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Herschel-ATLAS/GAMA: Spatial clustering of low-redshift submm galaxies

  • Daniel Smith
  • , S. Maddox
  • , L. Dunne
  • , E. Rigby
  • , S. Bamford
  • , M.J. Jarvis
  • , D.G. Bonfield
  • , D. Hill
  • , A.M. Hopkins
  • , R. Sharp
  • , I. Valtchanov
  • , J.A. Peacock
  • , M. J. Michałowski
  • , P. van der Werf
  • , R. Auld
  • , J.S. Dunlop
  • , H. Parkinson
  • , P. Norberg
  • , S. Eales
  • , E. Pascale
  • M. Pohlen, M. Baes, J. Fritz, D. Scott, A. Robotham, S. Driver, L. Kelvin, E. Ibar, R.J. Ivison, J. Loveday, I.K. Baldry, M. Prescott, E. Cameron, S. Croom, S. Buttiglione, G. de Zotti, A. Cava, A. Cooray, A. Dariush, G. Rodighiero, P. Temi, S. Serjeant, C.C. Popescu, R. J. Tuffs, E. van Kampen, J. Liske

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Abstract

We have measured the clustering properties of low-redshift (z <0.3) submm galaxies detected at 250 μm in the Herschel-ATLAS science demonstration phase field. We selected a sample for which we have high-quality spectroscopic redshifts, obtained from reliably matching the 250-μm sources to a complete (for r <19.4) sample of galaxies from the GAMA data base. Both the angular and spatial clustering strength are measured for all z <0.3 sources as well as for five redshift slices with thickness Δz = 0.05 in the range 0.05 <z <0.3. Our measured spatial clustering length r is comparable to that of optically selected, moderately star-forming (blue) galaxies: we find values around 5Mpc. One of the redshift bins contains an interesting structure, at z = 0.164.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3455-3463
Number of pages9
JournalMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS)
Volume426
Issue number4
Early online date22 Oct 2012
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 11 Nov 2012

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