Wilson, Gillian and Muzzin, Adam and Lacy, Mark and Yee, Howard and Surace, Jason and Lonsdale, Carol and Hoekstra, Henk and Majumdar, Subhabrata and Gilbank, David and Gladders, Mike (2008) Clusters of Galaxies at 1 < z < 2 : The Spitzer Adaptation of the Red-Sequence Cluster Survey. In: The Second Annual Spitzer Science Center Conference: Infrared Diagnostics of Galaxy Evolution. ASP Conference Series. Vol.381. Astronomical Society of the Pacific , San Francisco, CA, pp. 210-215. ISBN 978-1-58381-325-6. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20100730-094420663
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As the densest galaxy environments in the universe, clusters are vital to our understanding of the role that environment plays in galaxy formation and evolution. Unfortunately, the evolution of high-redshift cluster galaxies is poorly understood because of the “cluster desert” that exists at 1 < z < 2. The SpARCS collaboration is currently carrying out a 1-passband (z') imaging survey which, when combined with the pre-existing ~50 deg^2 3.6μm Spitzer SWIRE Legacy Survey data, will efficiently detect hundreds of clusters in the cluster desert using an infrared application of the well-proven cluster red-sequence technique. We have already tested this 1-color (z' −[3.6]) approach using a 6 deg^2 “pilot patch” and shown it to be extremely successful at detecting clusters at 1 < z < 2. The clusters discovered in this project will be the first large sample of “nascent” galaxy clusters which connect the star-forming proto-cluster regions at z > 2 to the quiescent population at z < 1. The existing seven-passband Spitzer data (3.6, 4.5, 5.8, 8.0, 24, 70, 160 μm) will allow us to make the first measurements of the evolution of the cluster red-sequence, IR luminosity function, and the mid-IR dust-obscured star-formation rate for 1 < z < 2 clusters.
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Additional Information: | © 2008 Astronomical Society of the Pacific. This work is based in part on archival data obtained with the Spitzer Space Telescope, which is operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology under a contract with NASA. Support for this work was provided by NASA. This work was also based on observations obtained with MegaPrime/MegaCam, a joint project of CFHT and CEA/DAPNIA, at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) which is operated by the National Research Council (NRC) of Canada, the Institut National des Science de l’Univers of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) of France, and the University of Hawaii. This work is based in part on data products produced at TERAPIX and the Canadian Astronomy Data Centre as part of the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Legacy Survey, a collaborative project of NRC and CNRS. | ||||||||||||
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