Environment in galaxy evolution in SERVS. I.

DOI

We use photometric redshifts derived from new u-band through 4.5{mu}m Spitzer IRAC photometry in the 4.8deg^2^ of the XMM-LSS field to construct surface density maps in the redshift range of 0.1-1.5. Our density maps show evidence for large-scale structure in the form of filaments spanning several tens of megaparsecs. Using these maps, we identify 339 overdensities that our simulated light-cone analysis suggests are likely associated with dark matter halos with masses, M_halo_, log(M_halo_/M_{sun})>13.7. From this list of overdensities we recover 43 of 70 known X-ray-detected and spectroscopically confirmed clusters. The missing X-ray clusters are largely at lower redshifts and lower masses than our target log(M_halo/M_{sun}_)>13.7. The bulk of the overdensities are compact, but a quarter show extended morphologies that include likely projection effects, clusters embedded in apparent filaments, and at least one potential cluster merger (at z~1.28). The strongest overdensity in our highest-redshift slice (at z~1.5) shows a compact red galaxy core, potentially implying a massive evolved cluster.

Cone search capability for table J/ApJ/889/185/table3 (Overdensities selected in the XMM-LSS field)

Identifier
DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.18890185
Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/889/185
Related Identifier https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJ/889/185
Related Identifier https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJ/889/185
Metadata Access http://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/pmh/pubreg.xml?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_b2find&identifier=ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/889/185
Provenance
Creator Krefting N.; Sajina A.; Lacy M.; Nyland K.; Farrah D.; Darvish B.,Duivenvoorden S.; Duncan K.; Gonzalez-perez V.; Lagos C.D.P.; Oliver S.,Shirley R.; Vaccari M.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2021
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OpenAccess true
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Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Cosmology; Galactic and extragalactic Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics