galaxies within the low surface brightness regime alongside traditional parameters like size and surface brightness. We confirm previous results using clustering algorithms that UDGs split into two main classes, which might be associated with the formation pathways of a puffy dwarf and a failed galaxy. The clustering applied to the UDGs + NUDGes data set yields an equivalent result. The difference in mass contained in the GC system suggests that galaxies in different environments have not simply evolved from one another but may have formed through distinct processes.
dc.identifier.citationBuzzo, M.L., Forbes, D.A., Jarrett, T.H., Marleau, F.R., Duc, P.A., Brodie, J.P., Romanowsky, A.J., Ferré-Mateu, A., Hilker, M., Gannon, J.S. and Pfeffer, J., 2025. The multiple classes of ultra-diffuse galaxies: can we tell them apart?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 536(3), pp.2536-2557.
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae2700
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/20609
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherOxford University Press
dc.subjectgalaxies: formation
dc.subjectgalaxies: fundamental parameters
dc.subjectgalaxies: stellar content
dc.subjectultra-diffuse galaxies
dc.subjectglobular cluster (GC)
dc.titleThe multiple classes of ultra-diffuse galaxies: can we tell them apart?
dc.typeArticle

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