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Submillimeter imaging of high-redshift galaxy clusters

Authors: Noble, Allison;

Submillimeter imaging of high-redshift galaxy clusters

Abstract

Nous présentons ici un relevé sub-millimétrique de sept amas de galaxies à haute redshift, ayant tous une richesse et un redshift similaire. Ce relevé provient du Red-Sequence Cluster Survey (RCS) pris avec le Submillimeter Common-User Bolometric Array (SCUBA) aux longueurs d'ondes de 850 et 450 micromètres. L'échantillon comprend trois amas de galaxies qui montrent des arcs optiques prononcés et inattendus due à un effet de lentille gravitationnelle forte, et comprend aussi un groupe contrôle de quatre amas n'ayant pas d'effet de lentille apparent. Des observations supplémentaires dans les ondes radio, infrarouge moyennes, optiques et dans les rayons X, permettent l'identification de contreparties pour plusieurs des galaxies sub-millimétrique lumineuses, ce qui restreint la mesure de redshift et améliore l'astrométrie. Nous observons un possible excès de la densité d'objets à l'intérieur des amas avec effet de lentilles par rapport à la densité dans le groupe contrôle. En utilisant les mesures de redshift par photométrie, nous concluons que deux des galaxies à l'intérieur des amas avec effet de lentilles sont des plausibles membres de l'amas et nous estimons des luminosités infrarouges de l'ordre de 10^12-10^13 luminosités solaires, comparable à celle des galaxies infrarouge ultra-lumineuses. De telles luminosités correspondent à une activité de formation stellaire intense avec un taux de 1000 masses solaires par année. Nous étudions également si la différence de densité de sources est due à de la contamination par des membres de l'amas ou à une section efficace d'effet de lentille élargie, sans obtenir de résultats concluants.

We present a submillimeter survey of seven high-redshift galaxy clusters, of similar richness and redshift, from the Red-Sequence Cluster Survey (RCS) with the Submillimeter Common-User Bolometric Array (SCUBA) at both 850 and 450 micrometers. The sample consists of three galaxy clusters that exhibit unexpectedly pronounced optical arcs due to strong gravitational lensing, and a control group of four clusters with no apparent strong lensing. Ancillary observations at mid-infrared, radio, optical, and X-ray wavelengths allow for an identification of counterparts to many of the detected submillimeter luminous galaxies (SMGs), which provides redshift constraints and improved astrometry. A tentative excess is seen in the number density of objects within the lensing cluster fields compared to that in the control group. Utilizing photometric redshifts, we conclude that two of the galaxies within the lensing fields are likely cluster members and estimate infrared luminosities of 10^12-10^13 solar luminosities, comparable to that of ultraluminous infrared galaxies (ULIRGs). Such extreme luminosities correspond to intense starbursts with rates of 1000 solar masses per year. We investigate whether the difference in source counts derives from cluster member contamination or enhanced lensing cross-sections, with inconclusive results.

Webb, Tracy (Internal/Supervisor)

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Canada
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Physics - Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics

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