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Context: Two-point correlation functions are used throughout cosmology as a measure for the statistics of random fields. When used in Bayesian parameter estimation, their likelihood function is usually replaced by a Gaussian approximation.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-10-07 David Keitel , Peter Schneider

The two-point correlation function of the galaxy distribution is a key cosmological observable that allows us to constrain the dynamical and geometrical state of our Universe. To measure the correlation function we need to know both the…

We explore the potential of cross-correlating galaxies and peculiar velocities on non-linear scales to enhance cosmological constraints. Leveraging the \textsc{AbacusSummit} simulation suite and the halo occupation distribution (HOD)…

The line-of-sight peculiar velocities of galaxies contribute to their observed redshifts, breaking the translational invariance of galaxy clustering down to a rotational invariance around the observer. This becomes important when the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-29 Emanuele Castorina , Martin White

We introduce a method for calculating the stationary state of a translation invariant array of weakly coupled cavities in the presence of dissipation and coherent as well as incoherent drives. Instead of computing the full density matrix…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-03-06 Elena del Valle , Michael J. Hartmann

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

Galaxy peculiar velocities provide an integral source of cosmological information that can be harnessed to measure the growth rate of large scale structure and constrain possible extensions to General Relativity. In this work, we present a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-30 Ryan J. Turner , Chris Blake , Rossana Ruggeri

Since the volume accessible to galaxy surveys is fundamentally limited, it is extremely important to analyse available data in the most optimal fashion. One way of enhancing the cosmological information extracted from the clustering of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-20 David W. Pearson , Lado Samushia , Praful Gagrani

This paper is devoted to a statistical analysis of the velocity fluctuations arising from a random distribution of point vortices in two-dimensional turbulence. Exact results are derived for the correlations in the velocities occurring at…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 Pierre-Henri Chavanis , Clément Sire

The theoretical basis of dark energy remains unknown and could signify a need to modify the laws of gravity on cosmological scales. In this study we investigate how the clustering and motions of galaxies can be used as probes of modified…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-10 Stuart Lyall , Chris Blake , Ryan Turner , Rossana Ruggeri , Hans Winther

The accurate classification of galaxies in large-sample astrophysical databases of galaxy clusters depends sensitively on the ability to distinguish between morphological types, especially at higher redshifts. This capability can be…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-03-21 Mercedes T. Richards , Donald St. P. Richards , Elizabeth Martinez-Gomez

We study the reliability of the reconstruction method which uses a modelling of the redshift distortions of the two-point correlation function to estimate the pairwise peculiar velocity dispersion of galaxies. In particular, the dependence…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Y. P. Jing , G. Boerner

Cosmological parameters can be measured by comparing peculiar velocities with those predicted from a galaxy density field. Previous work has tested the accuracy of this approach with N-body simulations, but generally on idealised mock…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-27 Amber M. Hollinger , Michael J. Hudson

Weak gravitational lensing surveys are rapidly becoming important tools to probe directly the mass density fluctuations in the universe and its background dynamics. Earlier studies have shown that it is possible to model the statistics of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Patrick Valageas , Andrew J. Barber , Dipak Munshi

Analyses of peculiar velocity surveys face several challenges, including low signal--to--noise in individual velocity measurements and the presence of small--scale, nonlinear flows. This is the second in a series of papers in which we…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Hume A. Feldman , Richard Watkins , Adrian L. Melott , Scott W. Chambers

Context. Whenever correlation functions are used for inference about cosmological parameters in the context of a Bayesian analysis, the likelihood function of correlation functions needs to be known. Usually, it is approximated as a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-08-06 Philipp Wilking , Peter Schneider

A number of spatial statistic measurements such as Moran's I and Geary's C can be used for spatial autocorrelation analysis. Spatial autocorrelation modeling proceeded from the 1-dimension autocorrelation of time series analysis, with time…

Physics and Society · Physics 2021-12-30 Yanguang Chen

We show, with the help of large N-body simulations, that the real-space two-point correlation function and pairwise velocity dispersion of galaxies can both be measured reliably from the Las Campanas Redshift Survey. The real-space…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Y. P. Jing , H. J. Mo , G. Boerner

We present a new method to estimate redshift distributions and galaxy-dark matter bias parameters using correlation functions in a fully data driven and self-consistent manner. Unlike other machine learning, template, or correlation…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-09 Ben Hoyle , Markus Michael Rau

Studies of large-scale structures in the Universe, such as superstructures or cosmic voids, have been widely used to characterize the properties of the cosmic web through statistical analyses. On the other hand, the 2-point correlation…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-04 M. V. Santucho , H. E. Luparello , M. Lares , D. G. Lambas , A. N. Ruiz , M. A. Sgró