On the anisotropic density distribution on large scales
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
2012-12-14 v2
Abstract
Motivated by the recent detection of an enhanced clustering signal along the major axis of haloes in N-body simulations, we derive a formula for the anisotropic density distribution around haloes and voids on large scales. Our model, which assumes linear theory and that the formation and orientation of nonlinear structures are strongly correlated with the Lagrangian shear, is in good agreement with measurements. We also show that the measured amplitude is inconsistent with a model in which the alignment is produced by the initial inertia rather than shear tensor.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1207.1853,
title = {On the anisotropic density distribution on large scales},
author = {Péter Pápai and Ravi K. Sheth},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1207.1853},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
6 pages, 3 figures; With a moderate revision of the original version, as published in MNRAS