On the Evolution of Nonlinear N-body Systems: Substructure of a Distant Galaxy Cluster
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چکیده
The graph-theoretical S-tree technique developed for the study of the nonlinear Nbody systems, is used for the study for the first time of the substructure of a high redshift cluster of galaxies, namely of MS 1054-03, z ≃ 0.8. Nearby galaxy clusters studied via the same S-tree code reveal several clearly distinguished subgroups with significant bulk velocities. Therefore the study of distant clusters can enable to trace the evolution of their dynamics over cosmological time scales. The study of the MS 1054-03 showed a different structure, i.e. no evidence of merging subgroups but only of a core of galaxies with velocity dispersion about 700 km · s while the velocity dispersion of the main cluster 1870 km · s. Further study of samples of high redshift clusters will enable to conclude whether this discrepancy in the structure and dynamics between nearby and distant galaxy clusters is a genuine evolutionary effect.
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