A Constant Clustering Amplitude for Faint Galaxies?

Details A Constant Clustering Amplitude for Faint Galaxies? A Constant Clustering Amplitude for Faint Galaxies?

1997-12-19

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9712276v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

5 pages, 2 figures, accepted for publication the ApJ (Letters)

Scientific paper

10.1086/311195

The angular clustering of faint field galaxies is investigated using deep imaging (I~25) obtained with the 10-m Keck-I telescope. The autocorrelation function is consistent with w(theta) ~ theta^-0.8 and, although less steep correlation functions cannot be ruled out with high confidence, we find no compelling evidence for a systematic decrease in the power law index at the faintest magnitude limits. Results from a number of independent observational studies are combined in order to investigate the variation of the correlation amplitude with median I-magnitude. At Imed~23 the results obtained by different studies are all in rough agreement and indicate that for Imed > 22 the correlation amplitude declines far less steeply than would be expected from an extrapolation of the trend in the brighter samples. In particular, at Imed~24 our data indicate w(theta) to be a factor ~7 higher than the extrapolation. A near-independence of magnitude is a general feature of the correlation amplitude in models in which the redshift distribution of the faint field population contains a substantial fraction of galaxies with z > 1. In order to reproduce the apparent abrupt flattening of the amplitude of w(theta) observed at faint limits, approximately 50% of the galaxies in a sample with a depth of I~25 must be at z > 1.

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