A Sample of Nearby Isolated Dwarf Galaxies: A First Look at the Mass Function of Field Dwarfs
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| author | Carlsten, Scott Li, Jiaxuan Greene, Jenny Drlica-Wagner, Alex Danieli, Shany |
| author_facet | Carlsten, Scott Li, Jiaxuan Greene, Jenny Drlica-Wagner, Alex Danieli, Shany |
| contents | We present the results of the Exploration of Local VolumE Survey - Field (ELVES-Field), a survey of the dwarf galaxies in the Local Volume (LV; $D<10$ Mpc) over roughly $3,000$ square degrees, focusing on the field dwarf population. Candidates are detected using a semi-automated algorithm tailored for low surface brightness dwarfs. Using tests with injected galaxies, we show the detection is $50\%$ complete to $m_g\sim20$ mag and $M_\star \sim 10^6$ $M_\odot$. Candidates are confirmed to be true nearby dwarfs through distance measurements including redshift, tip of the red giant branch, and surface brightness fluctuations. We identify isolated, field dwarfs using various environmental criteria. Over the survey footprint, we detect and confirm 95 LV dwarfs, 44 of which we consider isolated. Using this sample, we infer the field dwarf mass function and find good agreement at the high-mass end with previous redshift surveys and with the predictions of the IllustrisTNG simulation. This sample of isolated, field dwarfs represents a powerful dataset to investigate aspects of small-scale structure and the effect of environment on dwarf galaxy evolution. |
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| spellingShingle | A Sample of Nearby Isolated Dwarf Galaxies: A First Look at the Mass Function of Field Dwarfs Carlsten, Scott Li, Jiaxuan Greene, Jenny Drlica-Wagner, Alex Danieli, Shany Astrophysics of Galaxies We present the results of the Exploration of Local VolumE Survey - Field (ELVES-Field), a survey of the dwarf galaxies in the Local Volume (LV; $D<10$ Mpc) over roughly $3,000$ square degrees, focusing on the field dwarf population. Candidates are detected using a semi-automated algorithm tailored for low surface brightness dwarfs. Using tests with injected galaxies, we show the detection is $50\%$ complete to $m_g\sim20$ mag and $M_\star \sim 10^6$ $M_\odot$. Candidates are confirmed to be true nearby dwarfs through distance measurements including redshift, tip of the red giant branch, and surface brightness fluctuations. We identify isolated, field dwarfs using various environmental criteria. Over the survey footprint, we detect and confirm 95 LV dwarfs, 44 of which we consider isolated. Using this sample, we infer the field dwarf mass function and find good agreement at the high-mass end with previous redshift surveys and with the predictions of the IllustrisTNG simulation. This sample of isolated, field dwarfs represents a powerful dataset to investigate aspects of small-scale structure and the effect of environment on dwarf galaxy evolution. |
| title | A Sample of Nearby Isolated Dwarf Galaxies: A First Look at the Mass Function of Field Dwarfs |
| topic | Astrophysics of Galaxies |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.16766 |