English

Transformationally decoupling clustering and tracer bias

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2014-07-22 v2

Abstract

Gaussianizing transformations are used statistically in many non-cosmological fields, but in cosmology, we are only starting to apply them. Here I explain a strategy of analyzing the 1-point function (PDF) of a spatial field, together with the 'essential' clustering statistics of the Gaussianized field, which are invariant to a local transformation. In cosmology, if the tracer sampling is sufficient, this achieves two important goals. First, it can greatly multiply the Fisher information, which is negligible on nonlinear scales in the usual δ\delta statistics. Second, it decouples clustering statistics from a local bias description for tracers such as galaxies.

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@article{arxiv.1407.4815,
  title  = {Transformationally decoupling clustering and tracer bias},
  author = {Mark C. Neyrinck},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1407.4815},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

Proceeding for "Statistical Challenges in 21st Century Cosmology," IAU Symposium No. 306, Lisbon, May 2014. 4 pages. Fixed typo

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