Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-08-08
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.392:682-690,2009
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
9 pages, 10 figures. Minor revisions to match version version accepted by MNRAS. Some alterations to Fig.5 to reflect improved
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.14082.x
It has been known for a long time that the clustering of galaxies changes as a function of galaxy type. This galaxy bias acts as a hindrance to the extraction of cosmological information from the galaxy power spectrum or correlation function. Theoretical arguments show that a change in the amplitude of the clustering between galaxies and mass on large-scales is unavoidable, but cosmological information can be easily extracted from the shape of the power spectrum or correlation function if this bias is independent of scale. Scale-dependent bias is generally small on large scales, k<0.1 h.Mpc^{-1}, but on smaller scales can affect the recovery of \Omega_m.h from the measured shape of the clustering signal, and have a small effect on the Baryon Acoustic Oscillations. In this paper we investigate the transition from scale-independent to scale-dependent galaxy bias as a function of galaxy population. We use the Sloan Digital Sky Survey DR5 sample to fit various models, which attempt to parametrise the turn-off from scale-independent behaviour. For blue galaxies, we find that the strength of the turn-off is strongly dependent on galaxy luminosity, with stronger scale-dependent bias on larger scales for more luminous galaxies. For red galaxies, the scale-dependence is a weaker function of luminosity. Such trends need to be modelled in order to optimally extract the information available in future surveys, and can help with the design of such surveys.
Cresswell James G.
Percival Will J.
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