The MUSE-Wide survey: Three-dimensional clustering analysis of Lyman-$\alpha$ emitters at $3.3<z<6$

Abstract

We present an analysis of the spatial clustering of 695 Ly$\alpha$-emitting galaxies (LAE) in the MUSE-Wide survey. All objects have spectroscopically confirmed redshifts in the range $3.3<z<6$. We employ the K-estimator of Adelberger et al. (2005), adapted and optimized for our sample. We also explore the standard two-point correlation function approach, which is however less suited for a pencil-beam survey such as ours. The results from both approaches are consistent. We parametrize the clustering properties by, (i) modelling the clustering signal with a power law (PL), and (ii) adopting a Halo Occupation Distribution (HOD) model. Applying HOD modeling, we infer a large-scale bias of $b_{\mathrm{HOD}}=2.80_{-0.38}^{+0.38}$ at a median redshift of the number of galaxy pairs $⟨z_{\mathrm{pair}}⟩\simeq 3.82$, while the PL analysis results in $b_{\mathrm{PL}}=3.03_{-0.52}^{+1.51}$ ($r_0=3.60_{-0.90}^{+3.10}{h}^{-1}$Mpc and $\gamma =1.30_{-0.45}^{+0.36}$). The implied typical dark matter halo (DMH) mass is $\log (M_{\mathrm{DMH}}/[h^{-1}{\mathrm{M}}_{\odot }])=11.34_{-0.27}^{+0.23}$. We study possible dependencies of the clustering signal on object properties by bisecting the sample into disjoint subsets, considering Ly$\alpha$ luminosity, UV absolute magnitude, Ly$\alpha$ equivalent width, and redshift as variables. We find a suggestive trend of more luminous Ly$\alpha$ emitters residing in more massive DMHs than their lower Ly$\alpha$ luminosity counterparts. We also compare our results to mock LAE catalogs based on a semi-analytic model of galaxy formation and find a stronger clustering signal than in our observed sample. By adopting a galaxy-conserving model we estimate that the LAEs in the MUSE-Wide survey will typically evolve into galaxies hosted by halos of $\log (M_{\mathrm{DMH}}/[h^{-1}{\mathrm{M}}_{\odot }])\approx 13.5$ at redshift zero, suggesting that we observe the ancestors of present-day galaxy groups.

Accepted for publication in A&A. 22 pages, 20 figures, 4 tables

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