NIR spectroscopic observation of massive galaxies in the protocluster at z = 3.09
Abstract
We present the results of near-infrared spectroscopic observations of the -band selected candidate galaxies in the protocluster at in the SSA22 field. We observed 67 candidates with and confirmed redshifts of the 39 galaxies at . Of the 67 candidates, 24 are certainly protocluster members with , which are massive red galaxies those have been unidentified in previous optical observations of the SSA22 protocluster. Many distant red galaxies (DRGs; ), hyper extremely red objects (HEROs; ), {\it Spitzer} MIPS 24 m sources, active galactic nuclei (AGNs) as well as the counterparts of Ly blobs and the AzTEC/ASTE 1.1-mm sources in the SSA22 field are also found to be the protocluster members. The mass of the SSA22 protocluster is estimated to be and this system is plausibly a progenitor of the most massive clusters of galaxies in the current Universe. The reddest () protocluster galaxies are massive galaxies with showing quiescent star formation activities and plausibly dominated by old stellar populations. Most of these massive quiescent galaxies host moderately luminous AGNs detected by X-ray. There are no significant differences in the [O{\footnotesize III}] 5007/H emission line ratios, and [O{\footnotesize III}] 5007 line widths and spatial extents of the protocluster galaxies from those of massive galaxies at in the general field.
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@article{arxiv.1411.2663,
title = {NIR spectroscopic observation of massive galaxies in the protocluster at z = 3.09},
author = {Mariko Kubo and Toru Yamada and Takashi Ichikawa and Masaru Kajisawa and Yuichi Matsuda and Ichi Tanaka},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1411.2663},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
11 pages, 8 Figures; accepted for publication on ApJ