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The intracluster light as an estimator of the cluster mass profile

Context. The intracluster light (ICL) comprises stars that are not bound to individual galaxies within a galaxy cluster, and it provides insights into the cluster mass distribution, evolutionary history, and dynamical state. Aims. We study…

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Mature but Still Growing: JWST Detection of the Earliest Intracluster Light at z ~ 2

We present a JWST analysis of intracluster light (ICL) in XLSSC 122 at z = 1.98, currently the most distant known strong lensing galaxy cluster with an evolved member population. Using deep JWST imaging complemented by HST data and careful…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-05 Hyungjin Joo , M. James Jee , Kyle Finner , Zachary P. Scofield , Sangjun Cha , Jinhyub Kim , Ranga-Ram Chary , Andreas Faisst , Bomee Lee

Euclid: Early Release Observations -- The Intracluster Light of Abell 2390

Intracluster light (ICL) provides a record of the dynamical interactions undergone by clusters, giving clues on cluster formation and evolution. Here, we analyse the properties of ICL in the massive cluster Abell 2390 at redshift z=0.228.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-06-11 A. Ellien , M. Montes , S. L. Ahad , P. Dimauro , J. B. Golden-Marx , Y. Jimenez-Teja , F. Durret , C. Bellhouse , J. M. Diego , S. P. Bamford , A. H. Gonzalez , N. A. Hatch , M. Kluge , R. Ragusa , E. Slezak , J. -C. Cuillandre , R. Gavazzi , H. Dole , G. Mahler , G. Congedo , T. Saifollahi , N. Aghanim , B. Altieri , A. Amara , S. Andreon , N. Auricchio , C. Baccigalupi , M. Baldi , A. Balestra , S. Bardelli , A. Basset , P. Battaglia , A. Biviano , A. Bonchi , D. Bonino , E. Branchini , M. Brescia , J. Brinchmann , A. Caillat , S. Camera , V. Capobianco , C. Carbone , V. F. Cardone , J. Carretero , S. Casas , M. Castellano , G. Castignani , S. Cavuoti , A. Cimatti , C. Colodro-Conde , C. J. Conselice , L. Conversi , Y. Copin , F. Courbin , H. M. Courtois , M. Cropper , A. Da Silva , H. Degaudenzi , G. De Lucia , A. M. Di Giorgio , J. Dinis , F. Dubath , C. A. J. Duncan , X. Dupac , S. Dusini , M. Farina , F. Faustini , S. Ferriol , S. Fotopoulou , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , S. Galeotta , K. George , B. Gillis , C. Giocoli , P. Gómez-Alvarez , A. Grazian , F. Grupp , L. Guzzo , S. V. H. Haugan , J. Hoar , H. Hoekstra , W. Holmes , F. Hormuth , A. Hornstrup , P. Hudelot , K. Jahnke , M. Jhabvala , B. Joachimi , E. Keihänen , S. Kermiche , A. Kiessling , B. Kubik , K. Kuijken , M. Kümmel , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , R. Laureijs , D. Le Mignant , S. Ligori , P. B. Lilje , V. Lindholm , I. Lloro , G. Mainetti , D. Maino , E. Maiorano , O. Mansutti , S. Marcin , O. Marggraf , K. Markovic , M. Martinelli , N. Martinet , F. Marulli , R. Massey , S. Maurogordato , E. Medinaceli , S. Mei , M. Melchior , Y. Mellier , M. Meneghetti , E. Merlin , G. Meylan , A. Mora , M. Moresco , L. Moscardini , R. Nakajima , C. Neissner , R. C. Nichol , S. -M. Niemi , J. W. Nightingale , C. Padilla , S. Paltani , F. Pasian , K. Pedersen , W. J. Percival , V. Pettorino , S. Pires , G. Polenta , M. Poncet , L. A. Popa , L. Pozzetti , F. Raison , R. Rebolo , A. Renzi , J. Rhodes , G. Riccio , E. Romelli , M. Roncarelli , E. Rossetti , R. Saglia , Z. Sakr , D. Sapone , B. Sartoris , R. Scaramella , M. Schirmer , P. Schneider , T. Schrabback , A. Secroun , E. Sefusatti , G. Seidel , M. Seiffert , S. Serrano , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , L. Stanco , J. -L. Starck , J. Steinwagner , P. Tallada-Crespí , A. N. Taylor , H. I. Teplitz , I. Tereno , R. Toledo-Moreo , F. Torradeflot , A. Tsyganov , I. Tutusaus , L. Valenziano , T. Vassallo , G. Verdoes Kleijn , A. Veropalumbo , Y. Wang , J. Weller , O. R. Williams , E. Zucca , M. Bolzonella , C. Burigana , V. Scottez

