Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2007-12-04
MNRAS, Volume 384, Issue 4, pp. 1502-1510 (2008)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
9 figures, MNRAS in press
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12807.x
We investigate the near infrared evolution of brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs) from a sample of rich galaxy clusters since z=1. By employing an X-ray selection of Lx>1e44 erg s-1 we limit environmental effects by selecting BCGs in comparably high density regions. We find a positive relationship between X-ray and near-infrared luminosity for BCGs in clusters with Lx>5e44 erg s-1. Applying a correction for this relation we reduce the scatter in the BCG absolute magnitude by a factor of 30%. The near-infrared J-K colour evolution demonstrates that the stellar population in BCGs has been in place since at least z=2 and that we expect a shorter period of star formation than that predicted by current hierarchical merger models. We also confirm that there is a relationship between `blue' J-K colour and the presence of BCG emission lines associated with star formation in cooling flows.
Ebeling Harald
Edge Alastair C.
Smith Graham P.
Stott John P.
Swinbank Mark A.
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