Lori Lubin

Caltech

Title : Charting Cluster Evolution since z ~ 1

Abstract : 

The current results of an extensive photometric, spectroscopic, and
morphological study of nine candidate clusters of galaxies at
redshifts of z > 0.6 will be presented. I will discuss the properties
of three massive clusters at redshifts between z = 0.76 and z =
0.92. Specifically, I will focus on the global dynamical properties of
the clusters and the characteristics of the member galaxies. The
results at high redshift will be compared to previous studies of
nearby clusters and those at intermediate redshifts in order to
constrain the evolution in the galaxy population, the X-ray/optical
relations of massive clusters, and the morphology-density relation.