Robust quantitative measures of cluster X-ray morphology, and comparisons between cluster characteristics

2006/11/27 by Yasuhiro Hashimoto, Hans Boehringer, H. Böhringer +6
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysics #Brightest cluster galaxy #Cluster (spacecraft) #Computer science #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Galaxy #Galaxy cluster #Geology #Morphology (biology) #Paleontology #Physics #Redshift #Sample (material) #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20065125

Accepted for publication in A&A. 16 pages, 18 figures

arxiv created 2006/11/27 · openalex publication_date 2007/01/29 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Aims.To investigate the possible relationships between dynamical status and other important characteristics of galaxy clusters, we conducted a study of X-ray cluster morphology using a sample of 101 clusters at redshift –1 taken from the Chandra archive.

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