Evolution of the Cluster Correlation Function

Details Evolution of the Cluster Correlation Function Evolution of the Cluster Correlation Function

2003-09-21

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0309544v2

Astrophys.J.603:1-6,2004

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

AASTeX, 15 pages, including 5 figures, accepted version for publication in ApJ, vol.603, March 2004

Scientific paper

10.1086/381386

We study the evolution of the cluster correlation function and its richness-dependence from z = 0 to z = 3 using large-scale cosmological simulations. A standard flat LCDM model with \Omega_m = 0.3 and, for comparison, a tilted \Omega_m = 1 model, TSCDM, are used. The evolutionary predictions are presented in a format suitable for direct comparisons with observations. We find that the cluster correlation strength increases with redshift: high redshift clusters are clustered more strongly (in comoving scale) than low redshift clusters of the same mass. The increased correlations with redshift, in spite of the decreasing mass correlation strength, is caused by the strong increase in cluster bias with redshift: clusters represent higher density peaks of the mass distribution as the redshift increases. The richness-dependent cluster correlation function, presented as the correlation-scale versus cluster mean separation relation, R_0 - d, is found to be, remarkably, independent of redshift to z <~ 2 for LCDM and z <~ 1 for TCDM (for a fixed correlation function slope and cluster mass within a fixed comoving radius). The non-evolving R_0 - d relation implies that both the comoving clustering scale and the cluster mean separation increase with redshift for the same mass clusters so that the R_0 - d relation remains essentially unchanged. The evolution of the R_0 - d relation from z ~ 0 to z ~ 3 provides an important new tool in cosmology; it can be used to break degeneracies that exist at z ~ 0 and provide precise determination of cosmological parameters.

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