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Sloan数字巡天探测到的蓝、红星系线的比较

Comparison between the Blue and the Red Galaxy Alignments Detected in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Jounghun Lee, Ue-Li Pen

摘要:

通过分析Sloan数字巡天数据第6版(SDSS DR 6)的光谱数据,我们分别测量了蓝星系和红星系的内在排列。对于轴比b/a <= 0.8的红星系和蓝星系,当r带绝对(模型)星等截断M_r <=-19.2(无K修正)时,在0 <= z <= 0.4的红移范围内,我们都探测到了椭圆相关的3 σ信号。我们注意到红星系和蓝星系相关性eta_{2D}(r)在强度和距离尺度上的差异:对于明亮的蓝星系,它表现为xi(r)的线性密度相关性的二次标度,即eta_{2D}(r)与xi ^{2}(r)成正比,只有在r <= 3 Mpc/h的小距离处才能检测到强信号。而对于明亮的红色星系,它遵循eta_{2D}(r)与xi(r)成正比的线性标度,在更大的距离上检测到信号,r~6 Mpc/h。我们还通过量化系统误差来测试检测到的相关信号是固有的还是虚假的,发现系统误差对椭圆度相关性的影响可以忽略不计。最后得出结论,我们的结果将有助于弱透镜测量以及大尺度结构形成的理解。

英文摘要:

We measure the intrinsic alignments of the blue and the red galaxies separately by analyzing the spectroscopic data of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 6 (SDSS DR6). For both samples of the red and the blue galaxies with axial ratios of b/a <= 0.8, we detect a 3 sigma signal of the ellipticity correlation in the redshift range of 0 <= z <= 0.4 for r-band absolute (model) magnitude cut of M_r <= -19.2 (no K correction). We note a difference in the strength and the distance scale for the red and the blue galaxy correlation eta_{2D}(r): For the bright blue galaxies, it behaves as a quadratic scaling of the linear density correlation of xi(r) as eta_{2D}(r) proportional to xi^{2}(r) with strong signal detected only at small distance bin of r <= 3 Mpc/h. While for the bright red galaxies it follows a linear scaling as eta_{2D}(r) proportional to xi(r) with signals detected at larger distance out to r~6 Mpc/h. We also test whether the detected correlation signal is intrinsic or spurious by quantifying the systematic error and find that the effect of the systematic error on the ellipticity correlation is negligible. It is finally concluded that our results will be useful for the weak lensing measurements as well as the understanding of the large scale structure formation.

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