TY - JOUR
T1 - The galaxy-mass correlation function measured from weak lensing in the sloan digital sky survey
AU - Sheldon, Erin S.
AU - Johnston, David E.
AU - Frieman, Joshua A.
AU - Scranton, Ryan
AU - McKay, Timothy A.
AU - Connolly, A. J.
AU - Budávari, Tamás
AU - Zehavi, Idit
AU - Bahcall, Neta A.
AU - Brinkmann, J.
AU - Fukugita, Masataka
PY - 2004/5
Y1 - 2004/5
N2 - We present galaxy-galaxy lensing measurements over scales 0.025 to 10 h -1 Mpc in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). Using a flux-limited sample of 127,001 lens galaxies with spectroscopic redshifts and mean luminosity 〈L〉 ∼ L* and 9,020,388 source galaxies with photometric redshifts, we invert the lensing signal to obtain the galaxy-mass correlation function ξ gm. We find ξ gm is consistent with a power law, ξ gm = (r/ro) -γ, with best-fit parameters γ = 1.79 ± 0.06 and r 0 = (5.4 ± 0.7)(0.27/Ω m) 1/γ h -1 Mpc. At fixed separation, the ratio ξ gg/ξ gm = b/r, where b is the bias and r is the correlation coefficient. Comparing with the galaxy autocorrelation function for a similarly selected sample of SDSS galaxies, we find that b/r is approximately scale-independent over scales 0.2-6.7 h -1 Mpc, with mean (b/r) = (1.3 ± 0.2)(Ω m/0. 27). We also find no scale dependence in b/r for a volume-limited sample of luminous galaxies (-23.0 < M r < -21.5). The mean b/r for this sample is 〈b/r〉 vlim = (2-0 ± 0.7) (Ω m/0.27). We split the lens galaxy sample into subsets based on luminosity, color, spectral type, and velocity dispersion and see clear trends of the lensing signal with each of these parameters. The amplitude and logarithmic slope of ξ gm increase with galaxy luminosity. For high luminosities (L ∼ 5 L*), ξ gm deviates significantly from a power law. These trends with luminosity also appear in the subsample of red galaxies, which are more strongly clustered than blue galaxies.
AB - We present galaxy-galaxy lensing measurements over scales 0.025 to 10 h -1 Mpc in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). Using a flux-limited sample of 127,001 lens galaxies with spectroscopic redshifts and mean luminosity 〈L〉 ∼ L* and 9,020,388 source galaxies with photometric redshifts, we invert the lensing signal to obtain the galaxy-mass correlation function ξ gm. We find ξ gm is consistent with a power law, ξ gm = (r/ro) -γ, with best-fit parameters γ = 1.79 ± 0.06 and r 0 = (5.4 ± 0.7)(0.27/Ω m) 1/γ h -1 Mpc. At fixed separation, the ratio ξ gg/ξ gm = b/r, where b is the bias and r is the correlation coefficient. Comparing with the galaxy autocorrelation function for a similarly selected sample of SDSS galaxies, we find that b/r is approximately scale-independent over scales 0.2-6.7 h -1 Mpc, with mean (b/r) = (1.3 ± 0.2)(Ω m/0. 27). We also find no scale dependence in b/r for a volume-limited sample of luminous galaxies (-23.0 < M r < -21.5). The mean b/r for this sample is 〈b/r〉 vlim = (2-0 ± 0.7) (Ω m/0.27). We split the lens galaxy sample into subsets based on luminosity, color, spectral type, and velocity dispersion and see clear trends of the lensing signal with each of these parameters. The amplitude and logarithmic slope of ξ gm increase with galaxy luminosity. For high luminosities (L ∼ 5 L*), ξ gm deviates significantly from a power law. These trends with luminosity also appear in the subsample of red galaxies, which are more strongly clustered than blue galaxies.
KW - Cosmology: observations
KW - Dark matter
KW - Gravitational lensing large-scale structure of universe
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U2 - 10.1086/383293
DO - 10.1086/383293
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:2942675124
SN - 0004-6256
VL - 127
SP - 2544
EP - 2564
JO - Astronomical Journal
JF - Astronomical Journal
IS - 5 1781
ER -