Are Gradients in Intracluster Metals and Galaxy Morphology Related?

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Session 107 -- Galaxies: Morphology and Interactions
Display presentation, Thursday, 12, 1995, 9:20am - 6:30pm

[107.16] Are Gradients in Intracluster Metals and Galaxy Morphology Related?

R.A. Dupke, R.E. White III (University of Alabama)

We present the preliminary results of a comparison between the morphological distribution of galaxies in clusters and the presence (or absence) of intracluster metal abundance gradients. The objective of such a comparison is to discriminate between possible metal injection mechanisms (e.g. winds, ram-pressure stripping) and sources (e.g. spirals, ellipticals and/or lenticulars).

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