Large-scale structure of Lyman break galaxies around a radio galaxy protocluster at z~4

Details Large-scale structure of Lyman break galaxies around a radio galaxy protocluster at z~4 Large-scale structure of Lyman break galaxies around a radio galaxy protocluster at z~4

2006-06-13

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0606298v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

5 pages, 4 figures. Accepted for publication in A&A. Full resolution version available at http://www.strw.leidenuniv.nl/~int

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20064812

We present broad-band imaging with the Subaru Telescope of a 25'x25' field surrounding the radio galaxy TN J1338-1942 at redshift z=4.1. The field contains excesses of Lyman-alpha emitters (LAEs) and Lyman break galaxies (LBGs) identified with a protocluster surrounding the radio galaxy. Our new wide-field images provide information about the boundary of the protocluster and its surroundings. There are 874 candidate LBGs within our field, having redshifts in the range z=3.5-4.5. An examination of the brightest of these (with i'< 25.0) shows that the most prominent concentration coincides with the previously discovered protocluster. The diameter of this galaxy overdensity corresponds to ~2 Mpc at z=4, consistent with the previous estimation using LAEs. Several other concentrations of LBGs are observed in the field, some of which may well be physically connected with the z=4.1 protocluster. The observed structure in the smoothed LBG distribution can be explained as the projection of large-scale structure, within the redshift range z=3.5-4.5, comprising compact overdensities and prominent larger voids. If the 5-8 observed compact overdensities are associated with protoclusters, the observed protocluster volume density is ~5x10^-6 Mpc^-3, similar to the volume density of rich clusters in the local Universe.

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