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Correlation and clustering

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

In this lecture we clarify the basic difference between the correlation properties for systems characterized by small or large fluctuations. The concepts of correlation length, homogeneity scale, scale invariance and criticality are discussed as well. We relate these concepts to the interpretation of galaxy clsutering.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0101503,
  title  = {Correlation and clustering},
  author = {Francesco Sylos Labini and Andrea Gabrielli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0101503},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

10 pages, latex, no figures, to appear proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute ``Astrophysical Sources of High Energy Particles & Radiation'' Erice (Italy) 11-21 November 2000