scholarly journals Redshift Surveys and Cosmology: A Summary of the Dunk Island Conference

2000 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 215-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Colless
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Large Datasets ◽  
Observational Cosmology ◽  
Redshift Surveys ◽  
Coral Sea ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
Very Large Datasets ◽  
Galaxy Population ◽  
New Generation

AbstractRedshift surveys constitute one of the prime tools of observational cosmology. Imaging surveys of the whole sky are now available at a wide range of wavelengths, and provide a basis for the new generation of massive redshift surveys currently in progress. The very large datasets produced by these surveys call for new and sophisticated approaches to the analysis of large-scale structure and the galaxy population. These issues, and some preliminary results from the new redshift surveys, were discussed at the second Coral Sea Cosmology Conference, held at Dunk Island on 24–28 August 1999. This is a summary of the conference; the full conference proceedings are on the WWW at http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/DunkIsland/Proceedings.

scholarly journals The rest-frame UV luminosity function at z ≃ 4: a significant contribution of AGNs to the bright end of the galaxy population

2020 ◽  
Vol 494 (2) ◽  
pp. 1771-1783 ◽  
Author(s):  
N J Adams ◽  
R A A Bowler ◽  
M J Jarvis ◽  
B Häußler ◽  
R J McLure ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Law ◽  
Luminosity Function ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Rest Frame ◽  
Galactic Nuclei ◽  
Absolute Magnitude ◽  
Photometric Redshift ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
Galaxy Population

ABSTRACT We measure the rest-frame ultraviolet (UV) luminosity function (LF) at z ∼ 4 self-consistently over a wide range in absolute magnitude (−27 ≲ MUV ≲ −20). The LF is measured with 46 904 sources selected using a photometric redshift approach over ∼6 $\, {\rm deg}^2$ of the combined Cosmological Evolution Survey and XMM–Newton Large-Scale Structure fields. We simultaneously fit for both active galactic nuclei (AGNs) and galaxy LFs using a combination of Schechter or double power law (DPL) functions alongside a single power law for the faint-end slope of the AGN LF. We find a lack of evolution in the shape of the bright end of the Lyman-break galaxy (LBG) component when compared to other studies at z ≃ 5 and evolutionary recipes for the UV LF. Regardless of whether the LBG LF is fit with a Schechter function or DPL, AGNs are found to dominate at MUV < −23.5. We measure a steep faint-end slope of the AGN LF with $\alpha _{\mathrm{ AGN}} = -2.09^{+0.35}_{-0.38}$ ($-1.66^{+0.29}_{-0.58}$) when fit alongside a Schechter function (DPL) for the galaxies. Our results suggest that if AGNs are morphologically selected it results in a bias to lower number densities. Only by considering the full galaxy population over the transition region from AGN to LBG domination can an accurate measurement of the total LFs be attained.

scholarly journals Milky Way analogues in MaNGA: multiparameter homogeneity and comparison to the Milky Way

2019 ◽  
Vol 491 (3) ◽  
pp. 3672-3701 ◽  
Author(s):  
N Boardman ◽  
G Zasowski ◽  
A Seth ◽  
J Newman ◽  
B Andrews ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Galaxy Evolution ◽  
Milky Way ◽  
Central Star ◽  
Stellar Kinematics ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
Central Regions ◽  
Galaxy Population ◽  
Stellar Masses

ABSTRACT The Milky Way provides an ideal laboratory to test our understanding of galaxy evolution, owing to our ability to observe our Galaxy over fine scales. However, connecting the Galaxy to the wider galaxy population remains difficult, due to the challenges posed by our internal perspective and to the different observational techniques employed. Here, we present a sample of galaxies identified as Milky Way analogues on the basis of their stellar masses and bulge-to-total ratios, observed as part of the Mapping Nearby Galaxies at Apache Point Observatory survey. We analyse the galaxies in terms of their stellar kinematics and populations as well as their ionized gas contents. We find our sample to contain generally young stellar populations in their outskirts. However, we find a wide range of stellar ages in their central regions, and we detect central active galactic nucleus-like or composite-like activity in roughly half of the sample galaxies, with the other half consisting of galaxies with central star-forming emission or emission consistent with old stars. We measure gradients in gas metallicity and stellar metallicity that are generally flatter in physical units than those measured for the Milky Way; however, we find far better agreement with the Milky Way when scaling gradients by galaxies’ disc scale lengths. From this, we argue much of the discrepancy in metallicity gradients to be due to the relative compactness of the Milky Way, with differences in observing perspective also likely to be a factor.

