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Title:
Clustering of Galaxies in the Hubble Deep Field
Authors:
Villumsen, Jens V.; Freudling, Wolfram; da Costa, Luiz N.
Publication:
Astrophysical Journal v.481, p.578 (ApJ Homepage)
Publication Date:
05/1997
Origin:
APJ
ApJ Keywords:
COSMOLOGY: OBSERVATIONS, GALAXIES: CLUSTERS: GENERAL, COSMOLOGY: LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURE OF UNIVERSE
DOI:
10.1086/304072
Bibliographic Code:
1997ApJ...481..578V

Abstract

We compute the two-point angular correlation function w( theta ) for a sample of ~1700 galaxies to a magnitude limit equivalent to R ~ 29.5, using a catalog derived from the Hubble Deep Field images. A nonzero value of w( theta ) is measured down to R = 29.0. The amplitude of w( theta ) at the bright magnitude limit (R ~ 26) is consistent with previous ground-based observations. At fainter magnitudes the clustering amplitude continues to decrease, but at a slower rate than that predicted by the power law w(1") ~ 10-0.27R observed for shallower samples. The observed w( theta ) over the magnitude range 20 < R < 29 is consistent with linear evolution of the clustering of a galaxy population which at present has a correlation length r0 of about 4 h-1 Mpc, close to that of local IRAS galaxies. We also investigate the impact that magnification bias induced by weak gravitational lensing may have on our results. Although the observed amplitude of w( theta ) can differ from the true amplitude by up to 30%, this effect is not large enough to influence our conclusions. Finally, by using a color-selected sample, we examine whether the expected effects of magnification bias can be used for an independent determination of cosmological parameters in deep images. We conclude that the amplitude of the effect can be large and in some cases even produce an upturn of the amplitude of the correlation with limiting magnitude. However, we find that it is not possible to detect the effects of magnification bias on w( theta ) from images alone. If redshift information becomes available, it is possible to measure the effects of magnification bias directly and thus constrain the density parameter Omega 0 and the bias factor b.
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