A 3D view of the Hydra I cluster core- II. Stellar populations
Abstract
Several observations of the central region of the Hydra I galaxy cluster point to a multi-epoch assembly history. Using our novel FORS2/VLT spectroscopic data set, we were able to map the luminosity-weighted age, [Fe/H] and [α/Fe] distributions for the stellar populations around the cD galaxy NGC 3311. Our results indicate that the stellar populations follow the trends of the photometric substructures, with distinct properties that may aid to constrain the evolutionary scenarios for the formation of the cluster core.
- Publication:
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Galaxies in 3D across the Universe
- Pub Date:
- February 2015
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921314009727
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1410.0696
- Bibcode:
- 2015IAUS..309..223B
- Keywords:
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- galaxies: elliptical and lenticular;
- cD;
- galaxies: clusters: individual (Hydra I);
- galaxies: stellar content;
- Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
- E-Print:
- Barbosa et al. 2014, in IAU Symp. 309, "Galaxy in 3D across the Universe", B. L. Ziegler, F. Combes, H. Dannerbauer, M. Verdugo, Eds. (Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press), in press