The Local Large-Scale Structure from HIPASS

2005 ◽  
Vol 216 ◽  
pp. 196-202
Author(s):  
Martin Zwaan ◽  
Martin Meyer ◽  
Rachel Webster ◽  
Lister Staveley-Smith
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Large Scale Structure ◽  
Scale Structure ◽  
Sky Survey ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
Point Correlation ◽  
Point Correlation Function ◽  
Fisher Relation ◽  
Galaxy Population ◽  
Mass Functions

The HI Parkes All Sky Survey (HIPASS) offers a unique perspective on the galaxy population in the local universe. A catalogue of 4315 HI-selected galaxies has been extracted from the southern region of the survey (δ < +2°). This catalogue gives a clear view of the local large-scale structure and is used to study the two-point correlation function, the Tully-Fisher relation, and galaxy luminosity and mass functions. Some initial results are discussed here.

scholarly journals Beyond the Galaxy Luminosity Function

2004 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 344-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Driver
Keyword(s):  
Surface Brightness ◽  
Luminosity Function ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Evolutionary Processes ◽  
Multivariate Distributions ◽  
Independent Investigation ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
Galaxy Population ◽  
Galaxy Luminosity Function

AbstractWith the advent of large-scale surveys (i.e. Legacy Surveys) it is now possible to start looking beyond the galaxy luminosity function (LF) to more detailed statistical representations of the galaxy population, i.e multivariate distributions. In this review I first summarise the current state-of-play of the B-band global and cluster LFs and then briefly present two promising bivariate distributions: the luminosity–surface brightness plane (LSP) and the colour–luminosity plane (CLP). In both planes galaxy bulges and galaxy disks form marginally overlapping but distinct distributions, indicating two key formation/evolutionary processes (presumably merger and accretion). Forward progress in this subject now requires the routine application of reliable bulge–disk decomposition codes to allow independent investigation of these two key components.

scholarly journals Characterising filaments in the SDSS volume from the galaxy distribution

2020 ◽  
Vol 642 ◽  
pp. A19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola Malavasi ◽  
Nabila Aghanim ◽  
Marian Douspis ◽  
Hideki Tanimura ◽  
Victor Bonjean
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Sloan Digital Sky Survey ◽  
Specific Method ◽  
Redshift Surveys ◽  
Galaxy Distribution ◽  
Systematic Uncertainties ◽  
Sky Survey ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
Free Parameters ◽  
The Universe

Detecting the large-scale structure of the Universe based on the galaxy distribution and characterising its components is of fundamental importance in astrophysics but is also a difficult task to achieve. Wide-area spectroscopic redshift surveys are required to accurately measure galaxy positions in space that also need to cover large areas of the sky. It is also difficult to create algorithms that can extract cosmic web structures (e.g. filaments). Moreover, these detections will be affected by systematic uncertainties that stem from the characteristics of the survey used (e.g. its completeness and coverage) and from the unique properties of the specific method adopted to detect the cosmic web (i.e. the assumptions it relies on and the free parameters it may employ). For these reasons, the creation of new catalogues of cosmic web features on wide sky areas is important, as this allows users to have at their disposal a well-understood sample of structures whose systematic uncertainties have been thoroughly investigated. In this paper we present the filament catalogues created using the discrete persistent structure extractor tool in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), and we fully characterise them in terms of their dependence on the choice of parameters pertaining to the algorithm, and with respect to several systematic issues that may arise in the skeleton as a result of the properties of the galaxy distribution (such as Finger-of-God redshift distortions and defects of the density field that are due to the boundaries of the survey).

scholarly journals Mapping the Large-Scale Structure

1994 ◽  
Vol 161 ◽  
pp. 669-686
Author(s):  
V. de Lapparent
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Background Radiation ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Large Scale Structure ◽  
Scale Structure ◽  
Nearby Galaxy ◽  
Redshift Surveys ◽  
Galaxy Distribution ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
Microwave Background Radiation

The nearby galaxy distribution suggests a remarkable structure in which large voids are delineated by dense walls of galaxies in a cell-like pattern. The nearby voids range in diameter from ∼ 10 to ∼ 50h− 1 Mpc. Deeper surveys appear to be consistent with the nearby distribution and show no evidence of voids larger than ∼ 100h −1 ∗ Mpc. We might thus have reached the scale where the universe becomes homogeneous. The size of the largest inhomogeneities in the galaxy distribution is an important issue because it can put tight constraints on the theoretical models when confronted by the high degree of isotropy of the microwave background radiation. Comparison of the various existing redshift surveys emphasizes the need for systematic redshift surveys over significant areas of the sky out to intermediate and large distances. Although deep pencil-beam surveys are best suited for probing a large number of voids and walls, understanding the nature of the intercepted peaks and valleys in terms of large-scale structure requires that the angular coverage of the surveys be larger than the galaxy auto-correlation length. If this condition is not satisfied, the size of the voids and the density contrast of the walls can be overestimated.

