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Radio selection of the most distant galaxy clusters

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posted on 2023-06-12, 08:42 authored by E Daddi, S Jin, V Strazzullo, Mark Sargent, T Wang, C Ferrari, E Schinnerer, V Smolcic, A Calabró, Rosemary Coogan, J Delhaize, I Delvecchio, D Elbaz, R Gobat, Q Gu, D Liu, M Novak, F Valentino
We show that the most distant X-ray detected cluster known to date, ClJ1001 at z=2.506, hosts a strong overdensity of radio sources. Six of them are individually detected (within 10") in deep 0.75" resolution VLA 3GHz imaging, with S(3GHz)>8uJy. Of the six, AGN likely affects the radio emission in two galaxies while star formation is the dominant source powering the remaining four. We searched for cluster candidates over the full COSMOS 2-square degree field using radio-detected 3GHz sources and looking for peaks in Sigma5 density maps. ClJ1001 is the strongest overdensity by far with >10sigma, with a simple z_phot>1.5 preselection. A cruder photometric rejection of z<1 radio foregrounds leaves ClJ1001 as the second strongest overdensity, while even using all radio sources ClJ1001 remains among the four strongest projected overdensities. We conclude that there are great prospects for future, deep and wide-area radio surveys to discover large samples of the first generation of forming galaxy clusters. In these remarkable structures widespread star formation and AGN activity of massive galaxy cluster members, residing within the inner cluster core, will ultimately lead to radio continuum as one of the most effective means for their identification, with detection rates expected in the ballpark of 0.1-1 per square degree at z>2.5. Samples of hundreds such high-redshift clusters could potentially constrain cosmological parameters and test cluster and galaxy formation models.

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Journal

Astrophysical Journal

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0004-637X

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Institute of Physics

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2

Volume

846

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  • Physics and Astronomy Publications

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  • Astronomy Centre Publications

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Legacy Posted Date

2018-02-20

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2018-02-20

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2017-08-24

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