The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: the nature of the relative bias between galaxies of different spectral type

Conway, Edward; Maddox, Steve J; Wild, Vivienne; Peacock, John A; Hawkins, Edward; Norberg, Peder; Madgwick, Darren; Baldry, Ivan K; Baugh, Carlton M; Bland-Hawthorn, Joss; Bridges, Terry C; Cannon, Russell; Cole, Shaun; Collins, Chris; Couch, Warrick; Dalton, Gavin; de Propris, Roberto; Driver, Simon; Efstathiou, George; Ellis, Richard S; Frenk, Carlos S; Glazebrook, Karl; Jackson, Carole; Jones, Bryn; Lahav, Ofer; Lewis, Ian; Lumsden, Stuart; Percival, Will J; Peterson, Bruce; Sutherland, William J; Taylor, Keith; Colless, Matthew

The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: the nature of the relative bias between galaxies of different spectral type

Date

2005

Authors

Conway, Edward

Maddox, Steve J

Wild, Vivienne

Peacock, John A

Hawkins, Edward

Norberg, Peder

Madgwick, Darren

Baldry, Ivan K

Baugh, Carlton M

Bland-Hawthorn, Joss

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

We present an analysis of the relative bias between early- and late-type galaxies in the Two-degree Field Galaxy Redshift Survey (2dFGRS) - as defined by the η parameter of Madgwick et al., which quantifies the spectral type of galaxies in the survey. We