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40% ALFALFA调查中HI选择Galerkin的聚类特征

The Clustering Characteristics of HI-Selected Galaxies from the 40% ALFALFA Survey

Ann M. Martin, Riccardo Giovanelli, Martha P. Haynes, Luigi Guzzo

摘要:

Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA(ALCAFA)巡天星表(α.40)包含约10,150个HI选择星系,用于分析富气星系的成团性质。通过对两点星系-星系关联函数的Landy-Szalay估计和全协方差分析,我们得到了实空间的关联函数,并在小于10 h^{-1} Mpc的尺度上将其建模为幂律,即τ(r)=(r/r_0)^(-γ).作为迄今为止最大的盲选星系样本,α.40提供了对这一群体聚类的详细了解。我们发现γ= 1.51 +/- 0.09和r_0 = 3.3 + 0.3,-0.2 h^{-1} Mpc,加强了这样的理解,即富含气体的星系代表了已知的最弱的星系团;我们还观察到在中等尺度下偏离了纯粹的幂律形状,正如ΛCDM晕占据分布模型所预测的那样。此外,我们测量了α.40星系样本的偏置参数,发现HI星系在小尺度上是严重的反偏置,但在大尺度上只有弱的反偏置。通过α.40样本获得的富气体星系的关联函数的稳健测量约束了模拟星系中HI分布的模型,并将用于更好地理解气体在环境依赖的星系演化中的作用。

英文摘要:

The 40% Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA (ALFALFA) survey catalog (α.40) of approximately 10,150 HI-selected galaxies is used to analyze the clustering properties of gas-rich galaxies. By employing the Landy-Szalay estimator and a full covariance analysis for the two-point galaxy-galaxy correlation function, we obtain the real-space correlation function and model it as a power law, ξ(r) = (r/r_0)^(-γ), on scales less than 10 h^{-1} Mpc. As the largest sample of blindly HI-selected galaxies to date, α.40 provides detailed understanding of the clustering of this population. We find γ= 1.51 +/- 0.09 and r_0 = 3.3 +0.3, -0.2 h^{-1} Mpc, reinforcing the understanding that gas-rich galaxies represent the most weakly clustered galaxy population known; we also observe a departure from a pure power law shape at intermediate scales, as predicted in ΛCDM halo occupation distribution models. Furthermore, we measure the bias parameter for the α.40 galaxy sample and find that HI galaxies are severely antibiased on small scales, but only weakly antibiased on large scales. The robust measurement of the correlation function for gas-rich galaxies obtained via the α.40 sample constrains models of the distribution of HI in simulated galaxies, and will be employed to better understand the role of gas in environmentally-dependent galaxy evolution.

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