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Low-Mass Cluster Galaxies: A Cornerstone of Galaxy Evolution

Astrophysics 2009-11-07 v1

Abstract

Low-mass cluster galaxies are the most common galaxy type in the universe and are at a cornerstone of our understanding of galaxy formation, cluster luminosity functions, dark matter and the formation of large scale structure. I describe in this summary recent observational results concerning the properties and likely origins of low-mass galaxies in clusters and the implications of these findings in broader galaxy formation issues.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0212219,
  title  = {Low-Mass Cluster Galaxies: A Cornerstone of Galaxy Evolution},
  author = {Christopher J. Conselice},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0212219},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

To appear in the Proceedings of "The evolution of galaxies III. From simple approaches to self-consistent models'', Kiel (Germany), 2002