Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
May 2007
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007aas...210.0601s&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society Meeting 210, #06.01; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 39, p.101
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
We present the motivation, design, and latest results from the Observations of Redshift Evolution in Large Scale Environments (ORELSE) Survey, a systematic search for structure on scales greater than 10 Mpc around 20 known galaxy clusters at z > 0.6. When complete, the survey will cover nearly 5 square degrees, all targeted at high-density regions, making it complementary and comparable to field surveys such as DEEP2, GOODS, and COSMOS. For the survey, we are using the Large Format Camera on the Palomar 5-m and SuPRIME-Cam on the Subaru 8-m to obtain optical/near-infrared imaging of an approximately 30 arcmin region around previously studied high-redshift clusters. Colors are used to identify likely member galaxies which are targeted for follow-up spectroscopy with the DEep Imaging Multi-Object Spectrograph on the Keck 10-m. This technique has been used to identify successfully the Cl 1604 supercluster at z = 0.9, a large scale structure containing at least eight clusters (Gal & Lubin 2004; Gal, Lubin & Squires 2005). We present the most recent structures to be photometrically and spectroscopically confirmed through this program, discuss the properties of the member galaxies as a function of environment, and describe our planned multi-wavelength (radio, mid-IR, and X-ray) observations of these systems. The goal of this survey is to identify and examine a statistical sample of large scale structures during an active period in the assembly history of the most massive clusters. With such a sample, we can begin to constrain large scale cluster dynamics and determine the effect of the larger environment on galaxy evolution.
Gal Roy R.
Lubin Lori Maxine
Squires Gordon K.
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