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通过星系分布的细胞计数矩确定宇宙物质的丰度(1)

Determination of the abundance of cosmic matter via the cell count moments of the galaxy distribution (1)

Julien Bel, Christian Marinoni

摘要:

我们证明,准确和精确的信息,宇宙的物质含量可以通过一个简单的细胞计数分析的三维空间分布的星系。一个新的聚类统计,{ \it星系聚类比} $η$,是这个过程中的关键。这被定义为平滑的星系密度分布的一点和两点二阶矩之间的比率。这个统计量的显着特点是它的普遍性:在大宇宙尺度上,星系(在红移空间)和质量(在真实空间)都显示出相同的$η$振幅。此外,这个量并不随红移而变化。因此,$η$的统计提供了深入了解的质量密度波动的真实空间功率谱的特征参数,而不需要指定的星系偏置函数,星系红移失真的模型,也没有增长模式的密度波纹。我们演示了方法与明亮的红色星系(LRG)的光谱斯隆数字巡天(SDSS)数据发布7(DR 7)目录中提取的样本。以宇宙曲率($Ω_k$)和暗能量状态方程($w$)的常数值的弱(平坦)先验,以及物理重子密度$Ω_bh^2$、哈勃常数$H_0$和原始密度扰动谱指数$n_s$的强(高斯)先验,我们估计了物质的丰度,相对误差为8%($Ω_m= 0.283\pm0.023$)。我们希望这种方法将有助于寻找超越宇宙学标准模型的新物理学证据,并计划未来的红移调查,如BigBOSS或EUCLID。

英文摘要:

We demonstrate that accurate and precise information about the matter content of the universe can be retrieved via a simple cell count analysis of the 3D spatial distribution of galaxies. A new clustering statistic, the {\it galaxy clustering ratio} $η$, is the key in this process. This is defined as the ratio between one- and two-point second-order moments of the smoothed galaxy density distribution. The distinguishing feature of this statistic is its universality: on large cosmic scales both galaxies (in redshift space) and mass (in real space) display the same $η$ amplitude. This quantity, in addition, does not evolve as a function of redshift. As a consequence, the $η$ statistic provides insight into characteristic parameters of the real-space power spectrum of mass density fluctuations without the need to specify the galaxy biasing function, a model for galaxy redshift distortions nor the growing mode of density ripples. We demonstrate the method with the luminous red galaxy (LRG) sample extracted from the spectroscopic Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) data release 7 (DR7) catalogue. Taking weak (flat) priors of the curvature of the universe ($Ω_k$) and of the constant value of the dark energy equation of state ($w$), and strong (gaussian) priors of the physical baryon density $Ω_bh^2$, of the Hubble constant $H_0$ and of the spectral index of primordial density perturbations $n_s$, we estimate the abundance of matter with a relative error of 8% ($Ω_m= 0.283\pm0.023$). We expect that this approach will be instrumental in searching for evidence of new physics beyond the standard model of cosmology and in planning future redshift surveys such as BigBOSS or EUCLID.

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