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This function w(
θ
) describes apparent clustering
on the sky down to some magnitude limit.
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More physically meaningful is the spatial two-
point correlation function
ξ
(r) which describes
clustering in 3-D about a galaxy:
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Now N(r) dV describes the number of galaxies in
the volume element dV at a distance r from any
galaxy.
No is another normalization factorv (ave.).