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一个z~3射电星系及其原星团:超结构的证据?

A z~3 radio galaxy and its protocluster: evidence for a superstructure?

E. Kuiper, B. P. Venemans, N. A. Hatch, G. K. Miley, H. J. A. Rottgering

摘要:

本文对射电星系MRC 0316 -257周围z~3.13(0316)的Lyman Break Galeries(LBG)进行了光谱跟踪观测。鲁棒的光谱红移的24个对象中的20个确定。其中三个光谱确认的星系有3.12<z<3.13,表明这些物体存在于以前在射电星系周围发现的原星系团结构中。另外5个物体被发现1600 km/s蓝移相对于主要的原星团结构。这是除了在以前的研究中发现的三个[OIII]发射体在这个红移。这进一步证明在0316原星团的正前方存在一个结构。我们估计,前景结构是负责的LBG作为一个整体的领域中发现的表面过密的一半。前景结构与一个强的表面密度峰值1.4兆秒差距的西北部的射电星系和二维Kolmogorov-Smirnov测试表明,0316和前景星系的空间分布在3西格玛水平不同。此外,我们还比较了原星系团、前景结构和场星系的性质,但没有发现明显的差异。就两个结构的性质而言,合并是一个可能的选择。简单的合并动力学表明,如果两个结构的质量约为5x10^14兆太阳,并且起始间距约为2.5至3兆秒差距,则可以再现观测到的1600 km/s的相对速度。也有可能前景结构与0316原星团无关,在这种情况下,两个结构在z=0之前不会相互作用。

英文摘要:

We present spectroscopic follow-up observations of Lyman Break Galaxies (LBGs) selected in the field surrounding the radio galaxy MRC0316-257 at z~3.13 (0316). Robust spectroscopic redshifts are determined for 20 out of 24 objects. Three of the spectroscopically confirmed galaxies have 3.12<z<3.13 indicating that these objects reside in a protocluster structure previously found around the radio galaxy. An additional 5 objects are found 1600 km/s blue-shifted with respect to the main protocluster structure. This is in addition to three [OIII] emitters found at this redshift in a previous study. This is further evidence that a structure exists directly in front of the 0316 protocluster. We estimate that the foreground structure is responsible for half of the surface overdensity of LBGs found in the field as a whole. The foreground structure is associated with a strong surface density peak 1.4 Mpc to the North-West of the radio galaxy and a 2D Kolmogorov-Smirnov test indicates that the spatial distributions of the 0316 and foreground galaxies differ at the 3 sigma level. In addition, we compare the properties of protocluster, foreground structure and field galaxies, but we find no significant differences. In terms of the nature of the two structures, a merger scenario is a possible option. Simple merger dynamics indicates that the observed relative velocity of 1600 km/s can be reproduced if the two structures have masses of ~5x10^14 Msun and have starting separations of around 2.5 to 3 Mpc. It is also possible that the foreground structure is unrelated to the 0316 protocluster in which case the two structures will not interact before z=0.

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