1996/10/26 by W. J. G. de Blok, de Blok, W. J. G., Stacy McGaugh +1
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9610216
8 pages, uses paspconf.sty. To be published in ``Dark and Visible Matter in Galaxies and Cosmological Implications'', Sesto Pusteria, Italy, 2-5 July, 1996,PASP Conference Series, eds M.Persic and P.Salucci. Also available at http://www.astro.rug.nl/~blok/lsb.html
arxiv created 1996/10/26 · openalex publication_date 1996/10/26 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Low Surface Brightness (LSB) galaxies form a large population of disc galaxies that extend the Hubble sequence towards extreme late-types. They are only slowly evolving, and still in an early evolutionary state. The Tully-Fisher relation and rotation curves of LSB galaxies both show that LSB galaxies are very dark-matter dominated with respect to ``normal'' high surface brightness (HSB) galaxies. Mass models derived from the rotation curves of LSB and HSB galaxies show that LSB galaxies inhabit less dense and more extended halos. Mass density, which changes with surface brightness, is as important in determining the evolution of a galaxy as total mass is.