Euclid: Early Release Observations -- The intracluster light and intracluster globular clusters of the Perseus cluster

• DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2405.13503
• Publication Date: 2024-05-22
• Authors: M. Kluge; N. A. Hatch; Mireia Montes; Jesse B. Golden-Marx; A. H. Gonzalez; Jean‐Charles Cuil...; M. Bolzonella; A. Lançon; R. Laureijs; T. Saifollahi; M. Schirmer; C. Stone; A. Boselli; M. Cantiello; Jenny G. Sorce; F. R. Marleau; P. -A. Duc; Elisabeth Sola; M Urbano; Syeda Lammim Ahad; Yannick M. Bahé; S. P. Bamford; Callum Bellhouse; F. Buitrago; Paola Dimauro; F. Durret; A. Ellien; Y. Jiménez-Teja; E. Slezak; N. Aghanim; B. Altieri; S. Andreon; N. Auricchio; M. Baldi; Andrea Balestra; S. Bardelli; R. Bender; D. Bonino; E. Branchini; M. Brescia; J. Brinchmann; S. Camera; Gian Paolo Candini; V. Capobianco; C. Carbone; J. Carretero; S. Casas; M. Castellano; S. Cavuoti; A. Cimatti; G. Congedo; Christopher J. Co...; L. Conversi; Y. Copin; F. Courbin; H. M. Courtois; M. Cropper; A. Da Silva; H. Degaudenzi; J. Dinis; C. A. J. Duncan; X. Dupac; S. Dusini; M. Farina; S. Farrens; S. Ferriol; P. Fosalba; M. Frailis; E. Franceschi; M. Fumana; S. Galeotta; B. Garilli; W. Gillard; B. Gillis; C. Giocoli; P. Gómez-Alvarez; B. R. Granett; A. Grazian; F. Grupp; L. Guzzo; S. V. H. Haugan; J. Hoar; H. Hoekstra; W. A. Holmes; I. Hook; F. Hormuth; A. Hornstrup; P. Hudelot; K. Jahnkę; E. Keihänen; S. Kermiche; A. Kiessling; T. Kitching; R. Kohley; B. Kubik; M. Kümmel; M. Kunz; H. Kurki‐Suonio; O. Lahav; S. Ligori; P. B. Lilje; V. Lindholm; I. Lloro; E. Maiorano; O. Mansutti; O. Marggraf; K. Markovič; N. Martinet; F. Marulli; R. Massey; S. Maurogordato; H. J. McCracken; E. Medinaceli; S. Mei; M. Melchior; Y. Mellier; M. Meneghetti; E. Merlin; G. Meylan; M. Moresco; L. Moscardini; E. Munari; R. C. Nichol; S. -M. Niemi; J. W. Nightingale; C. Padilla; S. Paltani; F. Pasian; K. Pedersen; Will J. Percival; V. Pettorino; S. Pires; G. Polenta; M. Poncet; L. A. Popa; L. Pozzetti; Giuseppe D. Racca; F. Raison; R. Rébolo; A. Renzi; J. Rhodes; G. Riccio; Hans‐Walter Rix; E. Romelli; M. Roncarelli; E. Rossetti; R. Saglia; D. Sapone; B. Sartoris; M. Sauvage; R. Scaramella; P. Schneider; T. Schrabback; A. Secroun; G. Seidel; M. D. Seiffert; S. Serrano; C. Sirignano; G. Sirri; J. Skottfelt; L. Stanco; P. Tallada-Crespí; A. N. Taylor; Harry I. Teplitz; I. Tereno; R. Toledo-Moreo; F. Torradeflot; I. Tutusaus; E. A. Valentijn; L. Valenziano; T. Vassallo; G. Verdoes Kleijn; A. Veropalumbo; Yun Wang; J. Weller; O. R. Williams; G. Zamorani; E. Zucca; A. Biviano; C. Burigana; G. De Lucia; Koshy George; V. Scottez; P. Šimon; A. Mora; J. M. Martín–Fleitas; F. Ruppin; D. Scott
• Keywords: Intracluster medium

We study the intracluster light (ICL) and globular clusters (ICGCs) in nearby Perseus galaxy cluster using Euclid's EROs. By modelling isophotal iso-density contours, we map distributions properties of ICL ICGCs out to a radius 600 kpc (~1/3 virial radius) from brightest (BCG). find that central 500 hosts 70000$\pm$2800 GCs $1.6\times10^{12}$ L$_\odot$ diffuse BCG+ICL near-infrared H$_E$. This accounts for 37$\pm$6% cluster's total stellar luminosity within this radius. The share coherent spatial distribution, suggesting common origin or potential governs their distribution. Their contours on largest scales (>200 kpc) are offset BCG's core westwards by 60 towards several luminous galaxies. is opposite displacement observed gaseous medium. radial surface brightness profile best described double S\'ersic model, with 68$\pm$4% H$_E$ extended, outer component. transition between these components occurs at ~50 kpc, beyond which isophotes become increasingly elliptical off-centred. ICGC number density closely follows only 50 radius, where an average per $10^9$ M$_\odot$ mass. colour becomes blue consistent populations having subsolar metallicities [Fe/H]~-0.6. ICL, specific frequency function suggest ICL+ICGCs were tidally stripped outskirts massive satellites masses few $\times10^{10}$ M$_\odot$, increasing contribution dwarf galaxies large radii.