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ABSTRACT We have identified 189 candidate z > 1.3 protoclusters and clusters in the LSST Deep Drilling Fields. This sample will enable the measurement of the metal enrichment and star formation history of clusters during their early assembly period through the direct measurement of the rate of supernovae identified through the LSST. The protocluster sample was selected from galaxy overdensities in a Spitzer/IRAC colour-selected sample using criteria that were optimized for protocluster purity using a realistic light-cone. Our tests reveal that $$60\!-\!80~{{\ \rm per\ cent}}$$ of the identified candidates are likely to be genuine protoclusters or clusters, which is corroborated by a ∼4σ stacked X-ray signal from these structures. We provide photometric redshift estimates for 47 candidates which exhibit strong peaks in the photo-z distribution of their candidate members. However, the lack of a photo-z peak does not mean a candidate is not genuine, since we find a stacked X-ray signal of similar significance from both the candidates that exhibit photo-z peaks and those that do not. Tests on the light-cone reveal that our pursuit of a pure sample of protoclusters results in that sample being highly incomplete ($$\sim 4~{{\ \rm per\ cent}}$$) and heavily biased towards larger, richer, more massive, and more centrally concentrated protoclusters than the total protocluster population. Most ($$\sim 75~{{\ \rm per\ cent}}$$) of the selected protoclusters are likely to have a maximum collapsed halo mass of between 1013 and 1014 M⊙, with only $$\sim 25~{{\ \rm per\ cent}}$$ likely to be collapsed clusters above 1014 M⊙. However, the aforementioned bias ensures our sample is $$\sim 50~{{\ \rm per\ cent}}$$ complete for structures that have already collapsed into clusters more massive than 1014 M⊙.
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AGN feedback duty cycle in Planck SZ selected clusters using Chandra observations
ABSTRACT We present a systematic study of X-ray cavities using archival Chandra observations of nearby galaxy clusters selected by their Sunyaev–Zel’dovich (SZ) signature in the Planck survey, which provides a nearly unbiased mass-selected sample to explore the entire AGN feedback duty cycle. Based on X-ray image analysis, we report that 30 of the 164 clusters show X-ray cavities, which corresponds to a detection fraction of 18 per cent. After correcting for spatial resolution to match the high-$$\mathit{ z}$$ SPT-SZ sample, the detection fraction decreases to 9 per cent, consistent with the high-z sample, hinting that the AGN feedback has not evolved across almost 8 Gyrs. Our finding agrees with the lack of evolution of cool-core clusters fraction. We calculate the cavity power, Pcav, and find that most systems of our sample have enough AGN heating to offset the radiative losses of the intracluster medium.
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- Award ID(s):
- 2107711
- PAR ID:
- 10370780
- Publisher / Repository:
- Oxford University Press
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
- Volume:
- 516
- Issue:
- 1
- ISSN:
- 1745-3925
- Format(s):
- Medium: X Size: p. L101-L106
- Size(s):
- p. L101-L106
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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