Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Jul 1992
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992apj...393..579m&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 393, no. 2, July 10, 1992, p. 579-610.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
79
Cooling Flows (Astrophysics), Galactic Clusters, Star Formation, Ubv Spectra, Active Galactic Nuclei, Blue Stars, Charge Coupled Devices, Massive Stars, X Ray Astronomy
Scientific paper
U-, b-, V-, and I-band CCD images of 19 centrally dominant galaxies were obtained in cooling-flow clusters (CFDs) and four centrally dominant galaxies in clusters without cooling flows. Photometry through synthetic elliptical apertures was used to determine that many CFDs exhibit color-profile anomalies with respect to the control sample and to gE photometry from the recent literature. The anomalies are stronger and extend to larger galactic radii for higher mass accretion rates (HMARs) as estimated from X-ray observations. At least 11 CFDs with HMARs greater than or approximately equal to 70 solar masses/yr have blue color-profile anomalies that extend radially 5-20 kpc. Some CFDs with smaller HMARs have milder anomalies extending only less than or approximately equal to 5 kpc. The prevalence of color anomalies suggests that star formation which includes massive blue stars occurs continuously for a substantial fraction of the Hubble time, or in frequent episodes.
McNamara Brian R.
O'Connell Robert West
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