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宽场弱透镜巡天的模拟I:基本统计和非高斯效应

Simulations of Wide-Field Weak Lensing Surveys I: Basic Statistics and Non-Gaussian Effects

Masanori Sato, Takashi Hamana, Ryuichi Takahashi, Masahiro Takada, Naoki Yoshida, Takahiko Matsubara, Naoshi Sugiyama

摘要:

我们研究了标准LCDM宇宙学的透镜收敛功率谱及其协方差。我们运行了400个宇宙学N体模拟,并使用输出来执行总共1000个独立的射线跟踪模拟。我们比较分析模型预测的模拟结果。基于Smith等人的半解析模型。(2003)拟合公式在角分角度尺度下低估了约30%的收敛能力。对于收敛功率谱协方差,晕模型在很宽的角尺度和源红移范围内都能很好地再现模拟结果。在小角度尺度下,主要贡献来自于有限调查体积中晕数波动引起的样本方差。对于z_s ~1的弱透镜测量,非高斯协方差使收敛功率谱的信噪比降低高达5倍。收敛功率谱估计的概率分布,其中的实现,是很好地近似的卡方分布与扩大方差的非高斯协方差,但有一个较大的正尾。偏度和峰度具有不可忽略的值,特别是对于浅测量。我们认为,可能需要一个完整的分布的先验知识,以获得一个无偏估计的合奏平均频带功率在每个角度尺度从有限的体积调查。

英文摘要:

We study the lensing convergence power spectrum and its covariance for a standard LCDM cosmology. We run 400 cosmological N-body simulations and use the outputs to perform a total of 1000 independent ray-tracing simulations. We compare the simulation results with analytic model predictions. The semi-analytic model based on Smith et al.(2003) fitting formula underestimates the convergence power by ~30% at arc-minute angular scales. For the convergence power spectrum covariance, the halo model reproduces the simulation results remarkably well over a wide range of angular scales and source redshifts. The dominant contribution at small angular scales comes from the sample variance due to the number fluctuations of halos in a finite survey volume. The signal-to-noise ratio for the convergence power spectrum is degraded by the non-Gaussian covariances by up to a factor 5 for a weak lensing survey to z_s ~1. The probability distribution of the convergence power spectrum estimators, among the realizations, is well approximated by a chi-square distribution with broadened variance given by the non-Gaussian covariance, but has a larger positive tail. The skewness and kurtosis have non-negligible values especially for a shallow survey. We argue that a prior knowledge on the full distribution may be needed to obtain an unbiased estimate on the ensemble averaged band power at each angular scale from a finite volume survey.

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