Bibcode
Reverte, D.; Vílchez, J. M.; Hernández-Fernández, J. D.; Iglesias-Páramo, J.
Referencia bibliográfica
Pathways Through an Eclectic Universe ASP Conference Series, Vol. 390, proceedings of the conference held 23-27 April, 2007 at Santiago del Teide, Tenerife, Spain. Edited by J. H. Knapen, T. J. Mahoney, and A. Vazdekis San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2008., p.198
Fecha de publicación:
6
2008
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Descripción
Two extremely compact Hα-emitting sources have been discovered in
our deep images of the Abell 539 and Abell 634 clusters of galaxies.
Follow-up spectroscopy of these two unresolved sources have revealed
that they are active starburst members of their respective clusters. The
Hα luminosities and extreme Hα equivalent widths (of ≃
430 Å and 1010 Å, respectively) of these sources, together
with their very compact appearance, have raised the question of their
origin and the triggering of such active star formation in the cluster
environments. Possible triggering mechanisms are pointed out, together
with possible links with the recently discovered early-type
ultra-compact dwarf galaxies.