2005/03/24 by Gregory R. Sivakoff, William C. Saslaw · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Electrical and Electromagnetic Research #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1086/430082
published as Astrophys.J. 626 (2005) 795-808 · Astrophysical Journal, accepted: 14 pages with 23 embedded reduced resolution Postscript figures & 2 tables
arxiv created 2005/03/24 · openalex publication_date 2005/06/15 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We determine the spatial distribution function of galaxies from a wide range of samples in the 2MASS survey. The results agree very well with the form of the distribution predicted by the theory of cosmological gravitational many-body galaxy clustering. On large scales we find a value of the clustering parameter b = 0.867 +/- 0.026, in agreement with b = 0.83 +/- 0.05 found previously for the Pisces-Perseus supercluster. We measure b(theta) as a function of scale, since this is a powerful test of the applicability of computer simulations. The results suggest that when galaxies clustered they were usually surrounded by individual, rather than by communal haloes.