Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2007-02-07
Astrophys.J.662:236-249,2007
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
33 pages, 9 figures. To appear in ApJ
Scientific paper
10.1086/514328
We present a result of searching for galaxy clusters that show an indication of global rotation using a spectroscopic sample of galaxies in SDSS and 2dFGRS. We have determined the member galaxies of 899 Abell clusters covered in SDSS and 2dFGRS using the redshift and the positional data of galaxies, and have estimated the ratio of the cluster rotation amplitude to the cluster velocity dispersion and the velocity gradient across the cluster. We have found 12 tentative rotating clusters that have large ratios of rotation amplitude to dispersion and large velocity gradients. We have determined the morphological parameters for 12 tentative rotating clusters using the positional information of the member galaxies: the ellipticity of the dispersion ellipse is in the range of 0.08$-$0.57, and the position angle of major or minor axis does not appear to be related to the position angle of rotation axis. We have investigated the substructures in the sample of tentative rotating clusters, finding from the Dressler-Shectman plots that the majority (9 out of 12) of clusters show an evidence of substructure due to the spatially correlated velocities of galaxies. We have selected six probable rotating clusters (A0954, A1139, A1399, A2162, A2169, and A2366) that show a single number density peak around the cluster center with a spatial segregation of the high and low velocity galaxies. We have found no strong evidences of a recent merging for the probable rotating clusters: the probable rotating clusters do not deviate significantly from the relation of the X-ray luminosity and the velocity dispersion or the virial mass of the clusters, and two probable rotating clusters (A0954 and A1399) have small values of the peculiar velocities and the clustercentric distances of the brightest cluster galaxies.
Hwang Ho Seong
Lee Myung Gyoon
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