Program: GS-2005B-Q-40

Even though our view of the Cooling Flow (CF) phenomenon has changed markedly within the last few years, it still remains a fact that many of the clusters show sites of increased star formation. For example, the central galaxies in cooling core clusters often show excess blue emission (e.g. Abell 1795). Is this due to the CF phenomenon, or is there another environmental or nuclear process at work in these galaxies? To answer this question, we propose to localize and characterise the recent star formation in a number of galaixes in CF clusters. The spectroscopic data made available with IFU will allow for the simultaneous study of the various stellar populations using spectral synthesis codes. With spatial information of the various phases of star formation, we will hypothesize on the evolution of galaxies in the cluster in relation to the CF versus interactions within the cluster.