Quasar radio structure in cluster environments

VLA(1) B-configuration snapshots have been obtained at 6 cm and 20 cm of 43 radio quasars with a range of known galaxy cluster environments. The radio sources are characterized by measures of morphology, flux, and size. These are studied as a function of cluster density, characterized by published B-gq numbers. We find no strong dependence of radio source properties on this measure of cluster density. We find similar to 2 sigma evidence that sources in higher cluster densities have more lobe-dominated morphology with higher lobe luminosities and lower core luminosities. The seven unresolved sources are found in low density clusters, as are the most bent sources. We find that QSO clusters have fewer other radio sources within a radius of 3 arcminutes than do the central galaxies of a sample of rich X-ray selected clusters. (C) 1996 American Astronomical Society.