The 6dF Galaxy Survey: Dependence of halo occupation on stellar mass

Abstract

In this paper we study the stellar-mass dependence of galaxy clustering in the 6dF Galaxy Survey. The near-infrared selection of 6dFGS allows more reliable stellar mass estimates compared to optical bands used in other galaxy surveys. Using the Halo Occupation Distribution (HOD) model, we investigate the trend of dark matter halo mass and satellite fraction with stellar mass by measuring the projected correlation function, $w_p(r_p)$. We find that the typical halo mass ($M_1$) as well as the satellite power law index ($\alpha$) increase with stellar mass. This indicates, (1) that galaxies with higher stellar mass sit in more massive dark matter halos and (2) that these more massive dark matter halos accumulate satellites faster with growing mass compared to halos occupied by low stellar mass galaxies. Furthermore we find a relation between $M_1$ and the minimum dark matter halo mass ($M_{\min }$) of $M_1\approx 22M_{\min }$, in agreement with similar findings for SDSS galaxies. The satellite fraction of 6dFGS galaxies declines with increasing stellar mass from 21% at $M_{\mathrm{stellar}}=2.6\times 10^{10}{h}^{-2}{M}_{\odot }$ to 12% at $M_{\mathrm{stellar}}=5.4\times 10^{10}{h}^{-2}{M}_{\odot }$ indicating that high stellar mass galaxies are more likely to be central galaxies. We compare our results to two different semi-analytic models derived from the Millennium Simulation, finding some disagreement. Our results can be used for placing new constraints on semi-analytic models in the future, particularly the behaviour of luminous red satellites. Finally we compare our results to studies of halo occupation using galaxy-galaxy weak lensing. We find good overall agreement, representing a valuable crosscheck for these two different tools of studying the matter distribution in the Universe.

arXiv comment17 pages, 11 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1104.2447 by other authors

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