Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 1992
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992apj...400..410b&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 400, no. 2, p. 410-429.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
60
Dynamic Models, Elliptical Galaxies, Galactic Clusters, Spatial Distribution, Spiral Galaxies, Kinematic Equations, Red Shift, Velocity Distribution, X Ray Astronomy
Scientific paper
The paper presents a detailed spatial, kinematical, and dynamical analysis for the cluster A400, based on a nearly complete redshift survey of bright galaxies within 1 Mpc of the cluster center. A dispersed component with a high fraction of spiral galaxies at a velocity of 8200 km/s, and a background group with a mean velocity of 13,400 km/s are identified. It is proposed that the main body of A400 is composed of at least two individual subclusters. If subclustering is ignored, the derived dispersion of the 88 galaxies with measured velocities within 4000 km/s of the bright dumbbell galaxy near the cluster center is 702 km/s. When kinematic information is used to split A400 into likely subclusters, the velocity dispersions of the individual units which make up this cluster are on the order of 200-300 km/s. If A400 is considered a single entity, the inferred blue mass-to-light ratio is 1210 solar masses/solar luminosities. It is argued that A400 is an example of a presently occurring merger, and that the individual components of the dumbbell galaxy were once individual D galaxies within the premerger subclusters.
Beers Timothy C.
Bothun Gregory D.
Forman William
Gebhardt Karl
Huchra John P.
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