Dust-obscured star formation in the outskirts of XMMU J2235.3-2557, a massive galaxy cluster at z = 1.4

J. S. Santos, B. Altieri, P. Popesso, V. Strazzullo, I. Valtchanov, S. Berta, H. Böhringer, L. Conversi, R. Demarco, A. C. Edge, C. Lidman, D. Lutz, L. Metcalfe, C. R. Mullis, I. Pintos-Castro, M. Sánchez-Portal, T. D. Rawle, P. Rosati, A. M. Swinbank, M. Tanaka

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Abstract

Star formation (SF) in the galaxy populations of local massive clusters is reduced with respect to field galaxies, and tends to be suppressed in the core region. Indications of a reversal of the SF-density relation have been observed in a few z > 1.4 clusters. Using deep imaging from 100-500 μm from Photodetector Array Camera and Spectrometer (PACS) and Spectral and Photometric Imaging REceiver (SPIRE) onboard Herschel, we investigate infrared properties of spectroscopic and photo-z cluster members, and of Ha emitters in XMMU J2235.3-2557, one of the most massive, distant, X-ray selected clusters known. Our analysis is based mostly on fitting of the galaxies spectral energy distribution (SED) in the rest-frame 8-1000 μm. We measure total IR luminosity, deriving star formation rates (SFRs) ranging from 89 to 463M yr-1 for 13 galaxies individually detected by Herschel, all located beyond the core region (r>250 kpc).We perform a stacking analysis of nine star-forming members not detected by PACS, yielding a detection with SFR = 48 ± 16Mȯ yr-1. Using a colour criterion based on a star-forming galaxy SED at the cluster redshift, we select 41 PACS sources as candidate star-forming cluster members. We characterize a population of highly obscured SF galaxies in the outskirts of XMMU J2235.3-2557. We do not find evidence for a reversal of the SF-density relation in this massive, distant cluster.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1287-1299
Number of pages13
JournalMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume433
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013 Jul

Keywords

  • Galaxies:Star formation
  • Glaxies:Clusters:Individual:XMMU J2235.3-2557-Galaxies:High
  • Infrared:Galaxies
  • Redshift

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