Galaxy Clusters in the IRAC Dark Field II: Mid-IR Sources

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2009-05-12

arxiv.org/abs/0905.1973v1

Astrophys.J.700:123-136,2009

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics

18 pages, 9 figures, ApJ accepted

Scientific paper

10.1088/0004-637X/700/1/123

We present infrared luminosities, star formation rates, colors, morphologies, locations, and AGN properties of 24 micron-detected sources in photometrically detected high-redshift clusters in order to understand the impact of environment on star formation and AGN evolution in cluster galaxies. We use three newly-identified z=1 clusters selected from the IRAC dark field; the deepest ever mid-IR survey with accompanying, 14 band multiwavelength data including deep HST imaging and deep wide-area Spitzer MIPS 24 micron imaging. We find 90 cluster members with MIPS detections within two virial radii of the cluster centers, of which 17 appear to have spectral energy distributions dominated by AGN and the rest dominated by star formation. We find that 43 of the star forming are luminous infrared galaxies (LIRGs). The majority of sources (81%) are spirals or irregulars. A large fraction (at least 25%) show obvious signs of interactions. The MIPS -detected member galaxies have varied spatial distributions as compared to the MIPS-undetected members with one of the three clusters showing SF galaxies being preferentially located on the cluster outskirts, while the other 2 clusters show no such trend. Both the AGN fraction and the summed SFR of cluster galaxies increases from z=0 to 1, at a rate that is a few times faster in clusters than over the same redshift range in the field. Cluster environment does have an effect on the evolution of both AGN fraction and SFR from redshift one to the present, but does not effect the infrared luminosities or morphologies of the MIPS sample. Star formation happens in the same way regardless of environment making MIPS sources look the same in the cluster and field, however the cluster environment does encourage a more rapid evolution with time as compared to the field.

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