Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2005-08-09
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.363:661-674,2005
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
16 pages, 9 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09470.x
The ROSAT-ESO Flux Limited X-ray (REFLEX) galaxy cluster survey and the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey (2dFGRS) respectively comprise the largest, homogeneous X-ray selected cluster catalogue and completed galaxy redshift survey. In this work we combine these two outstanding datasets in order to study the effect of the large-scale cluster environment, as traced by X-ray luminosity, on the properties of the cluster member galaxies. We measure the LX-sigma relation from the correlated dataset and find it to be consistent with recent results found in the literature. Using a sample of 19 clusters with LX>=0.36*10^44 erg s^-1 in the (0.1-2.4 keV) band, and 49 clusters with lower X-ray luminosity, we find that the fraction of early spectral type (eta<=-1.4), passively-evolving galaxies is significantly higher in the high-LX sample within R200. We extend the investigation to include composite bJ cluster luminosity functions, and find that the characteristic magnitude of the Schechter-function fit to the early-type luminosity function is fainter for the high-LX sample compared to the low-LX sample (Delta M*=0.58+/-0.14). This seems to be driven by a deficit of such galaxies with M_bJ ~ -21. In contrast, we find no significant differences between the luminosity functions of star-forming, late-type galaxies. We believe these results are consistent with a scenario in which the high-LX clusters are more dynamically evolved systems than the low-LX clusters.
Baldry Ivan K.
Baugh Carlton M.
Bland-Hawthorn Joss
Bridges Terry
Cannon Russell
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