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星系团的质量和概率

Shapes and Probabilities of Galaxy Clusters

Abel Yang, William C. Saslaw

摘要:

我们发展了一个一般性的理论来估计一个给定形状的星系团存在的概率。该理论是基于观测结果,星系的分布是非常接近准平衡,在其线性和非线性制度。这就限制了处于准平衡状态的星系团的空间结构。特别是,我们表明,一个星系团可以被描述为一个集合的近维里化的子星系团的质量大致相同。包含超过10个子集群的集群很可能被完全维里化。利用我们的理论,我们开发了一种方法,比较不同的空间配置的子集群的概率。作为一个说明性的例子,我们表明,一个星系团排列成一条线是更有可能发生比星系团排列成一个环。

英文摘要:

We develop a general theory for estimating the probability that a galaxy cluster of a given shape exists. The theory is based on the observed result that the distribution of galaxies is very close to quasi-equilibrium, in both its linear and nonlinear regimes. This places constraints on the spatial configuration of a cluster of galaxies in quasi-equilibrium. In particular, we show that that a cluster of galaxies may be described as a collection of nearly virialized subclusters of approximately the same mass. Clusters that contain more than 10 subclusters are very likely to be completely virialized. Using our theory, we develop a method for comparing probabilities of different spatial configurations of subclusters. As an illustrative example, we show that a cluster of galaxies arranged in a line is more likely to occur than a cluster of galaxies arranged in a ring.

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