Two 100 Mpc-scale structures in the 3-D distribution of radio galaxies and their implications

Details Two 100 Mpc-scale structures in the 3-D distribution of radio galaxies and their implications Two 100 Mpc-scale structures in the 3-D distribution of radio galaxies and their implications

2003-05-06

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0305077v1

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 344 (2003) 283

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Accepted for publication in MNRAS. 26 pages,16 figures. spectra can be found in: http://www-astro.physics.ox.ac.uk/~brand/08_p

Scientific paper

10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06824.x

We present unequivocal evidence for a huge (~80 x 100 x 100 Mpc^3) super-structure at redshift z=0.27 in the 3-D distribution of radio galaxies from the TONS08 sample, confirming tentative evidence for such a structure from the 7C redshift survey (7CRS). A second, newly discovered super-structure is also less securely found at redshift 0.35 (of dimensions ~100 x 100 x 100 Mpc^3). We present full observational details on the TONS08 sample which was constructed to probe structures in the redshift range 0 < z < 0.5 by matching NVSS sources with objects in APM catalogues to obtain a sample of optically bright (E ~ R < 19.83), radio faint (1.4-GHz flux density S_1.4 > 3 mJy) radio galaxies in the same 25 deg^2 area as part-II of the 7CRS. Out of the total sample size of 84 radio galaxies, at least 25 are associated with the two ~100 Mpc-scale super-structures. We use quasi-linear structure formation theory to estimate the number of such structures expected in the TONS08 volume if the canonical value for radio galaxy bias is assumed. Under this assumption, the structures represent ~ 4-5 sigma peaks in the primordial density field and their expected number is low (~10^-2 - 10^-4). Fortunately, there are several plausible explanations (many of which are testable) for these low probabilities in the form of potential mechanisms for boosting the bias on large scales. These include: the association of radio galaxies with highly biased rich clusters in super-structures, enhanced triggering by group/group mergers, and enhanced triggering and/or redshift space distortion in collapsing systems as the growth of super-structures moves into the non-linear regime (abridged).

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