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2021MNRAS.507.6045C - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 507, 6045-6060 (2021/November-2)

The dwarf galaxy population in nearby clusters from the KIWICS survey.

CHOQUE-CHALLAPA N., AGUERRI J.A.L., MANCERA PINA P.E., PELETIER R., VENHOLA A. and VERHEIJEN M.

Abstract (from CDS):

We analyse a sample of 12 galaxy clusters, from the Kapteyn IAC WEAVE INT Cluster Survey (KIWICS) looking for dwarf galaxy candidates. By using photometric data in the r and g bands from the Wide Field Camera (WFC) at the 2.5-m Isaac Newton Telescope (INT), we select a sample of bright dwarf galaxies (Mr≤-15.5 mag) in each cluster and analyse their spatial distribution, stellar colour, and as well as their Sersic index and effective radius. We quantify the dwarf fraction inside the R200 radius of each cluster, which ranges from ∼0.7 to ∼0.9. Additionally, when comparing the fraction in the inner region with the outermost region of the clusters, we find that the fraction of dwarfs tends to increase going to the outer regions. We also study the clustercentric distance distribution of dwarf and giant galaxies (Mr < -19.0 mag), and in half of the clusters of our sample, the dwarfs are distributed in a statistically different way as the giants, with the giant galaxies being closer to the cluster centre. We analyse the stellar colour of the dwarf candidates and quantify the fraction of blue dwarfs inside the R200 radius, which is found to be less than ∼0.4, but increases with distance from the cluster centre. Regarding the structural parameters, the Sersic index for the dwarfs we visually classify as early-type dwarfs tends to be higher in the inner region of the cluster. These results indicate the role that the cluster environment plays in shaping the observational properties of low-mass haloes.

Abstract Copyright: © The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): galaxies: clusters: general - galaxies: dwarf - galaxies: evolution - galaxies: formation - galaxies: interactions

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