1992
DOI: 10.1086/116286
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The orientation of galaxies in clusters

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“…We can now give the astrophysical interpretation of the results obtained in §2.2: the stable equilibrium position of a triaxial galaxy at the center of a triaxial cluster corresponds geometrically to the three principal axes of the galaxy to be collinear -in the same order -with the principal axes of the cluster density distribution. This configuration reproduces in a natural way the observed "strong alignment of the [brightest] galaxy major axis with the long axis of the parent cluster" (Trevese, Cirimele, Flin 1992), already mentioned in the Introduction. In order to estimate the oscillatory periods of a galaxy around its equilibrium position, the numerical values of the TF components in a realistic cluster are needed.…”
Section: Triaxial Galaxies At the Center Of Triaxial Clusterssupporting
confidence: 82%
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“…We can now give the astrophysical interpretation of the results obtained in §2.2: the stable equilibrium position of a triaxial galaxy at the center of a triaxial cluster corresponds geometrically to the three principal axes of the galaxy to be collinear -in the same order -with the principal axes of the cluster density distribution. This configuration reproduces in a natural way the observed "strong alignment of the [brightest] galaxy major axis with the long axis of the parent cluster" (Trevese, Cirimele, Flin 1992), already mentioned in the Introduction. In order to estimate the oscillatory periods of a galaxy around its equilibrium position, the numerical values of the TF components in a realistic cluster are needed.…”
Section: Triaxial Galaxies At the Center Of Triaxial Clusterssupporting
confidence: 82%
“…Fong, Stevenson & Shanks (1990) found a moderately significant radial alignment of Es, together with a less significant tendency of Es to be oriented perpendicularly to this direction. The best evidence for alignment is for the Brightest Cluster Ellipticals: Trevese, Cirimele & Flin (1992) described a "strong alignment of the brightest galaxy major axis with the long axis of the parent cluster".…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Nevertheless, it is clear that in isolated Abell clusters of galaxies only the dominant brightest cluster members exhibit the sign of alignment [35,36,37]. However, in very rich galaxy clusters, such as A754 [38], or A1656 [39,40,41] the nonrandom distribution of galaxies has been observed.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This is the fourth, and the last one, of a series of papers (Trèvese et al 1992;Flin et al 1995;Trèvese et al 1997) giving the positions, magnitudes ellipticities and orientations of cluster galaxies with magnitudes between m 3 and m 3 + 3, where m 3 is the magnitude of the third brightest galaxy within one Abell radius from the cluster centre. Because the details of the observations and data reduction were given in the previous papers, here in Sect.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 95%