LATIS: Constraints on the Galaxy-Halo Connection at z 2.5 from Galaxy-Galaxy and Galaxy-Ly Clustering

The connection between galaxies and dark matter halos is often quantified using the stellar mass-halo mass (SMHM) relation. Optical and near-infrared imaging surveys have led to a broadly consistent picture of the evolving SMHM relation based on measurements of galaxy abundances and angular correlation functions. Spectroscopic surveys at z greater than or similar to 2 can also constrain the SMHM relation via the galaxy autocorrelation function and through the cross-correlation between galaxies and Ly alpha absorption measured in transverse sight lines; however, such studies are very few and have produced some unexpected or inconclusive results. We use similar to 3000 spectra of z similar to 2.5 galaxies from the Ly alpha Tomography IMACS Survey (LATIS) to measure the galaxy-galaxy and galaxy-Ly alpha correlation functions in four bins of stellar mass spanning 10(9.2) less than or similar to M-*/M-circle dot less than or similar to 10(10.5). Parallel analyses of the MultiDark N-body and ASTRID hydrodynamic cosmological simulations allow us to model the correlation functions, estimate covariance matrices, and infer halo masses. We find that results of the two methods are mutually consistent and broadly accord with standard SMHM relations. This consistency demonstrates that we are able to measure and model Ly alpha transmission fluctuations delta(F) in LATIS accurately. We also show that the galaxy-Ly alpha cross-correlation, a free by-product of optical spectroscopic galaxy surveys at these redshifts, can constrain halo masses with similar precision to galaxy-galaxy clustering.