We report the results of a study of the distribution of galaxies in the projection along the radius (\(R \leqslant 3{{R}_{{200{\text{c}}}}}\)) for 157 groups and clusters of galaxies in the local Universe (0.01 < \(z\) < 0.10) with line-of-sight velocity dispersions 200 < \(\sigma \) < 1100 km s–1. We introduce a new observed boundary for the halos of clusters of galaxies, which we identify with the splashback radius \({{R}_{{{\text{sp}}}}}\). We also identified the core of groups/clusters of galaxies with the radius \({{R}_{{\text{c}}}}\). These radii are determined by the observed integrated distribution of the number of galaxies as a function of squared angular radius from the center of the group/cluster, which (usually) coincides with the brightest galaxy. We found for the entire sample that the boundary of dark matter \({{R}_{{{\text{sp}}}}}\) for groups/clusters of galaxies is proportional to the radius \({{R}_{{{\text{200}}}}}\) of the virialized region. We measured the mean radius \(\langle {{R}_{{{\text{sp}}}}}\rangle = 1.14 \pm 0.02\) Mpc for groups of galaxies (\(\sigma \leqslant 400\) km s–1) and \(\langle {{R}_{{{\text{sp}}}}}\rangle = 2.00 \pm 0.07\) Mpc for clusters of galaxies (\(\sigma > 400\) km s–1). The mean ratio of radii is \(\langle {{{{R}_{{{\text{sp}}}}}} \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{{{R}_{{{\text{sp}}}}}} {{{R}_{{{\text{200c}}}}}}}} \right. \kern-0em} {{{R}_{{{\text{200c}}}}}}}\rangle = 1.40 \pm 0.02\), or \(\langle {{{{R}_{{{\text{sp}}}}}} \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{{{R}_{{{\text{sp}}}}}} {{{R}_{{{\text{200m}}}}}}}} \right. \kern-0em} {{{R}_{{{\text{200m}}}}}}}\rangle = 0.88 \pm 0.02\).
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Here \({{R}_{{{\text{200c}}}}}\) (hereafter \({{R}_{{200}}}\)) is the cluster radius inside which the density exceeds the critical density of the Universe by a factor of 200. In our studies is determined by the dispersion of line-of-sight velocities of galaxies in clusters. In simulations another radius—\({{R}_{{{\text{200m}}}}}\)—is often used, inside which the density exceeds the average density of the Universe by a factor of 200.
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This research has made use of the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED, http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu), which is operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS, http://www.sdss.org), which is supported by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the participant institutes of the SDSS collaboration, National Science Foundation, and the United States Department of Energy and Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS, http://www.ipac.caltech.edu/2mass/releases/allsky/).
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Kopylova, F.G., Kopylov, A.I. Halo Radius (Splashback Radius) of Groups and Clusters of Galaxies on Small Scales. Astrophys. Bull. 77, 347–360 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S199034132204006X
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