Radio-optically selected clusters of galaxies. I. The radiogalaxy sample

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2001-10-12

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0110300v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

15 pages, 6 Postscript and 1 GIF figures. Accepted for publication in A&A

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20011236

In order to study the status and the possible evolution of clusters of galaxies at intermediate redshifts (z ~ 0.1 - 0.3), as well as their spatial correlation and relationship with the local environment, we built a sample of candidate groups and clusters of galaxies using radiogalaxies as tracers of dense environments. This technique - complementary to purely optical or X-ray cluster selection methods - represents an interesting tool for the selection of clusters in a wide range of richness, so to make it possible to study the global properties of groups and clusters of galaxies, such as their morphological content, dynamical status and number density, as well as the effect of the environment on the radio emission phenomena. In this paper we describe the compilation of a catalogue of 16000 radio sources in the region of the South Galactic Pole extracted from the publicly available NRAO VLA Sky Survey maps, and the optical identification procedure with galaxies brighter than b_J=20.0 in the EDSGC Catalogue. The radiogalaxy sample, valuable for the study of radio source populations down to low flux levels, consists of 1288 identifications and has been used to detect candidate groups and clusters associated to NVSS radio sources. In a companion paper we will discuss the cluster detection method, the cluster sample as well as first spectroscopic results.

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