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Query: Bimodality of Galaxy Disk Central Surface Brightness Distribution in the
  Spitzer 3.6 micron band   We report on measurements of the disk central surface brightnesses (mu0) at
3.6 microns for 438 galaxies selected by distance and absolute magnitude
cutoffs from the 2350+ galaxies in the Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in
Galaxies (S4G), one of the largest and deepest homogeneous mid-infrared
datasets of nearby galaxies. Our sample contains nearly 3 times more galaxies
than the most recent study of the mu0 distribution. We demonstrate that there
is a bimodality in the distribution of mu0. Between the low and high surface
brightness galaxy regimes there is a lack of intermediate surface brightness
galaxies.
  Caveats invoked in the literature from small number statistics to the
knowledge of the environmental influences, and possible biases from low signal
to noise data or corrections for galaxy inclination are investigated. Analyses
show that the bimodal distribution of mu0 cannot be due to any of these biases
or statistical fluctuations. It is highly probable that galaxies settle in two
stable modes: a dark matter dominated mode where the dark matter dominates at
all radii - this gives birth to low surface brightness galaxies - and a
baryonic matter dominated mode where the baryons dominate the dark matter in
the central parts - this gives rise to the high surface brightness disks. The
lack of intermediate surface brightness objects suggests that galaxies avoid
(staying in) a mode where dark matter and baryons are co-dominant in the
central parts of galaxies.

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