Modeling the production of intergalactic light in the pre-collapse phase
  of galaxy groups
  This paper reports one recent result from a set of pre-virialized galaxy
group simulations that are being used in an investigation of measurement
techniques for the quantity of intragroup light (IGL). We present evidence that
the binding energy of the stellar material stripped from the galaxies is
essentially uncorrelated with the local mass density. This suggests that IGL
detection methods based on the distribution of luminosity perform poorly in
detecting the unbound stars.
