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Cosmology and Galaxy Evolution from Galaxy Clustering Zheng Zheng Institute for Advanced Study Halo Occupation Distribution (HOD) Breaking the Degeneracies between Cosmology and Galaxy Bias With David Weinberg (Ohio State University) (Zheng Weinberg, astro-ph/0512071) Evolution of Galaxies from HOD Modeling of DEEP2 and SDSS Galaxy Clustering With Alison Coil (University of Arizona) Idit Zehavi (Case Western Reserve University) Halo Occupation Distribution (HOD) P(N|M) Probability distribution of finding N galaxies in a halo of virial mass M mean occupation N(M) + higher moments Spatial bias within halos Difference in the distribution profiles of dark matter and galaxies within halos Velocity bias within halos Difference in the velocities of dark matter and galaxies within halos Halo populations from distinct cosmological models Flexible HOD parameterization Observational quantities Constraints on HOD and cosmological parameters Constraints on HOD parameters Constraints on cosmological parameters Influence Matrix Constraints on cosmological parameters Conclusion Galaxy Evolution from Galaxy Clustering Galaxy Samples DEEP2, z~1 (Coil et al 2006) SDSS, z~0 (Zehavi et al 2005) Measurements of two-point correlation functions as a function of luminosity Halo Occupation Distribution Modeling results Distribution of central galaxy luminosity Mass scales of host halos Establishing an evolution link between DEEP2 and SDSS galaxies Star formation efficiency vs Halo mass Stellar mass evolution (z~1 to z~0) as a function of halo mass Summary Future Work HODs at z~1 and z~0 from modeling two-point correlation functions of DEEP2 and SDSS galaxies Evolution link through halo evolution Stellar mass evolution from z~1 to z~0 for central galaxies as a function of halo mass (pure merger vs star formation) Useful constraints to galaxy formation models Clustering measurements f