The Galaxy Populations of Double Cluster RX J1053.7+5735 at z=1.13

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2005-02-23

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0502482v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Accepted for publication in A&A. 5 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20042112

We present a study of the galaxy population in the cluster RX J1053.7+5735, one of the most distant X-ray selected clusters of galaxies, which also shows an unusual double-lobed X-ray morphology, indicative of a possible equal-mass cluster merger. Using Keck-DEIMOS spectroscopic observations of galaxies in the 2x1.5 arcmin region surrounding RX J1053.7+5735, we secured redshifts for six galaxies in the range 1.129 < z < 1.139, with a mean redshift =1.134. The mean redshift agrees well with the cluster X-ray redshift previously estimated from the cluster X-ray Fe-K line, confirming the presence of a cluster at z~1.135. Galaxies with concordant redshifts are located in both eastern and western sub-clusters of the double cluster structure, indicating that both sub-clusters are at similar redshifts. This result is also consistent with a previous claim that both eastern and western X-ray lobes have similar X-ray redshifts. Based on their separation of ~ 250 kpc/h, these results support the interpretation that RX J1053.7+5735 is an equal-mass cluster merger taken place at z ~ 1, although further direct evidence for dynamical state of the cluster is needed for a more definitive statement about the cluster merging state. The six galaxies have a line-of-sight velocity dispersion = 650 km/s. All six galaxies show clear absorption features of CaII H & K, and several Balmer lines, typical of early galaxies at the present epoch, in agreement with their I-K colors. A color-magnitude diagram, constructed from deep optical/NIR observations of the RX J1053.7+5735 field, shows a clear red color sequence. There is an indication that the red sequence in RX J1053.7+5735 lies ~ 0.3 to the blue of the Coma line, qualitatively consistent with previous studies investigating other clusters at z ~ 1.

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