The cluster-scale environment of PKS 2155-304

Journal
Date Issued
2016
Author(s)
Farina, E. P.
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Fumagalli, M.
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Fanidakis, N.
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Abstract
PKS 2155-304 is one of the brightest extragalactic source in the X-ray and EUV bands, and is a prototype for the BL Lac class of objects. In this paper, we investigate the large-scale environment of this source using new multi-object as well as long-slit spectroscopy, together with archival spectra and optical images. We find clear evidence of a modest overdensity of galaxies at z = 0.116 10 ± 0.000 06, consistent with previous determinations of the BL Lac redshift. The galaxy group has a radial velocity dispersion of 250^{+80}_{-40} km s-1 and a virial radius of 0.22 Mpc, yielding a role-of-thumb estimate of the virial mass of Mvir ∼ 1.5 × 1013 M☉, I.e. one order of magnitude less than that observed in similar objects. This result hints towards a relatively wide diversity in the environmental properties of BL Lac objects.
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455
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1
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618
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0035-8711
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2016MNRAS.455..618F
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open.access
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