The evolution of galaxy clustering since z=1 from the Calar Alto Deep Imaging Survey

Details The evolution of galaxy clustering since z=1 from the Calar Alto Deep Imaging Survey The evolution of galaxy clustering since z=1 from the Calar Alto Deep Imaging Survey

2003-06-24

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0306505v1

Astron.Astrophys.407:855-868,2003

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

15 pages, 9 figures, accepted for publication by A&A

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20030992

We present results from an investigation of the clustering evolution of field galaxies between a redshift of z~1 and the present epoch. The current analysis relies on a sample of ~3600 galaxies from the Calar Alto Deep Imaging Survey (CADIS). The redshift distribution extends to z~1.1, with formal errors of sigma_z~0.02. Thus the amplitude of the three-dimensional correlation function can be estimated by means of the projected correlation function w(r_p). We developed a new method to overcome the influence of redshift errors on w(r_p). We parametrise the evolution of the clustering strength with redshift by a parameter q, the values of which give directly the deviation of the evolution from the global Hubble flow. From a subsample of bright galaxies we find q=-2.28+-0.31 for Omega_m=0.3, Omega_Lambda=0.7, that is a significant growth of the clustering strength between z=1 and the present epoch. From linear theory of dark matter clustering growth one would only expect q=-2. Moreover, we establish that the measured clustering strength depends on galaxy type: galaxies with early type SEDs (Hubble type: E0 to Sbc) are more strongly clustered at redshifts z>0.2 than later types. The evolution of the amplitude of the two-point correlation function for these ``old'' galaxies is much slower (q=-0.85+-0.82 for Omega_m=0.3, Omega_Lambda=0.7).

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