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Ascaso, B.; Aguerri, J. A. L.; Moles, M.; Sánchez-Janssen, R.; Bettoni, D.
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Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 506, Issue 3, 2009, pp.1071-1082
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2009
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Aims: Following the study presented in our previous paper, based on the
Nordic Optical Telescope (NOT) sample, which consists of five clusters
of galaxies within the redshift range 0.18 ≤ z ≤ 0.25 imaged in
the central 0.5-2 Mpc in very good seeing conditions, we have studied
the quantitative morphology of their bright galaxy population Methods: We analyzed the surface brightness profiles of the galaxy
population in those clusters, after performing simulations in order to
check the reliability of the fits. We also derived a quantitative
morphological classification. Results: The structural parameters
derived from these analyses are presented. We obtained that the
structural parameters of E/S0 galaxies are similar to those shown by
galaxies in low redshift clusters. However, the disc scales are
different. In particular, the scales of the discs of galaxies in medium
redshift clusters are statistically different than those located in
similar galaxies in the Coma cluster. However, the scales of the discs
of galaxies in medium redshift clusters are similar to nearby field
galaxies. Conclusions: Our results suggest that the evolution of
the disc component of galaxies in clusters is faster than in field ones.
Mechanisms like galaxy harassment showing timescales of ˜ 1 Gyr
could be responsible for this disc scale evolution. This indicates that
spiral galaxies in clusters have undergone a strong evolution in the
last 2.5 Gyr or that Coma is in some way anomalous.
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Galaxy Evolution in Clusters of Galaxies
Galaxies in the universe can be located in different environments, some of them are isolated or in low density regions and they are usually called field galaxies. The others can be located in galaxy associations, going from loose groups to clusters or even superclusters of galaxies. One of the foremost challenges of the modern Astrophysics is to
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