A Deep Radio Survey of Abell 2125 II: Accelerated Galaxy Evolution during a Cluster-Cluster Merger

Details A Deep Radio Survey of Abell 2125 II: Accelerated Galaxy Evolution during a Cluster-Cluster Merger A Deep Radio Survey of Abell 2125 II: Accelerated Galaxy Evolution during a Cluster-Cluster Merger

2004-10-13

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0410340v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

53 pages, 12 figures, accepted AJ, paper with full resolution figures is available at http:www.aoc.nrao.edu/~fowen/papers/a212

Scientific paper

10.1086/426323

Using our extensive radio, optical, near-IR and X-ray imaging and spectroscopy, we consider the reason for the unusually large number of radio detected galaxies, mostly found outside the cluster core, in Abell 2125 (z=0.2465, richness class 4). With 20-cm VLA data, we detect continuum emission from 90 cluster members. The multiwavelength properties of these galaxies suggest that most of the radio emission is due to an enhanced star-formation rate. The dynamical study of Miller et al (2004) suggests that Abell 2125 is undergoing a major cluster-cluster merger, with our view within 30 degrees of the merger axis and within 0.2 Gyr of core passage. The combination of projection effects and the physical processes at work during this special time in the cluster's evolution seem likely to be responsible for the unusual level of activity we see in the cluster. We argue that tidal effects on individual cluster members, often far from the cluster core, are responsible for the increased star formation. Our results are consistent with the idea that disk galaxies during this phase of a cluster's evolution undergo rapid evolution, through a burst of star formation, on their way to becoming S0's.

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