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Matter power spectrum from a Lagrangian-space regularization of perturbation theory

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2013-05-17 v2

Abstract

We present a new approach to computing the matter density power spectrum, from large linear scales to small highly nonlinear scales. Instead of explicitly computing a partial series of high-order diagrams, as in perturbative resummation schemes, we embed the standard perturbation theory within a realistic nonlinear Lagrangian-space ansatz. We also point out that an "adhesion-like" regularization of the shell-crossing regime is more realistic than a "Zel'dovich-like" behavior, where particles freely escape to infinity. This provides a "cosmic web" power spectrum with good small-scale properties that provide a good matching with a halo model on mildly nonlinear scales. We obtain a good agreement with numerical simulations on large scales, better than 3% for k1hk\leq 1 hMpc1^{-1}, and on small scales, better than 10% for k10hk \leq 10 hMpc1^{-1}, at z0.35z \geq 0.35, which improves over previous methods.

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@article{arxiv.1302.4533,
  title  = {Matter power spectrum from a Lagrangian-space regularization of perturbation theory},
  author = {Patrick Valageas and Takahiro Nishimichi and Atsushi Taruya},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1302.4533},
  year   = {2013}
}

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26 pages