Linear clusters of galaxies - A999 and A1016

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Galactic Clusters, Galactic Evolution, Galactic Mass, Mass To Light Ratios, Red Shift, X Ray Astronomy, Anisotropy, Computational Astrophysics, Elliptical Galaxies, Line Of Sight, Statistical Tests, Virial Theorem

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The authors have measured 44 new redshifts in A 999 and 40 in A 1016: these clusters are both "linear" according to Rood and Sastry (1971) and Struble and Rood (1982, 1984). With 20 cluster members in A 999 and 22 in A 1016, the authors can estimate the probability that these clusters are actually drawn from spherically symmetric distributions. By comparing the clusters with Monte Carlo King models, they find that A 999 is probably intrinsically spherically symmetric, but A 1016 is probably linear. The authors estimate that ⪆2% of a catalog of spherically symmetric clusters might be erroneously classified as linear. They use the data to estimate the virial masses for these systems. The authors reassess the cluster-galaxy alignment analysis of Adams, Strom, and Strom (1980) and examine the relationship between the luminosity and morphological type of the cluster members and the cluster itself.

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