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Preparing for low surface brightness science with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory: A Comparison of Observable and Simulated Intracluster Light Fractions

Intracluster Light (ICL) provides an important record of the interactions galaxy clusters have undergone. However, we are limited in our understanding by our measurement methods. To address this we measure the fraction of cluster light that…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-01 Sarah Brough , Syeda Lammim Ahad , Yannick M. Bahe , Amaël Ellien , Anthony H. Gonzalez , Yolanda Jiménez-Teja , Lucas C. Kimmig , Garreth Martin , Cristina Martínez-Lombilla , Mireia Montes , Annalisa Pillepich , Rossella Ragusa , Rhea-Silvia Remus , Chris A. Collins , Johan H. Knapen , J. Chris Mihos

Euclid preparation LXX. Forecasting detection limits for intracluster light in the Euclid Wide Survey

The intracluster light (ICL) permeating galaxy clusters is a tracer of the cluster's assembly history, and potentially a tracer of their dark matter structure. In this work we explore the capability of the Euclid Wide Survey to detect ICL…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-06-04 Euclid Collaboration , C. Bellhouse , J. B. Golden-Marx , S. P. Bamford , N. A. Hatch , M. Kluge , A. Ellien , S. L. Ahad , P. Dimauro , F. Durret , A. H. Gonzalez , Y. Jimenez-Teja , M. Montes , M. Sereno , E. Slezak , M. Bolzonella , G. Castignani , O. Cucciati , G. De Lucia , Z. Ghaffari , L. Moscardini , R. Pello , L. Pozzetti , T. Saifollahi , A. S. Borlaff , N. Aghanim , B. Altieri , A. Amara , S. Andreon , C. Baccigalupi , M. Baldi , S. Bardelli , A. Basset , P. Battaglia , R. Bender , A. Biviano , D. Bonino , E. Branchini , M. Brescia , A. Caillat , S. Camera , G. Cañas-Herrera , V. Capobianco , C. Carbone , V. F. Cardone , J. Carretero , S. Casas , M. Castellano , S. Cavuoti , K. C. Chambers , A. Cimatti , C. Colodro-Conde , G. Congedo , C. J. Conselice , L. Conversi , Y. Copin , F. Courbin , H. M. Courtois , J. -C. Cuillandre , A. Da Silva , H. Degaudenzi , A. M. Di Giorgio , J. Dinis , H. Dole , F. Dubath , C. A. J. Duncan , X. Dupac , S. Dusini , S. Escoffier , M. Farina , R. Farinelli , S. Farrens , F. Faustini , S. Ferriol , F. Finelli , S. Fotopoulou , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , M. Fumana , S. Galeotta , K. George , B. Gillis , C. Giocoli , P. Gómez-Alvarez , J. Gracia-Carpio , A. Grazian , F. Grupp , S. V. H. Haugan , H. Hoekstra , M. S. Holliman , W. Holmes , I. Hook , F. Hormuth , A. Hornstrup , P. Hudelot , K. Jahnke , M. Jhabvala , E. Keihänen , S. Kermiche , A. Kiessling , M. Kilbinger , B. Kubik , M. Kümmel , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , A. M. C. Le Brun , P. Liebing , S. Ligori , P. B. Lilje , V. Lindholm , I. Lloro , G. Mainetti , D. Maino , E. Maiorano , O. Mansutti , O. Marggraf , K. Markovic , M. Martinelli , N. Martinet , F. Marulli , R. Massey , S. Maurogordato , E. Medinaceli , S. Mei , M. Melchior , M. Meneghetti , E. Merlin , G. Meylan , A. Mora , M. Moresco , R. Nakajima , C. Neissner , S. -M. Niemi , C. Padilla , S. Paltani , F. Pasian , K. Pedersen , V. Pettorino , S. Pires , G. Polenta , M. Poncet , L. A. Popa , F. Raison , A. Renzi , J. Rhodes , G. Riccio , E. Romelli , M. Roncarelli , E. Rossetti , R. Saglia , Z. Sakr , D. Sapone , B. Sartoris , P. Schneider , T. Schrabback , G. Seidel , S. Serrano , P. Simon , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , L. Stanco , J. Steinwagner , P. Tallada-Crespí , I. Tereno , S. Toft , R. Toledo-Moreo , F. Torradeflot , A. Tsyganov , I. Tutusaus , L. Valenziano , J. Valiviita , T. Vassallo , G. Verdoes Kleijn , A. Veropalumbo , Y. Wang , J. Weller , G. Zamorani , E. Zucca , E. Bozzo , C. Burigana , M. Calabrese , D. Di Ferdinando , J. A. Escartin Vigo , L. Gabarra , S. Matthew , N. Mauri , M. Pöntinen , V. Scottez , M. Tenti , M. Viel , M. Wiesmann , Y. Akrami , I. T. Andika , S. Anselmi , M. Archidiacono , F. Atrio-Barandela , M. Ballardini , M. Bethermin , A. Blanchard , L. Blot , H. Böhringer , S. Borgani , M. L. Brown , S. Bruton , R. Cabanac , A. Calabro , A. Cappi , F. Caro , C. S. Carvalho , T. Castro , F. Cogato , T. Contini , A. R. Cooray , F. De Paolis , G. Desprez , A. Díaz-Sánchez , J. J. Diaz , S. Di Domizio , J. M. Diego , A. G. Ferrari , P. G. Ferreira , A. Finoguenov , A. Fontana , K. Ganga , J. García-Bellido , T. Gasparetto , E. Gaztanaga , F. Giacomini , F. Gianotti , G. Gozaliasl , A. Gregorio , M. Guidi , C. M. Gutierrez , A. Hall , W. G. Hartley , S. Hemmati , H. Hildebrandt , J. Hjorth , A. Jimenez Muñoz , J. J. E. Kajava , Y. Kang , V. Kansal , D. Karagiannis , C. C. Kirkpatrick , S. Kruk , M. Lattanzi , J. Le Graet , L. Legrand , M. Lembo , J. Lesgourgues , T. I. Liaudat , S. J. Liu , A. Loureiro , M. Magliocchetti , F. Mannucci , R. Maoli , J. Martín-Fleitas , C. J. A. P. Martins , L. Maurin , R. B. Metcalf , M. Miluzio , P. Monaco , C. Moretti , G. Morgante , C. Murray , K. Naidoo , A. Navarro-Alsina , S. Nesseris , K. Paterson , L. Patrizii , A. Pisani , V. Popa , D. Potter , I. Risso , P. -F. Rocci , M. Sahlén , E. Sarpa , A. Schneider , M. Schultheis , D. Sciotti , E. Sellentin , L. C. Smith , S. A. Stanford , K. Tanidis , C. Tao , G. Testera , R. Teyssier , S. Tosi , A. Troja , M. Tucci , C. Valieri , D. Vergani , G. Verza , P. Vielzeuf , N. A. Walton

