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BRIGHT lights, BIG city: Massive galaxies, giant Ly-a nebulae, and proto--clusters

W. van Breugel, M. Reuland, W. de Vries, A. Stanford, A. Dey, J. Kurk, B. Venemans, H. Rottgering, G. Miley, C. De Breuck, M. Dopita, R. Sutherland, J. Bland-Hawthorn

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/0209173

Abstract

High redshift radio galaxies are great cosmological tools for pinpointing the most massive objects in the early Universe: massive forming galaxies, active super--massive black holes and proto--clusters. We report on deep narrow--band imaging and spectroscopic observations of several z > 2 radio galaxy fields to investigate the nature of giant Ly-alpha nebulae centered on the galaxies and to search for over--dense regions around them. We discuss the possible implications for our understanding of the formation and evolution of massive galaxies and galaxy clusters.

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