Optical Diffuse Light in Clusters of Galaxies

1998/10/19 by Rosendo Vilchez-Gomez, Vilchez-Gomez, Rosendo
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9810292

To appear in "IAU Coll 171: The Low Surface Brightness Universe", held July 1998, A.S.P. Conference Series, 7 pages, LaTex, requires paspconf.sty

arxiv created 1998/10/19 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

I present here a review of the observed characteristics of the optical diffuse light in clusters, the possible sources of this light and some of the theories that try to explain the existence of big envelopes around the brightest cluster galaxies.

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