| Type |
Conference Paper |
| Names |
Ali Bramson, E. M. Wilcots |
| Proceedings Title |
Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society |
| Conference Name |
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #217, #149.26 |
| Volume |
43 |
| Date |
January 1, 2011 |
| URL |
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011AAS...21714926B |
| Library Catalog |
NASA ADS |
| Abstract |
Understanding the environment a galaxy resides in is crucial to our
understanding of the galaxy's formation and properties. Most galaxies (
70%) live in groups and it is important to develop a quantitative
understanding of how galaxies are distributed within groups and how
groups are distributed in the larger scale structure. In addition to the
traditional friends-of-friends algorithms we are applying analytical
techniques developed for understanding social networks to understand the
network of galaxies in the Abell 1367-Coma supercluster. We use data
from the SDSS, 2MASS, and ALFALFA to detect substructure within catalog
groups and quantitatively measure the degree to which individual groups
are connected as a new method of probing the large scale environments of
galaxies and groups. |