VST ATLAS Galaxy Cluster Catalogue I: cluster detection and mass calibration

Abstract

Taking advantage of $\sim 4700$ deg${}^2$ optical coverage of the Southern sky offered by the VST ATLAS survey, we construct a new catalogue of photometrically selected galaxy groups and clusters using the {\sc orca} cluster detection algorithm. The catalogue contains $\sim 22,000$ detections with $N_{200}>10$ and $\sim 9,000$ with $N_{200}>20$. We estimate the photometric redshifts of the clusters using machine learning and find the redshift distribution of the sample to extend to $z\sim 0.7$, peaking at $z\sim 0.25$. We calibrate the ATLAS cluster mass-richness scaling relation using masses from the MCXC, Planck, ACT DR5 and SDSS redMaPPer cluster samples. We estimate the ATLAS sample to be $>95\%$ complete and $>85\%$ pure at $z<0.35$ and in the $M_{200m}$>$1\times 10^{14}{h}^{-1}{\mathrm{M}}_{\odot }$ mass range. At $z<0.35$, we also find the ATLAS sample to be more complete than redMaPPer, recovering a $\sim 40\%$ higher fraction of Abell clusters. This higher sample completeness places the amplitude of the $z<0.35$ ATLAS cluster mass function closer to the predictions of a $\Lambda$CDM model with parameters based on the Planck CMB analyses, compared to the mass functions of the other cluster samples. However, strong tensions between the observed ATLAS mass functions and models remain. We shall present a detailed cosmological analysis of the ATLAS cluster mass functions in paper II. In the future, optical counterparts to X-ray-detected eROSITA clusters can be identified using the ATLAS sample. The catalogue is also well suited for auxiliary spectroscopic target selection in 4MOST. The ATLAS cluster catalogue is publicly available at http://astro.dur.ac.uk/cosmology/vstatlas/cluster_catalogue/.

21 pages, 17 figures. v2 contains moderate revisions in response to the MNRAS referee report. In addition, cluster galaxy magnitudes have now been added to the updated catalogue. The updated manuscript has been re-submitted to MNRAS

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