The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: correlation functions, peculiar velocities and the matter density of the Universe

Hawkins, Edward; Maddox, Steve J; Cole, Shaun; Lahav, Ofer; Madgwick, Darren; Norberg, Peder; Peacock, John A; Baldry, Ivan K; Baugh, Carlton M; Bland-Hawthorn, Joss; Bridges, Terry C; Cannon, Russell; Colless, Matthew; Collins, Chris; Couch, Warrick; Dalton, Gavin; de Propris, Roberto; Driver, Simon; Efstathiou, George; Ellis, Richard S; Frenk, Carlos S; Glazebrook, Karl; Jackson, Carole; Jones, Bryn; Lewis, Ian; Lumsden, Stuart; Percival, Will J; Peterson, Bruce; Sutherland, William J; Taylor, Keith

The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: correlation functions, peculiar velocities and the matter density of the Universe

Date

2003

Authors

Hawkins, Edward

Maddox, Steve J

Cole, Shaun

Lahav, Ofer

Madgwick, Darren

Norberg, Peder

Peacock, John A

Baldry, Ivan K

Baugh, Carlton M

Bland-Hawthorn, Joss

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

We present a detailed analysis of the two-point correlation function, ξ (σ, π) from the 2dF Galaxy Redshift purvey (2dFGRS). The large size of the catalogue, which contains ∼220 000 redshifts, allows us to make high-precision measurements of various