Astronomy:Void galaxy

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Short description: Galaxy found in a cosmological void


A void galaxy is a galaxy located in a cosmological void.[1] Few galaxies exist in voids; most are located in sheets, walls and filaments that surround voids and supervoids.[2][3] Many void galaxies are connected through void filaments[4] or tendrils,[5] less massive versions of the regular galaxy filaments that surround voids. These filaments are often straighter than their non-void counterparts due to the lack of influence by surrounding filaments.[4] These filaments can even be rich enough to form poor galaxy clusters.[6] The void galaxies themselves are thought to represent pristine examples of galactic evolution, having few neighbours, and likely to have formed from pure intergalactic gas.[7]

Formation

It is theorised by many astrophysicists that void galaxies are the result of large galactic filaments being pulled by the gravity of a major super cluster out of the less densely populated areas, causing voids such as the Boötes Void to grow. Galaxies such as MCG+01-02-015 are sometimes left behind from such events.[8]

List of void galaxies

Galaxy Void Filament Notes Comments
PC 1357+4641 Boötes Void [9] Emission-line galaxy
IRAS 14288+5255 Boötes Void [9] AGN X-ray source
G 1432+5302 Boötes Void [10] Starburst galaxy
G 1458+4944 Boötes Void [10] LINER galaxy
G 1507+4554 Boötes Void [10] Starburst galaxy
G 1510+4727A & G 1510+4727B Boötes Void [10] Interacting galaxy pair
BHI 1514+3819 Boötes Void [9]
FSS 1515+3823 Boötes Void [9]
G 1517+3949 Boötes Void [10] Starburst galaxy
G 1517+3956A & G 1517+3956B Boötes Void [10] Interacting galaxy pair
IRAS 15195+5050 Boötes Void [9] AGN X-ray source
Markarian 845 Boötes Void [9] Seyfert 1 (X-ray source)
CG 547 Boötes Void [9] Emission-line Galaxy
CG 637 Boötes Void [9] Emission-line Galaxy
CG 922 Boötes Void [9] Emission-line Galaxy
MCG+01-02-015 [11][12][13][14] LEDA 1852 (Pisces)
Pisces A Local Void [15]
Pisces B Local Void [15]
NGC 7077 Local Void [16]

See also

References

  1. Rien van de Weygaert; Platen, Erwin; Tigrak, Esra; Hidding, Johan; Thijs van der Hulst; Aragon-Calvo, Miguel A.; Stanonik, Kathryn; Jacqueline van Gorkom (17 Dec 2009). "The Cosmically Depressed: Life, Sociology and Identity of Voids". Galaxies in Isolation: Exploring Nature Versus Nurture 421: 99. Bibcode2010ASPC..421...99V. 
  2. SchmidtFirst1=K.-H.; Bohm, P.; Elsasser, H. (February 1997). "On the emptiness of voids". Astronomische Nachrichten 318 (2): 81. doi:10.1002/asna.2113180204. Bibcode1997AN....318...81S. 
  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics, "Results of a search for faint galaxies in voids", Kuhn, B.; Hopp, U.; Elsaesser, H.;, 'v.318', 02/1997, Bibcode1997A&A...318..405K
  4. 4.0 4.1 Park, Daeseong; Lee, Jounghun (December 2009). "The Bridge Effect of Void Filaments". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 400 (2): 1105–1108. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15524.x. Bibcode2009MNRAS.400.1105P. 
  5. Alpaslan, Mehmet; Robotham, Aaron S. G.; Obreschkow, Danail; Penny, Samantha; Driver, Simon; Norberg, Peder; Brough, Sarah; Brown, Michael et al. (2014-05-01). "Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): fine filaments of galaxies detected within voids". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters 440 (1): L106–L110. doi:10.1093/mnrasl/slu019. Bibcode2014MNRAS.440L.106A. 
  6. "Studies of Selected Voids. Faint Galaxies in the Direction of the Void 0049+05", G.T. Petrov, L. Slavcheva-Mihova, V. Kopchev, 2007' '
  7. arXiv, "Cosmic Voids: structure, dynamics and galaxies", Rien van de Weygaert, Erwin Platen, 16 Dec 2009, arXiv:0912.2997, Bibcode2009arXiv0912.2997V
  8. Dvorsky, George (6 July 2012). "Behold the Boötes void, the spookiest place in the cosmos" (in en-US). https://io9.gizmodo.com/behold-the-bootes-void-the-spookiest-place-in-the-cosm-5923493. 
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 The Astrophysical Journal Letters, "Detection of X-Ray Emission from Galaxies inside the Bootes Void", Chulhee Kim, Th. Boller, Kajal K. Ghosh, Douglas A. Swartz, Brian D. Ramsey, 'Volume 546, Number 2', 10 January 2001, doi:10.1086/318868
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 The Astronomical Journal, "Spectroscopy of Galaxies in the Bootes Void", Shawn Cruzen 1, Tara Wehr, Donna Weistrop, Ronald J. Angione, Charles Hoopes, 'Volume 123, Number 1', 2002 January, doi:10.1086/324739
  11. "The loneliest of galaxies". Hubble Space Telescope. 9 November 2015. http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1545a/. 
  12. SIMBAD, MCG+01-02-015
  13. Sci-News, "NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Focuses on Lonely Galaxy", 9 November 2015
  14. SpaceDaily, "Hubble Views a Lonely Galaxy", 18 November 2015
  15. 15.0 15.1 "Hubble Sees Two Dwarf Galaxies in Pisces". Sci-News. 15 August 2016. http://www.sci-news.com/astronomy/hubble-dwarf-galaxies-pisces-04103.html. 
  16. Tully, Brent. "The Local Void". http://amiga.iaa.es/FCKeditor/UserFiles/File/cig09/Tully.pdf. 

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