Diffuse Dwarf Galaxies in Galaxy Clusters: I. Stellar Populations and Radial Gradients
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2026
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Abstract We use Keck/KCWI spectroscopy to study one ultra-diffuse galaxy (UDG) and five Nearly-UDGs (NUDGEs) in the Perseus cluster, together with an additional UDG in the Coma cluster. As the first paper in a series, we focus on the global and radial stellar population properties of our sample. We find that these galaxies host intermediate-to-old stellar populations, with typical ages of ~7 Gyr, low metallicities ([M/H]≃ −0.9 dex), and enhanced [Mg/Fe] abundances (~0.3 dex), consistent with previous studies. Six galaxies lie within the scatter of the present-day mass–metallicity relation (MZR), whereas the Coma UDG (DF11) is more consistent with the MZR of high−z galaxies (z ~ 2). We find no strong correlation between global stellar population properties and cluster infall parameters, suggesting that any environmental impact is not easily traceable through integrated stellar populations. We go one step further and measure radial gradients for three galaxies. Two show flat age and mildly negative metallicity gradients, similar to classical dwarfs, while one shows a rising metallicity profile as recently found in other UDGs. Comparing with classical dwarfs, we find a continuous correlation between metallicity gradient and globular cluster (GC) richness, where more GC-rich systems tend to show rising profiles. We propose that preferential tidal disruption of GCs in the inner regions of galaxies naturally produces rising metallicity profiles, unlike GC-poor classical dwarfs. This mechanism, potentially coupled with strong stellar feedback from early concentrated star formation, may explain the unusual rising metallicity profiles observed in GC-rich UDGs/NUDGEs.
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| Authors | Arsen Levitskiy, Duncan A Forbes, Jonah S. Gannon, Yimeng Tang, Anna Ferré-Mateu, Aaron J. Romanowsky, Jean P Brodie, Warrick J Couch |
| Journal | monthly notices of the royal astronomical society |
| Year | 2026 |
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10.1093/mnras/stag1568
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