The Angular Clustering of Lyman‐Break Galaxies at Redshift<i>z</i>∼ 3

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Mauro Giavalisco · Carnegie Observatories

Charles C. Steidel · Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Kurt L. Adelberger · California Institute of Technology

Mark Dickinson · Space Telescope Science Institute

Max Pettini · Royal Observatory in Greenwich

M. Kellogg · California Institute of Technology

Abstract

We have measured the angular correlation function w(h) for a sample of 871 Lyman-break galaxies (LBGs) in ve elds at redshift z D 3. Fitting the power law to a weighted average of w(h) from A w h~b the ve elds over the range we nd arcsecb and b D 0.9. The slope is, within the

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Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Scientific Research and Discoveries Astronomy and Astrophysical Research

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Published in: The Astrophysical Journal

Volume 503, Issue 2, pp. 543-552

DOI: 10.1086/306027

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The Angular Clustering of Lyman‐Break Galaxies at Redshift<i>z</i>∼ 3

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