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The creation of a massive UCD by tidal threshing from NGC936

Paudel, Sanjaya
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Duc, Pierre-Alain
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Lim, Sungsoon
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November 1, 2023
Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society

We study a compact nucleus embedded in an early-type dwarf galaxy, MATLAS-167, which is in the process of disruption by the tidal force of the neighbouring giant S0 galaxy, NGC936, in a group environment. Using the imaging data of the MATLAS survey, we analyse the stellar tidal tail of MATLAS-167 and its central compact nucleus, designated as NGC936_UCD. We find that NGC936_UCD has a luminosity of M-g = -11.43 +/- 0.01 mag and a size of 66.5 +/- 17 pc, sharing the global properties of ultra-compact dwarf galaxies (UCDs) but significantly larger and brighter compared to the typical UCD populations observed in the Virgo cluster. By integrating the total luminosity of both the tidal stream and MATLAS-167, we estimate that the disrupted dwarf progenitor possesses a luminosity of M-g = -15.92 +/- 0.06 mag, a typical bright early-type dwarf galaxy luminosity. With the help of the optical spectrum observed by the SDSS survey, we derive the simple stellar population properties of NGC936_UCD: a light-weighted age of 5.6 +/- 0.7 Gyr and metallicity of [Z/H] = -0.83 +/- 0.3 dex. Our findings suggest that tidal threshing is a possible formation mechanism of bright UCD populations in close proximity to giant galaxies.

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DOI
10.1093/mnrasl/slad126
Web of Science ID

WOS:001152583500024

Author(s)
Paudel, Sanjaya
Duc, Pierre-Alain
Lim, Sungsoon
Poulain, Melina
Marleau, Francine R.
Muller, Oliver  
Sanchez-Janssen, Ruben
Habas, Rebecca
Durrell, Patrick R.
Heesters, Nick  
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Date Issued

2023-11-01

Publisher

Oxford Univ Press

Published in
Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society
Volume

526

Issue

1

Start page

L136

End page

L142

Subjects

Physical Sciences

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Galaxies: Dwarf

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Galaxies: Evolution

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Galaxies: Groups: General

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Galaxies: Interactions

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Galaxies: Nuclei

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LASTRO  
FunderGrant Number

Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea

2022R1A6A1A03053472

NRF of Korea

2019R1A2C3006242

Swiss National Science Foundation

PZ00P2 202104

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February 23, 2024
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