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背景类星体视线内的星系团-- III多目标光谱学

Galaxy Clusters in the Line of Sight to Background Quasars - III Multi-Object Spectroscopy

H. Andrews, L. F. Barrientos, S. Lopez, P. Lira, N. Padilla, D. G. Gilbank, I. Lacerna, M. J. Maureira, E. Ellingson, M. D. Gladders, H. K. C. Yee

摘要:

我们提供了31个星系团候选者的Gemini/GMOS-S多目标光谱,红移在0.2和1.0之间,并以Lopez等人(2008)的类星体视线为中心。目标的选择是基于一个MgII吸收系统的存在,该系统的红移与一个候选星系团的红移相似,该星系团位于距离类星体视线投影距离< 2 h^{-1}Mpc处(一个“光度命中”)。吸收系统跨越0.015和2.028埃之间的静止框架等效宽度。我们的目标有三个方面:1)识别吸收星系并确定其碰撞参量,2)确认每个类星体视线附近的星系团候选者,3)确定吸收星系是否位于星系团中。我们的主要发现是:(1)在24个吸收星系中,有10个星系的红移达到1.0955。2)光谱确认了31个簇/组候选者中的20个,其中大多数确认的簇/组在z < 0.7处。3)根据上述结果,光谱学证实了星系团/星系群在~ 650 km/s范围内的14个光度撞击中的10个,另外还有2个新的与星系群环境有关的撞击。这些数字意味着71%的效率在寻找这样的系统与MOS光谱。这是一个了不起的结果,因为我们定义了一个光度命中那些具有红移差dz = 0.1的团簇吸收体对。吸收团星系托管弱吸收体是一致的,较低的恒星形成活动比其余的,产生较强的吸收,并同意在文献中发现的典型镁II吸收星系。我们的光谱确认支持Lopez等人(2008)中的光度命中选择。

英文摘要:

We present Gemini/GMOS-S multi-object spectroscopy of 31 galaxy cluster candidates at redshifts between 0.2 and 1.0 and centered on QSO sight-lines taken from Lopez et al. (2008). The targets were selected based on the presence of a intervening MgII absorption system at a similar redshift to that of a galaxy cluster candidate lying at a projected distance < 2 h^{-1}Mpc from the QSO sight-line (a 'photometric-hit'). The absorption systems span rest-frame equivalent widths between 0.015 and 2.028 angstroms. Our aim was 3-fold: 1) identify the absorbing galaxies and determine their impact parameters, 2) confirm the galaxy cluster candidates in the vicinity of each quasar sightline, and 3) determine whether the absorbing galaxies reside in galaxy clusters. Our main findings are: 1) the identification of 10 out of 24 absorbing galaxies with redshifts up to 1.0955. 2) The spectroscopic confirmation of 20 out of 31 cluster/group candidates, with most of the confirmed clusters/groups at z < 0.7. 3) Following from the results above, the spectroscopic confirmation of 10 out of 14 photometric hits within ~ 650 km/s from galaxy clusters/groups, in addition to 2 new ones related to galaxy group environments. These numbers imply efficiencies of 71% in finding such systems with MOS spectroscopy. This is a remarkable result since we defined a photometric hit as those cluster-absorber pairs having a redshift difference dz = 0.1. Absorbing cluster-galaxies hosting weak absorbers are consistent with lower star formation activity than the rest, which produce strong absorption and agree with typical MgII absorbing galaxies found in the literature. Our spectroscopic confirmations lend support to the selection of photometric hits made in Lopez et al. (2008).

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