The 2-point angular correlation function of 20,000 galaxies to V<23.5 and I<22
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The UH8K wide field camera of the CFHT was used to image 0.68 deg^2 of sky. From these images, ~20,000 galaxies were detected to completeness magnitudes V 0. We infer a best-fit spatial correlation length of r_00= 5.85+/-0.5 h^-1 Mpc at z=0. The peak redshift of the survey (I<22.5) is estimated to be z_peak~0.58, using the blue-evolving luminosity function from the CFRS and the flat Lambda cosmology, and r_0(z_peak)=3.5+/-0.5 h^-1 Mpc. We also detect a significant difference in clustering amplitude for the red and blue galaxies, quantitatively measured by correlation lengths of r_00=5.3+/-0.5 h^-1 Mpc and r_00=1.9+/-0.9 h^-1 Mpc respectively, at z=0.
Journal: arXiv: Astrophysics