Merging groups and clusters of galaxies from the SDSS data. The catalogue of groups and potentially merging systems
Merging groups and clusters of galaxies from the SDSS data. The catalogue of groups and potentially merging systems
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10.1051/0004-6361/201730499
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2017-04
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E. Tempel;T. Tuvikene;R. Kipper;N. Libeskind
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作者：
E. Tempel;T. Tuvikene;R. Kipper;N. Libeskind
星系群和星系团是检验宇宙学模型和研究星系形成的环境效应的主要工具。这项工作提供了星系群和星系团的目录，以及基于SDSS主要星系巡天的潜在合并系统。我们使用专为通量有限星系调查设计的改进的朋友的朋友（FoF）组发现器来确定星系群和星系团。FoF群成员的多峰分析，找到子群，并通过使用组维里半径和逃逸速度暴露未绑定的星系。我们通过比较群中心与群半径之间的距离来寻找合并系统。分析的结果是一个包含88662个至少有两个成员的星系群的目录。其中有6873个系统至少有六个成员，我们认为这是更可靠的群体。我们发现498个集团合并，多达六个集团。我们与附近宇宙中的一些已知星系团进行了简要的比较，包括后发座星系团和阿贝尔1750。在我们的目录后发座星系团是一个合并系统，有六个可区分的子组件。在阿贝尔1750的例子中，我们发现了一个明显的向这个星系团的惯性沉降的迹象。我们对星系群的质光比（M/L）的分析表明，M/L随着星系群的丰富度略有增加。
Galaxy groups and clusters are the main tools used to test cosmological models and to study the environmental effect of galaxy formation. This work provides a catalogue of galaxy groups and clusters, as well as potentially merging systems based on the SDSS main galaxy survey. We identified galaxy groups and clusters using the modified friends-of-friends (FoF) group finder designed specifically for flux-limited galaxy surveys. The FoF group membership is refined by multimodality analysis to find subgroups and by using the group virial radius and escape velocity to expose unbound galaxies. We look for merging systems by comparing distances between group centres with group radii. The analysis results in a catalogue of 88662 galaxy groups with at least two members. Among them are 6873 systems with at least six members which we consider to be more reliable groups. We find 498 group mergers with up to six groups. We performed a brief comparison with some known clusters in the nearby Universe, including the Coma cluster and Abell 1750. The Coma cluster in our catalogue is a merging system with six distinguishable subcomponents. In the case of Abell 1750 we find a clear sign of filamentary infall toward this cluster. Our analysis of mass-to-light ratio (M/L) of galaxy groups reveals that M/L slightly increases with group richness.