Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2010-04-13
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
12 double-column pages of Text, 6 Figures, 2 Tables
Scientific paper
We analyze the line-of-sight baryonic acoustic feature in the two-point correlation function {\xi} of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) luminous red galaxy (LRG) sample (0.16 < z < 0.47). By defining a narrow line-of-sight region, rp < 5.5 Mpc/h, where rp is the transverse separation component, we measure a strong excess of clustering at ~ 110 Mpc/h, as previously reported in the literature. We also test these results in an alternative coordinate system, by defining the line-of-sight as {\theta} < 3{\deg}, where {\theta} is the opening angle. This clustering excess appears much stronger than the feature in the better-measured monopole. A fiducial {\Lambda}CDM non-linear model in redshift-space predicts a much weaker signature. We use realistic mock catalogs to model the expected signal and noise. We find that the line-of-sight measurements can be explained well by our mocks as well as by a featureless {\xi} = 0. We conclude that there is no convincing evidence that the strong clustering measurement is the line-of-sight baryonic acoustic feature. We also evaluate how detectable such a signal would be in the upcoming Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey LRG volume (BOSS). Mock LRG catalogs (z < 0.6) suggest that: (i) the narrow line- of-sight cylinder and cone defined above probably will not reveal a detectable acoustic feature in BOSS; (ii) a clustering measurement as high as that in the current sample can be ruled out (or confirmed) at a high confidence level using a BOSS-sized data set; and (iii) an analysis with wider angular cuts, which provide better signal-to-noise ratios, can nevertheless be used to compare line-of-sight and transverse distances, and thereby constrain the expansion rate H(z) and diameter distance DA(z).
Berlind Andreas A.
Blanton Michael R.
Kazin Eyal A.
McBride Cameron K.
Scoccimarro Roman
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