Abstract
We investigate the clustering properties of $7000$ H$\beta$+OIII and
OII narrowband-selected emitters at $z 0.8 - 4.7$ from the High-$z$
Emission Line Survey. We find clustering lengths, $r_0$, of $1.5 - 4.0h^-1$
Mpc and minimum dark matter halo masses of $10^10.7 - 12.1M_ødot$ for
our $z = 0.8 - 3.2$ H$\beta$+OIII emitters and $r_0 2.0 - 8.3h^-1$ Mpc
and halo masses of $10^11.5 - 12.6M_ødot$ for our $z = 1.5 - 4.7$ OII
emitters. We find $r_0$ to strongly increase both with increasing line
luminosity and redshift. By taking into account the evolution of the
characteristic line luminosity, $L^\star(z)$, and using our model predictions
of halo mass given $r_0$, we find a strong, redshift-independent increasing
trend between $L/L^\star(z)$ and minimum halo mass. The faintest
H$\beta$+OIII emitters are found to reside in $10^9.5M_ødot$ halos
and the brightest emitters in $10^13.0M_ødot$ halos. For OII
emitters, the faintest emitters are found in $10^10.5 M_ødot$ halos and
the brightest emitters in $10^12.6M_ødot$ halos. A redshift-independent
stellar mass dependency is also observed where the halo mass increases from
$10^11M_ødot$ to $10^12.5 M_ødot$ for stellar masses of
$10^8.5M_ødot$ to $10^11.5M_ødot$, respectively. We investigate
the interdependencies of these trends by repeating our analysis in a
$L_line - M_star$ grid space for our most populated
samples (H$\beta$+OIII $z = 0.84$ and OII $z = 1.47$) and find that the
line luminosity dependency is stronger than the stellar mass dependency on halo
mass. For $L > L^\star$ emitters at all epochs, we find a relatively flat trend
with halo masses of $10^12.5 - 13M_ødot$ which may be due to quenching
mechanisms in massive halos which is consistent with a transitional halo mass
predicted by models.
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