Galaxy Morphological Segregation in Clusters: Local vs. Global Conditions

Abstract

We study the relative fraction of galaxy morphological types in clusters, as a function of the projected local galaxy density and different global parameters: cluster projected gas density, cluster projected total mass density , and reduced clustercentric distance. Since local and global densities are correlated, we have considered different tests to search for the parameters to which segregation show the strongest dependence. Also, we have explored the results of our analysis applied to the central regions of the clusters and their outskirts. We consider a sample of clusters of galaxies with temperature estimates to derive the projected mass density profile and the 500 density contrast radius ($r_{500}$) using the NFW model and the scaling relation respectively. The X-ray surface brightness profiles are used to obtain the projected gas density assuming the hydrostatic equilibrium model. Our results suggest that the morphological segregation in clusters is controlled by the local galaxy density in the outskirts. On the other hand, the global projected mass density, shows the strongest correlation with the fraction of morphological types in the central high density region, with a marginal dependence on the local galaxy density.

10 pages, 8 figures, Accepted AJ (February 2001 issue)

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