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用重建重子声学振荡-- II--拟合技术计算z=0.35的2%距离

A 2% Distance to z=0.35 by Reconstructing Baryon Acoustic Oscillations - II: Fitting Techniques

Xiaoying Xu, Nikhil Padmanabhan, Daniel J. Eisenstein, Kushal T. Mehta, Antonio J. Cuesta

摘要:

我们提出的结果拟合的重子声学振荡(BAO)信号的关联函数从第一个应用程序的重建星系红移调查,即斯隆数字巡天(SDSS)数据发布7(DR 7)的发光红星系(LRG)目录。我们还介绍了更仔细的方法来获得一个合适的协方差矩阵和拟合模型的星系关联函数。这些都有助于获得更准确的测量声标度及其误差。我们验证我们的重建,协方差矩阵和拟合技术160模拟来自真实和红移空间的LasDamas模拟目录。然后,我们将这些技术应用于DR 7 LRG样本,发现声学尺度上的误差从重建前的~3.5%降低到重建后的~1.9%。误差减少1.8的系数相当于将测量体积增加三倍的效果。我们还看到,在重建之后,我们的BAO检测置信度从~3-sigma增加到~4-sigma,并且我们在测量正确的声学尺度时的置信度水平从~3-sigma增加到~5-sigma。使用从我们的拟合产生的声学尺度概率分布的平均值,我们发现重建前D_v/r_s = 8.89 +/- 0.31,重建后为8.88 +/- 0.17。

英文摘要:

We present results from fitting the baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO) signal in the correlation function obtained from the first application of reconstruction to a galaxy redshift survey, namely, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release 7 (DR7) luminous red galaxy (LRG) catalogue. We also introduce more careful approaches for deriving a suitable covariance matrix and fitting model for galaxy correlation functions. These all aid in obtaining a more accurate measurement of the acoustic scale and its error. We validate our reconstruction, covariance matrix and fitting techniques on 160 mock catalogues derived from the LasDamas simulations in real and redshift space. We then apply these techniques to the DR7 LRG sample and find that the error on the acoustic scale decreases from ~3.5% before reconstruction to ~1.9% after reconstruction. This factor of 1.8 reduction in the error is equivalent to the effect of tripling the survey volume. We also see an increase in our BAO detection confidence from ~3-sigma to ~4-sigma after reconstruction with our confidence level in measuring the correct acoustic scale increasing from ~3-sigma to ~5-sigma. Using the mean of the acoustic scale probability distributions produced from our fits, we find D_v/r_s = 8.89 +/- 0.31 before reconstruction and 8.88 +/- 0.17 after reconstruction.

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