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We present models for the three-point correlation function (3PCF) of both dark matter and galaxies. We show that models based on the halo model can reasonably match the dark matter 3PCF obtained from high-resolution $N$-body simulations. On…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Yu Wang , Xiaohu Yang , H. J. Mo , Frank C. van den Bosch , YaoQuan Chu

We constrain the linear and quadratic bias parameters from the configuration dependence of the three-point correlation function (3PCF) in both redshift and projected space, utilizing measurements of spectroscopic galaxies in the Sloan…

In a detailed analysis of the three point correlation function (3PCF) for the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey we have accurately measured the 3PCF for galaxies of different luminosity. The 3PCF amplitudes [$\Qsu$ or $\Qrpu$] of the galaxies…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Y. P. Jing , G. Boerner

With the advent of high-quality surveys in cosmology the full three-point correlation function will be a valuable statistic for describing structure formation models. It contains information on cosmological parameters and detailed halo…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Masahiro Takada , Bhuvnesh Jain

We present the measurements of the redshift-space three-point correlation function (3PCF) for z~0.5 luminous red galaxies of the CMASS sample in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey Data Release 11. The…

Here we show how to produce a 3D density field with a given set of higher-order correlation functions. Our algorithm enables producing any desired two-point, three-point, and four-point functions, including odd-parity for the latter. We…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-16 Zachary Slepian

Though Fourier Transforms (FTs) are a common technique for finding correlation functions, they are not typically used in computations of the anisotropy of the two-point correlation function (2PCF) about the line of sight in wide-angle…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-28 Zachary Slepian , Daniel J. Eisenstein

The next generation of galaxy surveys will provide highly accurate measurements of the large-scale structure of the Universe, allowing for more stringent tests of gravity on cosmological scales. Higher order statistics are a valuable tool…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-29 Alejandro Aviles , Gustavo Niz

We present the measurements of the luminosity-dependent redshift-space three-point correlation functions (3PCFs) for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) DR7 Main galaxy sample. We compare the 3PCF measurements to the predictions from three…

Higher-order statistics are a useful and complementary tool for measuring the clustering of galaxies, containing information on the non-gaussian evolution and morphology of large-scale structure in the Universe. In this work we present…

This article provides a method for quick computation of galaxy two-point correlation function(2pCF) from redshift surveys using python. One of the salient features of this approach is that it can be used for calculating galaxy clustering…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-09 Yeluripati Rohin

The three-point correlation function (3PCF) is a crucial probe of non-Gaussianity and nonlinear structure formation. We develop a thermodynamic framework for the galaxy 3PCF by closing the BBGKY hierarchy with a physically motivated…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-23 Sameer Choudhary , Naseer Iqbal

We present new measurements of the redshift-space three-point correlation function (3PCF) of Luminous Red Galaxies (LRGs) from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). Using the largest dataset to date, the Data Release 7 (DR7) LRGs, and an…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Felipe Marin

We have developed a new analytic method to calculate the galaxy two-point correlation functions (TPCFs) accurately and efficiently, applicable to surveys with finite, regular, and mask-free geometries. We have derived simple, accurate…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-11-17 Chong-Chong He

The field of cosmology is entering an epoch of unparalleled wealth of observational data thanks to galaxy surveys such as DESI, Euclid, and Roman. Therefore, it is essential to have a firm theoretical basis that allows the effective…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-03 William Ortolá Leonard , Zachary Slepian , Jiamin Hou

We present a configuration-space model of the large-scale galaxy 3-point correlation function (3PCF) based on leading-order perturbation theory and including redshift space distortions (RSD). This model should be useful in extracting…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-21 Zachary Slepian , Daniel J. Eisenstein

We present the first application of the angle-dependent 3-Point Correlation Function (3PCF) to the density fields magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence simulations intended to model interstellar (ISM) turbulence. Previous work has…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-03 Stephen K. N. Portillo , Zachary Slepian , Blakesley Burkhart , Sule Kahraman , Douglas P. Finkbeiner

We perform detailed comparison of the semi-analytic halo model predictions with measurements in numerical simulations of the two and three point correlation functions (3PCF), as well as power spectrum and bispectrum. We discuss the accuracy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Pablo Fosalba , Jun Pan , Istvan Szapudi , .

We present FuGa3D, a code for fast computation of correlation functions and power spectra for galaxy survey observables, including galaxy clustering and cosmic shear. We define the redshift-space correlation function (RCF) as the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-06 Elina Keihänen , Jani Haapala , Valtteri Lindholm , Martin Reinecke , Susan Rissanen , Jussi Valiviita , Akke Viitanen

We developed a modification to the calculation of the two-point correlation function commonly used in the analysis of large scale structure in cosmology. An estimator of the two-point correlation function is constructed by contrasting the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-20 Regina Demina , Sanha Cheong , Segev BenZvi , Otto Hindrichs