CLASH-VLT: Substructure in the galaxy cluster MACS J1206.2-0847 from
kinematics of galaxy populations
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M. Girardi, A. Mercurio, I. Balestra, M. Nonino, A. Biviano, C.
Grillo, P. Rosati, M. Annunziatella, R. Demarco, A. Fritz, R. Gobat, D.
Lemze (+24 others)
2015
Abstract
In the effort to understand the link between the structure of galaxy clusters
and their galaxy populations, we focus on MACSJ1206.2-0847 at z~0.44 and probe
its substructure in the projected phase space through the spectrophotometric
properties of a large number of galaxies from the CLASH-VLT survey. Our
analysis is mainly based on an extensive spectroscopic dataset of 445 member
galaxies, mostly acquired with VIMOS@VLT as part of our ESO Large Programme,
sampling the cluster out to a radius ~2R200 (4 Mpc). We classify 412 galaxies
as passive, with strong Hdelta absorption (red and blue galaxies, and with
emission lines from weak to very strong. A number of tests for substructure
detection are applied to analyze the galaxy distribution in the velocity space,
in 2D space, and in 3D projected phase-space. Studied in its entirety, the
cluster appears as a large-scale relaxed system with a few secondary, minor
overdensities in 2D distribution. We detect no velocity gradients or evidence
of deviations in local mean velocities. The main feature is the WNW-ESE
elongation. The analysis of galaxy populations per spectral class highlights a
more complex scenario. The passive galaxies and red strong Hdelta galaxies
trace the cluster center and the WNW-ESE elongated structure. The red strong
Hdelta galaxies also mark a secondary, dense peak ~2 Mpc at ESE. The emission
line galaxies cluster in several loose structures, mostly outside R200. The
observational scenario agrees with MACS J1206.2-0847 having WNW-ESE as the
direction of the main cluster accretion, traced by passive galaxies and red
strong Hdelta galaxies. The red strong Hdelta galaxies, interpreted as
poststarburst galaxies, date a likely important event 1-2 Gyr before the epoch
of observation. The emission line galaxies trace a secondary, ongoing infall
where groups are accreted along several directions.
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