An AzTEC 1.1-mm survey for ULIRGs in the field of the galaxy cluster MS 0451.6-0305

Wardlow, J. L., Smail, Ian, Wilson, G. W., Yun, M. S., Coppin, K. E. K., Cybulski, R., Geach, J. E., Ivison, R. J., Aretxaga, I., Austermann, J. E., Edge, A. C., Fazio, G. G., Huang, J., Hughes, D. H., Kodama, T., Kang, Y., Kim, S., Mauskopf, Philip Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6397-5516, Perera, T. A. and Scott, K. S. 2010. An AzTEC 1.1-mm survey for ULIRGs in the field of the galaxy cluster MS 0451.6-0305. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 401 (4) , pp. 2299-2317. 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15847.x

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Abstract

We have undertaken a deep (σ∼ 1.1 mJy) 1.1-mm survey of the z= 0.54 cluster MS 0451.6−0305 using the AzTEC camera on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope. We detect 36 sources with signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) ≥ 3.5 in the central 0.10 deg2 and present the AzTEC map, catalogue and number counts. We identify counterparts to 18 sources (50 per cent) using radio, mid-infrared, Spitzer InfraRed Array Camera (IRAC) and Submillimetre Array data. Optical, near- and mid-infrared spectral energy distributions are compiled for the 14 of these galaxies with detectable counterparts, which are expected to contain all likely cluster members. We then use photometric redshifts and colour selection to separate background galaxies from potential cluster members and test the reliability of this technique using archival observations of submillimetre galaxies. We find two potential MS 0451−03 members, which, if they are both cluster galaxies, have a total star formation rate (SFR) of ∼100 M⊙ yr−1– a significant fraction of the combined SFR of all the other galaxies in MS 0451−03. We also examine the stacked rest-frame mid-infrared, millimetre and radio emission of cluster members below our AzTEC detection limit, and find that the SFRs of mid-IR-selected galaxies in the cluster and redshift-matched field populations are comparable. In contrast, the average SFR of the morphologically classified late-type cluster population is nearly three times less than the corresponding redshift-matched field galaxies. This suggests that these galaxies may be in the process of being transformed on the red sequence by the cluster environment. Our survey demonstrates that although the environment of MS 0451−03 appears to suppress star formation in late-type galaxies, it can support active, dust-obscured mid-IR galaxies and potentially millimetre-detected LIRGs.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Physics and Astronomy
Subjects:	Q Science > QB Astronomy
Uncontrolled Keywords:	galaxies: clusters: individual: MS 0451−03; submillimetre
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Publisher:	Royal Astronomical Society
ISSN:	0035-8711
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 March 2016
Last Modified:	18 May 2023 17:06
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/22921

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