Searching for large-scale structure in deep radio surveys

被引:47
作者
Baleisis, A
Lahav, O
Loan, AJ
Wall, JV
机构
[1] Univ Cambridge, Inst Astron, Cambridge CB3 0HA, England
[2] Univ Arizona, Steward Observ, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
[3] Anglo Australian Observ, Epping, NSW 2121, Australia
[4] Royal Greenwich Observ, Cambridge CB3 0EZ, England
关键词
catalogues; surveys; galaxies; structure; large-scale structure of Universe; radio continuum;
D O I
10.1046/j.1365-8711.1998.01536.x
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We calculate the expected amplitude of the dipole and higher spherical harmonics in the angular distribution of radio galaxies, The median redshift of radio sources in existing catalogues is z similar to 1, which allows us to study large-scale structure on scales between those accessible to present optical and infrared surveys, and that of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). The dipole is a result of two effects which turn out to be of comparable magnitude: (i) our motion with respect to the CMB, and (ii) large-scale structure, parametrized here by a family of cold dark matter power-spectra, We make specific predictions for the Green Bank 1987 (87GB) and Parkes-MIT-NRAO (PMN) catalogues, which in our combined catalogue include similar to 40000 sources brighter than 50 mJy at 4.85 GHz, over about 70 per cent of the sky. For these relatively sparse catalogues both the motion and large-scale structure dipole effects are expected to be smaller than the Poisson shot noise. However, we detect dipole and higher harmonics in the combined 87GB-PMNraw catalogue which are far larger than expected. We attribute this to a 2 per cent flux mismatch between the two catalogues. Ad hoc corrections made in an effort to match the catalogues may suggest a marginal detection of a dipole, To detect a dipole and higher harmonics unambiguously, a catalogue with full sky coverage and similar to 10(6) sources is required, We also investigate the existence and extent of the supergalactic plane in the above catalogues. In a strip of +/- 10 degrees of the standard supergalactic equator, we find a 3 sigma detection in PMNraw, but only l sigma in 87GB(raw). We briefly discuss the implications of ongoing surveys such as FIRST and NVSS and follow-up redshift surveys.
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页数:14
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