A galaxy group candidate at z approximate to 3.7 in the COSMOS field

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  • Nikolaj B. Sillassen
  • Jin, Shuowen
  • Magdis, Georgios
  • Emanuele Daddi
  • John R. Weaver
  • Raphael Gobat
  • Vasilii Kokorev
  • Francesco Valentino
  • Alexis Finoguenov
  • Marko Shuntov
  • Carlos Gomez-Guijarro
  • Rosemary Coogan
  • Thomas R. Greve
  • Toft, Sune
  • David Blanquez Sese

We report a galaxy group candidate HPC1001 at z approximate to 3.7 in the COSMOS field. This structure was selected as a high galaxy overdensity at z > 3 in the COSMOS2020 catalog. It contains ten candidate members, of which eight are assembled in a 10 '' x 10 '' area with the highest sky density among known protoclusters and groups at z > 3. Four out of ten sources were also detected at 1.2mm with Atacama Large Millimeter Array continuum observations. Photometric redshifts, measured by four independent methods, fall within a narrow range of 3.5 < z < 3.9 and with a weighted average of z = 3.65 +/- 0.07. The integrated far-IR-to-radio spectral energy distribution yields a total UV and IR star formation rate SFR approximate to 900 M-circle dot yr(-1). We also estimated a halo mass of similar to 10(13) M-circle dot for the structure, which at this redshift is consistent with potential cold gas inflow. Remarkably, the most massive member has a specific star formation rate and dust to stellar mass ratio of M-dust/M-* that are both significantly lower than that of star-forming galaxies at this redshift, suggesting that HPC1001 could be a z approximate to 3.7 galaxy group in maturing phase. If confirmed, this would be the earliest structure in maturing phase to date, and an ideal laboratory to study the formation of the earliest quiescent galaxies as well as cold gas accretion in dense environments.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberL7
JournalAstronomy & Astrophysics
Volume665
Number of pages7
ISSN0004-6361
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 19 Sep 2022

    Research areas

  • Galaxy: evolution, galaxies: high-redshift, submillimeter: galaxies, galaxies: clusters: general, EVOLVING INTERSTELLAR-MEDIUM, STAR-FORMING GALAXIES, SPIDERWEB PROTOCLUSTER, QUIESCENT GALAXIES, DUSTY STARBURSTS, PROTO-CLUSTER, REDSHIFT, EVOLUTION, SELECTION, HERSCHEL

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