Evolution of dwarf galaxies in the Fornax cluster

Abstract

<div lang="en" class="abs"><p class="abs_header">Abstract</p><p>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.</p></div>

<div lang="en" class="abs"><p class="abs_header">Original papers</p><p>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. Reproduced with permission © ESO.</p><ol type="I" start="2"><li><p>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. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730696">https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730696</a></p><p><a href="https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe201903259832">Self-archived version</a></p></li><li><p>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. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833933">https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833933</a></p><p><a href="https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe201902205815">Self-archived version</a></p></li><li><p>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. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201935231">https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201935231</a></p><p><a href="https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe202003198601">Self-archived version</a></p></li><li><p>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.</p></li></ol></div>

<div lang="fi" class="abs"><p class="abs_header">Osajulkaisut</p><p>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. Reproduced with permission © ESO.</p><ol type="I" start="2"><li><p>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. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730696">https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730696</a></p><p><a href="https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe201903259832">Rinnakkaistallennettu versio</a></p></li><li><p>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. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833933">https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833933</a></p><p><a href="https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe201902205815">Rinnakkaistallennettu versio</a></p></li><li><p>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. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201935231">https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201935231</a></p><p><a href="https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe202003198601">Rinnakkaistallennettu versio</a></p></li><li><p>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.</p></li></ol></div>