Cosmological parameters from the eigenmode analysis of the Las Campanas Redshift Survey

We present the first results of the Karhunen-Loeve eigenmodes applied to re al data of the Las Campanas Redshift Survey to simultaneously measure the v alues of the redshift distortion parameter beta = Omega(0)(0.6)/b, the line arly extrapolated normalization sigma(8)(L), and the cold dark matter shape parameter Gamma = Omega(0)h. The results of our numerical likelihood analy sis indicate a low value of beta = 0.30 +/- 0.39, a shape parameter Gamma = 0.16 +/- 0.10, and a linearly extrapolated normalization sigma(8)(L) = 0.7 9 +/- 0.08, which are consistent with a low-density universe (Omega(0) less than or similar to 0.5).