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Intrinsic Shapes of Brightest Cluster Galaxies
The Astrophysical Journal, 2022 Abstract We discuss the statistical distribution of galaxy shapes and viewing angles under the assumption of triaxiality by deprojecting observed surface brightness profiles of 56 brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs) coming from a recently published large deep-photometry sample.
Stefano de Nicola +7 more
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Alignment of brightest cluster galaxies with their host clusters [PDF]
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2010 15 pages, 12 Figures, 10 Tables, Accepted for publication in ...
Niederste-Ostholt, Martin +4 more
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THE LUMINOSITY PROFILES OF BRIGHTEST CLUSTER GALAXIES [PDF]
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 2011 (Abridged) We have derived detailed R band luminosity profiles and structural parameters for a total of 430 brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs), down to a limiting surface brightness of 24.5 mag/arcsec^2. Light profiles were initially fitted with a Sersic's R^(1/n) model, but we found that 205 (~48) BCGs require a double component model to accurately ...
Donzelli, C. J. +2 more
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BRIGHTEST CLUSTER GALAXIES AT THE PRESENT EPOCH [PDF]
The Astrophysical Journal, 2014 Accepted for publication in the Astrophysical ...
Tod R. Lauer +4 more
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The Angular Momentum of Brightest Cluster Galaxies [PDF]
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 2012 AbstractMassive Brightest Cluster Galaxies (BCGs) are observed to have a range of angular momenta, suggesting a variety of merging histories.
Brough, S, Tran, K-V, von der Linden, A
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GALAXY CLUSTERS AT HIGH REDSHIFT AND EVOLUTION OF BRIGHTEST CLUSTER GALAXIES [PDF]
The Astrophysical Journal, 2011 Identification of high redshift clusters is important for studies of cosmology and cluster evolution. Using photometric redshifts of galaxies, we identify 631 clusters from the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) Wide field, 202 clusters from the CHFT Deep field, 187 clusters from the Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS) and 737 clusters from the Spitzer
Wen, Z. L., Han, J. L.
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Structure of Brightest Cluster Galaxies and Intracluster Light [PDF]
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 2020 Abstract Observations of 170 local (z ≲ 0.08) galaxy clusters in the northern hemisphere have been obtained with the Wendelstein Telescope Wide Field Imager (WWFI). We correct for systematic effects such as point-spread function broadening, foreground star contamination, relative bias offsets, and charge persistence.
M. Kluge +8 more
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Evolution of brightest cluster galaxies in X ray clusters [PDF]
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2002 A recent paper (Burke, Collins & Mann 2000) presents the analysis of the K-band Hubble diagram of 76 brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs) in X-ray clusters and shows that the properties of BCGs depend on the X-ray luminosity (Lx) of their host clusters.
Brough, S. +4 more
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A 13CO Detection in a Brightest Cluster Galaxy [PDF]
The Astrophysical Journal, 2017 Abstract We present ALMA Cycle 4 observations of CO(1-0), CO(3-2), and 13CO(3-2) line emission in the brightest cluster galaxy (BCG) of RXJ0821+0752. This is one of the first detections of 13CO line emission in a galaxy cluster. Half of the CO(3-2) line emission originates from two clumps of molecular gas that are spatially offset from ...
Vantyghem, A. +9 more
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How special are brightest group and cluster galaxies? [PDF]
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2007 Abstract We use the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) to construct a sample of 625 brightest group and cluster galaxies (BCGs) together with control samples of non-BCGs matched in stellar mass, redshift and colour. We investigate how the systematic properties of BCGs depend on stellar mass and on their privileged location near the cluster ...
von der Linden, Anja +3 more
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