The emergence of dark matter-deficient ultra-diffuse galaxies driven by scatter in the stellar mass-halo mass relation and feedback from globular clusters

Abstract

In addition to their low stellar densities, ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) have a broad variety of dynamical mass-to-light ratios, ranging from dark matter (DM) dominated systems to objects nearly devoid of DM. To investigate the origin of this diversity, we develop a simple, semi-empirical model that predicts the structural evolution of galaxies, driven by feedback from massive star clusters, as a function of their departure from the mean SMHM relation. The model predicts that a galaxy located $\gtrsim 0.5$ dex above the mean relation at $M_{\mathrm{halo}}=10^{10}{M}_{\odot }$ will host a factor of $\sim 10-100$ larger globular cluster (GC) populations, and that feedback from these GCs drives a significant expansion of the stellar component and loss of DM compared to galaxies on the SMHM relation. This effect is stronger in haloes that collapse earlier and have enhanced star formation rates at $z\gtrsim 2$, which leads to increased gas pressures, stellar clustering, and mean cluster masses, and significantly enhances the energy loading of galactic winds and its impact on the DM and stellar orbits. The impact on galaxy size and DM content can be large enough to explain observed galaxies that contain nearly the universal baryon fraction, as well as NGC1052-DF2 and DF4 and other isolated UDGs that contain almost no DM. The trend of increasing galaxy size with GC specific frequency observed in galaxy clusters also emerges naturally in the model. Our predictions can be tested with large and deep surveys of the stellar and GC populations in dwarfs and UDGs. Because stellar clustering drives the efficiency of galactic winds, it may be a dominant factor in the structural evolution of galaxies and should be included as an essential ingredient in galaxy formation models.

23 pages, 17 figures. Accepted for publication in MNRAS (November 5)

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