A FRESH LOOK AT DISCORDANT REDSHIFT GALAXIES IN COMPACT-GROUPS

Authors
SULENTIC JW SMITH JB
Citation
Jw. Sulentic et Jb. Smith, A FRESH LOOK AT DISCORDANT REDSHIFT GALAXIES IN COMPACT-GROUPS, Astrophysics and space science, 244(1-2), 1996, pp. 23-28
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Astrophysics and space science → ACNP
ISSN journal
0004640X
Volume
244
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
23 - 28
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-640X(1996)244:1-2<23:AFLADR>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
We reexamine the statistics of discordant redshift galaxies in compact groups. We find that 43 out of 100 groups in the Hickson catalog cont ain at least one discordant redshift galaxy. We show that, despite the prevailing impression, all previous attempts have failed to explain t his large number of discordant redshift galaxies. The order of magnitu de excess survives all of our attempts to refine the sample.