MEASURING OMEGA AND THE REAL CORRELATION-FUNCTION FROM THE REDSHIFT CORRELATION-FUNCTION

被引:384
作者
HAMILTON, AJS [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV COLORADO,DEPT ASTROPHYS PLANETARY & ATMOSPHER SCI,BOULDER,CO 80309
关键词
COSMOLOGY; OBSERVATIONS; THEORY; GALAXIES; CLUSTERING;
D O I
10.1086/186264
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Peculiar velocities distort the correlation function of galaxies in redshift space. In the linear regime, the distortion has a characteristic quadrupole plus hexadecapole form. The amplitude of the distortion depends on the cosmological density parameter-OMEGA. Practical formulae are derived here which can be applied to redshift galaxy catalogs to measure-OMEGA in the linear regime. The formulae also yield the real underlying correlation function in the linear regime, corrected for peculiar velocities.
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页码:L5 / L8
页数:4
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