Evolution of the Angular Correlation Function

Abstract

For faint photometric surveys our ability to quantify the clustering of galaxies has depended on interpreting the angular correlation function as a function of the limiting magnitude of the data. Due to the broad redshift distribution of galaxies at faint magnitude limits the correlation signal has been extremely difficult to detect and interpret. We introduce a new technique for measuring the evolution of clustering. We utilize photometric redshifts, derived from multicolor surveys, to isolate redshift intervals and calculate the evolution of the amplitude of the angular 2-pt correlation function. Applying these techniques to the the Hubble Deep Field we find that the shape of the correlation function, at z=1, is consistent with a power law with a slope of -0.8. For z>0.4 the best fit to the data is given by a model of clustering evolution with a comoving r0 = 2.37 Mpc and eps = -0.4 +/- 0.5, consistent with published measures of the clustering evolution. To match the canonical value of r0 = 5.4 Mpc, found for the clustering of local galaxies, requires a value of eps = 2.10 +/- 0.5 (significantly more than linear evolution). The log likelihood of this latter fit is 4.15 less than that for the r0 = 2.37 Mpc model. We, therefore, conclude that the parameterization of the clustering evolution of (1+z)^-(3+eps) is not a particularly good fit to the data.

12 pages (3 figures). Accepted for publication in Ap J

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