Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2000-08-09
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Accepted for publication in A&A Letters, 5 pages, 3 figures
Scientific paper
VLT spectroscopic observations of Ly alpha--excess objects in the field of the clumpy radio galaxy 1138-262 at z=2.16 have led to the discovery of 14 galaxies and one QSO at approximately the same distance as the radio galaxy. All galaxies have redshifts in the range 2.16 \pm 0.02, centered around the redshift of the radio galaxy, and are within a projected physical distance of 1.5 Mpc from it. The velocity distribution suggests that there are two galaxy subgroups having velocity dispersions of ~500 km/s and ~300 km/s and a relative velocity of 1800 km/s. If these are virialized structures, the estimated dynamical masses for the subgroups are ~9 and ~3x10E13 solar masses respectively, implying a total mass for the structure of more than 10E14 solar masses. The new observations, together with previous results, suggest that the structure of galaxies around 1138-262 is likely to be a forming cluster.
Breugel Wil van
Carilli Chris L.
Ford Holland
Heckman Tim
Kurk Jaron Daniel
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