HI in Local Group analogs: what does it tell us about galaxy formation?

Details HI in Local Group analogs: what does it tell us about galaxy formation? HI in Local Group analogs: what does it tell us about galaxy formation?

2006-03-23

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0603626v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

5 pages, To appear in ESO Astrophysics Symposia: "Groups of Galaxies in the Nearby Universe"

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We present the results of our HI survey of six loose groups of galaxies analogous to the Local Group. The survey was conducted using the Parkes telescope and the Australia Telescope Compact Array to produce a census of all the gas-rich galaxies and potential analogs to the high-velocity clouds (HVCs) within these groups down to M(HI)<10^7 M(sun) as a test of models of galaxy formation. We present the HI mass function and halo mass function for these analogous groups and compare them with the Local Group and other environments. We also demonstrate that our non-detection of HVC analogs in these groups implies that they must have low HI masses and be clustered tightly around galaxies, including around our own Milky Way, and are not distributed throughout the Local Group.

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