Published June 14, 2017 | Version v1

Herschel and ALMA observations of the ISM in massive high-redshift galaxy clusters

  • 1. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
  • 2. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
  • 3. University of Pennsylvania
  • 4. University of KwaZulu-Natal
  • 5. University of Wisconsin
  • 6. Princeton University

Description

The Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect (SZE) can be used to select samples of galaxy clusters that are essentially mass-limited out to arbitrarily high redshifts. I will present results from an investigation of the star formation properties of galaxies in four massive clusters, extending to z~1, which were selected on the basis of their SZE decrements in the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) survey. All four clusters have been imaged with Herschel/PACS (tracing star formation rate) and two with ALMA (tracing dust and cold gas mass); newly discovered ALMA CO(4-3) and [CI] line detections expand an already large sample of spectroscopically confirmed cluster members. Star formation rate appears to anti-correlate with environmental density, but this trend vanishes after controlling for stellar mass. Elevated star formation and higher CO excitation are seen in "El Gordo," a violent cluster merger, relative to a virialized cluster at a similar high (z~1) redshift. Also exploiting ATCA 2.1 GHz observations to identify radio-loud active galactic nuclei (AGN) in our sample, I will use these data to develop a coherent picture of how environment influences galaxies' ISM properties and evolution in the most massive clusters at early cosmic times. 

Notes

JFW and AJB thank Amanda Kepley for valuable support and guidance during the ALMA data reduction process. This work has been supported by (i) an award issued by JPL/Caltech in association with Herschel, which is a European Space Agency Cornerstone Mission with significant participation by NASA, (ii) the National Science Foundation through grant AST-0955810 and award GSSP SOSPA2-018 from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, which is operated under cooperative agreement by Associated Universities, Inc, and (iii) a travel grant provided by the American Astronomical Society.

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