Two-point Angular Correlation Function for the Green Bank 4.85 Ghz Sky Survey
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This paper presents an angular correlation analysis of the Green Bank 4.85 GHz radio catalog (Gregory & Condon 1991) of 54,579 sources (S > 25 mJy). The Green Bank catalog is found to be complete to S 35 mJy over 20 < 74 , 0 h < 24 h , and Galactic latitude jbj 10. The 2-point angular correlation function shows evidence for the clustering of radio sources, with a power-law distribution consistent with a slope = 0:8. This may well provide the first detection of an angular correlation in a large area, complete deep radio survey.
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