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- Title
- The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: correlation with the ROSAT-ESO flux-limited X-ray galaxy cluster survey
- Author(s)
- Hilton, Matt; Collins, Chris A.; De Propris, Roberto; Baldry, Ivan K.; Baugh, Carlton; Bland-Hawthorn, Joss; Bridges, Terry J.; Cannon, Russell D.; Cole, Shaun; Colless, Matthew; Couch, Warrick J.; Dalton, Gavin B.; Driver, Simon P.; Efstathiou, George P.; Ellis, Richard S.; Frenk, Carlos S.; Glazebrook, Karl; Jackson, C. A.; Lahav, Ofer; Lewis, Ian; Lumsden, Stuart L.; Maddox, Stephen J.; Madgwick, Darren; Norberg, Peder; Peacock, John A.; Peterson, Bruce A.; Sutherland, William J.; Taylor, Keith
- Abstract
- The ROSAT-European Southern Observatory (ESO) flux-limited X-ray (REFLEX) galaxy cluster survey and the Two-degree Field Galaxy Redshift Survey (2dFGRS), respectively, comprise the largest, homogeneous X-ray selected cluster catalogue and completed galaxy redshift survey. In this work, we combine these two outstanding data sets in order to study the effect of the large-scale cluster environment, as traced by X-ray luminosity, on the properties of the cluster member galaxies. We measure the LX−σr relation from the correlated data set and find it to be consistent with recent results found in the literature. Using a sample of 19 clusters with LX≥ 0.36 × 1044 erg s−1 in the 0.1–2.4 keV band, and 49 clusters with lower X-ray luminosity, we find that the fraction of early spectral type (η≤−1.4) , passively evolving galaxies is significantly higher in the high-LX sample within R200. We extend the investigation to include composite bJ cluster luminosity functions, and find that the characteristic magnitude of the Schechter-function fit to the early-type luminosity function is fainter for the high-LX sample compared to the low-LX sample (ΔM*= 0.58 ± 0.14) . This seems to be driven by a deficit of such galaxies with MbJ∼−21. In contrast, we find no significant differences between the luminosity functions of star-forming, late-type galaxies. We believe these results are consistent with a scenario in which the high-LX clusters are more dynamically evolved systems than the low-LX clusters.
- Publication Type
- Journal article
- Source
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 363, no. 2 (Oct 2005), pp. 661-674
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Keyword(s)
- Catalog; Catalogue; Clusters; Cosmology; Digital sky survey; Galaxies; Evolution; K-band properties; Luminosity function; Mass function; Observations; Rich clusters; SDDS; Spiral galaxies; Star-formation; Velocity dispersion; X-rays
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
- Publisher URL
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09470.x
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2005 RAS.
- ISSN
- 0035-8711
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