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发现z=1.579的大质量X射线发光星系团

Discovery of a massive X-ray luminous galaxy cluster at z=1.579

Joana S. Santos, Rene Fassbender, Alessandro Nastasi, Hans Böhringer, Piero Rosati, Robert Suhada, Daniele Pierini, Mario Nonino, Martin Muehlegger, Hernan Quin… 展开作者

Joana S. Santos, Rene Fassbender, Alessandro Nastasi, Hans Böhringer, Piero Rosati, Robert Suhada, Daniele Pierini, Mario Nonino, Martin Muehlegger, Hernan Quintana, Axel D. Schwope, Georg Lamer, Arjen de Hoon, Veronica Strazzullo

摘要:

我们报告发现一个非常遥远的星系团偶然发现的档案中的XMM-牛顿任务,在XMM-牛顿遥远的集群项目(XDCP)的范围内。XMMUJ 0044.0 -2033在X射线数据中以高显著性水平(5 sigma)检测为紧凑但显著扩展的源,软带通量f(r<40”)=(1.5+-0.3 x10 ^(-14)erg/s/cm 2)。光学/近红外跟踪观测证实了与X射线发射相匹配的红色星系的密度过高。使用地基VLT/FORS 2光谱学,光谱学证实该簇在z=1.579处。对I-H色星等图的分析显示了一系列红星系,其色距[3.7 < I-H < 4.6]在星系团X射线发射峰的1'以内。然而,这三个光谱成员(都具有复杂的形态)相对于观察到的红色序列具有显着的蓝色。此外,三个星团成员中的两个有[OII]发射,表明正在进行恒星形成。利用光谱红移,我们估算了X射线辐射热光度,Lbol = 5.8 × 10^44 erg/s,这意味着一个巨大的星系团。这使得XMMU J0044.0-2033处于大质量遥远星系团的最前沿,缩小了较低红移系统与最近发现的z >1.6的原始和低质量星系团之间的差距。

英文摘要:

We report on the discovery of a very distant galaxy cluster serendipitously detected in the archive of the XMM-Newton mission, within the scope of the XMM-Newton Distant Cluster Project (XDCP). XMMUJ0044.0-2033 was detected at a high significance level (5sigma) as a compact, but significantly extended source in the X-ray data, with a soft-band flux f(r<40")=(1.5+-0.3)x10^(-14) erg/s/cm2. Optical/NIR follow-up observations confirmed the presence of an overdensity of red galaxies matching the X-ray emission. The cluster was spectroscopically confirmed to be at z=1.579 using ground-based VLT/FORS2 spectroscopy. The analysis of the I-H colour-magnitude diagram shows a sequence of red galaxies with a colour range [3.7 < I-H < 4.6] within 1' from the cluster X-ray emission peak. However, the three spectroscopic members (all with complex morphology) have significantly bluer colours relative to the observed red-sequence. In addition, two of the three cluster members have [OII] emission, indicative of on-going star formation. Using the spectroscopic redshift we estimated the X-ray bolometric luminosity, Lbol = 5.8x10^44 erg/s, implying a massive galaxy cluster. This places XMMU J0044.0-2033 at the forefront of massive distant clusters, closing the gap between lower redshift systems and recently discovered proto- and low-mass clusters at z >1.6.

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