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Title

The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: the clustering of galaxy groups

Author(s)

Padilla, Nelson D.;  Baugh, Carlton;  Eke, Vincent R.;  Norberg, Peder;  Cole, Shaun;  Frenk, Carlos S.;  Croton, Darren J.;  Baldry, Ivan K.;  Bland-Hawthorn, Joss;  Bridges, Terry J.;  Cannon, Russell D.;  Colless, Matthew;  Collins, Chris A.;  Couch, Warrick J.;  Dalton, Gavin B.;  De Propris, Roberto;  Driver, Simon P.;  Efstathiou, George P.;  Ellis, Richard S.;  Glazebrook, Karl;  Jackson, C. A.;  Lahav, Ofer;  Lewis, Ian;  Lumsden, Stuart;  Maddox, Stephen J.;  Madgwick, Darren;  Peacock, John A.;  Peterson, Bruce A.;  Sutherland, William J.;  Taylor, Keith

Abstract

We measure the clustering of galaxy groups in the 2dFGRS Percolation-Inferred Galaxy Group (2PIGG) catalogue. The 2PIGG sample has 28 877 groups with at least two members. The clustering amplitude of the full 2PIGG catalogue is weaker than that of 2dFGRS galaxies, in agreement with theoretical predictions. We have subdivided the 2PIGG catalogue into samples that span a factor of ≈ 25 in median total luminosity. Our correlation function measurements span an unprecedented range of clustering strengths, connecting the regimes probed by groups fainter than L galaxies and rich clusters. There is a steady increase in clustering strength with group luminosity; the most luminous groups are 10 times more strongly clustered than the full 2PIGG catalogue. We demonstrate that the 2PIGG results are in very good agreement with the clustering of groups expected in the CDM model.

Publication type

Journal article

Source

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 352, no. 1 (Jul 2004), pp. 211-225

Publication year

2004

Keyword(s)

2-point correlation-function;  Abell clusters;  Analytic model;  Clusters;  Correlation-function;  Correlations;  Dark-matter haloes;  Dependence;  Galaxies;  Haloes;  Large-scale structure;  Luminosity function;  Mass;  Space;  Spatial;  Universe

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing

ISSN

0035-8711

Publisher URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07911.x

Copyright

Copyright © 2004 Royal Astronomical Society. The accepted manuscript of this paper is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. The definitive publication is available at www.interscience.wiley.com.

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