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 language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3455-3463 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS) |
| Volume | 426 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Early online date | 22 Oct 2012 |
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| Publication status | Published - 11 Nov 2012 |