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THE CLUSTERING CHARACTERISTICS OF H i-SELECTED GALAXIES FROM THE 40% ALFALFA SURVEY

The 40% Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA survey catalog (α.40) of ∼10,150 H i-selected galaxies is used to analyze the clustering properties of gas-rich galaxies. By employing the Landy–Szalay estimator and a full covariance analysis for the two-point galaxy–galaxy correlation function, we obtain the real-space correlation function and model it as a power law, ξ(r) = (r/r0)−γ, on scales <10 h−1 Mpc. As the largest sample of blindly H i-selected galaxies to date, α.40 provides detailed understanding of the clustering of this population. We find γ = 1.51 ± 0.09 and r0 = 3.3 + 0.3, −0.2 h−1 Mpc, reinforcing the understanding that gas-rich galaxies represent the most weakly clustered galaxy population known; we also observe a departure from a pure power-law shape at intermediate scales, as predicted in ΛCDM halo occupation distribution models. Furthermore, we measure the bias parameter for the α.40 galaxy sample and find that H i galaxies are severely antibiased on small scales, but only weakly antibiased on large scales. The robust measurement of the correlation function for gas-rich galaxies obtained via the α.40 sample constrains models of the distribution of H i in simulated galaxies, and will be employed to better understand the role of gas in environmentally dependent galaxy evolution.