A.L. Chies-Santos
OMEGA - OSIRIS Mapping of Emission-line Galaxies in A901/2: I. Survey description, data analysis, and star formation and AGN activity in the highest density regions
Chies-Santos, A.L.; Rodriguez del Pino, B.; Arag�n-Salamanca, A.; Bamford, S.P.; Gray, M.E.; Wolf, C.; Bohm, A.; Maltby, D.T.; Pintos-Castro, I.; Sanchez-Portal, M.; Weinzirl, T.
Authors
B. Rodriguez del Pino
Professor ALFONSO ARAGON-SALAMANCA ALFONSO.ARAGON@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Astronomy
STEVEN BAMFORD STEVEN.BAMFORD@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Associate Professor
MEGHAN GRAY MEGHAN.GRAY@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Astronomy
C. Wolf
A. Bohm
Dr. DAVID MALTBY David.Maltby@nottingham.ac.uk
Teaching Associate in Physics Andastronomy
I. Pintos-Castro
M. Sanchez-Portal
T. Weinzirl
Abstract
We present an overview of and first results from the OMEGA (OSIRIS Mapping of Emission-line Galaxies in the multicluster system A901/2) survey. The ultimate goal of this project is to study star formation and active galactic nucleus (AGN) activity across a broad range of environments at a single redshift. Using the tuneable-filter mode of the Optical System for Imaging and low-Intermediate-Resolution Integrated Spectroscopy (OSIRIS) instrument on Gran Telescopio Canarias, we target Hα and [NII] emission lines over an ∼0.5×0.5 deg2 region containing the z∼0.167 multicluster system A901/2. In this paper, we describe the design of the survey, the observations and the data analysis techniques developed. We then present early results from two OSIRIS pointings centred on the cores of the A901a and A902 clusters. AGN and star-forming (SF) objects are identified using the [NII]/Hα versus WHα diagnostic diagram. The AGN hosts are brighter, more massive, and possess earlier type morphologies than SF galaxies. Both populations tend to be located towards the outskirts of the high-density regions we study. The typical Hα luminosity of these sources is significantly lower than that of field galaxies at similar redshifts, but greater than that found for A1689, a rich cluster at z∼0.2. The Hα luminosities of our objects translate into star formation rates (SFRs) between ∼0.02 and 6 Myr−1. Comparing the relationship between stellar mass and Hα-derived SFR with that found in the field indicates a suppression of star formation in the cores of the clusters. These findings agree with previous investigations of this multicluster structure, based on other star formation indicators, and demonstrate the power of tuneable filters for this kind of study.
Citation
Chies-Santos, A., Rodriguez del Pino, B., Aragón-Salamanca, A., Bamford, S., Gray, M., Wolf, C., …Weinzirl, T. (2015). OMEGA - OSIRIS Mapping of Emission-line Galaxies in A901/2: I. Survey description, data analysis, and star formation and AGN activity in the highest density regions. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 450(4), 4458-4474. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv779
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Apr 2, 2015 |
Publication Date | Jul 1, 2015 |
Deposit Date | Apr 20, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | Apr 20, 2017 |
Journal | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
Print ISSN | 0035-8711 |
Electronic ISSN | 1365-2966 |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 450 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 4458-4474 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv779 |
Keywords | galaxies: clusters: individual: general – galaxies: star formation |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/752910 |
Publisher URL | https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/mnras/stv779 |
Additional Information | This article has been accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. |
Contract Date | Apr 20, 2017 |
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