Discovery of New Dwarf Galaxies in the M81 Group

Abstract

An order of magnitude more dwarf galaxies are expected to inhabit the Local Group, based on currently accepted galaxy formation models, than have been observed. This discrepancy has been noted in environments ranging from the field to rich clusters. However, no complete census of dwarf galaxies exist in any environment. The discovery of the smallest and faintest dwarfs is hampered by the limitations in detecting such faint and low surface brightness galaxies. An even greater difficulty is establishing distances to or group/cluster membership for such faint galaxies. The M81 group provides an almost unique opportunity for establishing membership for galaxies in a low density region complete to magnitudes as faint as M_{r'} = -10. With a distance modulus of 27.8, the tip of the red giant branch just resolves in ground-based surveys. We have surveyed a 65 square degree region around M81 with the CFHT/MegaCam. From these images we have detected 22 new dwarf galaxy candidates. Photometric, morphological, and structural properties are presented for the candidates. The group luminosity function has a faint end slope characterized by the parameter alpha = -1.27+/-0.06. We discuss implications of this dwarf galaxy population on cosmological models.

Accepted for publication in AJ. 50 pages, including 35 figures

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