Spectroscopic Confirmation of Two Massive Red-sequence-selected Galaxy Clusters at Z ~ Approximately Equal to 1.2 in the Sparcs-North Cluster Survey
- Author:
- Lacy, Mark
- Published:
- [2008].
- Physical Description:
- 1 electronic document
- Additional Creators:
- Majumdar, Subhabrata, Demarco, Ricardo, Gilbank, David, Muzzin, Adam, Blindert, Kris, Gardner, Jonathan P., Yee, H.K.C., Gladders, Mike, Wilson, Gillian, Lonsdale, Carol, Surace, Jason, and Hoekstra, Henk
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- Summary:
- The Spitzer Adaptation of the Red-sequence Cluster Survey (SpARCS) is a deep z -band imaging survey covering the Spitzer 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 CFHT/MegaCam and covers 28.3 deg(sup 2). The southern component of the survey was observed with CTIO/MOSAICII, covers 13.6 deg(sup 2), and is summarized in a companion paper by Wilson et al. (2008). We also present spectroscopic confirmation of two rich cluster candidates at z approx. 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 and 650 +/- 160 km/s, respectively which imply masses (M(sub 200)) of (1.0 +/- 0.9) x 10(exp 14) Stellar Mass and (2.4 +/- 1.8) x 10(exp 14) Stellar Mass. 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.
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- Document ID: 20080045434.
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