Mathematics – Probability
Scientific paper
Feb 1999
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999noao.prop..185o&link_type=abstract
NOAO Proposal ID #1999A-0185
Mathematics
Probability
Scientific paper
We propose to take advantage of the large field-of-view of MOSAIC on the 0.9m to image eleven very rich Abell Clusters out to distances 4 Mpc from the cluster core in B and R. Existing observations show that the blue galaxies, with a scale length ≳ 1 Mpc, have a much broader distribution than the red population. We have traced this distribution out to 2 Mpc in several clusters and would like to measure it much further from the cluster core. Our prime goal is to compare these distributions with the radio galaxy populations in these clusters we have been studying with the VLA in order to measure the radial dependence of the probability of radio emission with respect to the cluster core. These observations will sample the probability that a galaxy is a radio source over local galaxy densities in a range of more than 10000:1. If local galaxy environments drive this star formation activity we expect to find a peak in the probability of weak (L_20cm < 10^23 W Hz^-1) radio emission from blue galaxies somewhere outside the cluster core. Whatever the result these observations should provide an important constraint on the evolution of galaxies as part of large scale structure formation.
Ledlow Michael
Miller Neal
Owen Frazer
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