Published 1988 | Version v1
Book

Substructure in clusters of galaxies

  • 1. Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis (USA)

Description

Optical observations suggesting the existence of substructure in clusters of galaxies are examined. Models of cluster formation and methods used to detect substructure in clusters are reviewed. Consideration is given to classification schemes based on a departure of bright cluster galaxies from a spherically symmetric distribution, evidence for statistically significant substructure, and various types of substructure, including velocity, spatial, and spatial-velocity substructure. The substructure observed in the galaxy distribution in clusters is discussed, focusing on observations from general cluster samples, the Virgo cluster, the Hydra cluster, Centaurus, the Coma cluster, and the Cancer cluster. 88 refs

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
Imprint Place
San Francisco, CA (USA)
Imprint Title
The Minnesota lectures on clusters of galaxies and large-scale structure
Imprint Pagination
256 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 143-174.

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
21085315
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
COSMOLOGY; GALACTIC EVOLUTION; GALAXY CLUSTERS; MANY-BODY PROBLEM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
Descriptors DEC
DISTRIBUTION