The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: voids and hierarchical scaling models

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

The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: voids and hierarchical scaling models

Date

2004

Authors

Croton, Darren

Colless, Matthew

Gaztanaga, Enrique

Baugh, Carlton M

Norberg, Peder

Baldry, Ivan K

Bland-Hawthorn, Joss

Bridges, Terry C

Cannon, Russell

Cole, Shaun

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

We measure the redshift-space reduced void probability function (VPF) for 2dFGRS volume-limited galaxy samples covering the absolute magnitude range M bJ -5log 10 h = -18 to -22. Theoretically, the VPF connects the distribution of voids to the moments of