A portrait of Malin 2: a case study of a giant low surface brightness galaxy

• Published in: Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Vol. 437; no. 4; pp. 3072 - 3086
• Main Authors: Kasparova, Anastasia V., Saburova, Anna S., Katkov, Ivan Yu, Chilingarian, Igor V., Bizyaev, Dmitry V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Oxford University Press 01.02.2014
• Subjects: Accretion disks; Astrophysics; Kinematics; Spectrum analysis; Star & galaxy formation; galaxies: ISM; galaxies: individual: Malin 2; galaxies: haloes

The low surface brightness (LSB) disc galaxy Malin 2 challenges the standard theory of galaxy evolution because of its enormous total mass ∼2 × 1012 M, which must have been formed without recent major merger events. The aim of our work is to create a coherent picture of this exotic object by using n...