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晕圈数计数和关联函数的协方差矩阵

Covariance matrices for halo number counts and correlation functions

Patrick Valageas, Nicolas Clerc, Florian Pacaud, Marguerite Pierre

摘要:

我们研究的平均数计数和两点关联函数,以及它们的协方差矩阵,宇宙学调查,如集群。特别是,我们认为关联函数平均在有限的红移间隔,这是非常适合于集群调查或人口的稀有物体,其中需要整合超过非零红移箱积累足够的统计。我们开发了一个分析的形式主义,以获得明确的表达式,这些手段和协方差矩阵的所有贡献,同时考虑到散粒噪声和样本方差的影响。我们计算低阶以及高阶(包括非高斯)的条款。我们推导出表达式的计数每红移箱的一般情况下,小窗口近似。我们估计林伯近似的有效性范围和不同红移仓之间的相关性。我们还得到了完整的三维关联函数和二维角相关的显式表达式。我们比较了散粒噪声和样本方差贡献的相对重要性,以及低阶和高阶项。我们检查我们的分析结果的有效性,通过与地平线全天空数值模拟的比较,我们得到了未来几个集群调查的预测。

英文摘要:

We study the mean number counts and two-point correlation functions, along with their covariance matrices, of cosmological surveys such as for clusters. In particular, we consider correlation functions averaged over finite redshift intervals, which are well suited to cluster surveys or populations of rare objects, where one needs to integrate over nonzero redshift bins to accumulate enough statistics. We develop an analytical formalism to obtain explicit expressions of all contributions to these means and covariance matrices, taking into account both shot-noise and sample-variance effects. We compute low-order as well as high-order (including non-Gaussian) terms. We derive expressions for the number counts per redshift bins both for the general case and for the small window approximation. We estimate the range of validity of Limber's approximation and the amount of correlation between different redshift bins. We also obtain explicit expressions for the integrated 3D correlation function and the 2D angular correlation. We compare the relative importance of shot-noise and sample-variance contributions, and of low-order and high-order terms. We check the validity of our analytical results through a comparison with the Horizon full-sky numerical simulations, and we obtain forecasts for several future cluster surveys.

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