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arxiv: 1310.6037 · v1 · pith:FHZ3S7OUnew · submitted 2013-10-22 · 🌌 astro-ph.CO

Hα Star Formation Rates of z > 1 Galaxy Clusters in the IRAC Shallow Cluster Survey

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We present Hubble Space Telescope near-IR spectroscopy for 18 galaxy clusters at 1.0 < $z$ < 1.5 in the IRAC Shallow Cluster Survey. We use Wide Field Camera 3 grism data to spectroscopically identify H$\alpha$ emitters in both the cores of galaxy clusters as well as in field galaxies. We find a large cluster-to-cluster scatter in the star formation rates within a projected radius of 500 kpc, and many of our clusters (~60%) have significant levels of star formation within a projected radius of 200 kpc. A stacking analysis reveals that dust reddening in these star-forming galaxies is positively correlated with stellar mass and may be higher in the field than the cluster at a fixed stellar mass. This may indicate a lower amount of gas in star-forming cluster galaxies than in the field population. Also, H$\alpha$ equivalent widths of star-forming galaxies in the cluster environment are still suppressed below the level of the field. This suppression is most significant for lower mass galaxies (log M$_{*}$ < 10.0 M$_{\odot}$). We therefore conclude that environmental effects are still important at 1.0 < $z$ < 1.5 for star-forming galaxies in galaxy clusters with log M$_{*}$ < 10.0 M$_{\odot}$.

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