Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1996-03-13
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
24 pages, LaTeX/AAS macros, contact author for tables, accepted for ApJ
Scientific paper
10.1086/177497
This paper presents new and synthetic narrow band photometry of ellipticals, spirals, Seyferts and interacting galaxies in an attempt to identify the cause of the unusually high fraction of blue cluster galaxies in distant clusters (Butcher-Oemler effect). The properties and distribution of the low redshift sample specifically points to starbursts as the origin of the blue narrow band colors in interacting Arp galaxies. Comparison between theoretical models and multicolor diagrams, particularly 4000A break colors, indicates a photometric signature which differs from both normal disk galaxy star formation and nonthermal components. This photometric signature is absent for the Butcher-Oemler galaxies whose general color distribution, compared to present-day clusters, is consistent with a majority of the blue population involved in normal star formation rates (spiral-like) with the addition of a small fraction of bright, blue interacting/merger systems. This photometric picture of the Butcher- Oemler galaxies is in agreement with the morophological evidence from HST imaging.
Maindl Thomas
Rakos Karl
Schombert James
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