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Reply to Melott's Comment on ``Discreteness Effects in Lambda Cold Dark Matter Simulations: A Wavelet-Statistical View'' by Romeo et al

Astrophysics 2008-05-06 v1

Abstract

Melott has made pioneering studies of the effects of particle discreteness in N-body simulations, a fundamental point that needs careful thought and analysis since all such simulations suffer from numerical noise arising from the use of finite-mass particles. Melott (arXiv:0804.0589) claims that the conclusions of our paper (arXiv:0804.0294) are essentially equivalent to those of his earlier work. Melott is wrong: he has jumped onto one of our conclusions and interpreted that in his own way. Here we point out the whys and the wherefores.

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@article{arxiv.0805.0513,
  title  = {Reply to Melott's Comment on ``Discreteness Effects in Lambda Cold Dark Matter Simulations: A Wavelet-Statistical View'' by Romeo et al},
  author = {Alessandro B. Romeo and Oscar Agertz and Ben Moore and Joachim Stadel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0805.0513},
  year   = {2008}
}