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Calculate the typical separation of galaxies in a cluster w.r.t. the typical size of a galaxy #5

Closed wadawson closed 11 years ago

wadawson commented 11 years ago

This is to give some idea of how unlikely an actual interaction between any two galaxies during the merger is.

I think it is appropriate to do the calculation in projected space. This will essentially be the particle collider interaction rate as a function of cross-section problem.

wadawson commented 11 years ago

While this would be nice it is not necessary.