The Fate of Dwarf Galaxies in Clusters and the Origin of Intracluster Stars. I. Isolated Clusters

Paramita Barai; William Brito; Hugo Martel

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The Fate of Dwarf Galaxies in Clusters and the Origin of Intracluster Stars. I. Isolated Clusters

Paramita Barai·William Brito·Hugo Martel

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The main goal of this paper is to compare the relative importance of destruction by tides, vs. destruction by mergers, in order to assess if tidal destruction of dwarf galaxies in clusters is a viable scenario for explaining the origin of intracluster stars. We have designed a simple algorithm for simulating the evolution of isolated clusters. The distribution of galaxies in the cluster is evolved using a direct gravitational N-body algorithm combined with a subgrid treatment of physical processes such as mergers, tidal disruption, and galaxy harassment. Using this algorithm, we have performed a total of 227 simulations. Our main results are (1) destruction of dwarf galaxies by mergers dominates over destruction by tides, and (2) the destruction of dwarf galaxies by tides is sufficient to explain the observed intracluster light in clusters.

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Paramita Barai, William Brito, Hugo Martel. 2008-07-02. The Fate of Dwarf Galaxies in Clusters and the Origin of Intracluster Stars. I. Isolated Clusters. https://arxiv.org/abs/0707.1533

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