Clusters of galaxies in large surveys: Identification and scaling laws.

We characterize a sample of 91 Rich Abell Clusters using photometric and spectra measurements from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 7 (SDSS-DR7). We determine cluster memberships, cluster velocity dispersions, cluster scales, surface brightness, total masses, luminosities and cluster lumino...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: HECTOR JAVIER IBARRA MEDEL
Tipo de recurso: tesis doctoral
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:México
Institución:Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica
Repositorio:Repositorio Institucional del INAOE
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:inaoe.repositorioinstitucional.mx:1009/114
Acceso en línea:http://inaoe.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1009/114
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:info:eu-repo/classification/Galaxias elípticas/Elliptical galaxies
info:eu-repo/classification/Halos galácticos/Galactic halos
info:eu-repo/classification/Clusters de galaxias/Clusters of galaxies
info:eu-repo/classification/Galaxias enanas/Dwarf galaxies
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/1
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/21
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Sumario:We characterize a sample of 91 Rich Abell Clusters using photometric and spectra measurements from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 7 (SDSS-DR7). We determine cluster memberships, cluster velocity dispersions, cluster scales, surface brightness, total masses, luminosities and cluster luminosity functions. Also, we deal with theoretical concepts to estimate the cluster galaxies peculiar velocities and determine the cluster caustic curves, cluster core radius, virial radius and turn-around radius for all our cluster sample. In addition, we identify the most massive galaxy clusters in the Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA) Survey. We develop a cluster finding technique that looks for 3D galaxy numerical overdensities. We use the Delaunay Tessellation Field Estimator (DTFE), followed by a caustic analysis to determine cluster masses.