The Evolution of K* and the Halo Occupation Distribution since z=1.5: Observations vs. Simulations

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2011-09-26

arxiv.org/abs/1109.5735v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics

17 pages, 3 tables, 12 Figures. Accepted for publications in MNRAS. Version 2: modified Figs. 4, 8 and 10

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We study the evolution of the K-band luminosity function (LF) and the Halo Occupation Distribution (HOD) using Subaru observations of 15 X-ray clusters at z=0.8-1.5 and compare the results with mock clusters (01 rich clusters. However, we cannot distinguish between this model and a simple stellar population synthesis model invoking passive evolution with a formation redshift z~5 - consistent with the presence of an old red galaxy population ubiquitous in rich clusters at z=1.5. We also see a small difference (\Delta K*~0.5) between our clusters and studies of the field population at similar redshifts, suggesting only a weak dependence of the luminous (L>L*) part of the LF on environment. Turning to our HOD study, we find that within R_{500}, high-z clusters tend to host smaller numbers of galaxies to a magnitude K*+2 compared to their low-z counterparts. This behavior is also seen in the mock samples and is relatively insensitive to the average mass of the cluster haloes. In particular, we find significant correlations of the observed number of member cluster galaxies (N) with both z and cluster mass: $N(M,z)=(53\pm1)(1+z)^{-0.61^{+0.18}_{-0.20}}(M/10^{14.3})^{0.86\pm0.05}$. Finally, we examine the spatial distribution of galaxies and provide a new estimate of the concentration parameter for clusters at high z ($c_{g}=2.8^{+1.0}_{-0.8}$). Our result is consistent with predictions from both our SAM mock clusters and literature's predictions for dark matter haloes. The mock sample predictions rise slowly with decreasing redshift reaching $c_{g}=6.3^{+0.39}_{-0.36}$ at z=0.

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