A Tip of the Red Giant Branch Distance to the Dark Matter Deficient Galaxy NGC 1052-DF4 from Deep Hubble Space Telescope Data
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Danieli, Shanyvan Dokkum, Pieter
Abraham, Roberto
Conroy, Charlie

Dolphin, Andrew E.

Romanowsky, Aaron J.
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Univ Arizona, Steward ObservIssue Date
2020-05-15Keywords
Dwarf galaxiesGlobular star clusters
Distance measure
HST photometry
Galaxy dark matter halos
Low surface brightness galaxies
Red giant tip
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Danieli, S., van Dokkum, P., Abraham, R., Conroy, C., Dolphin, A. E., & Romanowsky, A. J. (2020). A Tip of the Red Giant Branch Distance to the Dark Matter Deficient Galaxy NGC 1052-DF4 from Deep Hubble Space Telescope Data. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 895(1), L4.Journal
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This item from the UA Faculty Publications collection is made available by the University of Arizona with support from the University of Arizona Libraries. If you have questions, please contact us at repository@u.library.arizona.edu.Abstract
Previous studies have shown that the large, diffuse galaxies NGC 1052-DF2 and NGC 1052-DF4 both have populations of unusually luminous globular clusters as well as a very low dark matter content. Here we present newly obtained deep Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys imaging of one of these galaxies, NGC 1052-DF4. We use these data to measure the distance of the galaxy from the location of the tip of the red giant branch (TRGB). We find a rapid increase in the number of detected stars fainter than m(F814W) similar to 27.3, which we identify as the onset of the red giant branch. Using a forward modeling approach that takes the photometric uncertainties into account, we find a TRGB magnitude of m(F814W,TRGB) = 27.47 +/- 0.16. The inferred distance, including the uncertainty in the absolute calibration, is D-TRGB = 20.0 +/- 1.6 Mpc. The TRGB distance of NGC 1052-DF4 is consistent with the previously determined surface brightness fluctuation distance of D-SBF = 18.7 +/- 1.7 Mpc to NGC 1052-DF2 and is consistent with the distance of the bright elliptical galaxy NGC 1052. We conclude that the unusual properties of these galaxies cannot be explained by distance errors.ISSN
2041-8205EISSN
2041-8213Version
Final published versionae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.3847/2041-8213/ab8dc4