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Recently, we conducted a Very Large Telescope (VLT) large program to search for forming clusters by looking for overdensities of Lyα emitters around high redshift radio galaxies. In total seven proto-clusters were discovered, including a proto-cluster around the radio galaxy MRC 0316–257 at z ~ 3.13. This structure has an excess of Lyα emitters by a factor of 3 as compared to the field, and the derived mass is 2–5 × 1014 M⊙. The Lyα emitters in the proto-cluster are on average bluer than Lyman Break Galaxies (LBGs). Also, the galaxies are faint (sub L*) and small (half light radii < 1.7 kpc, which is smaller than the average size of LBGs). This might indicate that, at least a fraction of, Lyα emitters could be young (~ 106 yr), nearly dust-free, forming galaxies.
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Venemans, B.P., Röttgering, H.J., Miley, G.K. A Study of Distant Lyα Emitters in Overdense Regions. In: Renzini, A., Bender, R. (eds) Multiwavelength Mapping of Galaxy Formation and Evolution. ESO Astrophysics Symposia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/10995020_7
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