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Intracluster light and the extended stellar envelopes of cD galaxies: an analytical description

Date

Authors

Seigar, Marc. S

Graham, Alister W

Jerjen, Helmut

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

We have analysed deep R-band images, down to a limiting surface brightness of 26.5 R-mag arcsec-2 (equivalent to ∼28 B-mag arcsec-2), of five cD galaxies to determine the shape of the surface brightness profiles of their extended stellar envelopes. Both

Keywords

Keywords: Galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD; Galaxies: formation; Galaxies: fundamental parameters; Galaxies: haloes; Galaxies: structure

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/27581

Collections

Open Access Research

Source

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.11899.x

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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