LBT-MODS spectroscopy of high-redshift candidates in the Chandra J1030 field. A newly discovered z ∼ 2.8 large scale structure
Journal
Date Issued
2023
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Abstract
We present the results of a spectroscopic campaign with the Multi-Object
Double Spectrograph (MODS) instrument mounted on the Large Binocular Telescope
(LBT), aimed at obtaining a spectroscopic redshift for seven Chandra J1030
sources with a photometric redshift >=2.7 and optical magnitude
r_AB=[24.5-26.5]. We obtained a spectroscopic redshift for five out of seven
targets: all of them have z_spec>=2.5, thus probing the reliability of the
Chandra J1030 photometric redshifts. The spectroscopic campaign led to the
serendipitous discovery of a z~2.78 large scale structure (LSS) in the J1030
field: the structure contains four X-ray sources (three of which were targeted
in the LBT-MODS campaign) and two non-X-ray detected galaxies for which a
VLT-MUSE spectrum was already available. The X-ray members of the LSS are
hosted in galaxies that are significantly more massive
(log(M_*/M_sun)=[10.0-11.1]) than those hosting the two MUSE-detected sources
(log(M_*/M_sun)<10). Both observations and simulations show that massive
galaxies, and particularly objects having log(M_*/M_sun)>10, are among the best
tracers of large scale structures and filaments in the cosmic web.
Consequently, our result can explain why X-ray-detected AGN have also been
shown to be efficient tracers of large scale structures.
Volume
673
Start page
A97
Issn Identifier
0004-6361
Ads BibCode
2023A&A...673A..97M
Rights
open.access
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