The HST Medium Deep Survey Cluster Sample: Methodology and Data

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1998-08-26

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9808304v1

Astron.J.116:2644-2658,1998

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

25 pages including 7 figures and 9 tables. AJ Vol. 116, No. 6

Scientific paper

10.1086/300627

We present a new, objectively selected, sample of galaxy overdensities detected in the Hubble Space Telescope Medium Deep Survey. These clusters/groups were found using an automated procedure which involved searching for statistically significant galaxy overdensities. The contrast of the clusters against the field galaxy population is increased when morphological data is used to search around bulge-dominated galaxies. In total, we present 92 overdensities above a probability threshold of 99.5%. We show, via extensive Monte Carlo simulations, that at least 60% of these overdensities are likely to be real clusters and groups and not random line-of-sight superpositions of galaxies. For each overdensity in the MDS cluster sample, we provide a richness and the average of the bulge-to-total ratio of galaxies within each system. This MDS cluster sample potentially contains some of the most distant clusters/groups ever detected, with about 25% of the overdensities having estimated redshifts z > 0.9. We have made this sample publicly available to facilitate spectroscopic confirmation of these clusters and help more detailed studies of cluster and galaxy evolution. We also report the serendipitous discovery of a new cluster close on the sky to the rich optical cluster CLl0016+16 at z=0.546. This new overdensity, HST 001831+16208, may be coincident with both an X-ray source and a radio source. HST 001831+16208 is the third cluster/group discovered near to CL0016+16 and appears to strengthen the claims of Connolly et al. (1996) of superclustering at high redshift.

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