Galaxy groups and clouds in the Local (z~0.01) universe

Details Galaxy groups and clouds in the Local (z~0.01) universe Galaxy groups and clouds in the Local (z~0.01) universe

2010-11-29

arxiv.org/abs/1011.6277v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics

28 pages, 17 figures, accepted to MNRAS

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We present an all-sky catalogue of 395 nearby galaxy groups revealed in the Local Supercluster and its surroundings. The groups and their associations are identified among 10914 galaxies at |b|>15deg with radial velocities VLG<3500 km/s. Our group finding algorithm requires the group members to be located inside their zero-velocity surface. Hereby, we assume that individual galaxy masses are proportional to their total K-band luminosities, M/L_K=6 Msun/Lsun. The sample of our groups, where each group has n>=4 members, is characterized by the following medians: mean projected radius =268 kpc, radial velocity dispersion sigma_V=74 km/s, K-band luminosity L_K=1.2x10^11 Lsun, virial and projected masses Mvir=2.4x10^12 and Mp=3.3x10^12 Msun, respectively. Accounting for measurement error reduces the median masses by 30 per cent. For 97 per cent of identified groups the crossing time does not exceed the cosmic time, 13.7 Gyr, having the median at 3.8 Gyr. We examine different properties of the groups, in particular, of the known nearby groups and clusters in Virgo and Fornax. About a quarter of our groups can be classified as fossil groups where the dominant galaxy is at least ten times brighter than the other group members. In total, our algorithm identifies 54 per cent of galaxies to be members of groups. Together with triple systems and pairs they gather 82 per cent of the K-band light in Local universe. We have obtained the local value of matter density to be Omega_m=0.08+-0.02 within a distance of ~40 Mpc assuming H0=73 km/s/Mpc. It is significantly smaller than the cosmic value, 0.28, in the standard lambdaCDM model. The discrepancy between the global and local quantities of Omega_m may be caused by the existence of Dark Matter component unrelated to the virial masses of galaxy systems.

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