- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/862/172
- Title:
- HeCS-red: Hectospec surveys of redMaPPer clusters
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/862/172
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We use dense redshift surveys to explore the properties of galaxy clusters selected from the redMaPPer catalog. Our new survey, Hectospec Cluster Survey of red-sequence-selected clusters (HeCS-red), includes 10589 new or remeasured redshifts from MMT/Hectospec observations of 27 redMaPPer clusters at redshifts z=0.08-0.25 with large estimated richnesses (richness estimate {lambda}>64). Our spectra confirm that each candidate cluster corresponds to a large overdensity in redshift space. The redMaPPer photometric redshifts have a slight bias toward higher redshifts. We measure the relation between velocity dispersion {sigma}p and {lambda}. The relation shows intrinsic scatter of 24% (and a range of 2x) in velocity dispersion at fixed richness. We extend our analysis to HeCS-red-ext, a sample that includes several clusters selected by X-ray flux or Sunyaev-Zeldovich signal. The heterogeneous sample of 121 clusters in HeCS-red-ext shows similar intrinsic scatter in the {sigma}p-{lambda} relation as the HeCS-red sample, but the range of {sigma}p at fixed richness increases to 3x. We evaluate the membership probability estimates Pmem for individual galaxies provided by redMaPPer. The spectroscopic membership fraction is larger than Pmem for 0.05<=P_mem_<=0.7; conversely, the spectroscopic membership fraction is smaller than P_mem_ at P_mem_>=0.8. We compare spectroscopic richness estimates with redMaPPer richness estimates and find good agreement on average, but a range of a factor of two in spectroscopic richness at fixed redMaPPer richness. Overall, within the high-richness and low-redshift cut of our sample, spectroscopically estimated parameters such as velocity dispersion correlate well with photometric richness estimates, although the relations contain substantial scatter.
Number of results to display per page
Search Results
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/767/15
- Title:
- Hectospec Cluster Survey (HeCS)
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/767/15
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The infall regions of galaxy clusters represent the largest gravitationally bound structures in a {Lambda}CDM universe. Measuring cluster mass profiles into the infall regions provides an estimate of the ultimate mass of these halos. We use the caustic technique to measure cluster mass profiles from galaxy redshifts obtained with the Hectospec Cluster Survey (HeCS), an extensive spectroscopic survey of galaxy clusters with MMT/Hectospec. We survey 58 clusters selected by X-ray flux at 0.1<z<0.3. The survey includes 22680 unique MMT/Hectospec redshifts for individual galaxies; 10145 of these galaxies are cluster members. For each cluster, we acquired high signal-to-noise spectra for ~200 cluster members and a comparable number of foreground/background galaxies. The cluster members trace out infall patterns around the clusters. The members define a very narrow red sequence. We demonstrate that the determination of velocity dispersion is insensitive to the inclusion of bluer members (a small fraction of the cluster population). We apply the caustic technique to define membership and estimate the mass profiles to large radii. The ultimate halo mass of clusters (the mass that remains bound in the far future of a {Lambda}CDM universe) is on average (1.99+/-0.11)M_200_, a new observational cosmological test in essential agreement with simulations. Summed profiles binned in M_200_ and in L_X_demonstrate that the predicted Navarro-Frenk-White form of the density profile is a remarkably good representation of the data in agreement with weak lensing results extending to large radius. The concentration of these summed profiles is also consistent with theoretical predictions.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/819/63
- Title:
- Hectospec survey of SZ clusters (HeCS-SZ)
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/819/63
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We estimate cluster masses and velocity dispersions for 123 clusters from optical spectroscopy to compare the Sunyaev-Zeldovich (SZ) mass proxy and dynamical masses. Our new survey, HeCS-SZ (Hectospec Cluster Survey of SZ-selected clusters), includes 7721 new or remeasured redshifts from MMT/Hectospec observations of 21 SZ-selected clusters at redshifts z=0.05-0.20. We supplement the Hectospec data with spectra from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and cluster data from the Cluster Infall Regions in SDSS project and the Hectospec Cluster Survey, our Hectospec survey of clusters selected by X-ray flux. We measure the scaling relation between velocity dispersion and SZ mass estimates from the integrated Compton parameter for an SZ-complete sample of 83 clusters. The observed relation agrees very well with a simple virial scaling from mass (based on SZ) to velocity dispersion. The SZ mass estimates (calibrated with hydrostatic X-ray mass estimates) are not significantly biased compared to dynamical mass estimates under the assumption of small velocity bias of galaxies compared to dark matter particles. Significant mass bias in SZ mass estimates could relieve tension between cosmological results from Planck SZ cluster counts and Planck CMB data. In principle, SZ mass bias and velocity bias of galaxies could conspire to yield good agreement, but the required velocity bias is {sigma}_galaxy_~0.77{sigma}_DM_, outside the range of recent models of velocity bias in the literature. More likely, SZ mass bias and velocity bias are both small, and the tension between SZ cluster counts and CMB data requires another explanation.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/513/A15