Intracluster Light in the Virgo Cluster: Large Scale Distribution

The intracluster light (ICL) is a faint diffuse stellar component in clusters made of stars not bound to individual galaxies. We have carried out a large scale study of this component in the nearby Virgo cluster. The diffuse light is traced…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 Nieves Castro-Rodriguez , Magda Arnaboldi , J. Alfonso L. Aguerri , Ortwin Gerhard , Sadanori Okamura , Naoki Yasuda , Kenneth C. Freeman

The progenitors of the intra-cluster light and intra-cluster globular clusters in galaxy groups and clusters

We use the IllustrisTNG50 cosmological hydrodynamical simulation, complemented by a catalog of tagged globular clusters, to investigate the properties and build up of two extended luminous components: the intra-cluster light (ICL) and the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-08-25 Niusha Ahvazi , Laura V. Sales , Jessica E. Doppel , Andrew Benson , Richard D'Souza , Vicente Rodriguez-Gomez

On the formation and physical properties of the Intra-Cluster Light in hierarchical galaxy formation models

We study the formation of the Intra-Cluster Light (ICL) using a semi-analytic model of galaxy formation, coupled to merger trees extracted from N-body simulations of groups and clusters. We assume that the ICL forms by (1) stellar stripping…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 E. Contini , G. De Lucia , A. Villalobos , S. Borgani

Diffuse Optical Light in Galaxy Clusters I: Abell 3888

We are undertaking a program to measure the characteristics of the intracluster light (total flux, profile, color, and substructure) in a sample of 10 galaxy clusters with a range of cluster mass, morphology, and redshift. We present here…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 J. E. Krick , R. A. Bernstein , K. A. Pimbblet

Spectroscopic Constraints on the Build-up of the Intracluster Light in the Coma Cluster

The stellar content of the intracluster light (ICL) provides unique insight into the hierarchical assembly process of galaxy clusters.However, the ICL is difficult to study due to its low surface brightness and large physical extent. We…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-11-01 Meng Gu , Charlie Conroy , David Law , Pieter van Dokkum , Renbin Yan , David Wake , Kevin Bundy , Alexa Villaume , Roberto Abraham , Allison Merritt , Jielai Zhang , Matthew Bershady , Dmitry Bizyaev , Kaike Pan , Daniel Thomas , Anne-Marie Weijmans

Euclid: Early Release Observations -- The intracluster light and intracluster globular clusters of the Perseus cluster

