IDCS J1433.2+3306: An Infrared-selected Galaxy Cluster at z = 1.89
Dey, Arjun; Gonzalez, Anthony H.; Stanford, S. A.; Stern, Daniel; Eisenhardt, Peter; Zeimann, Gregory R.; Snyder, Gregory F.; Brodwin, Mark; Mancone, Conor
United States
Abstract
We report the discovery of an IR-selected galaxy cluster in the IRAC Distant Cluster Survey (IDCS). New data from the Hubble Space Telescope spectroscopically confirm IDCS J1433.2+3306 at z = 1.89 with robust spectroscopic redshifts for seven members, two of which are based on the 4000 Å break. Detected emission lines such as [O II] and Hβ indicate star formation rates of gsim20 M ⊙ yr-1 for three galaxies within a 500 kpc projected radius of the cluster center. The cluster exhibits a red sequence with a scatter and color indicative of a formation redshift zf >~ 3.5. The stellar age of the early-type galaxy population is approximately consistent with those of clusters at lower redshift (1 <z < 1.5) suggesting that clusters at these redshifts are experiencing ongoing or increasing star formation.