Radio galaxy-selected clusters at high redshift and associated extremely red object overdensities

被引:26
作者
Chapman, SC [1 ]
McCarthy, PJ [1 ]
Persson, SE [1 ]
机构
[1] Carnegie Inst Washington Observ, Pasadena, CA 91101 USA
关键词
galaxies : clusters : general; galaxies : evolution; galaxies : formation; infrared radiation; radio emission lines;
D O I
10.1086/301579
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Galaxy clusters at high redshift present a superb opportunity to study galaxy evolution, with large galaxy samples at fixed distances. Several lines of evidence point toward large formation redshifts and passive evolution for cluster elliptical galaxies. At redshifts higher than z similar to 0.8, this picture rests on data from only a handful of rich clusters. We have observed four potential clusters to sample sparser environments in a critical redshift range, 0.8 < z < 1.2. We compare the photometric evolution and radial density profiles in our clusters with more massive clusters studied in a similar manner. We also highlight the overdense extremely red object (I-K > 5) population, significantly redder than the old elliptical population at the cluster redshift. We discuss the implications of our clusters at high redshift and possible differences in environment from richer clusters at similar redshifts selected through X-ray or optical techniques.
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页码:1612 / 1625
页数:14
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