A WISE VIEW OF STAR FORMATION IN LOCAL GALAXY CLUSTERS

We present results from a systematic study of star formation in local galaxy clusters using 22 mu m data from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer ( WISE). The 69 systems in our sample are drawn from the Cluster Infall Regions Survey, and all have robust mass determinations. The all-sky WISE data enable us to quantify the amount of star formation, as traced by 22 mu m, as a function of radius well beyond R-200, and investigate the dependence of total star formation rate upon cluster mass. We find that the fraction of star-forming galaxies increases with cluster radius but remains below the field value even at 3R(200). We also find that there is no strong correlation between the mass-normalized total specific star formation rate and cluster mass, indicating that the mass of the host cluster does not strongly influence the total star formation rate of cluster members.