Morphology and Luminosity Segregations in Galaxy Groups |
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| Authors: | M Girardi F Mardirossian M Mezzetti E Rigoni |
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| Institution: | (1) Dept. of Astronomy, Univ. of Trieste, Italy |
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| Abstract: | We study morphology and luminosity segregation of galaxies in groups. We analyze the two catalogs of (∼2×400) groups which
have been identified in the Nearby Optical Galaxy sample, by means of hierarchical and percolation `friends-of-friends' methods.
We find that earlier-type (brighter) galaxies are more clustered and lie closer to the group centers, both in position and
in velocity, than later-type (fainter) galaxies. Spatial segregations are stronger than kinematical segregations. These effects
are generally detected at the ≳3-sigma level, with the exception of morphological segregation in velocity, which is the weakest
effect. Our main results are confirmed by the analysis of statistically more reliable groups (with at least five members),
and are strengthened by the detection of segregation in both hierarchical and percolation catalogs. Luminosity segregation
is shown to be independent of morphology segregation. Our conclusions agree with a continuum of segregation properties of
galaxies in systems, from low-mass groups to massive clusters.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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| Keywords: | groups of galaxies galaxy properties observational cosmology |
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