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The Enhancement of BAO in the SDSS MGS

Authors :
H. J. Tian
Tamás Budavári
Alexander S. Szalay
Mark C. Neyrinck
Source :
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 11:145-145
Publication Year :
2015
Publisher :
Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2015.

Abstract

We show that redshift-space distortions of galaxy correlations have a strong effect on correlation functions with the signature of the Baryon Acoustic Oscillations (BAO). Near the line of sight, the features become sharper as a result of redshift-space distortions. We analyze the SDSS DR7 main-galaxy sample (MGS), splitting the sample into slices 2.5 deg on the sky in various rotations. Measuring 2D correlation functions in each slice, we do see a sharp bump along the line of sight. Using Mexican-hat wavelets, we localize it to (110 ± 10) h − 1 Mpc and estimate its significance at about 4σ.

Details

ISSN :
17439221 and 17439213
Volume :
11
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Accession number :
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