Higher Order Statistics from the Apm Galaxy Survey

Details Higher Order Statistics from the Apm Galaxy Survey Higher Order Statistics from the Apm Galaxy Survey

1994-11-03

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9411014v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

30 pages text, 3 pages tables, 5 figures, uuencoded tarred postscript

Scientific paper

10.1086/175626

We apply a new statistics, the factorial moment correlators, to density maps obtained from the APM survey. The resulting correlators are all proportional to the two point correlation function, substantially amplified, with an amplification nearly exponential with the total rank of the correlators. This confirms the validity of the hierarchical clustering assumption on the dynamic range examined, corresponding to $0.5 \hmpc - 50 \hmpc$ in three dimensional space. The Kirkwood superposition with loop terms is strongly rejected. The structure coefficients of the hierarchy are also fitted. The high quality of the APM catalog enabled us to disentangle the various contributions from the power spectrum, small scale nonlinear clustering, and combinatorial effects, all of which affect the amplification of the correlators. These effects should appear in correlations of clusters in a similar fashion.

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