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448233.0,
MPI für Astronomie / Publikationen_mpia |
| Spectroscopic confirmation of two massive Red-sequence-selected galaxy clusters at z ~ 1.2 in the SpARCS-North Cluster Survey |
| Authors: | Muzzin, Adam; Wilson, Gillian; Yee, H. K. C.; Hoekstra, Henk; Gilbank, David; Surace, Jason; Lacy, Mark; Blindert, Kris; Majumdar, Subhabrata; Demarco, Ricardo; Gardner, Jonathan P.; Gladders, Mike; Lonsdale, Carol | | Language: | English | | Date of Publication (YYYY-MM-DD): | 2009 | | Title of Journal: | The Astrophysical Journal | | Journal Abbrev.: | ApJ | | Volume: | 698 | | Start Page: | 1934 | | End Page: | 1942 | | Review Status: | Peer-review | | Audience: | Experts Only | | Abstract / Description: | The Spitzer Adaptation of the Red-sequence Cluster Survey (SpARCS) is a deep z'-band imaging survey covering the Spitzer Wide-Area Infrared Extragalactic Survey (SWIRE) Legacy fields designed to create the first large homogeneously selected sample of massive clusters at z > 1 using an infrared adaptation of the cluster red-sequence method. We present an overview of the northern component of the survey which has been observed with Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT)/MegaCam and covers 28.3 deg2. The southern component of the survey was observed with Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO)/MOSAICII, covers 13.6 deg2, and is summarized in a companion paper by Wilson et al. We also present spectroscopic confirmation of two rich cluster candidates at z ~ 1.2. Based on Nod-and-Shuffle spectroscopy from GMOS-N on Gemini, there are 17 and 28 confirmed cluster members in SpARCS J163435+402151 and SpARCS J163852+403843 which have spectroscopic redshifts of 1.1798 and 1.1963, respectively. The clusters have velocity dispersions of 490 ± 140 km s--1 and 650 ± 160 km s--1, respectively, which imply masses (M 200) of (1.0 ± 0.9) à 1014 M sun and (2.4 ± 1.8) à 1014 M sun. Confirmation of these candidates as bonafide massive clusters demonstrates that two-filter imaging is an effective, yet observationally efficient, method for selecting clusters at z > 1. | | Free Keywords: | infrared: galaxies | | External Publication Status: | published | | Document Type: | Article |
| Communicated by: | N. N. | | Affiliations: | MPI für Astronomie
| | Identifiers: | URL:http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009ApJ...698.1934M [ID No:1] | |
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