2 papers
astro-ph1998
Enrichment of the Intracluster Medium
D. Thomas
The relevance of galaxies of different luminosity and mass for the chemical enrichment of the intracluster medium (ICM) is analysed. For this purpose, I adopt the composite luminos…
astro-ph1998
Star formation histories in early-type galaxies
D. Thomas
I discuss the formation of alpha-enhanced metal-rich stellar populations in the nuclei of luminous ellipticals. Based on hierarchical clustering, different galaxy formation scenari…