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The UV-upturn in brightest cluster galaxies
| Content Provider | Scilit |
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| Author | Loubser, S. I. Sánchez-Blázquez, P. |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Description | This study is part of a series devoted to the investigation of a large sample of brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs), their properties and the relationships between these and the properties of the host clusters. In this paper, we compare the stellar population properties derived from high signal-to-noise, optical long-slit spectra with the GALEX ultraviolet (UV) colour measurements for 36 nearby BCGs to understand the diversity in the most rapidly evolving feature in old stellar systems, the UV-upturn. We investigate: (1) the possible differences between the UV-upturn of BCGs and those of a control sample of ordinary ellipticals in the same mass range, as well as possible correlations between the UV-upturn and other general properties of the galaxies; (2) possible correlations between the UV-upturn and the properties of the host clusters; (3) recently proposed scenarios where helium-sedimentation in the cluster centre can produce an enhanced UV-upturn. We find systematic differences between the UV-colours of BCGs and ordinary ellipticals, but we do not find correlations between these colours and the properties of the host clusters. Furthermore, the observations do not support the predictions made by the helium-sedimentation model as an enhancer of the UV-upturn. |
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| Ending Page | 127 |
| Page Count | 1 |
| Starting Page | 127 |
| ISSN | 17439213 |
| e-ISSN | 17439221 |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1743921314004888 |
| Journal | Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union |
| Issue Number | H16 |
| Volume Number | 10 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
| Publisher Date | 2012-08-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union Astronomy and Astrophysics Evolution Elliptical and Lenticular Stellar Content Galaxies |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Astronomy and Astrophysics Space and Planetary Science |