- Title:
- Heidelberg InfraRed Optical Cluster Survey, HIROCS
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/513/A15
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We describe a survey for distant clusters of galaxies that identified clusters as local overdensities in the 3D galaxy distribution. Optical and near-IR imaging in B, R, i, z, and H are used to derive photometric redshifts for objects as faint as m*+1 at a redshift of 1.5. We outline the astrometric and photometric data reduction. The 3D cluster search, based on the photometric redshifts, is described.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/217/11
- Title:
- HeI* in broad absorption line QSOs
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/217/11
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Neutral helium multiplets, HeI*{lambda}{lambda}3189, 3889, 10830, are very useful diagnostics for the geometry and physical conditions of the absorbing gas in quasars. So far only a handful of HeI* detections have been reported. Using a newly developed method, we detected the HeI*{lambda}3889 absorption line in 101 sources of a well-defined sample of 285 MgII broad absorption line (BAL) quasars selected from SDSS DR5. This has increased the number of HeI* BAL quasars by more than one order of magnitude. We further detected HeI*{lambda}3189 in 50% (52/101) of the quasars in the sample. The detection fraction of HeI* BALs in MgII BAL quasars is ~35% as a whole, and it increases dramatically with increasing spectral signal-to-noise ratio (S/N), from ~18% at S/N<=10 to ~93% at S/N>=35. This suggests that HeI* BALs could be detected in most MgII LoBAL quasars, provided the spectra S/N is high enough. Such a surprisingly high HeI* BAL fraction is actually predicted from photoionization calculations based on a simple BAL model. The result indicates that HeI* absorption lines can be used to search for BAL quasars at low z, which cannot be identified by ground-based optical spectroscopic surveys with commonly seen UV absorption lines. Using HeI*{lambda}3889, we discovered 19 BAL quasars at z<0.3 from the available SDSS spectral database. The fraction of HeI* BAL quasars is similar to that of LoBAL objects.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/847/81
- Title:
- HeII photoionization rates of quasars
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/847/81
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The HeII transverse proximity effect-enhanced HeII Ly{alpha} transmission in a background sightline caused by the ionizing radiation of a foreground quasar-offers a unique opportunity to probe the morphology of quasar-driven HeII reionization. We conduct a comprehensive spectroscopic survey to find z~3 quasars in the foreground of 22 background quasar sightlines with Hubble Space Telescope/COS HeII Ly{alpha} transmission spectra. With our two-tiered survey strategy, consisting of a deep pencil-beam survey and a shallow wide-field survey, we discover 131 new quasars, which we complement with known SDSS/BOSS quasars in our fields. Using a restricted sample of 66 foreground quasars with inferred HeII photoionization rates greater than the expected UV background at these redshifts ({Gamma}_QSO_^HeII^>5x10^-16^s^-1^) we perform the first statistical analysis of the HeII transverse proximity effect. Our results show qualitative evidence for a large object-to-object variance: among the four foreground quasars with the highest {Gamma}_QSO_^HeII^ only one (previously known) quasar is associated with a significant HeII transmission spike. We perform a stacking analysis to average down these fluctuations, and detect an excess in the average HeII transmission near the foreground quasars at 3{sigma} significance. This statistical evidence for the transverse proximity effect is corroborated by a clear dependence of the signal strength on {Gamma}_QSO_^HeII^. Our detection places a purely geometrical lower limit on the quasar lifetime of t_Q_>25Myr. Improved modeling would additionally constrain quasar obscuration and the mean free path of HeII-ionizing photons.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/236/30
- Title:
- Herschel-ATLAS (H-ATLAS) DR2
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/236/30
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Herschel Astrophysical Terahertz Large Area Survey (H-ATLAS) is a survey of 660deg^2^ with the PACS and SPIRE cameras in five photometric bands: 100, 160, 250, 350, and 500{mu}m. This is the second of three papers describing the data release for the large fields at the south and north Galactic poles (NGP and SGP). In this paper we describe the catalogs of far-infrared and submillimeter sources for the NGP and SGP, which cover 177.1deg^2^ and 303.4deg^2^, respectively. The catalogs contain 118980 sources for the NGP field and 193527 sources for the SGP field detected at more than 4{sigma} significance in any of the 250, 350, or 500{mu}m bands. The source detection is based on the 250{mu}m map, and we present photometry in all five bands for each source, including aperture photometry for sources known to be extended. The rms positional accuracy for the faintest sources is about 2.4" in both RA and DEC. We present a statistical analysis of the catalogs and discuss the practical issues-completeness, reliability, flux boosting, accuracy of positions, accuracy of flux measurements-necessary to use the catalogs for astronomical projects.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/759/139
- Title:
- Herschel + MIPS photometry of GOODS sources
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/759/139
