VizieR Online Data Catalog: MCS J1206.2-0847 galaxies spectral classification

Girardi, M.; Mercurio, A.; Balestra, I.; Nonino, M.; Biviano, A.; Grillo, C.; Rosati, P.; Annunziatella, M.; Demarco, R.; Fritz, A.; Gobat, R.; Lemze, D.; Presotto, V.; Scodeggio, M.; Tozzi, P.; Bartosch Caminha, G.; Brescia, M.; Coe, D.; Kelson, D.; Koekemoer, A.; Lombardi, M.; Medezinski, E.; Postman, M.; Sartoris, B.; Umetsu, K.; Zitrin, A.; Boschin, W.; Czoske, O.; De Lucia, G.; Kuchner, U.; Maier, C.; Meneghetti, M.; Monaco, P.; Monna, A.; Munari, E.; Seitz, S.; Verdugo, M.; Ziegler, B.

doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.35790004

In the effort to understand the link between the structure of galaxy clusters and their galaxy populations, we focus on MACS J1206.2-0847 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 (4Mpc). 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. 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 Hδ galaxies. The red strong Hδ galaxies, interpreted as poststarburst galaxies, date a likely important event 1-2Gyr before the epoch of observation. The emission line galaxies trace a secondary, ongoing infall where groups are accreted along several directions.

VizieR Online Data Catalog: MCS J1206.2-0847 galaxies spectral classification / Girardi, M.; Mercurio, A.; Balestra, I.; Nonino, M.; Biviano, A.; Grillo, C.; Rosati, P.; Annunziatella, M.; Demarco, R.; Fritz, A.; Gobat, R.; Lemze, D.; Presotto, V.; Scodeggio, M.; Tozzi, P.; Bartosch Caminha, G.; Brescia, M.; Coe, D.; Kelson, D.; Koekemoer, A.; Lombardi, M.; Medezinski, E.; Postman, M.; Sartoris, B.; Umetsu, K.; Zitrin, A.; Boschin, W.; Czoske, O.; De Lucia, G.; Kuchner, U.; Maier, C.; Meneghetti, M.; Monaco, P.; Monna, A.; Munari, E.; Seitz, S.; Verdugo, M.; Ziegler, B.. - (2015). [10.26093/cds/vizier.35790004]