Galaxy cluster A2142: halo boundary, `red sequence', properties of galaxies according to SDSS [GA]

http://arxiv.org/abs/2205.02497


The paper presents the results of studying the dynamics of galaxies, properties of early-type galaxies, properties of galaxies with the quenched star formation (QGs) in the A 2142 based on the archival data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. We found the observed halo boundary, the splashback radius $R_{sp}$, which is equal to 4.12 Mpc ($M_r < -20\,.!!^{\rm m}3$) and 4.06 Mpc ($M_r < -21\,.!!^{\rm m}3$) over the integral distribution of the number of galaxies as a function of the squared distance from the center. We have studied how early-type galaxies are distributed in the center and in the outskirts of the cluster ($R/R_{200}$ < 3, $M_r < -20\,.!!^{\rm m}3$) and plotted the red sequence in the form of (g – r) = $(-0.024\pm0.001)M_r + (0.441\pm0.005$). Among all the cluster galaxies, the galaxies with the quenched star formation ( $- 12\,yr^{- 1} < \log sSFR < – 10.75\,yr^{- 1}$) make up about one third. We have found that the fraction of QGs beyond the splashback $R_{sp}$ is the same as in the field at the same z with coordinates of the center of $16\,.!!^{\rm h}5$, $31^{\circ}$ and a size of $300’$. For galaxies with the stellar masses $\log M_*/M_{\odot}$ = [10.5;11.0] (this is the main mass range of QGs), after entering the cluster, there is a decrease in the radii $R_{90,r}$ by about 30\% when moving towards the center.

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F. Kopylova and A. Kopylov
Fri, 6 May 22
14/55

Comments: 12 pages, 3 figures, 4 tables, accepted: Astrophys. Bull., 01, 2022