We present a dynamical analysis of the central similar to 1.3 square degrees of the cluster of galaxies Abell 1367, based on 273 redshift measurements (of which 119 are news). From the analysis of the 146 confirmed cluster members we derive a significantly non-Gaussian velocity distribution, with a mean location C-B1 = 6484 +/- 81 km s(-1) and a scale S-B1 = 891 +/- 58 km s-1. The cluster appears elongated from the North-West to the South-East with two main density peaks associated with two substructures. The North-West subcluster is probably in the early phase of merging into the South-East substructure (similar to0.2 Gyr before core crossing). A dynamical study of the two subclouds points out the existence of a group of star-forming galaxies infalling into the core of the South-East subcloud and suggests that two other groups are infalling into the NW and SE subclusters respectively. These three subgroups contain a higher fraction of star-forming galaxies than the cluster core, as expected during merging events. Abell 1367 appears as a young cluster currently forming at the intersection of two filaments.

Cortese, L., Gavazzi, G., Boselli, A., Iglesias Paramo, J., Carrasco, L. (2004). Multiple merging in the Abell cluster 1367. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, 425(2), 429-441 [10.1051/0004-6361:20040381].

Multiple merging in the Abell cluster 1367

GAVAZZI, GIUSEPPE;
2004

Abstract

We present a dynamical analysis of the central similar to 1.3 square degrees of the cluster of galaxies Abell 1367, based on 273 redshift measurements (of which 119 are news). From the analysis of the 146 confirmed cluster members we derive a significantly non-Gaussian velocity distribution, with a mean location C-B1 = 6484 +/- 81 km s(-1) and a scale S-B1 = 891 +/- 58 km s-1. The cluster appears elongated from the North-West to the South-East with two main density peaks associated with two substructures. The North-West subcluster is probably in the early phase of merging into the South-East substructure (similar to0.2 Gyr before core crossing). A dynamical study of the two subclouds points out the existence of a group of star-forming galaxies infalling into the core of the South-East subcloud and suggests that two other groups are infalling into the NW and SE subclusters respectively. These three subgroups contain a higher fraction of star-forming galaxies than the cluster core, as expected during merging events. Abell 1367 appears as a young cluster currently forming at the intersection of two filaments.
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Galaxies: clusters; Galaxies: distances and redshifts; Galaxies: evolution; Individual: A1367
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2004
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Cortese, L., Gavazzi, G., Boselli, A., Iglesias Paramo, J., Carrasco, L. (2004). Multiple merging in the Abell cluster 1367. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, 425(2), 429-441 [10.1051/0004-6361:20040381].
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