Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1994-07-25
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
5 pages, uuencoded compressed postscript (4 figures), submitted to MNRAS
Scientific paper
We present new estimates of the spatial two-point correlation function of rich clusters of galaxies selected from the APM Galaxy Survey. We have measured redshifts for a sample of $364$ clusters out to a depth of $\sim 450\hmpc$. The clusters have a mean space density of $\bar{n} = 3.4\times 10^{-5}\hmpccc$. The two-point correlation function, $\xi_{cc}$, for this sample is equal to unity at a pair-separation of $r_0 = 14.3\pm1.75\hmpc$ (2$\sigma$ errors), consistent with our earlier results from a smaller sample. The new observations provide an accurate determination of the shape of $\xi_{cc}$ to pair-separations of about $50\hmpc$. Our results show that $\xi_{cc}$ has a higher amplitude than expected according to the standard $\Omega=1$ cold dark matter (CDM) model on spatial scales $2\simlt s \simlt 50\hmpc$, but are in good agreement with scale-invariant fluctuations in either a low density CDM model or a critical density universe made up of a mixture of hot and cold dark matter. Our results provide strong constraints on so called `co-operative' models of galaxy formation in which the galaxy formation process introduces large-scale structure in the galaxy distribution.
Croft Rupert A. C.
Dalton Gavin B.
Davis Martin
Efstathiou George
Maddox Steve J.
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