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The Size-Luminosity Relation of Disk Galaxies in EDisCS Clusters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2006

Stephanie M. Gogarten
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA email: stephanie@astro.washington.edu
Julianne J. Dalcanton
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA email: stephanie@astro.washington.edu
Luc Simard
Affiliation:
Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, NRC, Victoria, BC V9E 2E7, Canada
Gregory Rudnick
Affiliation:
National Optical Astronomical Observatories, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
Vandana Desai
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA email: stephanie@astro.washington.edu California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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Abstract

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We present the size-luminosity relation (SLR) for disk galaxies observed in eight clusters from the ESO Distant Cluster Survey (EDisCS). These clusters, at redshifts 0.4 < z < 0.8, were observed with the Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys. While we observe a change in the SLR with redshift, namely that there is an absence of low surface brightness galaxies at high redshift, we demonstrate that this could be a product of selection effects and thus is not a confirmation of evolution. We also compare the SLR for cluster and field galaxies in each redshift bin and see no significant effects of environment on the SLR.

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Contributed Papers
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2007

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