INVESTIGADORES
MURIEL Hernan
artículos
Título:
Velocity Dispersions and Cluster Properties in the Southern Abell Redshift Survey Clusters. II.
Autor/es:
MURIEL, HERNÁN; QUINTANA, HERNÁN; INFANTE, LEOPOLDO; LAMBAS, DIEGO G.; WAY, MICHAEL J.
Revista:
ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL
Editorial:
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
Referencias:
Lugar: Londres; Año: 2002 vol. 124 p. 1934 - 1942
ISSN:
0004-6256
Resumen:
We report an analysis of the dynamical structure of clusters of galaxies
from a survey of photometric and spectroscopic observations in the
fields of southern Abell clusters. We analyze the galaxy velocity field
in extended regions up to 7 h-1 Mpc from cluster centers, and
we estimate mean velocity dispersions and their radial dependence. Only
one from a total of 41 Abell clusters does not correspond to a
dynamically bound system. However, four of these bound objects are
double clusters. We estimate that 20% (seven clusters) of the 35
remaining are subject to serious projection effects. Normalizing the
clustercentric distances by means of the overdensity radius
r200, and the velocity dispersion profiles (VDPs) by the
corresponding mean cluster velocity dispersion, we computed the average
VDP. Our results indicate a flat behavior of the mean VDP at large
distances from the cluster center. Nevertheless, we found that for the
inner part of the clusters (r/r200<=1) the VDP is up to
10% smaller than at larger radii. Based on observations collected at Las
Campanas Observatory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington.