High redshift clusters of galaxies

  • Kim, Jae-Woo (CEOU/Astronomy Program, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Seoul National University) ;
  • Im, Myungshin (CEOU/Astronomy Program, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Seoul National University) ;
  • Lee, Seong-Kook (CEOU/Astronomy Program, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Seoul National University) ;
  • Jeon, Yiseul (CEOU/Astronomy Program, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Seoul National University) ;
  • Hyun, Minhee (CEOU/Astronomy Program, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Seoul National University)
  • Published : 2013.10.08

Abstract

A galaxy cluster is an important laboratory to study the large scale structure in the Universe and the galaxy evolution. In order to identify candidate galaxy clusters at z~1, we have used deep and wide optical-NIR datasets based on IMS, UKIDSS DXS and CFHTLS wide covering ${\sim}20deg^2$ in the SA22 field. We measure the angular two-point correlation function of the candidate clusters and investigate the star formation activity of the member galaxies. Based on bias factor and halo mass function, candidate clusters have the average halo mass of > $10^{14}h^{-1}M_{\odot}$. At z~1, the star formation rate of cluster galaxies is similar to that of field galaxies, which indicates the environmental quenching is not so significant at z~1 as the local Universe.

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