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星系团1.4GHz体平均射电光度函数的红移演化

Redshift evolution of the 1.4 GHz volume averaged radio luminosity function in clusters of galaxies

M. W. Sommer, K. Basu, F. Pacaud, F. Bertoldi, H. Andernach

摘要:

通过对大样本星系团和公开的射电源表进行互相关,构造了星系团的体平均射电光度函数(RLF),并研究了它对星系团红移和质量的依赖性.此外,我们还确定了星团质量与距星团中心50千秒差距内最亮源的射电光度之间的相关性。我们使用两个集群样本:光学选择的maxBCG集群目录和X射线选择集群的复合样本。无线电数据来自VLA NVSS和FIRST调查。我们使用缩放关系来估计集群的质量和半径,以获得强大的集群体积的估计。我们确定的投影径向分布的来源,我们发现没有依赖于光度或集群质量。背景和前景源统计占,我们占混乱的无线电源自适应降低分辨率的无线电源调查。我们确定的红移的RLF的假设下,它的整体形状不随红移的演变。我们的结果是一致的,从光学集团样品的范围内0.1 < z < 0.3的RLF的纯光度演化。X射线样本扩展到更高的红移,并产生与纯光度演化一致的结果。我们没有发现直接的证据,依赖于集群质量的RLF从目前的数据,虽然数据是一致的,最明亮的来源,只被发现在高质量的系统。

英文摘要:

By cross-correlating large samples of galaxy clusters with publicly available radio source catalogs, we construct the volume-averaged radio luminosity function (RLF) in clusters of galaxies, and investigate its dependence on cluster redshift and mass. In addition, we determine the correlation between the cluster mass and the radio luminosity of the brightest source within 50 kpc from the cluster center. We use two cluster samples: the optically selected maxBCG cluster catalog and a composite sample of X-ray selected clusters. The radio data come from the VLA NVSS and FIRST surveys. We use scaling relations to estimate cluster masses and radii to get robust estimates of cluster volumes. We determine the projected radial distribution of sources, for which we find no dependence on luminosity or cluster mass. Background and foreground sources are statistically accounted for, and we account for confusion of radio sources by adaptively degrading the resolution of the radio source surveys. We determine the redshift evolution of the RLF under the assumption that its overall shape does not change with redshift. Our results are consistent with a pure luminosity evolution of the RLF in the range 0.1 < z < 0.3 from the optical cluster sample. The X-ray sample extends to higher redshift and yields results also consistent with a pure luminosity evolution. We find no direct evidence of a dependence of the RLF on cluster mass from the present data, although the data are consistent with the most luminous sources only being found in high-mass systems.

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