Dust-obscured star formation in the outskirts of XMMU J2235.3-2557, a massive galaxy cluster at z = 1.4

Santos, J.S.;; Altieri, B.;; Popesso, P.;; Strazzullo, V.;; Valtchanov, I.;; Berta, S.;; Böhringer, H.;; Conversi, L.;; Demarco, R.;; Edge, A.C.;; Lidman, C.;; Lutz, D.;; Metcalfe, L.;; Mullis, C.R.;; Pintos-Castro, I.;; Sánchez-Portal, M.;; Rawle, T.D.;; Rosati, P.;; Swinbank, A.M.;; Tanaka, M.

doi:10.1093/mnras/stt811

Dust-obscured star formation in the outskirts of XMMU J2235.3-2557, a massive galaxy cluster at z = 1.4

Santos, J.S.;; Altieri, B.;; Popesso, P.;; Strazzullo, V.;; Valtchanov, I.;; Berta, S.;; Böhringer, H.;; Conversi, L.;; Demarco, R.;; Edge, A.C.;; Lidman, C.;; Lutz, D.;; Metcalfe, L.;; Mullis, C.R.;; Pintos-Castro, I.;; Sánchez-Portal, M.;; Rawle, T.D.;; Rosati, P.;; Swinbank, A.M.;; Tanaka, M.

Authors

J.S.; Santos

B.; Altieri

P.; Popesso

V.; Strazzullo

I.; Valtchanov

S.; Berta

H.; Böhringer

L.; Conversi

R.; Demarco

Professor Alastair Edge alastair.edge@durham.ac.uk
Professor

C.; Lidman

D.; Lutz

L.; Metcalfe

C.R.; Mullis

I.; Pintos-Castro

M.; Sánchez-Portal

T.D.; Rawle

P.; Rosati

Professor Mark Swinbank a.m.swinbank@durham.ac.uk
Professor

M. Tanaka

Abstract

Star formation (SF) in the galaxy populations of local massive clusters is reduced with respect to field galaxies, and tends to be suppressed in the core region. Indications of a reversal of the SF–density relation have been observed in a few z > 1.4 clusters. Using deep imaging from 100–500 μm from Photodetector Array Camera and Spectrometer (PACS) and Spectral and Photometric Imaging REceiver (SPIRE) onboard Herschel, we investigate infrared properties of spectroscopic and photo-z cluster members, and of Hα emitters in XMMU J2235.3−2557, one of the most massive, distant, X-ray selected clusters known. Our analysis is based mostly on fitting of the galaxies spectral energy distribution (SED) in the rest-frame 8–1000 μm. We measure total IR luminosity, deriving star formation rates (SFRs) ranging from 89 to 463 M⊙ yr−1 for 13 galaxies individually detected by Herschel, all located beyond the core region (r >250 kpc). We perform a stacking analysis of nine star-forming members not detected by PACS, yielding a detection with SFR = 48 ± 16 M⊙ yr−1. Using a colour criterion based on a star-forming galaxy SED at the cluster redshift, we select 41 PACS sources as candidate star-forming cluster members. We characterize a population of highly obscured SF galaxies in the outskirts of XMMU J2235.3−2557. We do not find evidence for a reversal of the SF–density relation in this massive, distant cluster.

Citation

Santos, J., Altieri, B., Popesso, P., Strazzullo, V., Valtchanov, I., Berta, S., …Tanaka, M. (2013). Dust-obscured star formation in the outskirts of XMMU J2235.3-2557, a massive galaxy cluster at z = 1.4. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 433(2), 1287-1299. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt811

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	Jan 1, 2013
Deposit Date	Aug 23, 2013
Publicly Available Date	Sep 4, 2013
Journal	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Print ISSN	0035-8711
Electronic ISSN	1365-2966
Publisher	Royal Astronomical Society
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	433
Issue	2
Pages	1287-1299
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt811
Keywords	Galaxies, Clusters, XMMU J2235.3-2557, High-redshift, Star formation, Infrared.

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