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Brilliant星系团星系团统计性质的新检验

A New Test of the Statistical Nature of the Brightest Cluster Galaxies

Yen-Ting Lin, Jeremiah P. Ostriker, Christopher J. Miller

摘要:

提出了一个新的统计检验的假设,所有的星系团星系都来自相同的光度分布(LD)。在这样一个LD星系的“统计模型”中,最亮的星系团星系(BCGs)仅仅是星系总数的统计极值。使用附近星系团的大样本,我们表明,在高光度星系团(例如,L_tot > 4x10^11 L_sun)不太可能(概率<3x 10 ^-4)从所有亮度大于M_r=-20的红团星系定义的LD中得出。另一方面,亮度较低的星系团中的BCGs与统计极值一致。将我们的方法应用于第二亮的星系,我们表明它们与统计极值一致,这意味着BCGs也不同于非BCG发光的红色星系团星系。我们指出了Tremaine & Richstone(1977)提出的经典检验的一些问题,这些检验旨在检验BCGs的统计性质,研究我们的统计检验和TR检验对大角星系测光困难的鲁棒性,并讨论了我们的研究结果的影响调查,使用明亮的红色星系测量星系功率谱中的重子声学振荡功能。

英文摘要:

A novel statistic is proposed to examine the hypothesis that all cluster galaxies are drawn from the same luminosity distribution (LD). In such a "statistical model" of galaxy LD, the brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs) are simply the statistical extreme of the galaxy population. Using a large sample of nearby clusters, we show that BCGs in high luminosity clusters (e.g., L_tot > 4x10^11 L_sun) are unlikely (probability <3x10^-4) to be drawn from the LD defined by all red cluster galaxies more luminous than M_r=-20. On the other hand, BCGs in less luminous clusters are consistent with being the statistical extreme. Applying our method to the second brightest galaxies, we show that they are consistent with being the statistical extreme, which implies that the BCGs are also distinct from non-BCG luminous, red, cluster galaxies. We point out some issues with the interpretation of the classical tests proposed by Tremaine & Richstone (1977) that are designed to examine the statistical nature of BCGs, investigate the robustness of both our statistical test and those of TR against difficulties in photometry of galaxies of large angular size, and discuss the implication of our findings on surveys that use the luminous red galaxies to measure the baryon acoustic oscillation features in the galaxy power spectrum.

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