Galaxy Cluster Assembly at z=0.37

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2005-03-21

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0503451v1

Astrophys.J. 624 (2005) L73-L76

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Accepted by ApJ Letters

Scientific paper

10.1086/430518

We present X-ray and spectroscopic confirmation of a cluster assembling from multiple, distinct galaxy groups at z=0.371. Initially detected in the Las Campanas Distant Cluster Survey, the structure contains at least four X-ray detected groups that lie within a maximum projected separation of 4 Mpc and within dv=550 km/s of one another. Using Chandra imaging and wide-field optical spectroscopy, we show that the individual groups lie on the local sigma-T relation, and derive a total mass of M>=5e14 solar masses for the entire structure. We demonstrate that the groups are gravitationally bound to one another and will merge into a single cluster with >=1/3 the mass of Coma. We also find that although the cluster is in the process of forming, the individual groups already have a higher fraction of passive members than the field. This result indicates that galaxy evolution on group scales is key to developing the early-type galaxies that dominate the cluster population by z~0.

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