2-POINT ANGULAR-CORRELATION FUNCTION FOR THE GREEN-BANK 4.85 GHZ SKY SURVEY

Citation
Bl. Kooiman et al., 2-POINT ANGULAR-CORRELATION FUNCTION FOR THE GREEN-BANK 4.85 GHZ SKY SURVEY, The Astrophysical journal, 448(2), 1995, pp. 500-509
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
ISSN journal
0004637X
Volume
448
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Part
1
Pages
500 - 509
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-637X(1995)448:2<500:2AFFTG>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
This paper presents an angular correlation analysis of the Green Bank 4.85 GHz radio catalog of 54,579 sources (S greater than or similar to 25 mJy). The Green Bank catalog is found to be complete to S greater than or equal to 35 mJy over 20 degrees less than or equal to delta < 74 degrees, 0(h) less than or equal to alpha < 24(h), and Galactic lat itude \b\ greater than or equal to 10 degrees. The two-point angular c orrelation function shows evidence for the clustering of radio sources , with a power-law distribution consistent with a slope gamma = -0.8. This may well provide the first detection of an angular correlation in a large area, complete deep radio survey.