ON THE ACCURATE DETERMINATION OF THE CLUSTERING HIERARCHY OF GALAXIES

被引:20
作者
BOSCHAN, P
SZAPUDI, I
SZALAY, AS
机构
[1] EOTVOS LORAND UNIV, DEPT PHYS, H-1364 BUDAPEST 5, HUNGARY
[2] JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV, DEPT PHYS & ASTRON, BALTIMORE, MD 21218 USA
关键词
GALAXIES; CLUSTERING; METHOD; ANALYTICAL;
D O I
10.1086/192046
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Current methods for determining the higher order correlations of the galaxy distributions are almost exclusively based upon moments of cell counts, related to averages of the correlation functions over the cells. We present accurate evaluations of these averages, assuming that the higher order galaxy correlation functions satisfy the hierarchical tree assumption. We also present convenient analytic approximations for practical applications.
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页码:65 / 71
页数:7
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