A photometric and spectroscopic study of dwarf and giant galaxies in the Coma cluster - V. Dependence of the spectroscopic properties on location in the cluster

Details A photometric and spectroscopic study of dwarf and giant galaxies in the Coma cluster - V. Dependence of the spectroscopic properties on location in the cluster A photometric and spectroscopic study of dwarf and giant galaxies in the Coma cluster - V. Dependence of the spectroscopic properties on location in the cluster

2001-11-09

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0111189v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

12 pages, 11 figures, accepted by Ap. J. (main journal)

Scientific paper

10.1086/338667

We investigate the radial dependence of the spectroscopic properties, in particular the Mg2, and H beta spectroscopic indices, in a sample of galaxies spanning a wide range of absolute luminosity in the Coma cluster. After allowing for the magnitude dependence of these indices, we find a significant gradient in Mg2, in the sense that galaxies in the core of the cluster have stronger Mg2. We find only weak gradients in and H beta. Using the model grids presented in an earlier paper in this series, we attribute the Mg2 gradient to changes in metal abundance. One possible mechanism to create this abundance gradient is pressure confinement by the intracluster medium of material from Supernova driven winds early in the history of the galaxies.

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