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The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: the clustering of galaxy groups

Journal article published in 2004 by Nelson D. Padilla, Carlton M. Baugh, Vincent R. Eke ORCID, Peder Norberg ORCID, Shaun Cole ORCID, Carlos S. Frenk, Darren J. Croton, Ivan K. Baldry, Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Joss Bl, Terry Bridges, Russell Cannon, Matthew Colless ORCID, Chris Collins, C. Collin and other authors.
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Abstract

We measure the clustering of galaxy groups in the 2dFGRS Percolation-Inferred Galaxy Group (2PIGG) catalogue. The 2PIGG sample has 29,000 groups with at least two members. The clustering amplitude of the full 2PIGG catalogue is weaker than that of 2dFGRS galaxies, in agreement with theoretical predictions. We have subdivided the 2PIGG catalogue into samples that span a factor of 25 in median total luminosity. Our correlation function measurements span an unprecedented range of clustering strengths, connecting the regimes probed by groups fainter than L* galaxies and rich clusters. There is a steady increase in clustering strength with group luminosity; the most luminous groups are ten times more strongly clustered than the full 2PIGG catalogue. We demonstrate that the 2PIGG results are in very good agreement with the clustering of groups expected in the LCDM model.