Probing clustering features around Cl 0024+17 |
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| Authors: | ALB Ribeiro |
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| Institution: | aCenter for Particle Astrophysics, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510-0500, USA;bLaboratório de Astrofísica Teórica e Observacional, Departamento de Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz – 45650-000 Ilhéus-BA, Brazil |
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| Abstract: | I present a spatial analysis of the galaxy distribution around the cluster Cl 0024+17. The basic aim is to find the scales where galaxies present a significant deviation from an inhomogeneous Poisson statistical process. Using the generalization of the Ripley, Besag, and the pair correlation functions for non-stationary point patterns, I estimate these transition scales for a set of 1000 Monte Carlo realizations of the Cl 0024+17 field, corrected for completeness up to the outskirts. The results point out the presence of at least two physical scales in this field at 31.4″ and 112.9″. The second one is statistically consistent with the dark matter ring radius ( 75″) previously identified by Jee Jee, M.J., 2007. ApJ 661, 728]. However, morphology and anisotropy tests point out that a clump at 120″ NW from the cluster center could be the responsible for the second transition scale. These results do not indicate the existence of a galaxy counterpart of the dark matter ring, but the methodology developed to study the galaxy field as a spatial point pattern provides a good statistical evaluation of the physical scales around the cluster. I briefly discuss the usefulness of this approach to probe features in galaxy distribution and N-body dark matter simulation data. |
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| Keywords: | Astrophysics Galaxy clusters |
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