HST Observations of the Distant Cluster 0016+16: Quantitative Morphology of Confirmed Cluster Members
Abstract
We present HST images of 24 confirmed members of the distant galaxy cluster Cl0016+16 at redshift 0.55. The Balmer-strong (``E+A'') and emission- line galaxies frequently show unusual visual morphology, implying that galaxian interactions produce ``active'' galaxies in moderate-redshift clusters. We use the image concentration index as a quantitative measure of morphology to show that these unusual galaxies appear disklike, while the normal red galaxies resemble E/S0s. Although consistent with HST observations by Dressler et al. in Cl0939+4713 (), our results differ from the Couch et al. finding that most Balmer-strong galaxies in AC114 () resemble ellipticals. The entire ``E+A'' sample is small, but if future studies confirm their diversity, it will suggest that they have different origins.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9409037,
title = {HST Observations of the Distant Cluster 0016+16: Quantitative Morphology of Confirmed Cluster Members},
author = {Gregory D. Wirth and David C. Koo and Richard G. Kron},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9409037},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
11 pages, uuencoded compressed PostScript, accepted to ApJ Letters, LICK-32