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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Volume 621, Issue 1, Pages 22-31Publisher
UNIV CHICAGO PRESS
DOI: 10.1086/427495
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cosmology : observations; galaxies : elliptical and lenticular, cD; galaxies : evolution; galaxies : clusters : general; galaxies : statistics; large-scale structure of universe
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We report the intermediate-scale (0.3-40 h(-1) Mpc) clustering of 35,000 luminous early-type galaxies at redshifts 0.16-0.44 from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. We present the redshift space two-point correlation function xi(s), the projected correlation function w(p)(r(p)), and the deprojected real space correlation function xi(r), for approximately volume-limited samples. As expected, the galaxies are highly clustered, with the correlation length varying from 9.8 +/- 0.2 to 11.2 +/- 0.2 h(-1) Mpc, dependent on the specific luminosity range. For the -23.2 < M-g < -21.2 sample, the inferred bias relative to that of L-* galaxies is 1.84 +/- 0.11 for 1 h(-1) Mpc < r(p) ≲ 10 h(-1) Mpc, with yet stronger clustering on smaller scales. We detect luminosity-dependent bias within the sample but see no evidence for redshift evolution between z = 0.2 and z = 0.4. We find a clear indication for deviations from a power-law in the real space correlation function, with a dip at ∼2 h(-1) Mpc scales and an upturn on smaller scales. The precision measurements of these clustering trends offer new avenues for the study of the formation and evolution of these massive galaxies.
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