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We explore the effects of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) and star formation activity on the infrared (0.3-1000{mu}m) spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of luminous infrared galaxies from z=0.5 to 4.0. We have compiled a large sample of 151 galaxies selected at 24{mu}m (S_24_>~100{mu}Jy) in the GOODS-N and ECDFS fields for which we have deep Spitzer IRS spectroscopy, allowing us to decompose the mid-IR spectrum into contributions from star formation and AGN activity. A significant portion (~25%) of our sample is dominated by an AGN (>50% of the mid-IR luminosity) in the mid-IR. Based on the mid-IR classification, we divide our full sample into four sub-samples: z~1 star-forming (SF) sources, z~2 SF sources, AGNs with clear 9.7{mu}m silicate absorption, and AGNs with featureless mid-IR spectra. From our large spectroscopic sample and wealth of multi-wavelength data, including deep Herschel imaging at 100, 160, 250, 350, and 500{mu}m, we use 95 galaxies with complete spectral coverage to create a composite SED for each sub-sample. We then fit a two-temperature component modified blackbody to the SEDs. We find that the IR SEDs have similar cold dust temperatures, regardless of the mid-IR power source, but display a marked difference in the warmer dust temperatures. We calculate the average effective temperature of the dust in each sub-sample and find a significant (~20K) difference between the SF and AGN systems. We compare our composite SEDs to local templates and find that local templates do not accurately reproduce the mid-IR features and dust temperatures of our high-redshift systems. High-redshift IR luminous galaxies contain significantly more cool dust than their local counterparts. We find that a full suite of photometry spanning the IR peak is necessary to accurately account for the dominant dust temperature components in high-redshift IR luminous galaxies.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/222/16
- Title:
- Herschel obs. of major-merger pairs of z<0.1 galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/222/16
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present Herschel PACS and SPIRE far-infrared (FIR) and submillimeter imaging observations for a large K-band selected sample of 88 close major-merger pairs of galaxies (H-KPAIRs) in 6 photometric bands (70, 100, 160, 250, 350, and 500{mu}m). Among 132 spiral galaxies in the 44 spiral-spiral (S+S) pairs and 44 spiral-elliptical (S+E) pairs, 113 are detected in at least 1 Herschel band. The star formation rate (SFR) and dust mass (M_dust_) are derived from the IR SED fitting. The mass of total gas (M_gas_) is estimated by assuming a constant dust-to-gas mass ratio of 0.01. Star-forming spiral galaxies (SFGs) in S+S pairs show significant enhancements in both specific star formation rate (sSFR) and star formation efficiency (SFE), while having nearly the same gas mass compared to control galaxies. On the other hand, for SFGs in S+E pairs, there is no significant sSFR enhancement and the mean SFE enhancement is significantly lower than that of SFGs in S+S pairs. This suggests an important role for the disk-disk collision in the interaction-induced star formation. The M_gas_ of SFGs in S+E pairs is marginally lower than that of their counterparts in both S+S pairs and the control sample. Paired galaxies with and without interaction signs do not differ significantly in their mean sSFR and SFE. As found in previous works, this much larger sample confirms that the primary and secondary spirals in S+S pairs follow a Holmberg effect correlation on sSFR.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/572/A90
- Title:
- Herschel-VVDS-CFHTLS-D1 detections
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/572/A90
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We investigate of the properties of ~2000 Herschel/SPIRE far-infrared-selected galaxies from 0<z<4 in the CFHTLS-D1 field. Using a combination of extensive spectroscopy from the VVDS and ORELSE surveys, deep multiwavelength imaging from CFHT, VLA, Spitzer, XMM-Newton, and Herschel, and well-calibrated spectral energy distribution fitting, Herschel-bright galaxies are compared to optically-selected galaxies at a variety of redshifts. Herschel-selected galaxies are observed to span a range of stellar masses, colors, and absolute magnitudes equivalent to galaxies undetected in SPIRE. Though many Herschel galaxies appear to be in transition, such galaxies are largely consistent with normal star-forming galaxies when rest-frame colors are utilized. The nature of the star-forming "main sequence" is studied and we warn against adopting this framework unless the main sequence is determined precisely. Herschel galaxies at different total infrared luminosities (L_TIR_) are compared. Bluer optical colors, larger nebular extinctions, and larger contributions from younger stellar populations are observed for galaxies with larger L_TIR_, suggesting that low-L_TIR_ galaxies are undergoing rejuvenated starbursts while galaxies with higher L_TIR_ are forming a larger percentage of their stellar mass. A variety of methods are used to select powerful active galactic nuclei (AGN). Galaxies hosting all types of AGN are observed to be undergoing starbursts more commonly and vigorously than a matched sample of galaxies without powerful AGN and, additionally, the fraction of galaxies with an AGN increases with increasing SFR at all redshifts. At all redshifts (0<z<4) the most prodigious star-forming galaxies are found to contain the highest fraction of powerful AGN. For redshift bins that allow a comparison (z>0.5), the highest L_TIR_ galaxies in a given redshift bin are unobserved by SPIRE at subsequently lower redshifts, a trend linked to downsizing. In conjunction with other results, this evidence is used to argue for prevalent AGN-driven quenching in starburst galaxies across cosmic time.
