SPT-CL J2040−4451—spectroscopically confirmed at z = 1.478—is the highest-redshift galaxy cluster yet discovered via the Sunyaev–Zel’dovich effect. SPT-CL J2040−4451 was a candidate galaxy cluster identified in the first 720 deg2 of the South Pole Telescope Sunyaev–Zel’dovich (SPT-SZ) survey, and has been confirmed in follow-up imaging and spectroscopy. From multi-object spectroscopy with Magellan-I/Baade+IMACS we measure spectroscopic redshifts for 15 cluster member galaxies, all of which have strong [O ii] λλ3727 emission. SPT-CL J2040−4451 has an SZ-measured mass of M500,SZ = 3.2 ± 0.8 × 1014 M h−1 70 , corresponding to M200,SZ = 5.8 ± 1.4 × 1014 M h−1 70 . The velocity dispersion measured entirely from blue star-forming members is σv = 1500 ± 520 km s−1. The prevalence of star-forming cluster members (galaxies with >1.5 M yr−1) implies that this massive, high-redshift cluster is experiencing a phase of active star formation, and supports recent results showing a marked increase in star formation occurring in galaxy clusters at z 1.4. We also compute the probability of finding a cluster as rare as this in the SPT-SZ survey to be >99%, indicating that its discovery is not in tension with the concordance ΛCDM cosmological model.
SPT-CL J2040-4451: An SZ-selected galaxy cluster at z = 1.478 with significant ongoing star formation / Bayliss, M.B., Ashby, M.L.N., Ruel, J., Brodwin, M., Aird, K.A., Bautz, M.W., Benson, B.A., Bleem, L.E., Bocquet, S., Carlstrom, J.E., Chang, C.L., Cho, H.M., Clocchiatti, A., Crawford, T.M., Crites, A.T., Desai, S., Dobbs, M.A., Dudley, J.P., Foley, R.J., Forman, W.R., et al.. - In: THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. - ISSN 0004-637X. - 794:1(2014), pp. 12.12-12.-. [10.1088/0004-637X/794/1/12]
SPT-CL J2040-4451: An SZ-selected galaxy cluster at z = 1.478 with significant ongoing star formation
Saro, A.;
2014-01-01
Abstract
SPT-CL J2040−4451—spectroscopically confirmed at z = 1.478—is the highest-redshift galaxy cluster yet discovered via the Sunyaev–Zel’dovich effect. SPT-CL J2040−4451 was a candidate galaxy cluster identified in the first 720 deg2 of the South Pole Telescope Sunyaev–Zel’dovich (SPT-SZ) survey, and has been confirmed in follow-up imaging and spectroscopy. From multi-object spectroscopy with Magellan-I/Baade+IMACS we measure spectroscopic redshifts for 15 cluster member galaxies, all of which have strong [O ii] λλ3727 emission. SPT-CL J2040−4451 has an SZ-measured mass of M500,SZ = 3.2 ± 0.8 × 1014 M h−1 70 , corresponding to M200,SZ = 5.8 ± 1.4 × 1014 M h−1 70 . The velocity dispersion measured entirely from blue star-forming members is σv = 1500 ± 520 km s−1. The prevalence of star-forming cluster members (galaxies with >1.5 M yr−1) implies that this massive, high-redshift cluster is experiencing a phase of active star formation, and supports recent results showing a marked increase in star formation occurring in galaxy clusters at z 1.4. We also compute the probability of finding a cluster as rare as this in the SPT-SZ survey to be >99%, indicating that its discovery is not in tension with the concordance ΛCDM cosmological model.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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