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The Las Campanas Distant Cluster Survey Correlation Function

Year: 2002

Type: article

Abstract: We present the first nonlocal ( z > 0.2) measurement of the cluster-cluster spatial correlation length, using data from the Las Campanas Distant Cluster Survey (LCDCS). We measure the angular correlation function for velocity dispersion-limited subsamples of the catalog at estimated redshifts of 0.35 ≤ z est < 0.575 and derive spatial correlation lengths for these clusters via the cosmological Limber equation. The correlation lengths that we measure for clusters in the LCDCS are consistent both with local results for the APM cluster catalog and with theoretical expectations based upon the Virgo Consortium Hubble Volume simulations and the analytic predictions. Despite samples containing over 100 clusters, our ability to discriminate between cosmological models is limited because of statistical uncertainty.

Source: The Astrophysical Journal

DOI: 10.1086/339914

Authors: Anthony H. Gonzalez, Dennis Zaritsky, Risa H. Wechsler

Institutions: University of Florida, Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian, University of Arizona, University of California, Santa Cruz, University of Michigan

Language: English

Topic: Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena

Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2035676161

FWCI: 3.353

Cites: 43

Cited by: 36

Related to: 10