Is the initial mass function of low surface brightness galaxies dominated by low-mass stars?
The rotation curves of low surface brightness (LSB) galaxies suggest that they possess significantly higher mass-to-light (M/L) ratios than their high surface brightness counterparts, indicating that LSB galaxies may be dark matter dominated. This interpretation is hampered by the difficulty of disentangling the disc and dark halo contributions
Lee, Hyun-chul et al.
Fecha de publicación:
9
2004