TY - JOUR
T1 - CLASH-VLT
T2 - Substructure in the galaxy cluster MACS J1206.2-0847 from kinematics of galaxy populations
AU - Girardi, M.
AU - Mercurio, A.
AU - Balestra, I.
AU - Nonino, M.
AU - Biviano, A.
AU - Grillo, C.
AU - Rosati, P.
AU - Annunziatella, M.
AU - Demarco, R.
AU - Fritz, A.
AU - Gobat, R.
AU - Lemze, D.
AU - Presotto, V.
AU - Scodeggio, M.
AU - Tozzi, P.
AU - Caminha, G. Bartosch
AU - Brescia, M.
AU - Coe, D.
AU - Kelson, D.
AU - Koekemoer, A.
AU - Lombardi, M.
AU - Medezinski, E.
AU - Postman, M.
AU - Sartoris, B.
AU - Umetsu, K.
AU - Zitrin, A.
AU - Boschin, W.
AU - Czoske, O.
AU - De Lucia, G.
AU - Kuchner, U.
AU - Maier, C.
AU - Meneghetti, M.
AU - Monaco, P.
AU - Monna, A.
AU - Munari, E.
AU - Seitz, S.
AU - Verdugo, M.
AU - Ziegler, B.
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank the referee for invaluable comments. This research is partly supported by the MIUR PRIN2010-2011 (J91J12000450001) and PRIN INAF 2014. I.B. acknowledges funding from the European Union Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement n. 267251 “Astronomy Fellowships in Italy” (astroFit). The Dark Cosmology Centre is funded by the DNRF. B.S. and V.P. acknowledge a grant from “Consorzio per la Fisica Trieste”. R.D. gratefully acknowledges the support provided by the BASAL Center for Astrophysics and Associated Technologies (CATA), and by FONDECYT grant N. 1130528. A.F. acknowledges support by INAF through VIPERS grants PRIN 2008 and PRIN 2010. Support for A.Z. was provided by NASA through Hubble Fellowship grant #HST-HF2-51334.001-A awarded by STScI. The research is based in part on data collected at Subaru Telescope, which is operated by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, and obtained from the SMOKA, which is operated by the Astronomy Data Center, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan.
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PY - 2015/7/1
Y1 - 2015/7/1
N2 - Aims. In the effort to understand the link between the structure of galaxy clusters and their galaxy populations, we focus on MACS J1206.2-0847 at z ∼ 0.44 and probe its substructure in the projected phase space through the spectrophotometric properties of a large number of galaxies from the CLASH-VLT survey. Methods. Our analysis is mainly based on an extensive spectroscopic dataset of 445 member galaxies, mostly acquired with VIMOS at VLT as part of our ESO Large Programme, sampling the cluster out to a radius ∼2R200 (4 h70-1 Mpc). We classify 412 galaxies as passive, with strong Hδ absorption (red and blue galaxies), and with emission lines from weak to very strong. A number of tests for substructure detection are applied to analyze the galaxy distribution in the velocity space, in 2D space, and in 3D projected phase-space. Results. Studied in its entirety, the cluster appears as a large-scale relaxed system with a few secondary, minor overdensities in 2D distribution. We detect no velocity gradients or evidence of deviations in local mean velocities. The main feature is the WNW-ESE elongation. The analysis of galaxy populations per spectral class highlights a more complex scenario. The passive galaxies and red strong Hδ galaxies trace the cluster center and the WNW-ESE elongated structure. The red strong Hδ galaxies also mark a secondary, dense peak ∼2 h70-1 Mpc at ESE. The emission line galaxies cluster in several loose structures, mostly outside R200. Two of these structures are also detected through our 3D analysis. The observational scenario agrees with MACS J1206.2-0847 having WNW-ESE as the direction of the main cluster accretion, traced by passive galaxies and red strong Hδ galaxies. The red strong Hδ galaxies, interpreted as poststarburst galaxies, date a likely important event 1-2 Gyr before the epoch of observation. The emission line galaxies trace a secondary, ongoing infall where groups are accreted along several directions.
AB - Aims. In the effort to understand the link between the structure of galaxy clusters and their galaxy populations, we focus on MACS J1206.2-0847 at z ∼ 0.44 and probe its substructure in the projected phase space through the spectrophotometric properties of a large number of galaxies from the CLASH-VLT survey. Methods. Our analysis is mainly based on an extensive spectroscopic dataset of 445 member galaxies, mostly acquired with VIMOS at VLT as part of our ESO Large Programme, sampling the cluster out to a radius ∼2R200 (4 h70-1 Mpc). We classify 412 galaxies as passive, with strong Hδ absorption (red and blue galaxies), and with emission lines from weak to very strong. A number of tests for substructure detection are applied to analyze the galaxy distribution in the velocity space, in 2D space, and in 3D projected phase-space. Results. Studied in its entirety, the cluster appears as a large-scale relaxed system with a few secondary, minor overdensities in 2D distribution. We detect no velocity gradients or evidence of deviations in local mean velocities. The main feature is the WNW-ESE elongation. The analysis of galaxy populations per spectral class highlights a more complex scenario. The passive galaxies and red strong Hδ galaxies trace the cluster center and the WNW-ESE elongated structure. The red strong Hδ galaxies also mark a secondary, dense peak ∼2 h70-1 Mpc at ESE. The emission line galaxies cluster in several loose structures, mostly outside R200. Two of these structures are also detected through our 3D analysis. The observational scenario agrees with MACS J1206.2-0847 having WNW-ESE as the direction of the main cluster accretion, traced by passive galaxies and red strong Hδ galaxies. The red strong Hδ galaxies, interpreted as poststarburst galaxies, date a likely important event 1-2 Gyr before the epoch of observation. The emission line galaxies trace a secondary, ongoing infall where groups are accreted along several directions.
KW - Cosmology: observations
KW - Galaxies: clusters: general
KW - Galaxies: clusters: individual: MACS J1206.2-0847
KW - Galaxies: evolution
KW - Galaxies: kinematics and dynamics
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U2 - 10.1051/0004-6361/201425599
DO - 10.1051/0004-6361/201425599
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84934928422
SN - 0004-6361
VL - 579
JO - Astronomy and Astrophysics
JF - Astronomy and Astrophysics
M1 - A4
ER -