
(Abridged) Distant galaxy clusters provide important tests of the growth of large scale structure in addition to highlighting the process of galaxy evolution in a consistently defined environment at large look back time. We present a sample of 22 distant (z>0.8) galaxy clusters and cluster candidates selected from the 9 deg2 footprint of the overlapping X-ray Multi Mirror (XMM) Large Scale Structure (LSS), CFHTLS Wide and Spitzer SWIRE surveys. Clusters are selected as extended X-ray sources with an accompanying overdensity of galaxies displaying optical to mid-infrared photometry consistent with z>0.8. Nine clusters have confirmed spectroscopic redshifts in the interval 0.80.8 clusters.
Accepted by MNRAS, 25 pages, 15 figures
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), astro-ph.CO, 500, FOS: Physical sciences, [SDU.ASTR] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], 520, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), astro-ph.CO, 500, FOS: Physical sciences, [SDU.ASTR] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], 520, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
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