Redshifts of galaxies vs halos
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Description
Hi,
I am trying to populate some halos with an HOD using halotools, and I started with this example before putting my own data:
https://halotools.readthedocs.io/en/stable/quickstart_and_tutorials/tutorials/catalog_analysis/galcat_analysis/basic_examples/clustering_examples/galaxy_catalog_analysis_tutorial9.html
I followed each step here, particularly specifying the redshift=0 for the Bolshoi halos. Maybe I am not understanding something correctly, but why are the galaxy redshifts (the outputs of mock_survey.ra_dec_z) not the same as the redshifts of the halos (zero in this case)? I attach the distribution of the redshifts of galaxies, which goes up to z=0.07 when shifting the catalog.
I tried both with and without shifting, and also for Bolshoi at z=0.5. Does it have to do with peculiar velocities (in any case, it seems like a significant difference)?
Please let me know what I am missing here, Thank you!
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Start with the linked catalog-analysis tutorial and the mock_survey.ra_dec_z entry point, reproducing the Bolshoi redshift=0 case with and without shifting. Done means determining whether the reported galaxy-redshift distribution is expected and documenting the explanation or identifying a reproducible defect.
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