The DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey: Clustering of Galaxies as a Function of Luminosity at z = 1

We measure the clustering of DEEP2 galaxies at z = 1 as a function of luminosity on scales 0.1-20 h super(-1) Mpc. Drawing from a parent catalog of 25,000 galaxies at 0.7 < z < 1.3 in the full DEEP2 survey, we create volume-limited samples having upper luminosity limits between M sub(B) = -19...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Astrophysical journal 2006-06, Vol.644 (2), p.671-677
Hauptverfasser: Coil, Alison L, Newman, Jeffrey A, Cooper, Michael C, Davis, Marc, Faber, S. M, Koo, David C, Willmer, Christopher N. A
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Zusammenfassung:We measure the clustering of DEEP2 galaxies at z = 1 as a function of luminosity on scales 0.1-20 h super(-1) Mpc. Drawing from a parent catalog of 25,000 galaxies at 0.7 < z < 1.3 in the full DEEP2 survey, we create volume-limited samples having upper luminosity limits between M sub(B) = -19 and -20.5, roughly 0.2-1L* at z = 1. We find that brighter galaxies are more strongly clustered than fainter galaxies and that the slope of the correlation function does not depend on luminosity for L < L*. The brightest galaxies, with L > L,* have a steeper slope. The clustering scale length, r sub(0), varies from 3.69 c 0.14 for the faintest sample to 4.43 c 0.14 for the brightest sample. The relative bias of galaxies as a function of L/L* is steeper than the relation found locally for SDSS galaxies by Zehavi et al. in 2005 over the luminosity range that we sample. The absolute bias of galaxies at z 61 is scale dependent on scales r sub(p) < 1 h super(-1) Mpc, and rises most significantly on small scales for the brightest samples. For a concordance cosmology, the large-scale bias varies from 1.26 c 0.04 to 1.54 c 0.05 as a function of luminosity and implies that DEEP2 galaxies reside in dark matter halos with a minimum mass of 6 super((1-3)) x 10 super(12) h super(-1) M sub( ).
ISSN:0004-637X
1538-4357
DOI:10.1086/503601