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2002ApJ...566..771L - Astrophys. J., 566, 771-783 (2002/February-3)

New X-ray clusters in the EINSTEIN extended medium sensitivity survey. II. Optical properties.

LEWIS A.D., ELLINGSON E. and STOCKE J.T.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present optical images for nine new clusters of galaxies we have found in a reanalysis of the Einstein IPC images comprising the Extended Medium Sensitivity Survey (EMSS). Based on the presence of a red sequence of galaxies in a color-magnitude (CM) diagram, a redshift is estimated for each cluster. Galaxy overdensities (cluster richnesses) are measured in each field using the Bgc statistic, which allows their plausible identification with the X-ray emission. The nature of our X-ray detection algorithm suggests that most of these clusters have low X-ray surface brightness (LSB) compared to the previously known EMSS clusters. We compare the optical and X-ray observations of these clusters with the well-studied Canadian Network for Observational Cosmology (CNOC) subsample of the EMSS, and conclude that the new clusters exhibit a similar range of optical richnesses, X-ray luminosities, and, somewhat surprisingly, galaxy populations as the predominantly rich, relaxed EMSS/CNOC clusters.

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Journal keyword(s): Galaxies: Clusters: General - Surveys - X-Rays: General

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