The dwarf galaxy population in Abell 2218
Date
2004
Authors
Pracy, Michael
De Propris, Roberto
Driver, Simon
Couch, Warrick
Nulsen, Paul E J
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Abstract
We present results from a deep photometric study of the rich galaxy cluster Abell 2218 (z = 0.18) based on archival Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 F606W images. These have been used to derive the luminosity function to extremely faint limits (MF606W ≈ -13
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Keywords: Galaxies luminosity function, mass function; Galaxies: clusters: general; Galaxies: dwarf
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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Journal article