Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-05-28
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
16 pages, 8 figures, 4 tables, 1 longtable The paper has been already accepted but still not published
Scientific paper
Using data of five clusters of galaxies within the redshift range 0.15 $\leq$ z $\leq$ 0.25, imaged with the Nordic Optical Telescope (NOT) in the central $\approx$ 1 Mpc$^2$ in very good seeing conditions, we have performed an exhaustive inspection of their bright galaxy population. That range of redshift, where only a small amount of data with the required resolution and quality is available, is particularly important for the understanding of the formation and evolution of clusters of galaxies. We have inspected the color-magnitude relation (CMR) for those clusters and measured the blue fraction of galaxies in their cores to check for evidence of evolution as found in other works. Moreover, the visual classification of the galaxy morphology has been performed and the morphology-radius relation has been examined We have not found signs of evolution neither in the slope of the CMR nor in the blue fraction of galaxies. A diversity of situations regarding those parameters and in the morphological mixing has been noticed, with two out of five clusters containing a dominant late-type core population. The cluster A1878 stands out as some of its properties differ from those of the other clusters in the sample. No clear signs of evolution appear in our analysis. The data support the view that the morphology and the stellar content of the galaxies in our clusters have been already settled at z $\sim$ 0.2. Only the fraction of interacting galaxies in the clusters appear to be larger than in clusters like Coma although the number of clusters in the sample is small to give a definitive conclusion.
Aguerri Alfonso J. L.
Ascaso Begoña
Moles Mariano
Sanchez-Janssen Rubén
Varela Jaime
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