Bibcode
Einasto, Maret; Lietzen, Heidi; Gramann, Mirt; Saar, Enn; Tempel, Elmo; Liivamägi, Lauri Juhan; Montero-Dorta, Antonio D.; Streblyanska, A.; Maraston, Claudia; Rubiño-Martín, J. A.
Bibliographical reference
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 603, id.A5, 10 pp.
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2017
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Context. Galaxy superclusters are the largest systems in the Universe
that can give us information about the formation and evolution of the
cosmic web. Aims: We study the morphology of the superclusters
from the BOSS Great Wall (BGW), a recently discovered very rich
supercluster complex at the redshift z = 0.47. Methods: We have
employed the Minkowski functionals to quantify supercluster morphology.
We calculate supercluster luminosities and masses using two methods.
Firstly, we used data about the luminosities and stellar masses of high
stellar mass galaxies with log
(M∗/h-1M⊙) ≥ 11.3.
Secondly, we applied a scaling relation that combines morphological and
physical parameters of superclusters to obtain supercluster
luminosities, and obtained supercluster masses using the mass-to-light
ratios found for local rich superclusters. Results: The BGW
superclusters are very elongated systems, with shape parameter values of
less than 0.2. This value is lower than that found for the most
elongated local superclusters. The values of the fourth Minkowski
functional V3 for the richer BGW superclusters (V3
= 7 and 10) show that they have a complicated and rich inner structure.
We identify two Planck SZ clusters in the BGW superclusters, one in the
richest BGW supercluster, and another in one of the poor BGW
superclusters. The luminosities of the BGW superclusters are in the
range of 1-8 × 1013h-2L⊙, and
masses in the range of 0.4-2.1 ×
1016h-1M⊙. Supercluster
luminosities and masses obtained with two methods agree well.
Conclusions: The BGW is a complex of massive, luminous and large
superclusters with very elongated shape. The search and detailed study,
including the morphology analysis of the richest superclusters and their
complexes from observations and simulations can help us to understand
formation and evolution of the cosmic web.
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