The Quantity of Intracluster Light: Comparing Theoretical and Observational Measurement Techniques Using Simulated Clusters

Using a suite of N-body simulations of galaxy clusters specifically tailored to study the intracluster light (ICL) component, we measure the quantity of ICL using a number of different methods previously employed in the literature for both…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Craig S. Rudick , J. Christopher Mihos , Cameron K. McBride

Measurement of the intracluster light at z ~ 1

A significant fraction of the total photospheric light in nearby galaxy clusters is thought to be contained within the diffuse intracluster light (ICL), which extends 100s of kpc from cluster cores. The study of the ICL can reveal details…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Claire Burke , Chris A. Collins , John P. Stott , Matt Hilton

An Investigation of intra-cluster light evolution using cosmological hydro-dynamical simulations

The intra-cluster light (ICL) in observations is usually identified through the surface brightness limit method. In this paper, for the first time we produce the mock images of galaxy groups and clusters using a cosmological hydro-…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-06-06 Lin Tang , WeiPeng Lin , Weiguang Cui , Xi Kang , Yang Wang , E. Contini , Yu Yu

The Growth of Intracluster Light in XCS-HSC Galaxy Clusters from $0.1 < z < 0.5$

We estimate the Intracluster Light (ICL) component within a sample of 18 clusters detected in XMM Cluster Survey (XCS) data using deep ($\sim$ 26.8 mag) Hyper Suprime Cam Subaru Strategic Program DR1 (HSC-SSP DR1) $i$-band data. We apply a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-01-20 Kate E. Furnell , Chris A. Collins , Lee S. Kelvin , Ivan K. Baldry , Phil A. James , Maria Manolopoulou , Robert G. Mann , Paul A. Giles , Alberto Bermeo , Matthew Hilton , Reese Wilkinson , A. Kathy Romer , Carlos Vergara , Sunayana Bhargava , John P. Stott , Julian Mayers , Pedro Viana

