Simulating Diffuse Light in Galaxy Clusters
Astrophysics
2015-06-24 v1
Abstract
Using N-body simulations, we have modeled the production and evolution of low surface brightness, diffuse intra-cluster light (ICL) in galaxy clusters. By creating simulated observations of the clusters we have measured the evolution of the ICL luminosity throughout the dynamical history of the clusters. We find that ICL production tends to occur in short, discrete events, which correlate very strongly with strong, small-scale interactions and accretions between groups within the clusters.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0603183,
title = {Simulating Diffuse Light in Galaxy Clusters},
author = {Craig S. Rudick and J. Christopher Mihos and Cameron McBride},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0603183},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
5 pages, 2 figures; includes 1 color figure. To appear in ESO Astrophysics Symposia: "Groups of Galaxies in the Nearby Universe"