English

Redshift Drift fluctuations from N-body simulations

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2026-02-18 v2

Abstract

Measurements of the redshift drift -- the real time variation of the redshift of distance sources -- are expected in the next couple of decades using next generation facilities such as the ANDES spectrograph at the ELT and the SKAO survey. The unprecedented precision of such observations will demand precise theoretical and numerical modeling of the effect in the standard Λ\LambdaCDM cosmology. In this work, we use the \texttt{Gadget4} NN-body code to simulate the redshift drift and its fluctuations in Λ\LambdaCDM cosmologies, deriving the corresponding power spectra from a simulation with 102431024^3 particles in a 1Gpch11\textrm{Gpc}\,h^{-1} box. Our results represent an initial step toward deriving the redshift drift fluctuation power spectra from NN-body simulations and establishing a methodology for the statistical analysis of the redshift drift effect using data from future large-scale surveys. However, further work is required to refine the approach and achieve an accurate modeling of the redshift drift fluctuation power spectra.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2409.09977,
  title  = {Redshift Drift fluctuations from N-body simulations},
  author = {Pedro Bessa and Valerio Marra and Tiago Castro},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.09977},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

21 pages, 6 figures, 3 tables. Accepted for publication in JCAP

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