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Stellar-mass Measurements in A133 with Magellan/IMACS

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  • We present the analysis of deep optical imaging of the galaxy cluster A133 with the IMACS instrument on Magellan. Our multi-band photometry enables stellar-mass measurements in the cluster member galaxies down to a mass limit of M{\star }3× 108 M (≍0.1 of the Large Magellanic Cloud stellar mass). We observe a clear difference in the spatial distribution of large and dwarf galaxies within the cluster. Modeling these galaxy populations separately, we can confidently track the distribution of stellar mass locked in the galaxies to the cluster's virial radius. The extended envelope of the cluster's brightest galaxy can be tracked to ∼200 kpc. The central galaxy contributes ∼1/3 of the total cluster stellar mass within the radius r500c.

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  • 2020

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