Issue |
A&A
Volume 425, Number 1, October I 2004
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Page(s) | 33 - 49 | |
Section | Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies) | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040385 | |
Published online | 10 September 2004 |
An ISOCAM survey through gravitationally lensing galaxy clusters *,**
II. The properties of infrared galaxies in the A2218 field
1
INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, via G.B. Tiepolo 11, 34131, Trieste, Italy e-mail: biviano@ts.astro.it
2
XMM-Newton Science Operations Centre, European Space Agency, Villafranca del Castillo, PO Box 50727, 28080 Madrid, Spain
3
ISO Data Centre, European Space Agency, Villafranca del Castillo, PO Box 50727, 28080 Madrid, Spain
4
Physics Department, University College Dublin, Stillorgan Road, Dublin 4, Ireland
5
Science Operations and Data Systems Division of ESA, ESTEC, Keplerlaan 1, 2200 AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands
6
Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, 14 Av. E. Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France
7
DSM/DAPNIA Service d'Astrophysique, CEA-Saclay, Bât. 709, Orme des Merisiers, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
8
Infrared Processing and Analysis Center, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
Received:
4
March
2004
Accepted:
13
June
2004
We have observed the cluster Abell 2218 ()
with ISOCAM on board the Infrared Space Observatory using two
filters, LW2 and LW3, with reference wavelengths of 6.7 and 14.3 μm, respectively. We detected 76 sources down to 54 and 121 μJy (50% completeness levels) at 6.7 and 14.3 μm,
respectively. All these sources have visible optical
counterparts. We have gathered optical and near-infrared magnitudes
for 60 of the 67 non-stellar optical counterparts to the ISOCAM sources, as well as redshifts for 43 of them. We have obtained
acceptable and well constrained fits to the observed spectral
energy distributions (SEDs) of 41 of these sources, using the
“GRASIL” models of Silva et al. (1998), and have determined their
total infrared luminosities (LIR's) and star formation rates
(SFRs).
The SEDs of 20 (out of 27) ISOCAM cluster members are best fit by
models with negligible ongoing star formation, and no
major episode of star formation in the last ~1 Gyr. Their
SEDs resemble those of 5-10 Gyr old early-type galaxies. A slightly
higher, but still very mild, star-formation activity is found among
the remaining cluster sources, which are mostly spirals. The
median IR luminosity of the 27 ISOCAM cluster sources is
The ISOCAM-selected cluster
galaxies have indistinguishable velocity and spatial distributions
from those of the other cluster galaxies, and do not contribute
significantly to the Butcher-Oemler effect. If A2218 is undergoing
a merger, as suggested by some optical and X-ray analyses, then
this merger does not seem to affect the mid-infrared properties of its
galaxies.
The SEDs of most ISOCAM-selected field sources are best fit by
models with moderate ongoing star formation, with a significant
fraction of their stellar mass formed in the last ~1 Gyr.
Their SEDs resemble those of massive star-forming spirals or
starburst galaxies, observed close to the maximum of their star
formation activity, but not necessarily during the short-lived
starburst event. The median redshift of these field galaxies is
. Their LIR's span almost two orders of
magnitudes, from ~
to ~
, with a median of
(eight of the 14
field sources are LIRGs). The SFRs of these 14 ISOCAM-selected
field sources range from 2 to 125
,
with a median value of 22
.
We compare our findings with those obtained in other ISOCAM cluster
and field surveys.
Key words: galaxies: clusters: general / galaxies: clusters: individual: Abell 2218 / infrared: galaxies
© ESO, 2004
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