Deprojecting Densities from Angular Cross-Correlations
Publication information:
Eisenstein D. Deprojecting Densities from Angular Cross-Correlations. The Astrophysical Journal. 2003;586:718–722.
Abstract
We present a model-independent, spherically symmetric density estimatorto be used in the cross-correlation of imaging catalogs with objects ofknown redshift. The estimator is a simple modification of the usualprojected density estimator, with weightings that produce a sphericalaperture rather than a cylindrical one.