Machine Learning to identify ICL and BCG in simulated galaxy clusters

Nowadays, Machine Learning techniques offer fast and efficient solutions for classification problems that would require intensive computational resources via traditional methods. We examine the use of a supervised Random Forest to classify…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-06-22 I. Marini , S. Borgani , A. Saro , G. Murante , G. L. Granato , C. Ragone-Figueroa , G. Taffoni

Memoirs of mass accretion: probing the edges of intracluster light in simulated galaxy clusters

The diffuse starlight extending throughout massive galaxy clusters, known as intracluster light (ICL), has the potential to be read as a memoir of mass accretion: informative, individual, and yet imperfect. Here, we combine dark matter-only…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-12-05 Tara Dacunha , Phil Mansfield , Risa Wechsler

Unveiling the dynamical state of massive clusters through the ICL fraction

We have selected a sample of eleven massive clusters of galaxies observed by the Hubble Space Telescope in order to study the impact of the dynamical state on the IntraCluster Light (ICL) fraction, the ratio of total integrated ICL to the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-05-02 Y. Jiménez-Teja , R. Dupke , N. Benítez , A. M. Koekemoer , A. Zitrin , K. Umetsu , B. L. Ziegler , B. L. Frye , H. Ford , R. J. Bouwens , L. D. Bradley , T. Broadhurst , D. Coe , M. Donahue , G. J. Graves , C. Grillo , L. Infante , S. Jouvel , D. D. Kelson , O. Lahav , R. Lazkoz , D. Lemze , D. Maoz , E. Medezinski , P. Melchior , M. Meneghetti , A. Mercurio , J. Merten , A. Molino , L. A. Moustakas , M. Nonino , S. Ogaz , A. G. Riess , P. Rosati , J. Sayers , S. Seitz , W. Zheng

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

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

On the Origin of Intracluster Light based on the High-resolution Simulation, NewCluster

Intracluster light (ICL) is a key component of galaxy clusters, with the potential to trace their dynamical assembly histories and the underlying dark matter distribution. Despite these prospects, its faint nature makes a consensus on its…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-12-09 Seyoung Jeon , Emanuele Contini , San Han , Jinsu Rhee , Garreth Martin , Juhan Kim , Jaehyun Lee , Taysun Kimm , Christophe Pichon , Gyeong-Hwan Byun , Yohan Dubois , Corentin Cadiou , J. K. Jang , Sukyoung K. Yi

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 Origin and Properties of Intracluster Stars in a Rich Cluster

We use a multi million particle N-body + SPH simulation to follow the formation of a rich galaxy cluster in a Lambda+CDM cosmology, with the goal of understanding the origin and properties of intracluster stars. The simulation includes gas…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Beth Willman , Fabio Governato , James Wadsley , Thomas Quinn

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

Characterising the intra-cluster light in The Three Hundred simulations

We characterise the intra-cluster light (ICL) in ensembles of full-physics cluster simulations from The Three Hundred project, a suite of 324 hydrodynamical resimulations of cluster-sized halos. We identify the ICL as those stellar…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-11 Ana Contreras-Santos , Alexander Knebe , Weiguang Cui , Isaac Alonso Asensio , Claudio Dalla Vecchia , Rodrigo Cañas , Roan Haggar , Robert A. Mostoghiu Paun , Frazer Pearce , Elena Rasia

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

The dependence of the intracluster light fraction on galaxy cluster properties

We use machine learning to measure the intracluster light (ICL) fractions of 177 galaxy groups and clusters identified from Hyper Suprime-Cam Subaru Strategic Program imaging to explore how the ICL varies with the properties of its host…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-12-08 Louisa Canepa , Sarah Brough , Mireia Montes , Nina Hatch

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

Tracing Dark Matter in the Central Regions of Galaxy Clusters Using Galaxies, Gas, and Intracluster Light in TNG300: Connections to Cluster Dynamical State

Recent studies have highlighted the potential of intracluster light (ICL) as a dark matter tracer. Moreover, the ICL co-evolves with the brightest cluster galaxy (BCG) and the host cluster, making it a valuable tool for understanding…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-06-23 Jaewon Yoo , Jihye Shin , Ho Seong Hwang , Cristiano G. Sabiu , Hyowon Kim , Jongwan Ko , Jong Chul Lee