DISCOVERY OF A GALAXY CLUSTER WITH A VIOLENTLY STARBURSTING CORE AT z=2.506
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Wang , T , Elbaz , D , Daddi , E , Finoguenov , A , Liu , D , Schreiber , C , Martin , S , Strazzullo , V , Valentino , F , van der Burg , R , Zanella , A , Ciesla , L , Gobat , R , Le Brun , A , Pannella , M , Sargent , M , Shu , X , Tan , Q , Cappelluti , N & Li , Y 2016 , ' DISCOVERY OF A GALAXY CLUSTER WITH A VIOLENTLY STARBURSTING CORE AT z=2.506 ' , Astrophysical Journal , vol. 828 , no. 1 , 56 . https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/828/1/56
| Title: | DISCOVERY OF A GALAXY CLUSTER WITH A VIOLENTLY STARBURSTING CORE AT z=2.506 |
| Author: | Wang, Tao; Elbaz, David; Daddi, Emanuele; Finoguenov, Alexis; Liu, Daizhong; Schreiber, Corentin; Martin, Sergio; Strazzullo, Veronica; Valentino, Francesco; van der Burg, Remco; Zanella, Anita; Ciesla, Laure; Gobat, Raphael; Le Brun, Amandine; Pannella, Maurilio; Sargent, Mark; Shu, Xinwen; Tan, Qinghua; Cappelluti, Nico; Li, Yanxia |
| Contributor organization: | Department of Physics |
| Date: | 2016-09-01 |
| Language: | eng |
| Number of pages: | 15 |
| Belongs to series: | Astrophysical Journal |
| ISSN: | 0004-637X |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/828/1/56 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10138/183622 |
| Abstract: | We report the discovery of a remarkable concentration of massive galaxies with extended X-ray emission at z(spec) = 2.506, which contains 11 massive (M-* greater than or similar to 10(11) M-circle dot) galaxies in the central 80 kpc region (11.6 sigma overdensity). We have spectroscopically confirmed 17 member galaxies with 11 from CO and the remaining ones from Ha. The X-ray luminosity, stellar mass content, and velocity dispersion all point to a collapsed, cluster-sized dark matter halo with mass M-200c = 10(13.9 +/- 0.2) M-circle dot, making it the most distant X-ray-detected cluster known to date. Unlike other clusters discovered so far, this structure is dominated by star-forming galaxies (SFGs) in the core with only 2 out of the 11 massive galaxies classified as quiescent. The star formation rate (SFR) in the 80 kpc core reaches similar to 3400 M-circle dot yr(-1) with a. gas depletion time of similar to 200 Myr, suggesting that we caught this cluster in rapid build-up of a dense core. The high SFR is driven by both a high abundance of SFGs and a higher starburst fraction (similar to 25%, compared to 3%-5% in the field). The presence of both a collapsed, cluster-sized halo and a predominant population of massive SFGs suggests that this structure could represent an important transition phase between protoclusters and mature clusters. It provides evidence that the main phase of massive galaxy passivization will take place after galaxies accrete onto the cluster, providing new insights into massive cluster formation at early epochs. The large integrated stellar mass at such high redshift challenges our understanding of massive cluster formation. |
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galaxies: clusters: general
galaxies: evolution galaxies: formation galaxies: high-redshift galaxies: starburst large-scale structure of universe STAR-FORMING GALAXIES DARK-MATTER HALOS X-RAY-EMISSION EXTRAGALACTIC LEGACY SURVEY FORMATION-DENSITY RELATION HUBBLE-SPACE-TELESCOPE POINT-SOURCE CATALOG WIDE-FIELD SURVEY SIMILAR-TO 2 COSMOS FIELD 115 Astronomy, Space science |
| Peer reviewed: | Yes |
| Rights: | unspecified |
| Usage restriction: | openAccess |
| Self-archived version: | publishedVersion |
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