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高红移的星系团和最亮星系团的演化

Galaxy clusters at high redshift and evolution of brightest cluster galaxies

Z. L. Wen, J. L. Han

摘要:

高红移星系团的识别对于宇宙学和星系团演化的研究具有重要意义。利用星系的光度红移,我们从加拿大-法国-夏威夷望远镜(CFHT)宽视场中识别出631个星系团,从CHFT深视场中识别出202个星系团,从宇宙演化巡天(COSMOS)中识别出187个星系团,从斯皮策广域红外星系巡天(SWIRE)中识别出737个星系团。这些团簇的红移范围为0.1<z<1.6。合并这些集群样本得到1644集群在四个调查领域,其中1088是新确定的,超过一半是来自大SWIRE领域。在228个z>1的星系团中,有191个是新发现的,其中大部分来自SWIRE场。利用这个大样本的高红移星系团,我们研究了最亮星系团的颜色演化。BCGs的颜色r '-z'和r^+- m_{3.6μm}与一个恒星星族合成模型一致,即BCGs在红移z_f>2处形成,并被动演化。红移z>0.8的BCGs的颜色g '-z'和B- m_{3.6μm}比z_f~2时形成的星系的被动演化模型系统性地偏蓝,表明高红移BCGs中有恒星形成。

英文摘要:

Identification of high redshift clusters is important for studies of cosmology and cluster evolution. Using photometric redshifts of galaxies, we identify 631 clusters from the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) Wide field, 202 clusters from the CHFT Deep field, 187 clusters from the Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS) and 737 clusters from the Spitzer Wide-area InfraRed Extragalactic survey (SWIRE) field. The redshifts of these clusters are in the range of 0.1<z<1.6. Merging these cluster samples gives 1644 clusters in the four survey fields, of which 1088 are newly identified and more than half are from the large SWIRE field. Among 228 clusters of z>1, 191 clusters are newly identified, and most of them from the SWIRE field. With this large sample of high redshift clusters, we study the color evolution of the brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs). The colors r'-z' and r^+-m_{3.6μm} of the BCGs are consistent with a stellar population synthesis model in which the BCGs are formed at redshift z_f>2 and evolved passively. The colors g'-z' and B-m_{3.6μm} of the BCGs at redshifts z>0.8 are systematically bluer than the passive evolution model for galaxy formed at z_f~2, indicating star formation in high redshift BCGs.

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