Evolution of the angular correlation function

被引:42
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作者
Connolly, AJ [1 ]
Szalay, AS [1 ]
Brunner, RJ [1 ]
机构
[1] Johns Hopkins Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA
来源
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL | 1998年 / 499卷 / 02期
基金
美国国家航空航天局;
关键词
galaxies; distances and redshifts; evolution; large-scale structure of universe;
D O I
10.1086/311362
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
For faint photometric surveys, our ability to quantify the clustering of galaxies has depended on interpreting the angular correlation function as a function of the limiting magnitude of the data. Because of the broad redshift distribution of galaxies at faint magnitude limits, the correlation signal has been extremely difficult to detect and interpret. Here we introduce a new technique for measuring the evolution of clustering. We utilize photometric redshifts derived from multicolor surveys to isolate redshift intervals and to calculate the evolution of the amplitude of the angular two-point correlation function. Applying these techniques to the Hubble Deep Field, we find that the shape of the correlation function at z = 1 is consistent with a power law with a slope of -0.8. For z > 0.4, the best fit to the data is given by a model of clustering evolution with a comoving r(0) = 2.37 h(-1) Mpc and epsilon = -0.4(-0.65)(+0.37), which is consistent with published measures of the clustering evolution. To match the canonical value of r(0) = 5.4 h(-1) Mpc found for the clustering of local galaxies requires a value of epsilon = 2.10(-0.64)(+0.03) (significantly more than linear evolution). The log likelihood of this latter fit is 4.15 times smaller than that for the r(0) = 2.37 h(-1) Mpc model. We, therefore, conclude that the parameterization of the clustering evolution of (1+2)(-(3+epsilon)) is not a particularly good fit to the data.
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页码:L125 / L129
页数:5
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