Alignment of brightest cluster galaxies with their host clusters

• Published in: Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Vol. 405; no. 3; pp. 2023 - 2036
• Main Authors: Niederste-Ostholt, Martin, Strauss, Michael A., Dong, Feng, Koester, Benjamin P., McKay, Timothy A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.07.2010; Wiley-Blackwell; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Algorithms; Astronomy; cosmology: observations; Earth, ocean, space; Exact sciences and technology; galaxies: clusters: general; Stars & galaxies; galaxies: clusters: general; cosmology: observations; Galaxy clusters; Matched filters; Alignment; Red shift; Algorithms; Galaxies; Correlations; Cosmology; Sky surveys

We examine the alignment between brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs) and their host clusters in a sample of 7031 clusters with 0.08 < z < 0.44 found using a matched-filter algorithm and an independent sample of 5744 clusters with 0.1 < z < 0.3 selected with the maxBCG algorithm, both extra...