An Excess of Dusty Starbursts at z = 2.2
Abstract
Searching for massive, dusty starbursts offers the great opportunity to trace galaxy overdensities and thus the cosmic web in the distant universe. I will present our APEX-LABOCA 870 μm imaging of the protocluster field of the radio galaxy MRC1138-262 - the so-called Spiderweb Galaxy - at z = 2.16, uncovering a large number of so-called submm galaxies (SMGs). The number counts already indicate an excess of SMGs compared to blank fields. Based on an exquisite multi-wavelength dataset, I will show that a large fraction of these massive, dusty starbursts are physically associated with the protocluster at z = 2.16. Finally, I will discuss both the properties of this starburst overdensity and their individual members.
- Publication:
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Galaxies in 3D across the Universe
- Pub Date:
- February 2015
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2015IAUS..309..259D
- Keywords:
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- galaxies: individual: MRC1138-262;
- galaxies: clusters: individual: MRC1138-262;
- galaxies: high redshift;
- cosmology: observations;
- Infrared: galaxies;
- submillimeter: galaxies