Galaxy cluster A2142: halo boundary, `red sequence', properties of galaxies according to SDSS
Abstract: The paper presents the results of studying the dynamics of galaxies, properties of early-type galaxies, properties of galaxies with the quenched star formation (QGs) in the A 2142 based on the archival data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. We found the observed halo boundary, the splashback radius $R_{sp}$, which is equal to 4.12 Mpc ($M_r < -20\,.!!{\rm m}3$) and 4.06 Mpc ($M_r < -21\,.!!{\rm m}3$) over the integral distribution of the number of galaxies as a function of the squared distance from the center. We have studied how early-type galaxies are distributed in the center and in the outskirts of the cluster ($R/R_{200}$ < 3, $M_r < -20\,.!!{\rm m}3$) and plotted the red sequence in the form of (g - r) = $(-0.024\pm0.001)M_r + (0.441\pm0.005$). Among all the cluster galaxies, the galaxies with the quenched star formation ( $- 12\,yr{- 1} < \log sSFR < - 10.75\,yr{- 1}$) make up about one third. We have found that the fraction of QGs beyond the splashback $R_{sp}$ is the same as in the field at the same z with coordinates of the center of $16\,.!!{\rm h}5$, $31{\circ}$ and a size of $300'$. For galaxies with the stellar masses $\log M_*/M_{\odot}$ = 10.5;11.0, after entering the cluster, there is a decrease in the radii $R_{90,r}$ by about 30\% when moving towards the center.
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