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Brilliant团簇半导体与其主团簇的排列

Alignment of Brightest Cluster Galaxies with their Host Clusters

Martin Niederste-Ostholt, Michael A. Strauss, Feng Dong, Benjamin P. Koester, Timothy A. McKay

摘要:

我们研究了Brilliant Cluster Galerkin(BCGs)和它们的宿主星系团之间的对齐,其中7031个星系团的样本使用匹配滤波器算法发现,0.08<z<0.44,5744个星系团的独立样本使用maxBCG算法选择,0.1<z<0.3,两者都是从Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 6成像数据中提取的。我们确认,BCGs优先与集群的主轴对齐;具有主导BCGs的集群(>0.65等,比第二和第三排名的星系的平均值更亮)显示出更强的对齐比集群少占主导地位的BCGs在4.4西格玛水平。在2.3 sigma水平上,丰富的集群比贫穷的集群显示出更强的对齐。低红移星系团(z<0.26)比高红移星系团(z>0.26)显示出更多的排列,在3.0 sigma水平上有显著差异。我们的研究结果不依赖于用于选择聚类样本的算法,这表明它们不受任何算法的系统学的影响。BCG优势和集群对齐之间的相关性可能是形成集群的分层合并过程的结果。观测到的红移演化可能来自于在晚红移的二次坍缩。

英文摘要:

We examine the alignment between Brightest Cluster Galaxies (BCGs) and their host clusters in a sample of 7031 clusters with 0.08<z<0.44 found using a matched-filter algorithm and an independent sample of 5744 clusters with 0.1<z<0.3 selected with the maxBCG algorithm, both extracted from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 6 imaging data. We confirm that BCGs are preferentially aligned with the cluster's major axis; clusters with dominant BCGs (>0.65 mag brighter than the mean of the second and third ranked galaxies) show stronger alignment than do clusters with less dominant BCGs at the 4.4 sigma level. Rich clusters show a stronger alignment than do poor clusters at the 2.3 sigma level. Low redshift clusters (z<0.26) show more alignment than do high redshift (z>0.26) clusters, with a difference significant at the 3.0 sigma level. Our results do not depend on the algorithm used to select the cluster sample, suggesting that they are not biased by systematics of either algorithm. The correlation between BCG dominance and cluster alignment may be a consequence of the hierarchical merging process which forms the cluster. The observed redshift evolution may follow from secondary infall at late redshifts.

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