Herschel Multitiered Extragalactic Survey: clusters of dusty galaxies uncovered by Herschel and Planck
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Clements, D. L.
- Braglia, F. G.
- Hyde, A. K.
- Pérez-Fournon, I.
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Bock, J. J.
- Cava, A.
- Chapman, S.
- Conley, A.
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Cooray, A.
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Farrah, D.
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Gonzales Solares, E. A.
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Marchetti, L.
- Marsden, G.
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Oliver, S. J.
- Roseboom, I. G.
- Schulz, B.
- Smith, A. J.
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Vaccari, M.
- Vieira, J.
- Viero, M.
- Wang, L.
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Wardlow, J.
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Zemcov, M.
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de Zotti, G.
Abstract
The potential for Planck to detect clusters of dusty, star-forming galaxies at z > 1 is tested by examining the Herschel-SPIRE images of Planck Early Release Compact Source Catalog sources lying in fields observed by the Herschel Multitiered Extragalactic Survey. Of the 16 Planck sources that lie in the ∼90 sq. deg. examined, we find that 12 are associated with single bright Herschel sources. The remaining four are associated with overdensities of Herschel sources, making them candidate clusters of dusty, star-forming galaxies. We use complementary optical/near-IR data for these 'clumps' to test this idea, and find evidence for the presence of galaxy clusters in all four cases. We use photometric redshifts and red sequence galaxies to estimate the redshifts of these clusters, finding that they range from 0.8 to 2.3. These redshifts imply that the Herschel sources in these clusters, which contribute to the detected Planck flux, are forming stars very rapidly, with typical total cluster star formation rates >1000 M_⊙ yr^(−1). The high-redshift clusters discovered in these observations are used to constrain the epoch of cluster galaxy formation, finding that the galaxies in our clusters are 1–1.5 Gyr old at z ∼ 1–2. Prospects for the discovery of further clusters of dusty galaxies are discussed, using not only all sky Planck surveys, but also deeper, smaller area, Herschel surveys.
Additional Information
© 2014 The Authors. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. Accepted 2013 November 19. Received 2013 November 19; in original form 2013 November 13. First published online: February 11, 2014. Based in part on observations with Herschel, an ESA space observatory with science instruments provided by European-led Principal Investigator consortia and with important participation from NASA. Based in part on observations obtained with Planck (http://www.esa.int/Planck), an ESA science mission with instruments and contributions directly funded by ESA Member States, NASA & Canada. SPIRE has been developed by a consortium of institutes led by Cardiff Univ. (UK) and including: Univ. Lethbridge (Canada); NAOC (China); CEA, LAM (France); IFSI, Univ. Padua (Italy); IAC (Spain); Stockholm Observatory (Sweden); Imperial College London, RAL, UCL-MSSL, UKATC, Univ. Sussex (UK); and Caltech, JPL, NHSC, Univ. Colorado (USA). This development has been supported by national funding agencies: CSA (Canada); NAOC (China); CEA, CNES, CNRS (France); ASI (Italy); MCINN (Spain); SNSB (Sweden); STFC, UKSA (UK); and NASA (USA). The development of Planck has been supported by ESA; CNES and CNRS/INSU-IN2P3-INP (France); ASI, CNR and INAF (Italy); NASA and DoE (USA); STFC and UKSA (UK); CSIC, MICINN and JA (Spain); Tekes, AoF and CSC (Finland); DLR and MPG (Germany); CSA (Canada); DTU Space (Denmark); SER/SSO (Switzerland); RCN (Norway); SFI (Ireland); FCT/MCTES (Portugal). The development of Planck has been supported by ESA; CNES and CNRS/INSU-IN2P3-INP (France); ASI, CNR and INAF (Italy); NASA and DoE (USA); STFC and UKSA (UK); CSIC, MICINN and JA (Spain); Tekes, AoF and CSC (Finland); DLR and MPG (Germany); CSA (Canada); DTU Space (Denmark); SER/SSO (Switzerland); RCN(Norway); SFI (Ireland); FCT/MCTES (Portugal); and PRACE (EU). The data presented in this paper will be released through the Herschel Database in Marseille HeDaM (hedam.oamp.fr/HerMES). The authors would like to thank Mattia Negrello for the provision of Fig. 14. This work is funded in part by the UK STFC and UKSA. SJO, LW and AS acknowledge support from the Science and Technology Facilities Council [grant number ST/I000976/1], GdZ acknowledges financial support by ASI/INAF agreement I/072/09/0. Lucia Marchetti, and Mattia Vaccari were supported by the Italian Space Agency (ASI Herschel Science Contract I/005/07/0).Attached Files
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- Canadian Space Agency (CSA)
- National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC)
- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA)
- Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MCINN)
- Swedish National Space Board (SNSB)
- Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
- United Kingdom Space Agency (UKSA)
- NASA
- European Space Agency (ESA)
- Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules (IN2P3)
- Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU)
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)
- Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)
- Department of Energy (DOE)
- United Kingdom Space Agency (UKSA)
- CSIC (Spain)
- Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MICINN)
- JA (Spain)
- Tekes (Finland)
- AoF (Finland)
- CSC (Finland)
- Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
- Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
- Canadian Space Agency (CSA)
- DTU Space (Denmark)
- SER/SSO (Switzerland)
- Research Council of Norway
- Science Foundation, Ireland
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)
- PRACE (EU)
- Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
- ST/I000976/1
- Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI)
- I/072/09/0
- Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI)
- I/005/07/0
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