Properties of Extremely Red Objects in an Overdense Region

Abstract

We use a serendipitously discovered overdensity of extremely red objects (EROs) to study the morphologies and cumulative surface number density of EROs in a dense environment. Our extremely deep imaging allows us to select very faint EROs, reaching Ks=21, or ~2 magnitudes fainter than the L* of passively evolving ellipticals at z=1.5. We find that the shape of the ERO cumulative surface number density in our overdense field mimics that of the field ERO population over all magnitudes down to Ks=21 but with a factor of 3-4 higher normalization. The excellent seeing in our images (0.4" in Ks and 0.6" in R) allows for morphological classification of the brighter (Ks<19) EROs and we find a mix of morphologies including interacting systems and disks; the fraction of pure bulges (at most 38%), galaxies with disks (at least 46%), and interacting systems (at least 21%) is consistent with morphological fractions in field ERO studies. The similarity in the shape of the cumulative surface density and morphological mix between our overdense field and the field ERO population suggests that ERO galaxies in overdense regions at z~1-2 may not have had an appreciably different history than those in the field.

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