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Keywords

galaxies: clusters: general
galaxies: elliptical and lenticular
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How to Cite

The Fundamental Plane of Rich Abell Clusters. (2009). Revista Mexicana De Astrofísica Y Astronomía Serie De Conferencias, 37(1), 106-109. https://astronomia.unam.mx/journals/rmxac/article/view/2009rmxac..37..106i
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Abstract

In this study we found the existence of the FP for a final sample of 24 galaxy clusters, where sampling and signal to noise of the data allows a reliable analysis. For this purpose, we have introduced a new formalism for measure size and velocity dispersion. We found that indeed the parameter space of galaxy clusters accepts a FP (CFP) R ∝ σ^{1.19± 0.12} I^{-8.18±0.44}, proved the hypothesis of virialized central regions in clusters of galaxies. To do a more autoconsistent analysis we obtain the FP of galaxy clusters and found similarity to the CFP, given important consequences, showing that the mass-luminosity ratio should have the same functional form for the cluster galaxies and galaxy clusters. We showed that in fact the mass-luminosity ratio of clusters of galaxies (M/L ∝ L^{0.54±0.22}) follows the same scaling law of elliptical galaxies. This result imposes a strong constraint to galaxies formation models.