CHAIN GALAXIES ARE EDGE-ON LOW SURFACE BRIGHTNESS GALAXIES

Authors
DALCANTON JJ SHECTMAN SA
Citation
Jj. Dalcanton et Sa. Shectman, CHAIN GALAXIES ARE EDGE-ON LOW SURFACE BRIGHTNESS GALAXIES, The Astrophysical journal, 465(1), 1996, pp. 9
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
The Astrophysical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
0004637X
Volume
465
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Part
2
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-637X(1996)465:1<9:CGAELS>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Deep HST WFPC2 images have revealed a population of very narrow blue g alaxies, which Cowie et al. have interpreted as being a new morphologi cal class of intrinsically linear star forming galaxies at z = 0.5-3. We show that the same population exists in large numbers at low redshi fts (z approximate to 0.03) and are actually the edge-on manifestation of low surface brightness disk galaxies.