ICL light in a z~0.5 cluster: the MUSE perspective
Abstract
Intracluster light is contributed by both stars and gas and it is an important tracer of the interaction history of galaxies within a cluster. We present here the results obtained from MUSE observations of an intermediate redshift (z~ 0.5) cluster taken from the XXL survey and we conclude that the most plausible process responsible for the observed amount of ICL is ram pressure stripping.
- Publication:
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Formation and Evolution of Galaxy Outskirts
- Pub Date:
- March 2017
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2017IAUS..321..336P
- Keywords:
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- galaxies;
- clusters;
- intracluster light;
- 3D spectroscopy