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2003MNRAS.343....1B - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 343, 1-21 (2003/July-3)
Red galaxy overdensities and the varied cluster environments of powerful radio sources with z ∼ 1.6.
BEST P.N., LEHNERT M.D., MILEY G.K. and ROETTGERING H.J.A.
Abstract (from CDS):
The images cover a relatively wide field, 5x5 arcmin2 , allowing the distribution of the surplus galaxy counts to be investigated. The galaxy overdensities are found on two scales around the AGN: (i) pronounced central concentrations on radial scales within ∼150 kpc; where present, these are composed almost entirely of red (R -K ≳ 4) galaxies, suggesting that the morphology-density relation is imprinted into the centres of clusters at a high redshift; (ii) weaker large-scale excesses extending out to between 1 and 1.5-Mpc radius. The presence or absence of galaxy excesses on these two scales, however, differs greatly between the six different fields: the fields of two AGN do show red galaxy excesses on both scales, another two fields show only a large-scale red galaxy overdensity with no pronounced central concentration, and one field shows only a sharp central peak of red galaxies with no large-scale overdensity. The final field shows little evidence for an excess on any scale; this field is associated with an unresolved radio source, perhaps indicating that only extended radio sources probe cluster environments.
Clearly, there is a large range in both the richness and the degree of concentration of any clustering environments around these distant AGN. The implications of this for both cluster formation and the nature of high-redshift AGN are discussed.
Abstract Copyright: 2003 RAS
Journal keyword(s): galaxies: clusters: general - galaxies: evolution - radio continuum: galaxies
Simbad objects: 9
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