Abell 521: Dynamical analysis of a young cluster

Details Abell 521: Dynamical analysis of a young cluster Abell 521: Dynamical analysis of a young cluster

1999-03-31

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9903476v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

13 pages, 13 figures, submitted to Astronomy and Astrophysics

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We present the results of a dynamical analysis of the rich X-Ray luminous galaxy cluster Abell 521, and discuss the nature of the arc-like structure first noted by Maurogordato et al. (1996). Our study is based on radial velocities for 41 cluster members, measured from spectra obtained at the European Southern Observatory and the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope. We find that Abell 521 is an intermediate-redshift cluster (CBI= 74132 (-250,+202)km/s) with a rather high apparent value of the velocity dispersion (SBI= 1386 (-139,+206) km/s). This high value, which cannot be explained by trivial projection effects, and the significant clumping in the two-dimensional projected positions of the galaxies in the cluster indicate it is still undergoing strong dynamical evolution. The two brightest knots of the giant arc candidate are shown to be at the velocity of the cluster. This makes the gravitational lensing interpretation for the bright curved structure very improbable, although gravitational lensing might still be present in this cluster, as suggested by the colors of two fainter arclet-like structures.

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