The Massive and Distant Clusters of WISE Survey: MOO J1142+1527, A 10${}^{15}$ M${}_{\odot }$ Galaxy Cluster at z=1.19

Abstract

We present confirmation of the cluster MOO J1142+1527, a massive galaxy cluster discovered as part of the Massive and Distant Clusters of WISE Survey. The cluster is confirmed to lie at $z=1.19$, and using the Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy we robustly detect the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) decrement at 13.2$\sigma$. The SZ data imply a mass of ${\mathrm{M}}_{200m}=(1.1\pm 0.2)\times 10^{15}$ ${\mathrm{M}}_{\odot }$, making MOO J1142+1527 the most massive galaxy cluster known at $z>1.15$ and the second most massive cluster known at $z>1$. For a standard $\Lambda$CDM cosmology it is further expected to be one of the $\sim 5$ most massive clusters expected to exist at $z\ge 1.19$ over the entire sky. Our ongoing Spitzer program targeting $\sim 1750$ additional candidate clusters will identify comparably rich galaxy clusters over the full extragalactic sky.

Submitted to ApJ Letters, 6 pages, 4 figures

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