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The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: power-spectrum analysis of the final data set and cosmological implications

Cole, S.; Percival, W.J.; Peacock, J.A.; Norberg, P.; Baugh, C.M.; Frenk, C.S.; Baldry, I.; Bland-Hawthorn, J.; Bridges, T.; Cannon, R.; Colless, M.; Collins, C.; Couch, W.; Cross, N.J.G.; Dalton, G.; Eke, V.R.; De Propris, R.; Driver, S.P.; Efstathiou, G.; Ellis, R.S.; Glazebrook, K.; Jackson, C.; Jenkins, A.R.; Lahav, O.; Lewis, I.; Lumsden, S.; Maddox, S.; Madgwick, D.; Peterson, B.A.; Sutherland, W.; Taylor, K.

Authors

W.J. Percival

J.A. Peacock

I. Baldry

J. Bland-Hawthorn

T. Bridges

R. Cannon

M. Colless

C. Collins

W. Couch

N.J.G. Cross

G. Dalton

R. De Propris

S.P. Driver

G. Efstathiou

R.S. Ellis

K. Glazebrook

C. Jackson

O. Lahav

I. Lewis

S. Lumsden

S. Maddox

D. Madgwick

B.A. Peterson

W. Sutherland

K. Taylor



Abstract

We present a power-spectrum analysis of the final 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey (2dFGRS), employing a direct Fourier method. The sample used comprises 221 414 galaxies with measured redshifts. We investigate in detail the modelling of the sample selection, improving on previous treatments in a number of respects. A new angular mask is derived, based on revisions to the photometric calibration. The redshift selection function is determined by dividing the survey according to rest-frame colour, and deducing a self-consistent treatment of k-corrections and evolution for each population. The covariance matrix for the power-spectrum estimates is determined using two different approaches to the construction of mock surveys, which are used to demonstrate that the input cosmological model can be correctly recovered. We discuss in detail the possible differences between the galaxy and mass power spectra, and treat these using simulations, analytic models and a hybrid empirical approach. Based on these investigations, we are confident that the 2dFGRS power spectrum can be used to infer the matter content of the universe. On large scales, our estimated power spectrum shows evidence for the 'baryon oscillations' that are predicted in cold dark matter (CDM) models. Fitting to a CDM model, assuming a primordial ns= 1 spectrum, h= 0.72 and negligible neutrino mass, the preferred parameters are Ωmh= 0.168 ± 0.016 and a baryon fraction Ωb/Ωm= 0.185 ± 0.046 (1σ errors). The value of Ωmh is 1σ lower than the 0.20 ± 0.03 in our 2001 analysis of the partially complete 2dFGRS. This shift is largely due to the signal from the newly sampled regions of space, rather than the refinements in the treatment of observational selection. This analysis therefore implies a density significantly below the standard Ωm= 0.3: in combination with cosmic microwave background (CMB) data from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP), we infer Ωm= 0.231 ± 0.021.

Citation

Cole, S., Percival, W., Peacock, J., Norberg, P., Baugh, C., Frenk, C., …Taylor, K. (2005). The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: power-spectrum analysis of the final data set and cosmological implications. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 362(2), 505-534. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09318.x

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Sep 11, 2005
Deposit Date Apr 29, 2008
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Print ISSN 0035-8711
Electronic ISSN 1365-2966
Publisher Royal Astronomical Society
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 362
Issue 2
Pages 505-534
DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09318.x
Keywords Cosmological parameters, Large-scale structure of Universe.

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