We study the intracluster light (ICL) and intracluster globular clusters (ICGCs) in the nearby Perseus galaxy cluster using Euclid's EROs. By modelling the isophotal and iso-density contours, we mapped the distributions and properties of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-04-30 M. Kluge , N. A. Hatch , M. Montes , J. B. Golden-Marx , A. H. Gonzalez , J. -C. Cuillandre , M. Bolzonella , A. Lançon , R. Laureijs , T. Saifollahi , M. Schirmer , C. Stone , A. Boselli , M. Cantiello , J. G. Sorce , F. R. Marleau , P. -A. Duc , E. Sola , M. Urbano , S. L. Ahad , Y. M. Bahé , S. P. Bamford , C. Bellhouse , F. Buitrago , P. Dimauro , F. Durret , A. Ellien , Y. Jimenez-Teja , E. Slezak , N. Aghanim , B. Altieri , S. Andreon , N. Auricchio , M. Baldi , A. Balestra , S. Bardelli , R. Bender , D. Bonino , E. Branchini , M. Brescia , J. Brinchmann , S. Camera , G. P. Candini , V. Capobianco , C. Carbone , J. Carretero , S. Casas , M. Castellano , S. Cavuoti , A. Cimatti , G. Congedo , C. J. Conselice , L. Conversi , Y. Copin , F. Courbin , H. M. Courtois , M. Cropper , A. Da Silva , H. Degaudenzi , J. Dinis , C. A. J. Duncan , X. Dupac , S. Dusini , M. Farina , S. Farrens , S. Ferriol , P. Fosalba , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , M. Fumana , S. Galeotta , B. Garilli , W. Gillard , B. Gillis , C. Giocoli , P. Gómez-Alvarez , B. R. Granett , A. Grazian , F. Grupp , L. Guzzo , S. V. H. Haugan , J. Hoar , H. Hoekstra , W. Holmes , I. Hook , F. Hormuth , A. Hornstrup , P. Hudelot , K. Jahnke , E. Keihänen , S. Kermiche , A. Kiessling , T. Kitching , R. Kohley , B. Kubik , M. Kümmel , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , O. Lahav , S. Ligori , P. B. Lilje , V. Lindholm , I. Lloro , E. Maiorano , O. Mansutti , O. Marggraf , K. Markovic , N. Martinet , F. Marulli , R. Massey , S. Maurogordato , H. J. McCracken , E. Medinaceli , S. Mei , M. Melchior , Y. Mellier , M. Meneghetti , E. Merlin , G. Meylan , M. Moresco , L. Moscardini , E. Munari , R. C. Nichol , S. -M. Niemi , J. W. Nightingale , C. Padilla , S. Paltani , F. Pasian , K. Pedersen , W. J. Percival , V. Pettorino , S. Pires , G. Polenta , M. Poncet , L. A. Popa , L. Pozzetti , G. D. Racca , F. Raison , R. Rebolo , A. Renzi , J. Rhodes , G. Riccio , H. -W. Rix , E. Romelli , M. Roncarelli , E. Rossetti , R. Saglia , D. Sapone , B. Sartoris , M. Sauvage , R. Scaramella , P. Schneider , T. Schrabback , A. Secroun , G. Seidel , M. Seiffert , S. Serrano , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , J. Skottfelt , L. Stanco , P. Tallada-Crespí , A. N. Taylor , H. I. Teplitz , I. Tereno , R. Toledo-Moreo , F. Torradeflot , I. Tutusaus , E. A. Valentijn , L. Valenziano , T. Vassallo , G. Verdoes Kleijn , A. Veropalumbo , Y. Wang , J. Weller , O. R. Williams , G. Zamorani , E. Zucca , A. Biviano , C. Burigana , G. De Lucia , K. George , V. Scottez , P. Simon , A. Mora , J. Martín-Fleitas , F. Ruppin , D. Scott

J-PLUS: analysis of the intracluster light in the Coma cluster

The intracluster light (ICL) is a luminous component of galaxy clusters composed of stars that are gravitationally bound to the cluster potential but do not belong to the individual galaxies. Previous studies of the ICL have shown that its…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-02-27 Y. Jiménez-Teja , R. A. Dupke , R. Lopes de Oliveira , H. S. Xavier , P. R. T. Coelho , A. L. Chies-Santos , C. López-Sanjuan , A. Alvarez-Candal , M. V. Costa-Duarte , E. Telles , J. A. Hernandez-Jimenez , N. Benítez , J. Alcaniz , J. Cenarro , D. Cristóbal-Hornillos , A. Ederoclite , A. Marín-Franch , C. Mendes de Oliveira , M. Moles , L. Sodré , J. Varela , H. Vázquez Ramió

Assembly of the Intracluster Light in the Horizon-AGN Simulation

The diffuse stellar component of galaxy clusters made up of intergalactic stars is termed the intracluster light (ICL). Though there is a developing understanding of the mechanisms by which the ICL is formed, no strong consensus has yet…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-09-18 Harley J. Brown , Garreth Martin , Frazer R. Pearce , Nina A. Hatch , Yannick M. Bahé , Yohan Dubois

Intracluster light: a luminous tracer for dark matter in clusters of galaxies

The bulk of stars in galaxy clusters are confined within their constituent galaxies. Those stars do not trace the extended distribution of dark matter well as they are located in the central regions of the cluster's dark matter sub-halos. A…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-10-31 Mireia Montes , Ignacio Trujillo

