A Model for First-Ranked Galaxies in Rich Clusters Using Extreme Value Theory

Suketu P. Bhavsar ()
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Suketu P. Bhavsar: Department of Physics & Astronomy University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0055, USA

International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), 1997, vol. 08, issue 02, 253-262

Abstract: First-ranked galaxies in rich clusters are among the brightest objects in the Universe. Their extremely uniform luminosities have been the cause of much debate. Are these objects a special class of galaxies or merely the tail end of a distribution? A model can be constructed for the distribution in luminosity of these galaxies using a classical result from extreme value theory by Fisher and Tippett in 1928. Their amazing result on the distribution of extremes and its application in resolving the debate on the nature of the brightest galaxies is discussed here.

Keywords: Brightest Galaxies; cD Galaxies; Extreme Value Theory; Galaxy Clusters; Gumbel Distribution; Standard Candles (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
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