The Role of Environment in Galaxy Evolution in the SERVS Survey. I. Density Maps and Cluster Candidates

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  • Nick Krefting
  • Anna Sajina
  • Mark Lacy
  • Kristina Nyland
  • Duncan Farrah
  • Behnam Darvish
  • Steven Duivenvoorden
  • Ken Duncan
  • Violeta Gonzalez-Perez
  • Claudia del P. Lagos
  • Seb Oliver
  • Raphael Shirley
  • Mattia Vaccari

We use photometric redshifts derived from new u-band through 4.5 mu m Spitzer IRAC photometry in the 4.8 deg(2) of the XMM-LSS field to construct surface density maps in the redshift range of 0.1-1.5. Our density maps show evidence for large-scale structure in the form of filaments spanning several tens of megaparsecs. Using these maps, we identify 339 overdensities that our simulated light-cone analysis suggests are likely associated with dark matter halos with masses, M-halo, log(M-halo/M-circle dot) > 13.7. From this list of overdensities we recover 43 of 70 known X-ray-detected and spectroscopically confirmed clusters. The missing X-ray clusters are largely at lower redshifts and lower masses than our target log(M-halo/M-circle dot) > 13.7. The bulk of the overdensities are compact, but a quarter show extended morphologies that include likely projection effects, clusters embedded in apparent filaments, and at least one potential cluster merger (at z similar to 1.28). The strongest overdensity in our highest-redshift slice (at z similar to 1.5) shows a compact red galaxy core, potentially implying a massive evolved cluster.

Original languageEnglish
Article number185
JournalAstrophysical Journal
Volume889
Issue number2
Number of pages14
ISSN0004-637X
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Feb 2020

    Research areas

  • PHOTOMETRIC REDSHIFTS, LEGACY SURVEY, CATALOG, MASS, SIMULATION, DEG(2), HELP

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