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Dec 2006
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2007 AAS/AAPT Joint Meeting, American Astronomical Society Meeting 209, #15.10; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, V
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We present a study of 29 extremely low luminosity galaxies randomly selected from the footprint of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). The galaxies comprise a statistically complete sample of galaxies with Mr > -15 and recession velocity v < 2000 km s^-1 as measured in SDSS Data Release 2 (DR2). We also observe these sample galaxies in all four channels with the Spitzer Infrared Array Camera (IRAC). The photometry in SDSS shows that these galaxies appear to be visually blue (g-r < 0.6), and the IRAC color analysis shows that they are blue in IRAC infrared color [3.6]-[8]. The IRAC [3.6] magnitude measures the starlight, and the [8] measures PAH emissions. We find that these star-forming galaxies show very low PAH to star ratios. This result agrees with earlier observations on other dwarf galaxies including SBS0335-052 and small samples from ISO and the overlap of the SDSS with the Spitzer First Look Survey, but it is worth emphasizing that this sample has a lower mean luminosity than those samples. The PAH deficiency of these galaxies is discussed in the context of their metallicity and dust properties.
Hogg David Wardell
Wu Rongying
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