S-tree Analysis of the Substructure of the Coma Cluster

Abstract

The S-tree method is used to estimate the redshift of the core of Coma cluster - $cz=6953$ km s${}^{-1}$ and dispersion $\sigma =949$ km s${}^{-1}$. The existence of three subgroups of galaxies is revealed, one of them is associated with the cD galaxy NGC 4874, another - with NGC 4889. It is argued that these subgroups are 'galaxy associations', i.e. galactic dynamical entities moving through the main cluster. The non-stationarity of the dynamical processes ongoing in the Coma core is concluded.

to appear in the proceedings of Coma Cluster meeting (Marseille, June, 1997)