Dissecting the RELICS cluster SPT-CLJ0615-5746 through the intracluster light: confirmation of the multiple merging state of the cluster formation

Abstract

The intracluster light (ICL) fraction, measured at certain specific wavelengths, has been shown to provide a good marker for determining the dynamical stage of galaxy clusters, i.e., merging versus relaxed, for small to intermediate redshifts. Here, we apply it for the first time to a high-redshift system, SPT-CLJ0615-5746 at z=0.97, using its RELICS (Reionization Lensing Cluster Survey) observations in the optical and infrared. We find the ICL fraction signature of merging, with values ranging from 16 to 37%. A careful re-analysis of the X-ray data available for this cluster points to the presence of at least one current merger, and plausibly a second merger. These two results are in contradiction with previous works based on X-ray data, which claimed the relaxed state of SPT-CLJ0615-5746, and confirmed the evidences presented by kinematic analyses. We also found an abnormally high ICL fraction in the rest-frame near ultraviolet wavelengths, which may be attributed to the combination of several phenomena such as an ICL injection during recent mergers of stars with average early-type spectra, the reversed star formation-density relation found at this high redshift in comparison with lower-redshift clusters, and projection effects.

arXiv comment15 pages, 12 figures, submitted to A&A

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