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Pairs of Galaxies in Low Density Regions of a Combined Redshift Catalog

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Jane C. Charlton  and
Edwin E. Salpeter
Jane C. Charlton
Affiliation:
(University of Arizona)
Edwin E. Salpeter
Affiliation:
(Cornell University)

Abstract

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The distributions of projected separations and radial velocity differences of pairs of galaxies in the CfA and SSRS redshift catalogs are examined. We focus on pairs that fall in low density environments rather than in clusters or large groups. The projected separation distribution is nearly flat, while uncorrelated galaxies would have given one linearly rising with rp. There is no break in this curve even below 50 kpc, the minimum halo size consistent with measured galaxy rotation curves. The significant number of pairs at small separations is inconsistent with the N-body result that galaxies with overlapping halos will rapidly merge, unless there are significant amounts of matter distributed out to a few hundred kpc of the galaxies. This dark matter may either be in distinct halos or more loosely distributed. Large halos would allow pairs at initially large separations to head toward merger, replenishing the distribution at small separations. In the context of this model, we estimate that roughly 10 — 25% of these low density galaxies are the product of a merger, compared with the elliptical / S0 fraction of 18%, observed in low density regions of the sample.

Type
I. Classical Observations of Pairs
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 124: Paired and Interacting Galaxies , 1990 , pp. 19 - 23
Copyright
Copyright © NASA 1990

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