1993/04/08 by A. Biviano, M. Girardi, G. Giuricin +2 · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Brightest cluster galaxy #Cluster (spacecraft) #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Galaxy #Galaxy cluster #Galaxy groups and clusters #Interacting galaxy #Mass distribution #Redshift #Scientific Research and Discoveries #Virial mass #Virial theorem #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1086/186900
published as Astrophys.J.411:L13,1993 · 10 pages (2 figures not included, available upon request), LATEX, Ref.SISSA 54/93/A
arxiv created 1993/04/08 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
We present the distribution of virial masses for nearby galaxy clusters, as obtained from a data set of 75 clusters, each having at least 20 galaxy members with measured redshifts within 1.5 h-1^ Mpc. After having accounted for problems of incompleteness of the data set, we fitted a power law to the cluster mass distribution.