We present in this paper the general real- and redshift-space clustering properties of galaxies as measured in the first data release of the VIPERS survey. VIPERS is a large redshift survey designed to probe the distant Universe and its large-scale structure at 0.5 < z < 1.2. We describe in this analysis the global properties of the sample and discuss the survey completeness and associated corrections. This sample allows us to measure the galaxy clustering with an unprecedented accuracy at these redshifts. From the redshift-space distortions observed in the galaxy clustering pattern we provide a first measurement of the growth rate of structure at z = 0.8: f\sigma_8 = 0.47 +/- 0.08. This is completely consistent with the predictions of standard cosmological models based on Einstein gravity, although this measurement alone does not discriminate between different gravity models.
@article{arxiv.1303.2622,
title = {The VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS). Galaxy clustering and redshift-space distortions at z=0.8 in the first data release},
author = {S. de la Torre and L. Guzzo and J. A. Peacock and E. Branchini and A. Iovino and B. R. Granett and U. Abbas and C. Adami and S. Arnouts and J. Bel and M. Bolzonella and D. Bottini and A. Cappi and J. Coupon and O. Cucciati and I. Davidzon and G. De Lucia and A. Fritz and P. Franzetti and M. Fumana and B. Garilli and O. Ilbert and J. Krywult and V. Le Brun and O. Le Fevre and D. Maccagni and K. Malek and F. Marulli and H. J. McCracken and L. Moscardini and L. Paioro and W. J. Percival and M. Polletta and A. Pollo and H. Schlagenhaufer and M. Scodeggio and L. A. M. Tasca and R. Tojeiro and D. Vergani and A. Zanichelli and A. Burden and C. Di Porto and A. Marchetti and C. Marinoni and Y. Mellier and P. Monaco and R. C. Nichol and S. Phleps and M. Wolk and G. Zamorani},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1303.2622},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
19 pages, 19 figures, accepted for publication in A&A