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The Dynamics of Rich Clusters - II. Luminosity Functions

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1989

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Colless, Matthew

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Royal Astronomical Society

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Photographic photometry of 14 rich clusters of galaxies are examined, focusing on the luminosity functions of the galaxies. The individual luminosity functions are well fitted by Schechter functions with alpha = -1.25. The composite luminosity function of all 14 clusters is best fitted by a Schechter function with alpha = -1.21 and a characteristic magnitude of -20.02 in B(J) (H0 = 100 km/s). It is found that there is no variation of cluster luminosity functions with richness of Bautz-Morgan type. The composite luminosity function of high velocity dispersion clusters has a fainter magnitude than that of the low velocity dispersion clusters.

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galactic clusters, luminous intensity, astronomical photometry, dynamic characteristics

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/40052
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