scholarly journals Optical Redshift Surveys

1992 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 681-683
Author(s):  
L. Nicolaci da Costa
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Redshift Surveys ◽  
Galaxy Distribution ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
Redshift Survey ◽  
Different Depths ◽  
Source Of Information ◽  
The Universe

Redshift surveys of galaxies have been over the past decade the major source of information for studies of the large-scale structure of the Universe. Following the completion of the original CfA Redshift Survey, several groups have joined the endeavor, probing different regions of the sky to different depths in a remarkable long-term effort to study the nature of the galaxy distribution and its statistical properties at different scales. Here I summarize the current status of the ongoing surveys drawn from optical galaxy catalogs. The review is not intended to be complete but rather to demonstrate the vitality of the area and to point out that exciting new data should be forthcoming in the next few years.

INFLATIONARY COSMOLOGY AND LARGE SCALE STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSE

1992 ◽  
Vol 07 (16) ◽  
pp. 3769-3780 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. PANCHAPAKESAN ◽  
SHIV K. SETHI
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Scalar Fields ◽  
Large Scale Structure ◽  
Scale Structure ◽  
Inflationary Cosmology ◽  
Scale Invariant ◽  
First Order Phase Transition ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
First Order Phase

Scale-invariant (flat) fluctuation spectra are the most generic outcomes of inflation. However, current observations of large scale structure require more fluctuation power on large scales than flat spectra give. One such observation concerns the existence of large cosmological bubbles on the scales ~ (20–50) Mpc in the galaxy distribution. We attempt an explanation of these structures based on an inflationary model containing two scalar fields. One of these fields undergoes a first order phase transition, owing to the evolution of the other. We study the distribution of bubbles formed during the phase trnasition and show that for a wide range of choice of the free parameters in our model, a few bubbles can survive and grow to become the bubble structures observed at present.

scholarly journals The Migrant Letter Digitised: Visualising Metadata

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niall O'Leary ◽  
Emma Moreton
Keyword(s):  
Digital Communication ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Large Datasets ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Digital Data ◽  
New Techniques ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Very Large Datasets ◽  
Digital Formats ◽  
The Relationship

Within the digital humanities, social network analysis - using digital technologies to examine the relationship between people, places and things - has explored a wide range of digital communication formats, from emails to tweets. This has been made possible because of the large amount of online digital data and has spawned many new techniques specifically aimed at analysing very large datasets, often termed Big Data. The quantity of data resulting from digital communication is enormous, and therefore a tempting source of raw material. However, there is also a long tradition of non-digital communication, letter-writing, which shares many of the formal characteristics of digital formats and also constitutes a huge body of data.

scholarly journals Mapping the active Universe with eROSITA

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (S304) ◽  
pp. 421-421
Author(s):  
Mara Salvato
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Galactic Nuclei ◽  
Binary Black Holes ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
Deep Survey ◽  
The Universe

AbstracteROSITA (extended Röntgen Survey with an Imaging Telescope Array) is the core instrument on the Russian Spektrum-Röntgen-Gamma (SRG) mission which is current scheduled for launch in Q4 2014. eROSITA will perform a deep survey of the entire X-ray sky. In the soft band (0.5–2 keV), it will be about 30 times more sensitive than ROSAT, while in the hard band (2–8 keV) it will provide the first ever true imaging survey of the sky. The design driving science is the detection of large samples of galaxy clusters up to redshifts z ~ 1, in order to study the large scale structure in the Universe and test cosmological models including Dark Energy. In addition, eROSITA is expected to yield a sample of about 3 million active galactic nuclei, which is bound to revolutionize our view of the evolution of supermassive black holes and their impact on the process of structure formation in the Universe. The survey will also provide new insights into a wide range of astrophysical phenomena, including isolated Neutron Stars and Black Holes, X-ray binaries, active stars and diffuse emission within the Galaxy, as well as more exotic ones such as gamma-ray bursts, tidal disruption of stars in galactic nuclei and binary black holes. In this talk I presented the main characteristics of the mission and focus on the scientific drivers for extragalactic all-sky surveys of AGN. All what was presented at the Symposium (plots, simulations, expected numbers of various kind of sources –QSO, obscured and CT AGN– their properties and evolution with redshift) can be found in the official eROSITA Science Book (Merloni et al., 2012).

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