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Title: High-Redshift Clusters form NVSS: The TexOx Cluster (TOC) Survey

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OSTI ID:15003029

The TexOx Cluster (TOC) Survey uses overdensities of radiosources in the NVSS to trace clusters of galaxies. The links between radiosources and rich environments make this a powerful way to find clusters which may potentially be overlooked by other selection techniques. By including constraints from optical surveys, TOC is an extremely efficient way to find clusters at high redshift. One such field, TOC J0233.3+3021, contains at least one galaxy cluster (at z {approx} 1.4) and has been detected using the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect. Even in targeted deep optical observations, however, distinguishing the cluster galaxies from the background is difficult, especially given the tendency of TOC to select fields containing multiple structures at different redshifts.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
US Department of Energy (US)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
OSTI ID:
15003029
Report Number(s):
UCRL-JC-151376; TRN: US200420%%271
Resource Relation:
Conference: Radio Galaxies: Past, Present and Future, Leiden (NL), 11/11/2002--11/15/2002; Other Information: PBD: 11 Feb 2003
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English