Cluster galaxies at redshift 1.4

V. Strazzullo, P. Rosati, C. Lidman, C. Mullis, R. Demarco, R. Gobat, M. Nonino

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Resumen

We present new and partly preliminary results on the galaxy populations in the massive, X-ray luminous cluster XMMU J2235-2557 at redshift 1.39. We use high-quality optical and NIR data to study the luminosity function of cluster galaxies at different wavelengths (restframe ≈ 3500, 6500, 9000 Å), confirming previous results at lower redshifts showing that the redshift evolution of the characteristic luminosity M* of the luminosity function is consistent with passive evolution of a stellar population formed at redshift z>2. We build a restframe U-R vs R color-magnitude diagram from high-resolution z- and H-band images of XMMU J2235-2557 within R ≈ 700 kpc, finding a tight red sequence already in place. When compared to models of elliptical galaxy formation [1], the slope and location of the red sequence indicate a formation redshift of z ≈ 3 for the bulk of the stars in red sequence galaxies, at least brighter than M*+l. Spectral energy distribution fitting of multicolor data sampling the restframe ≈ 2700 9000 Å wavelength range consistently indicates that cluster members on the red sequence are already massive galaxies hosting evolved stellar populations.

Idioma originalInglés
Título de la publicación alojadaProbing Stellar Populations Out To The Distant Universe - Cefalu 2008 - Proceedings of the International Conference
Páginas11-14
Número de páginas4
DOI
EstadoPublicada - 2009
Publicado de forma externa
EventoInternational Conference on Probing Stellar Populations Out To The Distant Universe, Cefalu 2008 - Cefalu, Sicily, Italia
Duración: 7 sep. 200819 sep. 2008

Serie de la publicación

NombreAIP Conference Proceedings
Volumen1111
ISSN (versión impresa)0094-243X
ISSN (versión digital)1551-7616

Conferencia

ConferenciaInternational Conference on Probing Stellar Populations Out To The Distant Universe, Cefalu 2008
País/TerritorioItalia
CiudadCefalu, Sicily
Período7/09/0819/09/08

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