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星系团中星系取向的研究:重要性、方法和结果

Investigation of the orientation of galaxies in clusters: the importance, methods and results of research

Paulina Pajowska, Wlodzimierz Godlowski, Zong-Hong Zhu, Joanna Popiela, Elena Panko, Piotr Flin

摘要:

各种结构形成模型可以解释不同尺度上星系形成过程的各个方面,以及结构的各种观测特征。因此,星系方向的研究构成了星系形成情景的标准测试,因为观测到的角动量变化代表了任何星系形成模型的基本约束。我们改进了分析星系团中星系排列的方法。现在,该方法允许分析两个角度的星系长轴的位置和描述星系的空间取向。通过应用不同的统计检验,对分析角度的分布进行各向同性检验。对于分析聚类的样本,我们计算了分析统计量的平均值,检查它们是否与分析角度随机分布情况下的预期值相同。对该方法进行了详细的讨论。我们已经展示了在许多特殊情况下如何进行,以便在分析观测数据中的角度分布时改进统计推理。另外,我们将这些新的结果与数值模拟得到的结果进行了比较。通过对247个Abell富星系团的星系方位分析,证明了该方法的有效性。我们发现星系团中星系的取向不是随机的。这意味着我们真正证实了在丰富的阿贝尔星系团中存在星系排列。这一结果与Bautz-Morgan型簇无关。

英文摘要:

Various models of structure formation can account for various aspects of the galaxy formation process on different scales, as well as for various observational features of structures. Thus, the investigation of galaxies orientation constitute a standard test of galaxies formation scenarios since observed variations in angular momentum represent fundamental constraints for any model of galaxy formation. We have improved the method of analysis of the alignment of galaxies in clusters. Now, the method allowed analysis both position angles of galaxy major axes and two angles describing the spatial orientation of galaxies. The distributions of analyzed angles were tested for isotropy by applying different statistical tests. For sample of analyzed clusters we have computed the mean values of analyzed statistics, checking whether they are the same as expected ones in the case of random distribution of analyzed angles. The detailed discussion of this method has been performed. We have shown how to proceed in many particular cases in order to improve the statistical reasoning when analyzing the distribution of the angles in the observational data. Separately, we have compared these new results with those obtained from numerical simulations. We show the powerful of our method on the example of galaxy orientation analysis in 247 Abell rich galaxy clusters. We have found that the orientations of galaxies in analyzed clusters are not random. It means that we genuinely confirmed an existence of the alignment of galaxies in rich Abells' galaxy clusters. This result is independent from the clusters of Bautz-Morgan types.

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