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E+A galaxies in intermediate redshift clusters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2004

Kim-Vy H. Tran
Affiliation:
Institute for Astronomy, ETH Hönggerberg, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
Marijn Franx
Affiliation:
Leiden Observatory, P.O. Box 9513, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
Garth D. Illingworth
Affiliation:
University of California Observatories/Lick Observatory, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Daniel D. Kelson
Affiliation:
Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, 813 Santa Barbara Street, Pasadena, CA, 91101, USA
Pieter van Dokkum
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8101, USA
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Abstract

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Using extensive ground-based spectroscopy, we isolate the E+A population in three intermediate redshift clusters ($z=0.33$, 0.58 and 0.83) and study their physical properties using HST/WFPC2 imaging. Our analysis includes galaxy colors, luminosities, Hubble types, and quantitative structural parameters as well as measured and estimated internal velocity dispersions. We find E+A galaxies make up a non-negligible fraction ($\sim7-13\%$) of cluster members at these redshifts, and their diverse nature indicates a heterogeneous parent population. From their velocity dispersions and half-light radii, we infer that the descendants of the E+A's in our highest redshift clusters are massive early-type galaxies, and we estimate that $\gtrsim30\%$ of the E-S0 members have undergone an E+A phase. We also find the characteristic E+A mass decreases with decreasing redshift; this is similar to the decrease in luminosity of rapidly star-forming field galaxies since $z\sim1$, i.e. galaxy “down-sizing”.To search for other articles by the author(s) go to: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abstract_service.html

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Contributed Papers
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© 2004 International Astronomical Union