The discovery of a massive supercluster at z=0.9 in the UKIDSS Deep eXtragalactic Survey

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The discovery of a massive supercluster at z=0.9 in the UKIDSS Deep eXtragalactic Survey. / Swinbank, A. M.; Edge, A. C.; Smail, Ian et al.
In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 379, No. 4, 21.08.2007, p. 1343-1351.

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Swinbank, AM, Edge, AC, Smail, I, Stott, JP, Bremer, M, Sato, Y, van Breukelen, C, Jarvis, M, Waddington, I, Clewley, L, Bergeron, J, Cotter, G, Dye, S, Geach, JE, Gonzalez-Solares, E, Hirst, P, Ivison, RJ, Rawlings, S, Simpson, C, Smith, GP, Verma, A & Yamada, T 2007, 'The discovery of a massive supercluster at z=0.9 in the UKIDSS Deep eXtragalactic Survey', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 379, no. 4, pp. 1343-1351. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12037.x

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Swinbank, A. M., Edge, A. C., Smail, I., Stott, J. P., Bremer, M., Sato, Y., van Breukelen, C., Jarvis, M., Waddington, I., Clewley, L., Bergeron, J., Cotter, G., Dye, S., Geach, J. E., Gonzalez-Solares, E., Hirst, P., Ivison, R. J., Rawlings, S., Simpson, C., ... Yamada, T. (2007). The discovery of a massive supercluster at z=0.9 in the UKIDSS Deep eXtragalactic Survey. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 379(4), 1343-1351. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12037.x

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Swinbank AM, Edge AC, Smail I, Stott JP, Bremer M, Sato Y et al. The discovery of a massive supercluster at z=0.9 in the UKIDSS Deep eXtragalactic Survey. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 2007 Aug 21;379(4):1343-1351. Epub 2007 Jul 26. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12037.x

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Swinbank, A. M. ; Edge, A. C. ; Smail, Ian et al. / The discovery of a massive supercluster at z=0.9 in the UKIDSS Deep eXtragalactic Survey. In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 2007 ; Vol. 379, No. 4. pp. 1343-1351.

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title = "The discovery of a massive supercluster at z=0.9 in the UKIDSS Deep eXtragalactic Survey",

abstract = "We analyse the first publicly released deep field of the UK Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS) Deep eXtragalactic Survey to identify candidate galaxy overdensities at z similar to 1 across similar to 1 deg(2) in the ELAIS-N1 field. Using I - K, J - K and K - 3.6 mu m colours, we identify and spectroscopically follow up five candidate structures with Gemini/Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph and confirm that they are all true overdensities with between five and 19 members each. Surprisingly, all five structures lie in a narrow redshift range at z = 0.89 +/- 0.01, although they are spread across 30 Mpc on the sky. We also find a more distant overdensity at z = 1.09 in one of the spectroscopic survey regions. These five overdense regions lying in a narrow redshift range indicate the presence of a supercluster in this field and by comparing with mock cluster catalogues from N-body simulations we discuss the likely properties of this structure. Overall, we show that the properties of this supercluster are similar to the well-studied Shapley and Hercules superclusters at lower redshift.",

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T1 - The discovery of a massive supercluster at z=0.9 in the UKIDSS Deep eXtragalactic Survey

AU - Swinbank, A. M.

AU - Edge, A. C.

AU - Smail, Ian

AU - Stott, J. P.

AU - Bremer, M.

AU - Sato, Y.

AU - van Breukelen, C.

AU - Jarvis, M.

AU - Waddington, I.

AU - Clewley, L.

AU - Bergeron, J.

AU - Cotter, G.

AU - Dye, S.

AU - Geach, J. E.

AU - Gonzalez-Solares, E.

AU - Hirst, P.

AU - Ivison, R. J.

AU - Rawlings, S.

AU - Simpson, C.

AU - Smith, G. P.

AU - Verma, A.

AU - Yamada, T.

PY - 2007/8/21

Y1 - 2007/8/21

N2 - We analyse the first publicly released deep field of the UK Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS) Deep eXtragalactic Survey to identify candidate galaxy overdensities at z similar to 1 across similar to 1 deg(2) in the ELAIS-N1 field. Using I - K, J - K and K - 3.6 mu m colours, we identify and spectroscopically follow up five candidate structures with Gemini/Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph and confirm that they are all true overdensities with between five and 19 members each. Surprisingly, all five structures lie in a narrow redshift range at z = 0.89 +/- 0.01, although they are spread across 30 Mpc on the sky. We also find a more distant overdensity at z = 1.09 in one of the spectroscopic survey regions. These five overdense regions lying in a narrow redshift range indicate the presence of a supercluster in this field and by comparing with mock cluster catalogues from N-body simulations we discuss the likely properties of this structure. Overall, we show that the properties of this supercluster are similar to the well-studied Shapley and Hercules superclusters at lower redshift.

AB - We analyse the first publicly released deep field of the UK Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS) Deep eXtragalactic Survey to identify candidate galaxy overdensities at z similar to 1 across similar to 1 deg(2) in the ELAIS-N1 field. Using I - K, J - K and K - 3.6 mu m colours, we identify and spectroscopically follow up five candidate structures with Gemini/Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph and confirm that they are all true overdensities with between five and 19 members each. Surprisingly, all five structures lie in a narrow redshift range at z = 0.89 +/- 0.01, although they are spread across 30 Mpc on the sky. We also find a more distant overdensity at z = 1.09 in one of the spectroscopic survey regions. These five overdense regions lying in a narrow redshift range indicate the presence of a supercluster in this field and by comparing with mock cluster catalogues from N-body simulations we discuss the likely properties of this structure. Overall, we show that the properties of this supercluster are similar to the well-studied Shapley and Hercules superclusters at lower redshift.

KW - galaxies : clusters : general

KW - galaxies : high-redshift

KW - LUMINOUS GALAXY CLUSTER

KW - EARLY DATA RELEASE

KW - RICH CLUSTERS

KW - CATALOG

KW - POPULATION

KW - EVOLUTION

KW - REDSHIFT

KW - XMM

KW - VELOCITIES

KW - SPECTRA

U2 - 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12037.x

DO - 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12037.x

M3 - Journal article

VL - 379

SP - 1343

EP - 1351

JO - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

JF - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

SN - 0035-8711

IS - 4

ER -

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