Star Formation in Massive Low Surface Brightness Galaxies

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2007-07-26

arxiv.org/abs/0707.3939v1

AIP Conf.Proc.1035:112-118,2008

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

to be published in proceeding of IAU 244 - Dark Galaxies and Lost Baryons IAU Symposium

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.2973561

Massive low surface brightness galaxies have disk central surface brightnesses at least one magnitude fainter than the night sky, but total magnitudes and masses that show they are among the largest galaxies known. Like all low surface brightness (LSB) galaxies, massive LSB galaxies are often in the midst of star formation yet their stellar light has remained diffuse, raising the question of how star formation is proceeding within these galaxies. We have undertaken a multi-wavelength study to clarify the structural parameters and stellar and gas content of these enigmatic systems. The results of these studies, which include HI, CO, optical, near UV, and far UV images of the galaxies will provide the most in depth study done to date of how, when, and where star formation proceeds within this unique subset of the galaxy population.

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