Shrinking of cluster ellipticals: a tidal stripping explanation and implications for the intracluster light.

• Grant number: 06/02715-3
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants - Publications - Scientific article
• Start date: July 01, 2006
• End date: December 31, 2006
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Astronomy - Extragalactic Astrophysics
• Principal Investigator: Laerte Sodré Junior
• Grantee: Laerte Sodré Junior
• Host Institution: Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas (IAG). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

We look for evidence of tidal stripping in elliptical galaxies through the analysis of homogeneous CCD data corresponding to a sample of 228 elliptical galaxies belonging to 24 clusters of galaxies at 0.015