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MeSsI low-redshift merging cluster sample

Short name: J/MNRAS/458/226
IVOA Identifier: ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/458/226Publisher: CDSivo://CDS[Pub. ID]
More Info: http://cdsarc.unistra.fr/cgi-bin/cat/J/MNRAS/458/226
VO Compliance: Level 2: This is a VO-compliant resource.
Status: active
Registered: 2017 Jul 03 10:04:52Z
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Description


Merging galaxy systems provide observational evidence of the existence of dark matter and constraints on its properties. Therefore, statistically uniform samples of merging systems would be a powerful tool for several studies. In this paper, we present a new methodology for the identification of merging systems and the results of its application to galaxy redshift surveys. We use as a starting point a mock catalogue of galaxy systems, identified using friends-of-friends algorithms, that have experienced a major merger, as indicated by its merger tree. By applying machine learning techniques in this training sample, and using several features computed from the observable properties of galaxy members, it is possible to select galaxy groups that have a high probability of having experienced a major merger. Next, we apply a mixture of Gaussian techniques on galaxy members in order to reconstruct the properties of the haloes involved in such mergers. This methodology provides a highly reliable sample of merging systems with low contamination and precisely recovered properties. We apply our techniques to samples of galaxy systems obtained from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 7, the Wide-Field Nearby Galaxy-Cluster Survey (WINGS) and the Hectospec Cluster Survey (HeCS). Our results recover previously known merging systems and provide several new candidates. We present their measured properties and discuss future analysis on current and forthcoming samples.

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About the Resource Providers

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Publisher: CDSivo://CDS[Pub. ID]

Creators:
de los Rios M.Dominguez M.J.R.Paz D.Merchan M.

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Version: n/a
Availability: This is an active resource.
  • This service provides only public data.
Relevant dates for this Resource:
  • Updated: 2017 Sep 04 07:59:40Z
  • Created: 2017 Jul 03 10:04:52Z

This resource was registered on: 2017 Jul 03 10:04:52Z
This resource description was last updated on: 2021 Oct 21 00:00:00Z

What This Resource is About

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Resource Class: CatalogService
This resource is a service that provides access to catalog data. You can extract data from the catalog by issuing a query, and the matching data is returned as a table.
Resource type keywords:
  • Catalog
Subject keywords:
  • Galaxy clusters
  • Galaxy classification systems
Intended audience or use:
  • Research: This resource provides information appropriate for supporting scientific research.
More Info: http://cdsarc.unistra.fr/cgi-bin/cat/J/MNRAS/458/226 Literature Reference: 2016MNRAS.458..226D

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TAP VizieR generic service(IsServedBy) ivo://CDS.VizieR/TAP [Res. ID]
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J/A+A/514/A102 : SDSS DR7 groups of galaxies (Tago+, 2010) ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/514/A102 [Res. ID]

Data Coverage Information

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Wavebands covered:

  • Optical

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Custom Service

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VO Compliance: Level 2: This is a VO-compliant resource.
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Custom Service

This is service that does not comply with any IVOA standard but instead provides access to special capabilities specific to this resource.

VO Compliance: Level 2: This is a VO-compliant resource.
Available endpoints for this service interface:
  • URL-based interface: http://vizier.unistra.fr/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/MNRAS/458/226
Table Access Protocol - Auxiliary ServiceXX

This is a standard IVOA service that takes as input an ADQL or PQL query and returns tabular data.

VO Compliance: Level 2: This is a VO-compliant resource.
Available endpoints for the standard interface:
  • http://tapvizier.u-strasbg.fr/TAPVizieR/tap
Simple Cone SearchXXSearch Me

This is a standard IVOA service that takes as input a position in the sky and a radius and returns catalog records with positions within that radius.

VO Compliance: Level 2: This is a VO-compliant resource.
Description:
Cone search capability for table J/MNRAS/458/226/table1 (Low-redshift merging cluster sample, including the properties of the two main substructures identified by our algorithm.)
Available endpoints for the standard interface:
  • http://vizier.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/MNRAS/458/226/table1?
Maximum search radius accepted: 180.0 degrees
Maximum number of matching records returned: 50000
This service supports the VERB input parameter:
Use VERB=1 to minimize the returned columns or VERB=3 to maximize.


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