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We present efficient algorithms for computing the $N$-point correlation functions (NPCFs) of random fields in arbitrary $D$-dimensional homogeneous and isotropic spaces. Such statistics appear throughout the physical sciences, and provide a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-14 Oliver H. E. Philcox , Zachary Slepian

We present a new algorithm to rapidly compute the two-point (2PCF), three-point (3PCF) and n-point (n-PCF) correlation functions in roughly O(N log N) time for N particles, instead of O(N^n) as required by brute force approaches. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Lucy Liuxuan Zhang , Ue-Li Pen

We present an algorithm that computes the multipole coefficients of the galaxy three-point correlation function (3PCF) without explicitly considering triplets of galaxies. Rather, centering on each galaxy in the survey, it expands the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-04 Zachary Slepian , Daniel J. Eisenstein

We present an optimised multipole algorithm for computing the three-point correlation function (3PCF), tailored for application to large-scale cosmological datasets. The algorithm builds on a $in\, situ$ interpretation of correlation…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-21 Wenjie Ju , Longlong Feng , Zhiqi Huang , Xin Sun , Weishan Zhu

We present here a new algorithm for the fast computation of N-point correlation functions in large astronomical data sets. The algorithm is based on kdtrees which are decorated with cached sufficient statistics thus allowing for orders of…

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

We present an algorithm enabling computation of the anisotropic redshift-space galaxy 3-point correlation function (3PCF) scaling as $N^2$, with $N$ the number of galaxies. Our previous work showed how to compute the isotropic 3PCF with…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-16 Zachary Slepian , Daniel J. Eisenstein

The nature of dark energy and the complete theory of gravity are two central questions currently facing cosmology. A vital tool for addressing them is the 3-point correlation function (3PCF), which probes deviations from a spatially random…

The 3-Point Correlation Function (3PCF), which measures correlations between triplets of galaxies encodes information about peculiar velocities, which distort the observed positions of galaxies along the line of sight away from their true…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-09 Karolina Garcia , Zachary Slepian

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

We present the integrated 3-point correlation functions (3PCF) involving both the cosmic shear and the galaxy density fields. These are a set of higher-order statistics that describe the modulation of local 2-point correlation functions…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-29 Anik Halder , Zhengyangguang Gong , Alexandre Barreira , Oliver Friedrich , Stella Seitz , Daniel Gruen

We present an $8.1\sigma$ detection of the non-Gaussian 4-Point Correlation Function (4PCF) using a sample of $N_{\rm g} \approx 8\times 10^5$ galaxies from the BOSS CMASS dataset. Our measurement uses the $\mathcal{O}(N_{\rm g}^2)$ NPCF…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-05 Oliver H. E. Philcox , Jiamin Hou , Zachary Slepian

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

As we move towards future galaxy surveys, the three-point statistics will be increasingly leveraged to enhance the constraining power of the data on cosmological parameters. An essential part of the three-point function estimation is…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-22 David W. Pearson , Lado Samushia

We develop, implement and test a set of algorithms for estimating N-point correlation functions from pixelized sky maps. These algorithms are slow, in the sense that they do not break the O(N_pix^N) barrier, and yet, they are fast enough…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 H. K. Eriksen , P. B. Lilje , A. J. Banday , K. M. Gorski

We derive analytic covariance matrices for the $N$-Point Correlation Functions (NPCFs) of galaxies in the Gaussian limit. Our results are given for arbitrary $N$ and projected onto the isotropic basis functions of Cahn & Slepian (2020),…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-31 Jiamin Hou , Robert N. Cahn , Oliver H. E. Philcox , Zachary Slepian

We present an algorithm for the fast computation of the general $N$-point spatial correlation functions of any discrete point set embedded within an Euclidean space of $\mathbb{R}^n$. Utilizing the concepts of kd-trees and graph databases,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-19 Cristiano G. Sabiu , Ben Hoyle , Juhan Kim , Xiao-Dong Li

N-Point Correlation Functions, usually with N = 2, 3, and their Fourier-space analogs power spectrum and bispectrum, are major tools used in cosmology to capture the clustering of large-scale structure. We outline how the clustering these…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-12 Zachary Slepian , Farshad Kamalinejad , Alessandro Greco

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

A class of improved estimators is proposed for N-point correlation functions of galaxy clustering, and for discrete spatial random processes in general. In the limit of weak clustering, the variance of the unbiased estimator converges to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 István Szapudi , Alexander S. Szalay
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