Statistical Properties of the IntraCluster Light from SDSS Image Stacking

The presence of a diffuse stellar component in galaxy clusters has been established by a number of observational works in recent years. In this contribution I summarize our results (Zibetti et al. 2005) obtained by stacking SDSS images of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Stefano Zibetti

Intracluster stars in simulations with AGN feedback

We use a set of high-resolution hydrodynamical simulations of clusters of galaxies to study the build-up of the intracluster light (ICL), an interesting and likely significant component of their total stellar mass. Our sample of groups and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Ewald Puchwein , Volker Springel , Debora Sijacki , Klaus Dolag

The intracluster light analysis of the most evolved systems of galaxies: fossil groups

We present the analysis of the intracluster light (ICL) in three fossil groups (FG), RXJ085640.72+055347.36, RX J1136+0713, and RX J1410+4145, at z ~ 0.1. We used two optical broad-band filters, F435W and F606W, observed with the Hubble…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-10-06 Nícolas O. L. de Oliveira , Yolanda Jiménez-Teja , Renato A. Dupke , Eleazar R. Carrasco , Anton M. Koekemoer , Yuanyuan Su , Jose Manuel Vilchez , Jimmy A. Irwin , Eric D. Miller , Lucas E. Johnson

Dark Energy Survey Year 1 results: Detection of Intra-cluster Light at Redshift $\sim$ 0.25

Using data collected by the Dark Energy Survey (DES), we report the detection of intracluster light (ICL) with $\sim300$ galaxy clusters in the redshift range of 0.2-0.3. We design methods to mask detected galaxies and stars in the images…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-17 Y. Zhang , B. Yanny , A. Palmese , D. Gruen , C. To , E. S. Rykoff , Y. Leung , C. Collins , M. Hilton , T. M. C. Abbott , J. Annis , S. Avila , E. Bertin , D. Brooks , D. L. Burke , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , C. E. Cunha , C. B. D'Andrea , L. N. Da Costa , J. De Vicente , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , J. P. Dietrich , P. Doel , A. Drlica-Wagner , T. F. Eifler , A. E. Evrard , B. Flaugher , P. Fosalba , J. Frieman , J. Garc'Ia-Bellido , E. Gaztanaga , D. W. Gerdes , R. A. Gruendl , J. Gschwend , G. Gutierrez , W. G. Hartley , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , B. Hoyle , D. J. James , T. Jeltema , K. Kuehn , N. Kuropatkin , T. S. Li , M. Lima , M. A. G. Maia , M. March , J. L. Marshall , P. Melchior , F. Menanteau , C. J. Miller , R. Miquel , J. J. Mohr , R. L. C. Ogando , A. A. Plazas , A. K. Romer , E. Sanchez , V. Scarpine , M. Schubnell , S. Serrano , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , M. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , F. Sobreira , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , W. Wester

A new era of intracluster light studies with JWST

Still largely unexplored, the diffuse light in cluster of galaxies traces the past and on-going buildup of these massive structures. Here, we present the first comprehensive study of the intracluster light (ICL) of the cluster…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-12-07 Mireia Montes , Ignacio Trujillo

The different growth pathways of Brightest Cluster Galaxies and the Intra-Cluster Light

We study the growth pathways of Brightest Central Galaxies (BCGs) and Intra-Cluster Light (ICL) by means of a semi-analytic model. We assume that the ICL forms by stellar stripping of satellite galaxies and violent processes during mergers,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-07-04 E. Contini , S. K. Yi , X. Kang

The Formation and Evolution of Intracluster Light

Using N-body simulations, we have modeled the production and evolution of diffuse, low surface brightness intracluster light (ICL) in three simulated galaxy clusters. Using an observational definition of ICL to be luminosity at a surface…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Craig S. Rudick , J. Christopher Mihos , Cameron McBride

Disentangling the ICL with the CHEFs: Abell 2744 as a case study

Measurements of the intracluster light (ICL) are still prone to methodological ambiguities and there are multiple techniques in the literature for that purpose, mostly based on the binding energy, the local density distribution, or the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-03-23 Y. Jimenez-Teja , R. Dupke