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Venhola, Aku (2019) Evolution of dwarf galaxies in the Fornax cluster. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. http://hdl.handle.net/11370/1bcc02c2-2c78-4cff-b801-147c31b000a8

Evolution of dwarf galaxies in the Fornax cluster

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Author: Venhola, Aku1,2,3
Organizations: 1University of Oulu Graduate School
2University of Oulu, Faculty of Science, Astronomy
3University of Groningen, Faculty of Science and Engineering
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Version: published version
Access: open
Online Access: PDF Full Text (PDF, 31.5 MB)
Language: English
Published: Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, 2019
Publish Date: 2019-03-19
Thesis type: Doctoral Dissertation
Defence Note: PhD thesis to obtain the degree of PhD of the University of Groningen on the authority of the Rector Magnificus, Prof. E. Sterken, and in accordance with the decision by the College of Deans, and to obtain the degree of PhD of the University of Oulu on the authority of the dean of the Graduate School, Prof. Harri Oinas-Kukkonen and in assent of the University of Oulu Graduate School. Double PhD degree. This thesis will be defended in public on Friday 29th of March 2019 at 11.00 hours in the auditorium of the main building of the University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
Tutor: Professor Reynier F. Peletier
Professor Heikki Salo
Docent Eija Laurikainen
Opponent: Professor Sven de Rijcke
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Abstract

In this chapter, I make an overview of the current knowledge about dwarf galaxies and their evolution in the cluster environment, and describe some of the open questions of the field. I start by defining dwarf galaxies and their morphological types and shortly introduce the observational framework of the field. I then describe the main environmental effects taking place in galaxy clusters and how they shape the dwarf galaxy populations in them. In addition, I give an introduction to the Fornax Deep Survey and shortly review the previous studies addressing the Fornax cluster, which plays a major role in the scientific chapters of this thesis. Finally, I summarize the contents of this thesis and how it tries to answer the open questions in the dwarf galaxy evolution.

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Original papers

This thesis consists of four scientific chapters (Chapters 2–5) that, with the exception of the last one, are published in scientific journals. The fifth chapter is based on ongoing work that will be published later.

  1. Venhola, A., Peletier, R., Laurikainen, E., Salo, H., Lisker, T., Iodice, E., Capaccioli, M., Kleijn, G., Valentijn, E., Mieske, S., Hilker, M., Wittmann, C., van de Ven, G., Grado, A., Spavone, M., Cantiello, M., Napolitano, N., Paolillo, M., & Falcón-Barroso, J. (2017). The Fornax Deep Survey with VST: III. Low surface brightness dwarfs and ultra diffuse galaxies in the center of the Fornax cluster. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 608, A142. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730696

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  2. Venhola, A., Peletier, R., Laurikainen, E., Salo, H., Iodice, E., Mieske, S., Hilker, M., Wittmann, C., Lisker, T., Paolillo, M., Cantiello, M., Janz, J., Spavone, M., D’Abrusco, R., Ven, G., Napolitano, N., Kleijn, G., Maddox, N., Capaccioli, M., Grado, A., Valentijn, E., Falcón-Barroso, J., & Limatola, L. (2018). The Fornax Deep Survey with the VST: IV. A size and magnitude limited catalog of dwarf galaxies in the area of the Fornax cluster. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 620, A165. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833933

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  3. Venhola, A., Peletier, R., Laurikainen, E., Salo, H., Iodice, E., Mieske, S., Hilker, M., Wittmann, C., Paolillo, M., Cantiello, M., Janz, J., Spavone, M., D’Abrusco, R., Ven, G., Napolitano, N., Kleijn, G., Capaccioli, M., Grado, A., Valentijn, E., Falcón-Barroso, J., & Limatola, L. (in press). The Fornax Deep Survey with the VST: VI optical properties of the dwarf galaxies in the Fornax cluster. Astronomy & Astrophysics. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201935231

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  4. Venhola, A., Peletier, R., Laurikainen, E., Salo, H., Haigh, C., Wilkinson, M. H. F., & Prole, D. (2019). The Fornax Deep Survey: Identification of low surface brightness galaxy candidates with max-tree objects. Manuscript in preparation.

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ISBN: 978-94-034-1580-2
ISBN Print: 978-94-034-1581-9
Type of Publication: G5 Doctoral dissertation (articles)
Field of Science: 115 Astronomy and space science
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