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We show that current clustering observations of quasars and luminous AGN can be explained by a merger model augmented by feedback from outflows. Using numerical simulations large enough to study clustering out to 25 comoving h^{-1} Mpc, we…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Robert J. Thacker , Evan Scannapieco , H. M. P. Couchman , Mark Richardson

We study the clustering of LRG galaxies in the latest spectroscopic SDSS data releases, DR6 and DR7, which sample over 1 Gpc^3/h^3 to z=0.47. The 2-point correlation function $\xisp$ is estimated as a function of perpendicular $\sigma$ and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Enrique Gaztanaga , Anna Cabre , Lam Hui

Luminous red galaxies (LRGs) are much rarer and more massive than L* galaxies. Coupled with their extreme colours, LRGs therefore provide a demanding testing ground for the physics of massive galaxy formation. We present the first…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 C. Almeida , C. M. Baugh , D. A. Wake , C. G. Lacey , A. J. Benson , R. G. Bower , K. Pimbblet

The VIMOS-VLT Deep Survey (VVDS) currently offers a unique combination of depth, angular size and number of measured galaxies among surveys of the distant Universe: ~ 11,000 spectra over 0.5 deg2 to I_{AB}=24 (VVDS-Deep), 35,000 spectra…

We investigate to which accuracy it is possible to recover the real-space two-point correlation function of galaxy clusters from cluster catalogues based on photometric redshifts, and test our ability to measure the redshift and mass…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-29 Srivatsan Sridhar , Sophie Maurogordato , Christophe Benoist , Alberto Cappi , Federico Marulli

We investigate the orientation correlation of giant elliptical galaxies by measuring the intrinsic ellipticity correlation function of 83,773 luminous red galaxies (LRGs) at redshifts 0.16 -- 0.47 from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. We have…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Teppei Okumura , Y. P. Jing , Cheng Li

We investigate the evolution of galaxy clustering for galaxies in the redshift range 2.0<$z$<5.0 using the VIMOS Ultra Deep Survey (VUDS). We present the projected (real-space) two-point correlation function $w_p(r_p)$ measured by using…

We present the first analysis of large-scale clustering from the Spitzer Wide-area InfraRed Extragalactic legacy survey: SWIRE. We compute the angular correlation function of galaxies selected to have 3.6 micron fluxes brighter than 32 muJy…

Our goals are (i) to search for BAO and large-scale structure in current QSO survey data and (ii) to use these and simulation/forecast results to assess the science case for a new, >10x larger, QSO survey. We first combine the SDSS, 2QZ and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-02-01 U. Sawangwit , T. Shanks , S. M. Croom , M. J. Drinkwater , S. Fine , D. Parkinson , Nicholas P. Ross

We study the clustering of galaxies as a function of spectral type and redshift in the range $0.35 < z < 1.1$ using data from the Advanced Large Homogeneous Area Medium Band Redshift Astronomical (ALHAMBRA) survey. The data cover 2.381…

The two-point angular correlation function, $\w$, is constructed from a catalog of 13,000 objects in 24 fields distributed over an area of 4 deg$^2$ and complete to a limit of $R = 23.5$. The amplitude and slope of our correlation function…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 J. Daniel Hudon , Simon J. Lilly

We present a statistical study of the luminosity functions of galaxies surrounding luminous red galaxies (LRGs) at average redshifts <z>=0.34 and <z>=0.65. The luminosity functions are derived by extracting source photometry around more…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Tomer Tal , David A. Wake , Pieter G. van Dokkum , Frank C. van den Bosch , Donald P. Schneider , Jon Brinkmann , Benjamin A. Weaver

We present the galaxy cluster autocorrelation function of 277 galaxy cluster candidates with 0.25 \le z \le 1.5 in a 7 deg^2 area of the IRAC Shallow Cluster Survey. We find strong clustering throughout our galaxy cluster sample, as…

We measure the angular clustering of galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 7 in order to probe the spatial distribution of satellite galaxies within their dark matter halos. Specifically, we measure the angular correlation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-29 Jennifer A. Piscionere , Andreas A. Berlind , Cameron K. McBride , Roman Scoccimarro

I review recent progress in understanding and modeling galaxy clustering in cosmological simulations, with emphasis on models based on high-resolution dissipationless simulations. During the last decade, significant advances in our…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Andrey V. Kravtsov

We present a combined study of the colour-magnitude relation, colour distribution and luminosity function of a sample of 24 clusters at redshifts 0.3<z<1. The sample is largely composed of X-ray selected/detected clusters. Most of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 S. Andreon , J. Willis , H. Quintana , I. Valtchanov , M. Pierre , F. Pacaud

We use the two-point correlation function in redshift space, $\xi(s)$, to study the clustering of the galaxies and groups of the Nearby Optical Galaxy (NOG) sample, which is a nearly all-sky, complete, magnitude-limited sample of $\sim$7000…

I introduce a simple empirical measure of average galaxy cluster sizes based on a comparison of the correlation lengths of red galaxies with blue that can provide a more accurate and bias-free measure of the average size and number density…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-03-11 Michael J. Longo

Lyman-Break Galaxy (LBG) samples observed during reionization ($z\gtrsim6$) with Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Camera 3 are reaching sizes sufficient to characterize their clustering properties. Using a combined catalog from the…