LoCuSS: A Herschel view of obscured star formation in Abell 1835

MJ Pereira, Christopher Haines, Graham Smith, E Egami, SM Moran, A Finoguenov, E Hardegree-Ullman, N Okabe, T Rawle, M Rex

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Abstract

We present Herschel/PACS, MMT/Hectospec and XMM-Newton observations of Abell 1835, one of the brightest X-ray clusters on the sky, and the host of a strong cool core. Even though Abell 1835 has a prototypically "relaxed" X-ray morphology and no signs of ongoing merger activity in strong-and weak-lensing mass maps, it has a complex velocity distribution, suggesting that it is still accreting significant amounts of mass in the form of smaller satellite systems. Indeed, we find strong dynamical segregation of star-forming dusty galaxies from the optically selected cluster population. Most Herschel sources are found close to the virial radius of the cluster, and almost a third appear to be embedded within a filament feeding the cluster from the SW. We find that the most luminous infrared galaxies are likely involved in galaxy-galaxy interactions that may have triggered the current phase of star formation.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)L40
JournalAstronomy and Astrophysics
Volume518
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2010

Keywords

  • galaxies: clusters: individual: A1835
  • infrared: galaxies
  • galaxies: star formation
  • galaxies: evolution

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