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| Title: | Confirmation of a radio-selected galaxy overdensity at z=1.11 |
| Authors: | Stern, Daniel
Holden, Brad
Stanford, S. A.
Spinard, Hyron |
| Keywords: | cosmology
galaxies
evolution
X-rays |
| Issue Date: | Jun-2003 |
| Publisher: | American Astronomical Society |
| Citation: | The Astronomical Journal 125, 2759-2768 doi: 10.1086/374229 |
| Abstract: | We report the discovery of a galaxy overdensity at z = 1.11 associated with the z = 1.110 high-redshift radio galaxy MG1 J04426+0202 (hereafter MG 0442+0202). The group, Cl 0442+0202, was found in a near-infrared survey of z > 1 radio galaxies undertaken to identify spatially coincident regions with a high density of objects red in I-K' color, typical of z > 1 elliptical galaxies. Spectroscopic observations from the Keck I telescope reveal five galaxies within 35″ of MG 0442+0202 at 1.10 < z < 1.11. These member galaxies have broadband colors and optical spectra consistent with passively evolving elliptical galaxies formed at high redshift. Archival ROSAT observations reveal a 3 σ detection of soft X-ray emission coincident with Cl 0442+0202 at a level 5 times greater than expected for the radio galaxy. These data suggest a rich galaxy cluster and inspired a 45 ks Chandra X-Ray Observatory observation. As expected, the radio galaxy is unresolved by Chandra but is responsible for approximately half the observed X-ray flux. The remaining ROSAT flux is resolved into four point sources within 15″ of the radio galaxy, corresponding to a surface density 2 orders of magnitude higher than average for X-ray sources at these flux levels [S(0.5–2 keV) > 5 × 10-16 ergs cm-2 s-1]. One of these point sources is identified with a radio-quiet type II quasar at z = 1.863, akin to sources recently reported in deep Chandra surveys. The limit on an extended hot intracluster medium in the Chandra data is S(1–6 keV) < 1.9 × 10-15 ergs cm-2 s-1 (3 σ, 30″ radius aperture). Though the X-ray observations do not confirm the existence of a massive bound cluster at z > 1, the success of the optical/near-infrared targeting of early-type systems near the radio galaxy validates searches using radio galaxies as beacons for high-redshift large-scale structure. We interpret Cl 0442+0202 as a massive cluster in the process of formation. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2014/40834 |
| Appears in Collections: | JPL TRS 1992+
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