The CASBaH galaxy redshift survey Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Prochaska J.X.
  2. Burchett J.N.
  3. Tripp T.M.
  4. Werk J.K.
  5. Willmer C.N.A.,Howk J.C.
  6. Lange S.
  7. Tejos N.
  8. Meiring J.D.
  9. Tumlinson J.
  10. Lehner N.,Ford A.B.
  11. Dave R.
  12. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We describe the survey for galaxies in the fields surrounding nine sightlines to far-UV bright, z~1 quasars that define the COS Absorption Survey of Baryon Harbors (CASBaH) program. The photometry and spectroscopy that comprise the data set come from a mixture of public surveys (SDSS, DECaLS) and our dedicated efforts on private facilities (Keck, MMT, LBT). We report the redshifts and stellar masses for 5902 galaxies within ~10 comoving-Mpc of the sightlines with a median of \bar{z}=0.28 and \bar{M}_*_~10^10.1^M_{sun}_. This data set, publicly available as the CASBaH specDB, forms the basis of several recent and ongoing CASBaH analyses. Here, we perform a clustering analysis of the galaxy sample with itself (auto-correlation) and against the set of O VI absorption systems (cross-correlation) discovered in the CASBaH quasar spectra with column densities N(O^+5^)>=10^13.5^/cm^2^. For each, we describe the measured clustering signal with a power-law correlation function {xi}(r)=(r/r_0_)^-{gamma}^ and find that (r_0_,{gamma})=(5.48+/-0.07h_100_^-1^Mpc,1.33+/-0.04) for the auto-correlation and (6.00_-0.77_^+1.09^h_100_^-1^Mpc,1.25+/-0.18) for galaxy-OVI cross-correlation. We further estimate a bias factor of b_gg_=1.3+/-0.1 from the galaxy-galaxy auto-correlation, indicating the galaxies are hosted by halos with mass M_halo_~10^12.1+/-0.05^M_{sun}_. Finally, we estimate an OVI-galaxy bias factor b_OVI_=1.0+/-0.1 from the cross-correlation which is consistent with OVI absorbers being hosted by dark matter halos with typical mass M_halo_~10^11^M_{sun}_. Future works with upcoming data sets (e.g., CGM2) will improve upon these results and will assess whether any of the detected OVI arises in the intergalactic medium.

Keywords
  1. Galaxies
  2. Catalogs
  3. Optical astronomy
  4. Spectroscopy
  5. Redshifted
  6. Surveys
  7. Quasars
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2019ApJS..243...24P
See also HTML
https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJS/243/24
IVOA Identifier IVOID
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/243/24
Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.22430024

Access

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http://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJS/243/24
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http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJS/243/24
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Run SQL-like queries with TAP-enabled clients (e.g., TOPCAT).
IVOA Cone Search SCS
For use with a cone search client (e.g., TOPCAT).
http://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJS/243/24/table7?
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJS/243/24/table7?
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJS/243/24/table7?

History

2020-02-10T10:42:21Z
Resource record created
2020-02-10T10:42:21Z
Created
2021-06-10T13:12:31Z
Updated

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