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The rarity of star formation in brightest cluster galaxies as measured by WISE (2014)
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Fraser-McKelvie, A., Brown, M. J. I., & Pimbblet, K. A. (2014). The rarity of star formation in brightest cluster galaxies as measured by WISE. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Letters, 444(1), L63-L67. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slu117

We present the mid-infrared star formation rates of 245 X-ray selected, nearby (z < 0.1) brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs). A homogeneous and volume limited sample of BCGs was created by X-ray selecting clusters with Lx > 1 × 1044 erg s⁻ ¹. The Wide-... Read More about The rarity of star formation in brightest cluster galaxies as measured by WISE.