RXJ0152.7-1357: Stellar populations in an X-ray luminous galaxy cluster at z=0.83

Abstract

We present a study of the stellar populations of galaxies in the cluster RXJ0152.7-1357 at a redshift of 0.83. The study is based on new high S/N spectroscopy of 29 cluster members covering the wavelength range 5000-10000A as well as r'i'z' photometry of the cluster. The scaling relations between velocity dispersions, luminosities and Balmer line strengths appear to be in agreement with pure passive evolution of the stellar populations with a formation redshift z=4. However, the strengths of the D4000 indices and the metal indices do not support this interpretation. Compared to z=0, the metal indices (C4668, Fe4383, CN3883, G4300 and CN2) show that at least half of the non-emission line galaxies in RXJ0152.7-1357 have [alpha/Fe] of 0.2 dex higher, and about half of the galaxies have significantly lower metal content. The differences in stellar populations of the galaxies are associated with the location of the galaxies relative to the X-ray emission. The galaxies with weak C4668 and G4300, as well as galaxies with weak [OII] emission, are located in areas of low X-ray luminosity. It is possible that these galaxies are experiencing the effect of the cluster merger taking place in RXJ0152.7-1357 as (short) episodes of star formation, while the galaxies in the cores of the X-ray sub-clumps are unaffected by the merger. The spectroscopy of the RXJ0152.7-1357 galaxies shows for the first time galaxies in a rich cluster at intermediate redshift that cannot evolve passively into the present day galaxy population in rich clusters. Additional physical processes may be at work and we speculate that merging with infalling (disk) galaxies in which stars have formed over an extended period might produce the required reduction in [alpha/Fe]. (abridged)

Accepted for publication in Astronomical Journal, 39 pages, uses emulateapj.cls, 18 figures. High resolution color figures available by e-mail request to the first author

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