Evolution and Color-Dependence of the Galaxy Angular Correlation Function: 350,000 Galaxies in 5 Square Degrees

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2004-03-17

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0403423v3

Astrophys.J. 617 (2004) 765-781

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

23 pages, 17 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ

Scientific paper

10.1086/425676

When applied to deep photometric catalogs, the two-point angular correlation function, w(theta), is a sensitive probe of the evolution of galaxy clustering properties. Here we present measurements of w(theta) as a function of I_AB magnitude and (R-I) color to a depth of I_AB=24, using a sample of ~350,000 galaxies covering 5 degrees^2 in total over 5 separate fields. Using redshifts of 3319 galaxies in early DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey data, we construct robust galaxy redshift distributions as a function of I_AB and R_AB magnitude and (R-I) color for galaxies between 01 to z=0. A model in which the comoving scale-length, x_0, evolves linearly with redshift, x_0(z)=x_0(0)(1-Bz), fits the data better than the 'epsilon' model proposed by Groth and Peebles (1977). The clustering properties depend strongly on observed (R-I) color, with both the reddest and bluest galaxies exhibiting large clustering amplitudes and steeper slopes. Different observed (R-I) color ranges are sensitive to very disparate redshift regimes. Red galaxies with (R-I)~1.5 lie in a narrow redshift range centered at z~0.85 and have a comoving scale length of clustering at z=0.85 of x_0=5.0 +/-0.3 Mpc/h. These galaxies have early-type spectra and are likely progenitors of massive local ellipticals. The bluest galaxies with (R-I)~0 appear to be a mix of star-forming galaxies, both relatively local (z~0.3-0.6) dwarfs and bright z>1.4 galaxies, and broad-line AGN. We find that local blue dwarfs are relatively unclustered, with x_0=1.6 +/-0.2 Mpc/h. The z>1.4 blue galaxies have a larger clustering scale-length, x_0>5 Mpc/h.

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