Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2011-08-30
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
32 pages, 15 figures, published ApJ
Scientific paper
We investigate the properties of the 525 spectroscopically confirmed members of the Cl1604 supercluster at z~0.9 as part of the Observations of Redshift Evolution in Large Scale Environments (ORELSE) survey. Using extensive Keck LRIS/DEIMOS spectroscopy in conjunction with ten-band ground-based, Spitzer, and HST imaging, we investigate the buildup of the red sequence in groups and clusters at high redshift. Nearly all of the brightest and most massive red-sequence galaxies are found within the bounds of the clusters and groups. Despite the prevalence of these red-sequence galaxies, we find that the average cluster galaxy has a spectrum indicative of a star-forming galaxy, with a star formation rate between those of z~1 field galaxies and moderate redshift cluster galaxies. The average group galaxy is even more active, exhibiting properties indicative of a starburst. The presence of massive, red galaxies and the high fraction of starbursting galaxies suggest that significant processing is occurring in the group environment at z~1 and earlier. There is a deficit of low-luminosity red-sequence galaxies in all Cl1604 clusters and groups, suggesting that such galaxies transition to the red sequence at later times. Extremely massive (10^12) red sequence galaxies are also absent from the Cl1604 clusters and groups. We suggest that such galaxies form at later times through merging processes. There are also large populations of transition galaxies at intermediate stellar masses present in the groups and clusters, suggesting that such masses are important in the buildup of the red-sequence mass function at z~1. Through a comparison of the transitional populations present in the Cl1604 clusters and groups, we find evidence that massive blue cloud galaxies are quenched earliest in the most dynamically relaxed systems and at progressively later times in dynamically unrelaxed systems.
Fassnacht Christopher D.
Gal Roy R.
Kocevski Dale D.
Lacy Mark
Lemaux Brian C.
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