Clustering of Submillimeter-selected Galaxies

By A. Blain, Scott Chapman, I. Smail, R. Ivison. 2004

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Using accurate positions from very deep radio observations to guide multiobject Keck spectroscopy, we have determined a substantially complete redshift distribution for very luminous distant submillimeter-selected galaxies (SMGs). A sample of 73 redshifts for SMGs in seven fields contains a surprisingly large number of "associations": systems of SMGs with Mpc-scale separations and redshifts within 1200 km s-1. This sample provides tentative evidence of strong clustering of SMGs at z ≃ 2-3 with a correlation length of ~(6.9 ± 2.1) h-1 Mpc, using a simple pair-counting approach that is appropriate to the small, sparse SMG samples. This is somewhat greater than the well-determined correlation lengths for both z ≃ 3 optical-UV color-selected Lyman break galaxies (LBGs) and z ≃ 2 QSOs. This could indicate that SMGs trace the densest large-scale structures in the high-redshift universe and that they may either be evolutionarily distinct from LBGs and QSOs or subject to a more complex astrophysical bias.

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THE LARGE APEX BOLOMETER CAMERA SURVEY OF THE EXTENDED CHANDRA DEEP FIELD SOUTH (2009, methodology): “In Figure 6a the large error bars for the Blain et al. (2004) point represent the increasein the uncertainty by 60% due to angular clustering of sources and redshift spikes (as estimated by Adelberger 2005), but does notinclude the additional uncertainty on the redshift selectionfunction.”
The Link between Submillimetre Galaxies and Luminous Ellipticals: Near-Infrared IFU Spectroscopy of Submillimetre Galaxies (2006, background): “…galaxies, such very young ages and hence high-duty cycles imply very large volume densities for the progenitor population (∼ 10−3 Mpc−3) which is at least an order of magnitude greater than the estimates of the masses and clustering of this population (Blain et al. 2004; Chapman et al. 2005).”
ANCIENT LIGHT FROM YOUNG COSMIC CITIES: PHYSICAL AND OBSERVATIONAL SIGNATURES OF GALAXY PROTO-CLUSTERS (2013, background): “…galaxies (e.g., Miley et al. 2004; Ouchi et al. 2005; Steidel et al. 2005; Overzier et al. 2008; Hayashi et al. 2012), extreme starbursts (Blain et al. 2004; Stevens et al. 2003; Capak et al. 2011; Ivison et al. 2013), and AGN activity (Pentericci et al. 2002; Croft et al. 2005; Lehmer…”
The X-Ray Spectral Properties of SCUBA Galaxies (2005, background): “With estimated bolometric luminosities on the order of 1013 L (Blain et al. 2004a; Chapman et al. 2005), SMGs out- number comparably luminous galaxies in the local universe by several orders of magnitude (e.g., Cowie et al. 2004).”
DUSTY INFRARED GALAXIES: Sources of the Cosmic Infrared Background (2005, background): “Blain et al (2004a) have analyzed SEDs of infrared galaxies assuming that the low-redshift radio/far-infrared correlation applies to SMGs.”
HERSCHEL-ATLAS GALAXY COUNTS AND HIGH-REDSHIFT LUMINOSITY FUNCTIONS: THE FORMATION OF MASSIVE EARLY-TYPE GALAXIES (2011, background): “…properties and host halo masses of sub-mm galaxies Several lines of evidence indicate that high-z (sub-)mm bright galaxies are strongly clustered (Blain et al. 2004; Farrah et al. 2006; Magliocchetti et al. 2007; Viero et al. 2009; Maddox et al. 2010; Hall et al. 2010; Cooray et al. 2010;…”
An interferometric CO survey of luminous submillimetre galaxies (2005, background): “Furthermore, if the population of OFRGs, whose faint levels of submm flux isbelieved to be due their higher dust temperatures (Blain et al.2004a; Chapman et al. 2005), have similar gas masses as classical SMGs (Swinbank et al. 2004; Smail et al. 2004), this would double our current estimate of the…”
HiZELS: a high-redshift survey of Hα emitters – I. The cosmic star formation rate and clustering at z= 2.23 (2008, background): “This has become a popular way to present theresults of clustering analyses in a cosmological context (e.g. Overzier et al. 2003; Blain et al. 2004; Farrah et al. 2006).”
The Hubble Deep Field North SCUBA Super-map - III. Optical and near-infrared properties of submillimetre galaxies (2005, background): “…they play a significant role in galaxy formation and evolution and are thought to be the progenitors of present-day massive elliptical galaxies (Lilly et al. 1999; Scott et al. 2002), although there is only very indirect evidence for this hypothesis (e.g. Frayer et al. 1999; Blain et al. 2004).”
The LABOCA survey of the Extended Chandra Deep Field-South: clustering of submillimetre galaxies (2011, methodology): “The uncertainties are comparable to those quoted by Blain et al. (2004) who estimated r0 using counts of close pairs in redshift space from spectroscopic surveys.”
Early and Rapid Merging as a Formation Mechanism of Massive Galaxies: Empirical Constraints (2005, background): “It is possible that the sub-mm sources are the most massive galaxies at high redshift, as suggested by their clustering properties (Blain et al. 2004).”
MID-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY OF SUBMILLIMETER GALAXIES: EXTENDED STAR FORMATION IN MASSIVE HIGH-REDSHIFT GALAXIES (2009, background): “02, strengthens the z ∼ 2.7 SMG association discussed in Blain et al. (2004).”
THE STELLAR MASS CONTENT OF SUBMILLIMETER-SELECTED GALAXIES (2010, background): “Moreover, the observed clustering of SMGs (Blain et al. 2004b; Weiß et al. 2009) is similar to that of massive galaxies in the local universe, and suggests that SMGs reside within ∼ 1013M⊙ dark halos.”
The Rest-Frame Optical Properties of SCUBA Galaxies (2004, background): “71 submm-detected population (Blain et al. 2004a; Chapman et al. 2004b).”
AN ALMA SURVEY OF SUBMILLIMETER GALAXIES IN THE EXTENDED CHANDRA DEEP FIELD SOUTH: THE REDSHIFT DISTRIBUTION AND EVOLUTION OF SUBMILLIMETER GALAXIES (2013, background): “It has been suggested that SMGs may be the progenitors of local elliptical galaxies (e.g. Lilly et al. 1999; Genzel et al. 2003; Blain et al. 2004; Swinbank et al. 2006; Tacconi et al. 2008; Swinbank et al. 2010a).”
Spitzer Observations of Massive, Red Galaxies at High Redshift (2005, background): “Their inferred space densities and SFRs suggest that they could be the progenitors of the most massive present-day galaxies (Blain et al. 2004; Chapman et al. 2005).”
REPRODUCING THE STELLAR MASS/HALO MASS RELATION IN SIMULATED ΛCDM GALAXIES: THEORY VERSUS OBSERVATIONAL ESTIMATES (2012, background): “…scatter in the SHM (Reddick et al. 2012) by comparing the predicted spatial clustering of DM halos (Sheth et al. 2001; Reed et al. 2007; van Daalen et al. 2012) with the observed abundances and clustering properties of galaxy populations (Blain et al. 2004; Conroy et al. 2006; Reid et al. 2010).”
A Spectroscopic Survey of Redshift 1.4 ≲ z ≲ 3.0 Galaxies in the GOODS-North Field: Survey Description, Catalogs, and Properties (2006, background): “We also note a possible overdensity at z ¼ 2:00, which corresponds to an overdensity of five submillimeter galaxies as noted by Blain et al. (2004).”