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N体模拟和半解析模型中星系团对sigma_8的限制

Constraints on sigma_8 from galaxy clustering in N-body simulations and semi-analytic models

Geraint Harker, Shaun Cole, Adrian Jenkins

摘要:

我们生成模拟星系目录的网格不同的宇宙学,使用重新缩放的N-体模拟串联使用一致的参数运行的半解析模型。因为我们预测的星系偏差,而不是拟合它作为一个讨厌的参数,我们得到一个几乎纯粹的约束sigma_8通过比较投影两点关联函数,我们从SDSS。一个系统误差的出现,因为不同的半解析建模假设,使我们能够同样好地拟合r波段光度函数。将我们对该来源的误差的估计与统计误差相结合,我们发现sigma_8=0.97 +/- 0.06。我们得到一致的结果,如果我们使用不同的星等阈值的星系样本,或者如果我们选择星系的b_J波段,而不是r-波段光度和比较的数据从2dFGRS。我们对sigma_8的估计高于单独对星系数据进行其他分析所获得的估计,我们试图找到这种差异的来源。我们注意到,在任何情况下,星系聚类数据提供了一个非常严格的约束星系形成模型。

英文摘要:

We generate mock galaxy catalogues for a grid of different cosmologies, using rescaled N-body simulations in tandem with a semi-analytic model run using consistent parameters. Because we predict the galaxy bias, rather than fitting it as a nuisance parameter, we obtain an almost pure constraint on sigma_8 by comparing the projected two-point correlation function we obtain to that from the SDSS. A systematic error arises because different semi-analytic modelling assumptions allow us to fit the r-band luminosity function equally well. Combining our estimate of the error from this source with the statistical error, we find sigma_8=0.97 +/- 0.06. We obtain consistent results if we use galaxy samples with a different magnitude threshold, or if we select galaxies by b_J-band rather than r-band luminosity and compare to data from the 2dFGRS. Our estimate for sigma_8 is higher than that obtained for other analyses of galaxy data alone, and we attempt to find the source of this difference. We note that in any case, galaxy clustering data provide a very stringent constraint on galaxy formation models.

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