SDSS DR7 superclusters. Principal component analysis

Details SDSS DR7 superclusters. Principal component analysis SDSS DR7 superclusters. Principal component analysis

2011-08-22

arxiv.org/abs/1108.4372v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics

13 pages, 10 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics

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We apply the principal component analysis and Spearman's correlation test to study the properties of superclusters drawn from the SDSS DR7. We analyse possible selection effects in the supercluster catalogue, study the physical and morphological properties of superclusters, find their possible subsets, and determine scaling relations for superclusters. We show that the parameters of superclusters do not correlate with their distance. The correlations between the physical and morphological properties of superclusters are strong. Superclusters can be divided into two populations according to their total luminosity. High-luminosity superclusters form two sets, more elongated systems with the shape parameter K_1/K_2 < 0.5 and less elongated ones with K_1/K_2 > 0.5. The first two principal components account for more than 90% of the variance in the supercluster parameters and define the fundamental plane, which characterises the physical and morphological properties of superclusters. We use principal component analysis to derive scaling relations for superclusters, in which we combine the physical and morphological parameters of superclusters. Structure formation simulations for different cosmologies, and more data about the local and high redshift superclusters are needed to understand better the evolution and the properties of superclusters.

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