A redshift survey between the clusters of galaxies A548 and A3367

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1998-06-03

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9806051v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

9 pages with encapsulated figures; uses A&A LaTeX; Astronomy & Astrophysics in press

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In this paper we present the results of a spectroscopic survey of galaxies in an area between the two clusters of galaxies A548 and A3367, suspected to be a close and interacting pair. With the use of multifiber spectroscopy, we measured 180 new velocities of galaxies in the central part of A3367 and in the external regions of A548. The redshift histogram shows the presence of three velocity peaks, at v ~ 12000 km/s, v ~ 30000 km/s and v ~ 40000 km/s, respectively. For these we estimate the density excess, the mean velocity, and the velocity dispersion. The first clump corresponds to an elongation of A548: in particular we found a correspondence between the features of this peak and the substructures of A548. The second peak has a velocity dispersion which is typical of clusters and the distribution of its members on the plane of the sky corresponds to the highest density peak in A3367. We therefore suggest that the name A3367 has to be attributed to this clump. Our general conclusion is that, differently from expected, A548 and A3367 do not form a close pair of merging clusters, since the two structures are at significantly different redshifts. Moreover, we found that the complex dynamical structure of A548 has large coherence, with a projected extension in the range of 1-3 Mpc.

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