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大尺度结构中统计各向异性功率谱的不可检测性

Non-detection of a statistically anisotropic power spectrum in large-scale structure

Anthony R. Pullen, Christopher M. Hirata

摘要:

我们在斯隆数字巡天(SDSS)测量的光度发光红星系(LRGs)样本中寻找原始功率谱的四极各向异性,其中P(\vec{k})是各向同性功率谱P(k)乘以四极调制模式。我们首先对一般四极各向异性的5个系数进行限制。我们还考虑了形式为P(\vec{k})= P(k){1 + g_*[(\hat{k} \cdot \hat{n})^2 - 1/3]}的轴对称四极子,其中\hat{n}是各向异性轴.当我们强迫对称轴\hat{n}在(l,b)=(94度,26度)的方向上时,我们发现g_*= 0.006 +/-0.036(1 σ),这是在最近Groeneboom等人对宇宙微波背景的分析中确定的。利用\hat{n}和g_* 的均匀先验,我们发现-0.41 <g_*<+0.38的概率为95%,其范围很宽主要是由于与银道面对齐的不对称性的大的不确定性。在这三种分析中,我们都没有发现大尺度结构中四极幂次各向异性的证据。

英文摘要:

We search a sample of photometric luminous red galaxies (LRGs) measured by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) for a quadrupolar anisotropy in the primordial power spectrum, in which P(\vec{k}) is an isotropic power spectrum P(k) multiplied by a quadrupolar modulation pattern. We first place limits on the 5 coefficients of a general quadrupole anisotropy. We also consider axisymmetric quadrupoles of the form P(\vec{k}) = P(k){1 + g_*[(\hat{k}\cdot\hat{n})^2-1/3]} where \hat{n} is the axis of the anisotropy. When we force the symmetry axis \hat{n} to be in the direction (l,b)=(94 degrees,26 degrees) identified in the recent Groeneboom et al. analysis of the cosmic microwave background, we find g_*=0.006+/-0.036 (1 sigma). With uniform priors on \hat{n} and g_* we find that -0.41<g_*<+0.38 with 95% probability, with the wide range due mainly to the large uncertainty of asymmetries aligned with the Galactic Plane. In none of these three analyses do we detect evidence for quadrupolar power anisotropy in large scale structure.

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