Euclid: Early Release Observations – Globular clusters in the Fornax galaxy cluster, from dwarf galaxies to the intracluster field

Saifollahi, T.; Voggel, K.; Lançon, A.; Cantiello, Michele; Raj, M. A.; Cuillandre, J. C.; Larsen, S. S.; Marleau, F. R.; Venhola, A.; Schirmer, M.; Carollo, D.; Duc, P. A.; Ferguson, A. M.N.; Hunt, L. K.; Kümmel, M.; Laureijs, R.; Marchal, O.; Nucita, A. A.; Peletier, R. F.; Poulain, M.; Rejkuba, M.; Sánchez-Janssen, R.; Urbano, M.; Abdurro’uf, null; Altieri, B.; Baes, M.; Bolzonella, M.; Conselice, C. J.; Cote, P.; Dimauro, P.; Gonzalez, A. H.; Habas, R.; Hudelot, P.; Kluge, M.; Lonare, P.; Massari, D.; Romelli, E.; Scaramella, R.; Sola, E.; Stone, C.; Tortora, C.; van Mierlo, S. E.; Knapen, J. H.; Martín-Fleitas, J.; Mora, A.; Román, J.; Aghanim, N.; Amara, A.; Andreon, S.; Auricchio, N.; Baldi, M.; Balestra, A.; Bardelli, S.; Basset, A.; Bender, R.; Bonino, D.; Branchini, E.; Brescia, M.; Brinchmann, J.; Camera, S.; Capobianco, V.; Carbone, C.; Carretero, J.; Casas, S.; Castellano, M.; Cavuoti, S.; Cimatti, A.; Congedo, G.; Conversi, L.; Copin, Y.; Courbin, F.; Courtois, H. M.; Cropper, M.; Da Silva, A.; Degaudenzi, H.; Di Giorgio, A. M.; Dinis, J.; Dubath, F.; Dupac, X.; Dusini, S.; Fabricius, M.; Farina, M.; Farrens, S.; Ferriol, S.; Fosalba, P.; Frailis, M.; Franceschi, E.; Fumana, M.; Galeotta, S.; Garilli, B.; Gillard, W.; Gillis, B.; Giocoli, C.; Gómez-Alvarez, P.; Granett, B. R.; Grazian, A.; Grupp, F.; Guzzo, L.; Haugan, S. V.H.; Hoar, J. (2025-04-30)
 
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https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202450784

Saifollahi, T.
Voggel, K.
Lançon, A.
Cantiello, Michele
Raj, M. A.
Cuillandre, J. C.
Larsen, S. S.
Marleau, F. R.
Venhola, A.
Schirmer, M.
Carollo, D.
Duc, P. A.
Ferguson, A. M.N.
Hunt, L. K.
Kümmel, M.
Laureijs, R.
Marchal, O.
Nucita, A. A.
Peletier, R. F.
Poulain, M.
Rejkuba, M.
Sánchez-Janssen, R.
Urbano, M.
Abdurro’uf, null
Altieri, B.
Baes, M.
Bolzonella, M.
Conselice, C. J.
Cote, P.
Dimauro, P.
Gonzalez, A. H.
Habas, R.
Hudelot, P.
Kluge, M.
Lonare, P.
Massari, D.
Romelli, E.
Scaramella, R.
Sola, E.
Stone, C.
Tortora, C.
van Mierlo, S. E.
Knapen, J. H.
Martín-Fleitas, J.
Mora, A.
Román, J.
Aghanim, N.
Amara, A.
Andreon, S.
Auricchio, N.
Baldi, M.
Balestra, A.
Bardelli, S.
Basset, A.
Bender, R.
Bonino, D.
Branchini, E.
Brescia, M.
Brinchmann, J.
Camera, S.
Capobianco, V.
Carbone, C.
Carretero, J.
Casas, S.
Castellano, M.
Cavuoti, S.
Cimatti, A.
Congedo, G.
Conversi, L.
Copin, Y.
Courbin, F.
Courtois, H. M.
Cropper, M.
Da Silva, A.
Degaudenzi, H.
Di Giorgio, A. M.
Dinis, J.
Dubath, F.
Dupac, X.
Dusini, S.
Fabricius, M.
Farina, M.
Farrens, S.
Ferriol, S.
Fosalba, P.
Frailis, M.
Franceschi, E.
Fumana, M.
Galeotta, S.
Garilli, B.
Gillard, W.
Gillis, B.
Giocoli, C.
Gómez-Alvarez, P.
Granett, B. R.
Grazian, A.
Grupp, F.
Guzzo, L.
Haugan, S. V.H.
Hoar, J.
EDP sciences
30.04.2025

Saifollahi, T., Voggel, K., Lançon, A., Cantiello, M., Raj, M. A., Cuillandre, J.-C., Larsen, S. S., Marleau, F. R., Venhola, A., Schirmer, M., Carollo, D., Duc, P.-A., Ferguson, A. M. N., Hunt, L. K., Kümmel, M., Laureijs, R., Marchal, O., Nucita, A. A., Peletier, R. F., … Scott, D. (2025). Euclid: Early release observations – globular clusters in the fornax galaxy cluster, from dwarf galaxies to the intracluster field. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 697, A10. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202450784

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We present an analysis of Euclid observations of a 0.6 deg2 field in the central region of the Fornax galaxy cluster that were acquired during the performance verification phase. With these data, we investigated the potential of Euclid to identify globular clusters (GCs) at 20 Mpc and validated the search methods using artificial GCs and known GCs within the field from the literature. Our analysis of artificial GCs injected into the data shows that Euclid’s data in the IE band is 80% complete at about IE ∼ 26.0 mag (MV ~ –5.0 mag), and it resolves GCs as small as rh = 2.5 pc. In the IE band, we detected more than 95% of the known GCs from previous spectroscopic surveys and GC candidates of the ACS Fornax Cluster Survey, of which more than 80% are resolved. We identify more than 5000 new GC candidates within the field of view down to IE = 25.0 mag, about 1.5 mag fainter than the typical GC luminosity function turn-over magnitude, and we investigated their spatial distribution within the intracluster field. We then focused on the GC candidates around dwarf galaxies and investigated their numbers, stacked luminosity distribution, and stacked radial distribution. While the overall GC properties are consistent with those in the literature, we found an interesting over-representation of relatively bright candidates within a small number of relatively GC-rich dwarf galaxies. Our work confirms the capabilities of Euclid data in detecting GCs and separating them from foreground and background contaminants at a distance of 20 Mpc, particularly for low GC-count systems such as dwarf galaxies.
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