Distant clusters of galaxies in the ESO Imaging Survey

Details Distant clusters of galaxies in the ESO Imaging Survey Distant clusters of galaxies in the ESO Imaging Survey

1998-11-20

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9811334v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

5 pages, 3 figures. To appear in the proceedings of "Evolution of Large Scale Structure: From Recombination to Garching"

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The results of a search for distant clusters of galaxies performed using the I-band data obtained by the ESO Imaging Survey (EIS) are presented. Cluster candidates are identified using a matched filter algorithm, that provides not only an objective detection criterion, but also the means to estimate the cluster redshift and richness. A preliminary sample of distant clusters has been obtained, containing 252 cluster candidates with estimated redshift in the interval 0.2 < z < 1.3 (median redshift z_med ~ 0.4) over an area of approximately 14 square degrees. The adopted selection criteria for the inclusion of cluster candidates in this sample has been in general conservative, as the primary concern has been the reliability of the candidates rather than the completeness of the sample.

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