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Kinematic consistency relations of large-scale structures

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2015-06-17 v4

Abstract

We describe how the kinematic consistency relations satisfied by density correlations of the large-scale structures of the Universe can be derived within the usual Newtonian framework. These relations express a kinematic effect and show how the (+n)(\ell+n)-density correlation factors in terms of the nn-point correlation and \ell linear power spectrum factors, in the limit where the \ell soft wave numbers become linear and much smaller than the nn other wave numbers. We describe how these relations extend to multifluid cases. In the standard cosmology, these consistency relations derive from the equivalence principle. A detection of their violation would indicate non-Gaussian initial conditions, non-negligible decaying modes, or a modification of gravity that does not converge to General Relativity on large scales.

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@article{arxiv.1311.1236,
  title  = {Kinematic consistency relations of large-scale structures},
  author = {Patrick Valageas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1311.1236},
  year   = {2015}
}

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14 pages

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