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相关投影对弱透镜簇计数的影响

The impact of correlated projections on weak lensing cluster counts

Laura Marian, Robert E. Smith, Gary M. Bernstein

摘要:

大尺度结构投影是将在弱透镜图中检测到的簇的剪切信号转换为维里质量的障碍。然而,如果我们能够预测它的振幅,这一步对于用剪切峰丰度来约束宇宙学是不必要的。我们生成了一个跨越四个宇宙学模型的N体模拟的大型系综,每个模型的总体积为V~1(Gpc/h)^3。被认为是物质密度参数和波动幅度的变化。我们测量了在~100 Mpc/h板中投影的质量密度峰值的丰度,以确定与模拟集群空间相关的结构的影响,这些结构由3D朋友的朋友算法识别。晕模型表明,密度场的平滑滤波器的选择是重要的,在减少个人晕质量的相关投影的贡献。在整个分析过程中使用的最佳补偿滤波器的情况下,这种贡献小于2%。我们测量了在不同厚度的板上投影时峰的质量变化。26 Mpc/h和102 Mpc/h的板中的峰与51 Mpc/h的板中的峰相比,平均质量变化小于2%。然后,我们探索了投影峰值质量函数的宇宙学依赖性,并发现,对于宽范围的板厚度(<500 Mpc/h),它与宇宙学的尺度完全相同的方式作为3D朋友的朋友质量函数和Sheth-Tormen公式。这扩展了Marian et al.(2009)的早期结果。最后,我们表明,对于所有考虑的宇宙学模型,低和中间的质量仓的峰值丰度可以使用修改后的Sheth-Tormen功能的形式来描述,在10%-20%的准确度。

英文摘要:

Large-scale structure projections are an obstacle in converting the shear signal of clusters detected in weak-lensing maps into virial masses. However, this step is not necessary for constraining cosmology with the shear-peak abundance, if we are able to predict its amplitude. We generate a large ensemble of N-body simulations spanning four cosmological models, with total volume V~1 (Gpc/h)^3 per model. Variations to the matter density parameter and amplitude of fluctuations are considered. We measure the abundance of peaks in the mass density projected in ~100 Mpc/h slabs to determine the impact of structures spatially correlated with the simulation clusters, identified by the 3D friends-of-friends algorithm. The halo model shows that the choice of the smoothing filter for the density field is important in reducing the contribution of correlated projections to individual halo masses. Such contributions are less than 2% in the case of the optimal, compensated filter used throughout this analysis. We measure the change in the mass of peaks when projected in slabs of various thicknesses. Peaks in slabs of 26 Mpc/h and 102 Mpc/h suffer an average mass change of less than 2% compared to their mass in slabs of 51 Mpc/h. We then explore the cosmology dependence of the projected-peak mass function, and find that, for a wide range of slab thicknesses (<500 Mpc/h), it scales with cosmology in exactly the same way as the 3D friends-of-friends mass function and the Sheth-Tormen formula. This extends the earlier result of Marian et al. (2009). Finally, we show that for all cosmological models considered, the low and intermediate mass bins of the peak abundance can be described using a modified Sheth-Tormen functional form to within 10%-20% accuracy.

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