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The angular two-point correlation function between background QSOs and foreground galaxies induced by gravitational lensing is derived. It is shown that the shape of this correlation function depends sensitively on the spectrum of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Matthias Bartelmann

A photometric survey of faint galaxies in three high Galactic latitude fields (each $\sim49~\rm{arcmin^{2}}$) with sub-arcsecond seeing is used to study the clustering properties of the faint galaxy population. Multi-color photometry of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 David Woods , Gregory G. Fahlman

We place constraints on the matter density of the Universe and the amplitude of clustering using measurements of the galaxy two-point correlation function from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). We generate model predictions for different…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Vimal Simha , Shaun Cole

In this paper we analyse the alignment of galaxy groups with the surrounding large scale structure traced by spectroscopic galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 7. We characterise these alignments by means of an extension…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Dante J. Paz , Mario A. Sgró , Manuel Merchán , Nelson Padilla

The weak gravitational lensing effect, small coherent distortions of galaxy images by means of a gravitational tidal field, can be used to study the relation between the matter and galaxy distribution. In this context, weak lensing has so…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-18 P. Simon , P. Watts , P. Schneider , H. Hoekstra , M. D. Gladders , H. K. C. Yee , B. C. Hsieh , H. Lin

We present measurements of the angular correlation function of galaxies selected from a B_J=23.5 multicolour survey of two 5 degree by 5 degree fields located at high galactic latitudes. The galaxy catalogue of approximately 400,000…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 M. J. I. Brown , R. L. Webster , B. J. Boyle

The amplitude of the angular two-point galaxy correlation function w(\theta) for galaxies at z~2 is estimated for galaxies in the Hubble Deep Field by using a U < 27 complete sub-sample. (i) It is confirmed that the amplitude of the…

We present measurements of the two-point galaxy angular correlation function w(\theta) in the COSMOS field. Independent determinations of w(\theta) as a function of magnitude limit are presented for both the HST ACS catalog and also for the…

We present the first measurements of clustering in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) galaxy redshift survey. Our sample consists of 29,300 galaxies with redshifts 5,700 km/s < cz < 39,000 km/s, distributed in several long but narrow…

We present initial results for counts in cells statistics of the angular distribution of galaxies in early data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). We analyze a rectangular stripe $2.5^\circ$ wide, covering approximately 160 sq.…

We present new results for the 3-point correlation function, \zeta, measured as a function of scale, luminosity and colour from the final version of the two-degree field galaxy redshift survey (2dFGRS). The reduced three point correlation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 E. Gaztanaga , P. Norberg , C. M. Baugh , D. J. Croton

We compute the two-point angular correlation function $w(\theta)$ for a sample of $\sim$ 1700 galaxies to a magnitude-limit equivalent to $R \sim 29.5$ using a catalog derived from the Hubble Deep Field images. A non zero value of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Jens V. Villumsen , Wolfram Freudling , Luiz N. da Costa

The 2-point angular correlation function of galaxies, \wt, has been computed on equatorial fields observed with the CTIO 4m prime focus, within a total area of 2.31 deg$^2$. In the magnitude range $19\le m_R \le 21.5$, corresponding to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 L. Infante , D. F. de Mello , F. Menanteau

We introduce methods which allow observed galaxy clustering to be used together with observed luminosity or stellar mass functions to constrain the physics of galaxy formation. We show how the projected two-point correlation function of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-03-02 Marcel P. van Daalen , Bruno M. B. Henriques , Raul E. Angulo , Simon D. M. White

We calculate the angular power spectrum of galaxies selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release 7 (DR7) by using a quadratic estimation method with KL-compression. The primary data sample includes over 18 million galaxies…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-12-30 Brett Hayes , Robert Brunner , Ashley Ross

As the first paper in a series on the study of the galaxy-galaxy lensing from Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 7 (SDSS DR7), we present our image processing pipeline that corrects the systematics primarily introduced by the Point…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-15 Wentao Luo , Xiaohu Yang , Jun Zhang , Dylan Tweed , Liping Fu , H. J. Mo , Frank C. van den Bosch , Chenggang Shu , Ran Li , Nan Li , Xiangkun Liu , Chuzhong Pan , Yiran Wang , Mario Radovich

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

In order to construct accurate point sources simulations at the frequencies relevant to 21-cm experiments, the angular correlation of radio sources must be taken into account. This paper presents a measurement of angular two-point…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-20 Angelica de Oliveira-Costa , Joseph Lazio

Early photometric data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) contain angular positions for 1.5 million galaxies. In companion papers, the angular correlation function $w(\theta)$ and 2D power spectrum $C_l$ of these galaxies are…

We measure the effective distance to z=0.35, D_V(0.35), from the overall shape of the spherically-averaged two-point correlation function of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release 7 (DR7) luminous red galaxy (LRG) sample. We find…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-06-20 Chia-Hsun Chuang , Yun Wang , Maddumage Don P. Hemantha