A study of the core of the Shapley Concentration: IV. Distribution of intercluster galaxies and supercluster properties

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1999-10-05

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9910085v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

21 pages, 7 encapsulated postscript figures, MNRAS in press

Scientific paper

10.1046/j.1365-8711.2000.03174.x

(abridged) We present the results of a redshift survey of intercluster galaxies in the central region of the Shapley Concentration supercluster, aimed at determining the distribution of galaxies in between obvious overdensities. Our sample is formed by 442 new redshifts, mainly in the b_J magnitude range 17-18.8. Adding the data from our redshift surveys on the A3558 and A3528 complexes, which are close to the geometrical centre of this supercluster, we obtain a total sample of ~2000 radial velocities. Using the 1440 galaxies of our total sample in the magnitude range 17 - 18.8, we reconstructed the density profile in the central part of the Shapley Concentration; moreover we detected another significant overdensity at ~30000 km/s (dubbed S300). We estimate the total overdensity in galaxies, the mass and the dynamical state of these structures, and discuss the effect of considering a bias between the galaxy distribution and the underlying matter. We find an indication that the value of the bias between clusters and galaxies in the Shapley Concentration is higher that that reported in literature, confirming the impression that this supercluster is very rich in clusters. Finally, from the comparison with some theoretical scenarios, we find that the existence of the Shapley Concentration is more consistent with the predictions of the models with a matter density parameter <1, such as open CDM and Lambda CDM.

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