Issue |
A&A
Volume 379, Number 1, November III 2001
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Page(s) | 21 - 34 | |
Section | Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies) | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011236 | |
Published online | 15 November 2001 |
Radio-optically selected clusters of galaxies
I. The radiogalaxy sample
1
Istituto di Radioastronomia -CNR, Via Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
2
Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, via Osservatorio 2, 00040 Monteporzio Catone (RM), Italy
3
Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Bologna, Via Irnerio 46, 40127 Bologna, Italy
Corresponding author: A. Zanichelli, azanichelli@ira.bo.cnr.it
Received:
13
December
2000
Accepted:
6
August
2001
In order to study the status and the possible evolution of clusters
of galaxies at intermediate redshifts ( 0.1-0.3), as well as their
spatial correlation and relationship with the local environment, we built a
sample of candidate groups and clusters of galaxies using radiogalaxies as
tracers of dense environments.
This technique -complementary to purely optical or X-ray cluster selection
methods -represents an interesting tool for the selection of clusters in a
wide range of richness, so to make it possible to study the global properties
of groups and clusters of galaxies, such as their morphological content,
dynamical status and number density, as well as the effect of the environment
on the radio emission phenomena.
In this paper we describe the compilation of a catalogue of ~16 000
radio sources in the region of the South Galactic Pole extracted from the
publicly available NRAO VLA Sky Survey maps, and the optical identification
procedure with galaxies brighter than
in the EDSGC
Catalogue.
The radiogalaxy sample, valuable for the study of radio source populations down
to low flux levels, consists of 1288 identifications and has been used to
detect candidate groups and clusters associated to NVSS radio sources.
In a companion paper we will discuss the cluster detection method, the cluster
sample as well as first spectroscopic results.
Key words: catalogs / radio continuum: galaxies / galaxies: clusters: general / cosmology: observations
© ESO, 2001
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