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Abell 3667冷锋团的子结构

Substructure in the cold front cluster Abell 3667

Matt S. Owers, Warrick J. Couch, Paul E. J. Nulsen

摘要:

我们提出的证据存在显着的子结构的冷锋集群阿贝尔3667的基础上,多目标光谱与3.9米英澳望远镜。本文是分析钱德拉X射线图像中观察到的冷锋与光波长处观察到的合并活动之间关系的系列文章中的第二篇。我们已经获得了910个星系在Abell 3667领域的红移到3.5 Mpc,其中550个是确认的星系团成员,比以前可用的光谱确认成员的数量增加了一倍多,并探测了大约3等的光度函数。从这个样本中,我们得到了一个星系团的红移z=0.0553 +/-0.0002和1056 +/-38 km/s的速度色散,并使用了一些统计测试来寻找子结构。我们发现显着的证据子结构的成员星系的空间分布,也在本地化的速度分布,尽管有这样的证据,发现全球速度分布并没有明显偏离高斯。利用空间和速度信息的结合,我们发现星团可以分为两个主要结构,具有大致相等的速度色散,但彼此之间的特殊速度偏移约500 km/s,以及一些次要的子结构。我们提出了两种解释无线电和X射线观测的方案。我们的数据显示冷锋与集群合并活动直接相关,并且还突出了明确检测子结构存在所需的光学数据的范围。

英文摘要:

We present evidence for the existence of significant substructure in the cold front cluster Abell 3667 based on multi-object spectroscopy taken with the 3.9m Anglo Australian Telescope. This paper is the second in a series analyzing the relationship between cold fronts observed in Chandra X-ray images and merger activity observed at optical wavelengths. We have obtained 910 galaxy redshifts in the field of Abell 3667 out to 3.5 Mpc, of which 550 are confirmed cluster members, more than doubling the number of spectroscopically confirmed members previously available and probing some 3 mag down the luminosity function. From this sample, we derive a cluster redshift of z=0.0553 +/-0.0002 and velocity dispersion of 1056 +/- 38 km/s and use a number of statistical tests to search for substructure. We find significant evidence for substructure in the spatial distribution of member galaxies and also in the localized velocity distributions and, in spite of this evidence, find the global velocity distribution does not deviate significantly from a Gaussian. Using combined spatial and velocity information, we find the cluster can be separated into two major structures, with roughly equal velocity dispersions, but offset in peculiar velocity from each other by ~500 km/s, and a number of minor substructures. We propose two scenarios which explain the radio and X-ray observations. Our data show the cold front is directly related to cluster merger activity, and also highlights the extent of optical data required to unambiguously detect the presence of substructure.

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