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星系团中矮星系星族的性质

Properties of the Dwarf Galaxy Population in Galaxy Clusters

R. Sánchez-Janssen, J. Alfonso L. Aguerri, C. Muñoz-Tuñón

摘要:

我们介绍了矮星系群(Mr > M*+1)的观测性质,它对应于文献中报道的光谱证实的星系团成员的最大样本之一。我们观察到红矮星系(u-r > 2.22)与最亮的星系团成员(Mr < -21)共享相同的星系团环境,但不处于动力学平衡状态。我们使用光谱学上选择的样本计算了矮星与巨星的比率(DGR)。发现DGR随星团中心距离的变化而变化,主要是由于蓝矮星种群(u-r < 2.22)。红矮星系的u-r色与它们的环境无关,与孤立红矮的颜色相似。位于r200外的蓝矮星系显示出与场总体相似的u-r颜色,而在靠近星系团中心的地方观察到强烈的红化。我们还提出的证据表明,红蓝矮星系在集群的分数是较大的最里面的集群区域。我们的结论是,目前在附近的星系团的中心区域观察到的红矮星人口可能与在高红移星系团中观察到的蓝矮星人口。

英文摘要:

We present the observational properties of the dwarf galaxy population (Mr > M*+1) corresponding to one of the largest samples of spectroscopically confirmed galaxy cluster members reported in the literature. We have observed that red dwarf galaxies (u-r > 2.22) share the same cluster environment as the brightest cluster members (Mr < -21), but are not in dynamical equilibrium. We computed the dwarf-to-giant ratio (DGR) using a spectroscopically selected sample. The DGR was found to vary with clustercentric distance, essentially due to the blue dwarf population (u-r < 2.22). The u-r color of red dwarf galaxies was independent of their environment and similar to the color of red isolated dwarfs. Blue dwarf galaxies located outside r200 show similar u-r colors to those of the field population, while strong reddening was observed toward the cluster center. We also present evidence that the fraction of red to blue dwarf galaxies in clusters is larger in the innermost cluster regions. We conclude that the present red dwarf population observed in the central regions of nearby galaxy clusters could be related to the blue dwarf population observed in clusters at high redshift.

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