A new (2+1)D cluster finding algorithm based on photometric redshifts: large scale structure in the Chandra Deep Field South

Details A new (2+1)D cluster finding algorithm based on photometric redshifts: large scale structure in the Chandra Deep Field South A new (2+1)D cluster finding algorithm based on photometric redshifts: large scale structure in the Chandra Deep Field South

2006-11-29

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0611895v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

10 pages, 9 figures, accepted for publication in A&A

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20065384

Aims: We study galaxy clustering and explore the dependence of galaxy properties on the the environment up to a redshift z~1, on the basis of a deep multi-band survey in the Chandra Deep Field South. Methods: We have developed a new method which combines galaxy angular positions and photometric redshifts to estimate the local galaxy number-density. This allows both the detection of overdensities in the galaxy distribution and the study of the properties of the galaxy population as a function of the environmental density. Results: We detect two moderate overdensities at z~0.7 and z~1 previously identified spectroscopically. We find that the fraction of red galaxies within each structure increases with volume density, extending to z~1 previous results. We measure ``red sequence'' slopes consistent with the values found in X-ray selected clusters, supporting the notion that the mass-metallicity relation hold constant up to z~1. Conclusions: Our method based on photometric redshifts allows to extend structure detection and density estimates up to the limits of photometric surveys, i.e.considerably deeper than spectroscopic surveys. Since X-ray cluster detection at high redshift is presently limited to massive relaxed structures, galaxy volume density based on photometric redshift appears as a valuable tool in the study of galaxy evolution.

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