STRUCTURES IN GALAXY CLUSTERS

被引:64
作者
ESCALERA, E
BIVIANO, A
GIRARDI, M
GIURICIN, G
MARDIROSSIAN, F
MAZURE, A
MEZZETTI, M
机构
[1] SISSA,I-34014 TRIESTE,ITALY
[2] UNIV STUDI TRIESTE,DIPARTIMENTO ASTRON,TRIESTE,ITALY
[3] INST ASTROPHYS,F-75014 PARIS,FRANCE
关键词
GALAXIES; CLUSTERING;
D O I
10.1086/173833
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
The analysis of the presence of substructures in 16 well-sampled clusters of galaxies suggests a stimulating hypothesis: Clusters could be classified as unimodal or bimodal, on the basis of the subclump distribution in the three-dimensional space of positions and velocities. The dynamic study of these clusters shows that their fundamental characteristics, in particular the virial masses, are not severely biased by the presence of subclustering if the system considered is bound.
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页码:539 / 552
页数:14
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