%0 Generic %1 stroe2015large %A Stroe, Andra %A Sobral, David %D 2015 %K Halpha band clustering narrow survey %T A large narrow band H$\alpha$ survey at $z\sim0.2$: the bright end of the luminosity function, cosmic variance and clustering across cosmic time %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1507.02687 %X We carried out the largest ($>3.5\times10^5$ Mpc$^3$, 26 deg$^2$) H$\alpha$ narrow band survey to date at $z\sim0.2$ in the SA22, W2 and XMMLSS extragalactic fields. Our survey covers a large enough volume to overcome cosmic variance and to sample bright and rare H$\alpha$ emitters up to an observed luminosity of $\sim10^42.4$ erg s$^-1$, equivalent to $\sim11 M_ødot$ yr$^-1$. Using our sample of $220$ sources brighter than $>10^41.4$ erg s$^-1$ ($>1 M_ødot$ yr$^-1$), we derive H$\alpha$ luminosity functions, which are well described by a Schechter function with $\phi^* = 10^-2.85\pm0.03$ Mpc$^-3$ and $L^*_H\alpha = 10^41.71\pm0.02$ erg s$^-1$ (with a fixed faint end slope $\alpha=-1.35$). We find that surveys probing smaller volumes ($\sim3\times10^4$ Mpc$^3$) are heavily affected by cosmic variance, which can lead to errors of over $100$ per cent in the characteristic density and luminosity of the H$\alpha$ luminosity function. We derive a star formation rate density of $\rho_SFRD = 0.0094\pm0.0008$ $M_ødot$ yr$^-1$, in agreement with the redshift-dependent H$\alpha$ parametrisation from Sobral et al. (2013). The two-point correlation function is described by a single power law $ømega(þeta) = (0.159\pm0.012) þeta^(-0.75\pm0.05)$, corresponding to a clustering length of $r_0 = 3.3\pm0.8$ Mpc/h. We find that the most luminous H$\alpha$ emitters at $z\sim0.2$ are more strongly clustered than the relatively fainter ones. The $L^*_H\alpha$ H$\alpha$ emitters at $z\sim0.2$ in our sample reside in $\sim10^12.5-13.5$ $M_ødot$ dark matter haloes. This implies that the most star forming galaxies always reside in relatively massive haloes or group-like environments and that the typical host halo mass of star-forming galaxies is independent of redshift if scaled by $L_H\alpha/L^*_H\alpha(z)$, as proposed by Sobral et al. (2010).

@misc{stroe2015large, abstract = {We carried out the largest ($>3.5\times10^5$ Mpc$^3$, 26 deg$^2$) H$\alpha$ narrow band survey to date at $z\sim0.2$ in the SA22, W2 and XMMLSS extragalactic fields. Our survey covers a large enough volume to overcome cosmic variance and to sample bright and rare H$\alpha$ emitters up to an observed luminosity of $\sim10^{42.4}$ erg s$^{-1}$, equivalent to $\sim11 M_\odot$ yr$^{-1}$. Using our sample of $220$ sources brighter than $>10^{41.4}$ erg s$^{-1}$ ($>1 M_\odot$ yr$^{-1}$), we derive H$\alpha$ luminosity functions, which are well described by a Schechter function with $\phi^* = 10^{-2.85\pm0.03}$ Mpc$^{-3}$ and $L^*_{H\alpha} = 10^{41.71\pm0.02}$ erg s$^{-1}$ (with a fixed faint end slope $\alpha=-1.35$). We find that surveys probing smaller volumes ($\sim3\times10^4$ Mpc$^3$) are heavily affected by cosmic variance, which can lead to errors of over $100$ per cent in the characteristic density and luminosity of the H$\alpha$ luminosity function. We derive a star formation rate density of $\rho_\mathrm{SFRD} = 0.0094\pm0.0008$ $M_\odot$ yr$^{-1}$, in agreement with the redshift-dependent H$\alpha$ parametrisation from Sobral et al. (2013). The two-point correlation function is described by a single power law $\omega(\theta) = (0.159\pm0.012) \theta^{(-0.75\pm0.05)}$, corresponding to a clustering length of $r_0 = 3.3\pm0.8$ Mpc/h. We find that the most luminous H$\alpha$ emitters at $z\sim0.2$ are more strongly clustered than the relatively fainter ones. The $L^*_{H\alpha}$ H$\alpha$ emitters at $z\sim0.2$ in our sample reside in $\sim10^{12.5-13.5}$ $M_\odot$ dark matter haloes. This implies that the most star forming galaxies always reside in relatively massive haloes or group-like environments and that the typical host halo mass of star-forming galaxies is independent of redshift if scaled by $L_\mathrm{H\alpha}/L^*_{H\alpha}(z)$, as proposed by Sobral et al. (2010).}, added-at = {2015-07-13T10:06:24.000+0200}, author = {Stroe, Andra and Sobral, David}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/208322f6ec321a63b02ccd09e638c4d46/miki}, description = {[1507.02687] A large narrow band H$\alpha$ survey at $z\sim0.2$: the bright end of the luminosity function, cosmic variance and clustering across cosmic time}, interhash = {2ff39cd6bfe197717326d4530b0e6fba}, intrahash = {08322f6ec321a63b02ccd09e638c4d46}, keywords = {Halpha band clustering narrow survey}, note = {cite arxiv:1507.02687Comment: Accepted for publication in MNRAS; 18 pages, 19 figures, 6 tables}, timestamp = {2015-07-13T10:06:24.000+0200}, title = {A large narrow band H$\alpha$ survey at $z\sim0.2$: the bright end of the luminosity function, cosmic variance and clustering across cosmic time}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1507.02687}, year = 2015 }