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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Volume 594, Issue 1, Pages 144-153Publisher
UNIV CHICAGO PRESS
DOI: 10.1086/376892
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galaxies : clusters : general; large-scale structure of universe
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We present indications, based on a sample of 303 Abell clusters, for a relation between the dynamical state of clusters and the alignments of galaxy members with their parent cluster major-axis orientation as well as with the large-scale environment within which the clusters are embedded. The statistical results are complemented with a deep, wide-field case study of galaxy alignments in the cluster A521, which is characterized by multiple merging events ( Maurogrdato et al.; Ferrari et al.) and whose galaxy members show a strong alignment signal out to similar to5 h(-1) Mpc. Our results show that galaxy alignments appear to be stronger the more dynamically young the cluster is, especially when found in high-density environments. This relation complements the recently found cluster substructure - alignment connection'' (Plionis & Basilakos) by which dynamically young clusters, found in high-density environments, show stronger cluster-cluster alignments.
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