The Massive and Distant Clusters of WISE Survey. V. Extended Radio Sources in Massive Galaxy Clusters at z ∼ 1
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Univ Arizona, Dept AstronIssue Date
2019-02-01Keywords
galaxies: activegalaxies: clusters: general
galaxies: clusters: intracluster medium
galaxies: evolution
galaxies: jets
radio continuum: galaxies
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Emily Moravec et al 2019 ApJ 871 186Journal
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This item from the UA Faculty Publications collection is made available by the University of Arizona with support from the University of Arizona Libraries. If you have questions, please contact us at repository@u.library.arizona.edu.Abstract
We present the results from a pilot study with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array to determine the radio morphologies of extended radio sources and the properties of their host-galaxies in 10 massive galaxy clusters at z similar to 1, an epoch in which clusters are assembling rapidly. These clusters are drawn from a parent sample of WISE-elected galaxy clusters that were cross-correlated with the VLA Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-Centimeters survey to identify extended radio sources within 1' of the cluster centers. Out of the 10 targeted sources, 6 are FR II sources, 1 is an FR I source, and 3 have undetermined morphologies. Eight radio sources have associated Spitzer data, 75% presenting infrared counterparts. A majority of these counterparts are consistent with being massive galaxies. The angular extent of the FR sources exhibits a strong correlation with the cluster-centric radius, which warrants further investigation with a larger sample.ISSN
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National Science Foundation [AST-1715181]; NASA through the NASA Astrophysical Data Analysis Program [NNX12AE15G]; NASA [PID 90177, PID 11080]; 6.1 Basic ResearchAdditional Links
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