Variation of optical and infrared properties of galaxies with their surface brightness

Abstract

Although low surface brightness galaxies (LSBs) contribute a large fraction to the number density of galaxies, their properties are still poorly known. LSBs are often considered dust poor, based only on a few studies. We use, for the first time, a large sample of LSBs and high surface brightness galaxies (HSBs) with deep observational data to study their dust properties as a function of surface brightness. Our sample consists of 1631 optically selected galaxies at $z<0.1$ from the North Ecliptic Pole (NEP) wide field. We use the large set of data available in this field, from UV to FIR. We measured the optical size and the surface brightness of the targets, and analyzed their spectral energy distribution using the CIGALE fitting code. We found that the specific star formation rate and specific infrared luminosity (total infrared luminosity per stellar mass) remain mostly flat as a function of surface brightness for both LSBs and HSBs that are star-forming but decline steeply for the quiescent galaxies. The majority of LSBs in our sample have negligible dust attenuation (A${}_V<0.1$ mag), except for about 4% of them that show significant attenuation with a mean A${}_V$ of 0.8 mag. We found that these LSBs also have a high $\text{r}$-band mass-to-light ratio ($M/L_r>3$ M${}_{\odot }$/L${}_{\odot }$), and show similarity to the extreme giant LSBs from the literature, indicating a possibly higher dust attenuation in giant LSBs as well. This work provides a large catalog of LSBs and HSBs with detailed measurements of their several optical and infrared physical properties. Our results suggest that the dust content of LSBs is more varied than previously thought, with some of them having significant attenuation making them fainter than their intrinsic value. This will have serious implications for the observation and analysis of LSBs with current/upcoming surveys like JWST and LSST.

arXiv comment16 pages, 12 figures, accepted for publication in A&A

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