Clustering of Red Galaxies around the Z = 1.53 Quasar 3C 270.1
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Haas, Martin
Heymann, Frank
Chini, Rolf
Siebenmorgen, Ralf
Stern, Daniel
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Haas, Martin, S. P. Willner, Frank Heymann, M. L. N. Ashby, G. G. Fazio, Belinda J. Wilkes, Rolf Chini, Ralf Siebenmorgen, and Daniel Stern. 2009. “Clustering of Red Galaxies around the Z = 1.53 Quasar 3C 270.1.” The Astrophysical Journal 695 (1) (April 1): 724–731. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/695/1/724.Abstract
In the paradigm of hierarchical galaxy formation, luminous radio galaxies mark mass assembly peaks that should contain clusters of galaxies. Observations of the z = 1.53 quasar 3C 270.1 with the Spitzer Space Telescope at 3.6–24 μm and with the 6.5 m MMT in the z and Y bands allow the detection of potential cluster members via photometric redshifts. Compared with nearby control fields, there is an excess of ∼11 extremely red objects (EROs) at 1.33 zphot 1.73, consistent with a protocluster around the quasar. The spectral energy distributions of 3/4 of the EROs are better fitted with passive elliptical galaxies than with dust-reddened starbursts, and of four sources well detected on an archival Hubble Space Telescope (HST) snapshot image, all have undisturbed morphologies. However, one ERO, not covered by the HST image, is a double source with 0.8 separation on the z image and a marginal (2σ) 24 μm detection indicating a dust-enshrouded starburst. The EROs are more luminous than L (H = −23.6 AB mag at z ≈ 1.5).Terms of Use
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