Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-10-30
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
4 pages, presented at "SF2A-2008: Semaine de l'Astrophysique Francaise"
Scientific paper
We present an investigation of the dust-enshrouded activity in a sample of X-ray selected clusters drawn from the XMM-LSS survey in the redshift range z ~ 0.05 - 1.05. By taking advantage of the contiguous mid-IR coverage of the XMM-LSS field by the Spitzer SWIRE legacy survey, we examined the distribution and number density of mid-IR bright sources out to the cluster periphery and its dependence on redshift to probe the obscured side of the Butcher-Oemler effect. Toward intermediate redshift clusters we identified surprisingly high numbers of bright 24um sources, whose photometric redshifts are compatible with cluster membership. The stacked surface density profile of 24um sources in clusters within four redshift bins gives evidence for an excess of bright mid-IR sources at redshift z $\geq$ 0.4 at cluster-centric radii ~ 200 - 500 kpc. Some traces of excess appear to be present at larger radii as well.
Duc Pierre-Alain
Ilbert Olivier
Temporin Sonia
the XMM-LSS/SWIRE Collaboration
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