Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 2003
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003aas...20314503s&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society Meeting 203, #145.03; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 36, p.589
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Scientific paper
We present a preliminary measurement of the luminous red galaxy (LRG) power spectrum between redshifts 0.2 and 0.6 in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). The SDSS has observed these luminous objects out to z=0.6 over 5500 deg2, and a recent recalibration of these data has reduced systematic errors in relative photometry to a level of 1 percent. This precision photometry combined with a prominent 4000A break in the LRG spectrum allows us to estimate photometric redshifts to an accuracy of 0.025 RMS. This allows us to divide the galaxies into distinct redshift slices from which we measure the angular power spectrum as a function of redshift.
Baryons affect the shape of the power spectrum roll-off on the largest (>100 Mpc) scales, and imprint ``wiggles" on smaller scales corresponding to acoustic oscillations. These features appear at specific physical scales; tracking their angular size as a function of redshift provides a direct measure of the recent evolution of the Universe. We examine the constraints provided by the LRG power spectrum in the latest SDSS data.
Blanton Michael R.
Eisenstein Daniel J.
Finkbeiner Douglas Paul
Hogg David Wardell
Padmanabhan Nikhil
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