Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2003-07-03
Astrophys.J.597:210-217,2003
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
16 pages, 5 figures, 1 table. Accepted for publication on ApJ. High resolution figures and FITS images available at http://g
Scientific paper
10.1086/378264
The discovery of a striking astrophysical laboratory in the cluster of galaxies Abell 1367 (Sakai et al. 2002) is confirmed with independent imaging and spectroscopic observations and further investigated in the present analysis. Two giant and ten dwarf/HII galaxies, members to a group, are simultaneously undergoing a burst of star formation. Redshift measurements suggest that the group galaxies are in the process of falling into the cluster at very high speed. We explore two possible mechanisms that could have triggered the short-lived stellar burst we are witnessing: the first, internal to the group itself, via tidal interactions among its members, the hypothesis favoured by Sakai et al. (2002); the second associated with the high velocity infall of the group galaxies into the cluster intergalactic medium. We present evidences in favour and against the two hypotheses.
Boselli Alessandro
Carrasco Luis
Cortese Luca
Gavazzi Giuseppe
Iglesias-Paramo Jorge
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