3 papers
astro-ph1999
Cluster Distances: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
John R. Lucey, Russell J. Smith, Michael J. Hudson +2
Galaxy clusters are important targets for peculiar velocity studies as a direct comparison of the various distance indicators can be made. The potential problem of an environmental…
astro-ph1999
Are Recent Peculiar Velocity Surveys Consistent?
Michael J. Hudson, Russell J. Smith, John R. Lucey +2
We compare the bulk flow of the SMAC sample to the predictions of popular cosmological models and to other recent large-scale peculiar velocity surveys. Both analyses account for a…
astro-ph1999
Bulk-flow and beta_I from the SMAC project
Russell J. Smith, Michael J. Hudson, John R. Lucey +2
The SMAC project is a Fundamental Plane peculiar velocity survey of 56 clusters of galaxies to a depth of cz ~ 12000 km/s. We present here some results from the analysis of the SMA…