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狼宇宙III:非线性物质功率谱的模拟套件和精确模拟器

The Coyote Universe III: Simulation Suite and Precision Emulator for the Nonlinear Matter Power Spectrum

Earl Lawrence, Katrin Heitmann, Martin White, David Higdon, Christian Wagner, Salman Habib, Brian Williams

摘要:

天体物理学和宇宙学中许多最令人兴奋的问题,包括大多数对暗能量的观测探测,都依赖于对结构形成的非线性机制的理解。为了充分利用这一机制提供的信息并提取宇宙学约束,需要精确的理论预测。目前,这种预测只能从昂贵的、精确的数值模拟中获得。本文是第三次在一系列旨在构建一个精确的校准的非线性质量功率谱的Mpc尺度的广泛的目前可行的宇宙学模型,包括暗能量。前两篇论文讨论了数值挑战,以及从一组精心选择的宇宙学模型中构建宇宙学模型的方案。在本文中,我们介绍了“狼宇宙”的模拟套件,其中包括近1,000个N体模拟在不同的力和质量的分辨率,跨越38 wCDM宇宙学。这个大型的模拟套件使我们能够构建一个预测方案,或仿真器,为非线性物质的功率谱精确到百分之k~1小时/Mpc的水平。我们描述了模拟器的构造,解释了为确保其准确性而进行的测试,并讨论了如何将中心思想扩展到更广泛的宇宙学模型和应用中。作为本文的一部分,公开发布了一个功率谱仿真器代码。

英文摘要:

Many of the most exciting questions in astrophysics and cosmology, including the majority of observational probes of dark energy, rely on an understanding of the nonlinear regime of structure formation. In order to fully exploit the information available from this regime and to extract cosmological constraints, accurate theoretical predictions are needed. Currently such predictions can only be obtained from costly, precision numerical simulations. This paper is the third in a series aimed at constructing an accurate calibration of the nonlinear mass power spectrum on Mpc scales for a wide range of currently viable cosmological models, including dark energy. The first two papers addressed the numerical challenges, and the scheme by which an interpolator was built from a carefully chosen set of cosmological models. In this paper we introduce the "Coyote Univers"' simulation suite which comprises nearly 1,000 N-body simulations at different force and mass resolutions, spanning 38 wCDM cosmologies. This large simulation suite enables us to construct a prediction scheme, or emulator, for the nonlinear matter power spectrum accurate at the percent level out to k~1 h/Mpc. We describe the construction of the emulator, explain the tests performed to ensure its accuracy, and discuss how the central ideas may be extended to a wider range of cosmological models and applications. A power spectrum emulator code is released publicly as part of this paper.

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