Probing Galaxy assembly bias in BOSS galaxies using void probabilities
Abstract
ABSTRACT We measure the void probability function (VPF) of galaxies in the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS). The VPF provides complementary information to standard two-point statistics in that it is sensitive to galaxy bias in the most extreme underdensities in the cosmic web. Thus, the VPF is ideal for testing whether halo occupation of galaxies depends on large-scale density, an effect known as galaxy assembly bias. We find that standard HOD model – one parameterized by halo mass only – fit only to the two-point function, accurately predicts the VPF. Additionally, for HOD models where density dependence is explicitly incorporated, the best-fitting models fit to the combination of the correlation function and the VPF have zero density dependence. Thus, galaxy assembly bias is not a strong source of systematic uncertainty when modelling the clustering of massive galaxies.
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- Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics, Department of Physics, New York University, New York
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- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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- Journal Name: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Journal Volume: 488 Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 0035-8711
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- Oxford University Press
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- United Kingdom
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Walsh, Kilian, and Tinker, Jeremy. Probing Galaxy assembly bias in BOSS galaxies using void probabilities. United Kingdom: N. p., 2019.
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@article{osti_1532816,
title = {Probing Galaxy assembly bias in BOSS galaxies using void probabilities},
author = {Walsh, Kilian and Tinker, Jeremy},
abstractNote = {ABSTRACT We measure the void probability function (VPF) of galaxies in the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS). The VPF provides complementary information to standard two-point statistics in that it is sensitive to galaxy bias in the most extreme underdensities in the cosmic web. Thus, the VPF is ideal for testing whether halo occupation of galaxies depends on large-scale density, an effect known as galaxy assembly bias. We find that standard HOD model – one parameterized by halo mass only – fit only to the two-point function, accurately predicts the VPF. Additionally, for HOD models where density dependence is explicitly incorporated, the best-fitting models fit to the combination of the correlation function and the VPF have zero density dependence. Thus, galaxy assembly bias is not a strong source of systematic uncertainty when modelling the clustering of massive galaxies.},
doi = {10.1093/mnras/stz1351},
journal = {Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society},
number = 1,
volume = 488,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {2019},
month = {5}
}
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