The velocity field of clusters of galaxies within 100 megaparsecs. II - Northern clusters

Details The velocity field of clusters of galaxies within 100 megaparsecs. II - Northern clusters The velocity field of clusters of galaxies within 100 megaparsecs. II - Northern clusters

May 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993apj...409...14m&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 409, no. 1, p. 14-27.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

66

Cosmology, Galactic Clusters, Galactic Rotation, Red Shift, Spatial Distribution, Gravitational Fields, Infrared Astronomy Satellite

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Distances and peculiar velocities for galaxies in eight clusters and groups have been determined by means of the near-infrared Tully-Fisher relation. With the possible exception of a group halfway between us and the Hercules Cluster, we observe peculiar velocities of the same order as the measuring errors of about 400 km/s. The present sample is drawn from the northern Galactic hemisphere and delineates a quiet region in the Hubble flow. This contrasts with the large-scale flows seen in the Hydra-Centaurus and Perseus-Pisces regions. We compare the observed peculiar velocities with predictions based upon the gravity field inferred from the IRAS redshift survey. The differences between the observed and predicted peculiar motions are generally small, except near dense structures, where the observed motions exceed the predictions by significant amounts. Kinematic models of the velocity field are also compared with the data. We cannot distinguish between parameterized models with a great attractor or models with a bulk flow.

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