Anisotropy in the Distribution of Satellite Galaxy Orbits

Knebe, Alexander; Gill, Stuart P D; Gibson, Bradley K; Lewis, Geraint Francis; Ibata, Rodrigo A; Dopita, Michael

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Anisotropy in the Distribution of Satellite Galaxy Orbits

Date

2004

Authors

Knebe, Alexander

Gill, Stuart P D

Gibson, Bradley K

Lewis, Geraint Francis

Ibata, Rodrigo A

Dopita, Michael

Publisher

IOP Publishing

Abstract

Nearby clusters such as Virgo and Coma possess galaxy distributions that tend to be aligned with the principal axis of the cluster itself. This has also been confirmed by a recent statistical analysis of some 300 Abell clusters, where the effect has been