11 papers
New Measurements of Distances to Galaxies in the NGC 1052 Field with the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes: Testing the Bullet-Dwarf Origin of the Trail
Yimeng Tang, Gagandeep S. Anand, Aaron J. Romanowsky +2
NGC 1052-DF2 and DF4 are two ultra-diffuse galaxies deficient in dark matter (DM), and reported as part of a remarkable linear trail of dwarf galaxies in the NGC 1052 field. Recent…
Dark matter-deficient twins: FCC 224 and FCC 240 as possible analogues of NGC 1052-DF2 and DF4
Maria Luisa Buzzo, Pieter van Dokkum, Michael Hilker +3
The recent "bullet-dwarf" model proposes that high-velocity collisions between dwarf galaxies can produce stellar systems with overluminous globular clusters (GCs) and a deficiency…
Revisiting the distance and the globular cluster system of the remarkable galaxy UDG1 in the NGC 5846 group
Duncan A. Forbes, Bas van Heumen, Yimeng Tang
Two studies that utilised the same HST/WFC3 imaging of NGC5846_UDG1 have reported quite different total counts for its globular cluster (GC) system, i.e. 54 9 vs 33 3 G…
Kinematic Confirmation of a Remarkable Linear Trail of Galaxies in the NGC 1052 Field, Consistent with Formation in a High-Speed Bullet Dwarf Collision
Michael A. Keim, Pieter van Dokkum, Zili Shen +6
A unique linear trail of diffuse galaxies was recently identified in the NGC 1052 field. This trail includes the remarkable, ultra-diffuse galaxies DF2 and DF4 which lack dark matt…
Connection Between Dwarf Galaxies and Globular Clusters: Insights from the Perseus Cluster Using Subaru Imaging and Keck Spectroscopy
Yimeng Tang, Aaron J. Romanowsky, Song Huang +11
We present a systematic study of 189 dwarf galaxies and their globular cluster (GC) systems in the Perseus cluster, based on deep Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam imaging and Keck spectros…
A Pearl in the Shell: an ultra-compact dwarf within the tidal debris surrounding spiral galaxy NGC 7531
David MartÃnez-Delgado, Aaron J. Romanowsky, Yimeng Tang +7
Stellar substructures within tidal debris preserve information about their progenitor galaxies' properties, offering insights into hierarchical mass assembly. We examine a compact…