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Title: THE MASSIVE AND DISTANT CLUSTERS OF WISE SURVEY. II. INITIAL SPECTROSCOPIC CONFIRMATION OF z ∼ 1 GALAXY CLUSTERS SELECTED FROM 10,000 deg{sup 2}

Abstract

We present optical and infrared imaging and optical spectroscopy of galaxy clusters which were identified as part of an all-sky search for high-redshift galaxy clusters, the Massive and Distant Clusters of WISE Survey (MaDCoWS). The initial phase of MaDCoWS combined infrared data from the all-sky data release of the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) with optical data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey to select probable z ∼ 1 clusters of galaxies over an area of 10,000 deg{sup 2}. Our spectroscopy confirms 19 new clusters at 0.7 < z < 1.3, half of which are at z > 1, demonstrating the viability of using WISE to identify high-redshift galaxy clusters. The next phase of MaDCoWS will use the greater depth of the AllWISE data release to identify even higher redshift cluster candidates.

Authors:
 [1]; ;  [2];  [3]; ;  [4];  [5]
  1. Department of Physics, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616 (United States)
  2. Department of Astronomy, University of Florida, 211 Bryant Space Center, Gainesville, FL 32611 (United States)
  3. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Missouri, 5110 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO 64110 (United States)
  4. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove, Pasadena, CA 91109 (United States)
  5. European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarzschildstrasse 2, D-85748, Garching bei Munchen (Germany)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22340189
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 213; Journal Issue: 2; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0067-0049
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; GALACTIC EVOLUTION; GALAXIES; GALAXY CLUSTERS; INFRARED SURVEYS; RED SHIFT; SKY; SPECTROSCOPY; VIABILITY

Citation Formats

Stanford, S. A., Gonzalez, Anthony H., Gettings, Daniel P., Brodwin, Mark, Eisenhardt, Peter R. M., Stern, Daniel, and Wylezalek, Dominika. THE MASSIVE AND DISTANT CLUSTERS OF WISE SURVEY. II. INITIAL SPECTROSCOPIC CONFIRMATION OF z ∼ 1 GALAXY CLUSTERS SELECTED FROM 10,000 deg{sup 2}. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1088/0067-0049/213/2/25.
Stanford, S. A., Gonzalez, Anthony H., Gettings, Daniel P., Brodwin, Mark, Eisenhardt, Peter R. M., Stern, Daniel, & Wylezalek, Dominika. THE MASSIVE AND DISTANT CLUSTERS OF WISE SURVEY. II. INITIAL SPECTROSCOPIC CONFIRMATION OF z ∼ 1 GALAXY CLUSTERS SELECTED FROM 10,000 deg{sup 2}. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/213/2/25
Stanford, S. A., Gonzalez, Anthony H., Gettings, Daniel P., Brodwin, Mark, Eisenhardt, Peter R. M., Stern, Daniel, and Wylezalek, Dominika. 2014. "THE MASSIVE AND DISTANT CLUSTERS OF WISE SURVEY. II. INITIAL SPECTROSCOPIC CONFIRMATION OF z ∼ 1 GALAXY CLUSTERS SELECTED FROM 10,000 deg{sup 2}". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/213/2/25.
@article{osti_22340189,
title = {THE MASSIVE AND DISTANT CLUSTERS OF WISE SURVEY. II. INITIAL SPECTROSCOPIC CONFIRMATION OF z ∼ 1 GALAXY CLUSTERS SELECTED FROM 10,000 deg{sup 2}},
author = {Stanford, S. A. and Gonzalez, Anthony H. and Gettings, Daniel P. and Brodwin, Mark and Eisenhardt, Peter R. M. and Stern, Daniel and Wylezalek, Dominika},
abstractNote = {We present optical and infrared imaging and optical spectroscopy of galaxy clusters which were identified as part of an all-sky search for high-redshift galaxy clusters, the Massive and Distant Clusters of WISE Survey (MaDCoWS). The initial phase of MaDCoWS combined infrared data from the all-sky data release of the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) with optical data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey to select probable z ∼ 1 clusters of galaxies over an area of 10,000 deg{sup 2}. Our spectroscopy confirms 19 new clusters at 0.7 < z < 1.3, half of which are at z > 1, demonstrating the viability of using WISE to identify high-redshift galaxy clusters. The next phase of MaDCoWS will use the greater depth of the AllWISE data release to identify even higher redshift cluster candidates.},
doi = {10.1088/0067-0049/213/2/25},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22340189}, journal = {Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series},
issn = {0067-0049},
number = 2,
volume = 213,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}