We present observations of the cluster of galaxies associated with the X-ray source RX J0820.9+0752 and its dramatic central cluster galaxy in the optical and X-ray wavebands. Unlike other cooling flow central cluster galaxies studied in detail, this system does not contain a powerful radio source at its core, and so provides us with an important example where we expect to see only the processe...

We analyze high resolution, N-body hydrodynamical simulations of fiducial galaxy clusters to probe tidal stripping of the dark matter subhalos. These simulations include a prescription for star formation allowing us to track the fate of the stellar component as well. We investigate the effect of tidal stripping on cluster galaxies hosted in these dark matter subhalos as a function of projected ...