Results from a diffuse intracluster light survey
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We give an update of our ongoing survey for intracluster light (ICL), in a sample of distant Abell clusters. We find that the amount of intracluster starlight is comparable to that seen in nearby clusters, and that tidal debris appears to be common.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0310561,
title = {Results from a diffuse intracluster light survey},
author = {John J. Feldmeier and J. Christopher Mihos and Heather L. Morrison and Paul Harding and Cameron McBride},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0310561},
year = {2007}
}
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2 pages, one figure. Poster presentation to IAU Symposium 217, "Recycling Intergalactic and Interstellar Matter", Sydney, July 14-17, 2003 Pierre-Alain Duc, Jonathan Braine and Elias Brinks, eds