Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1995-03-30
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
6 pages, uu-encoded/compressed/tarred ps file with figures; to appear in "Astroph. Lett. & Communications: Proceedings of 3rd
Scientific paper
We present some new results from an ongoing investigation of the anisotropy of the two--point correlation function for optically selected galaxies. We have estimated xi(r_p,pi) from the Perseus-Pisces redshift survey, which is now virtually 100\% complete for all morphological types to m_B = 15.5. We detect strong distortions of the iso-correlation contours in xi(r_p,pi). These correspond to a global (`cluster' plus `field') pairwise velocity dispersion at 1 h^{-1} Mpc, sigma(1), which is about a factor of two higher than the canonical value \sim 350 km s^{-1} obtained from the CfA1 survey and recently from the 1.2 Jy IRAS redshift survey. However, the variance of this value is still rather strong even within the relatively large volumes surveyed (typically 90$^\circ$ $\times$ 45$^\circ$ $\times$ 100 h^{-1} Mpc). From the largest volume explorable (126 h^{-1} Mpc depth), the best bet for the `cosmic' value of sigma(1) seems to be between 600 and 700 km s^{-1}. However, for a hopefully robust determination of its value we will have to wait for the analyses of the next generation of larger {\tenbf optical} redshift surveys (such as, e.g., the now completed ESP or the forthcoming Sloan Digital Sky Survey).
Fisher Karl B.
Giovanelli Riccardo
Guzzo Luigi
Haynes Martha P.
Strauss M. S.
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