Caught in the Act of Quenching? -- A Population of Post-Starburst Ultra-Diffuse Galaxies

We report the discovery of post-starburst ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs), identified through spectroscopic analysis with KCWI at the Keck II Telescope. Our analysis is based on a sample of 44 candidate UDGs selected from the Systematically Measuring Ultra-Diffuse Galaxies (SMUDGes) program. Our measu...

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Main Authors: Loraine Sandoval Ascencio, M. C. Cooper, Dennis Zaritsky, Richard Donnerstein, Donghyeon J. Khim, Devontae C. Baxter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Maynooth Academic Publishing 2025-08-01
Series:The Open Journal of Astrophysics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.33232/001c.142946
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