The PAndAS View of the Andromeda Satellite System. III. Dwarf galaxy detection limits
Amandine Doliva-Dolinsky,
Nicolas F. Martin,
Guillaume F. Thomas
et al.
Abstract:We determine the detection limits of the search for dwarf galaxies in the Pan-Andromeda Archaeological Survey (PAndAS) using the algorithm developed by the PAndAS team (Martin et al. 2013). The recovery fractions of artificial dwarf galaxies are, as expected, a strong function of physical size and luminosity and, to a lesser extent, distance. We show that these recovery fractions vary strongly with location in the surveyed area because of varying levels of contamination from both the Milky Way foreground stars… Show more
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