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星系团测量协方差矩阵的鲁棒性

Robustness of the covariance matrix for galaxy clustering measurements

Falk Baumgarten, Chia-Hsun Chuang

摘要:

我们提出了一个依赖于宇宙学参数和星系偏差的星系聚类测量的协方差矩阵估计的鲁棒性的研究。为此,我们已经产生了9000星系模拟目录依赖于EZmocks计算机代码中实现的有效Zel'dovich近似,使用不同的输入宇宙学模型和偏置参数。参考目录也已产生与此代码,使我们的研究不敏感的近似至少在相对定性水平。我们的研究结果表明,协方差矩阵是不敏感的输入功率谱(包括$σ_8$),只要2点和3点星系团的测量与给定的数据。事实上,协方差矩阵在小尺度下($r\lesssim40 h^{-1}$ Mpc)显示出偏差,当所选的星系偏差参数产生3点统计量时,这与误差条内的参考值不兼容,即使2点统计量在1%内一致。然而,误差在大尺度下变得可忽略,使得协方差矩阵对于仅使用该状态中的测量的数据分析仍然是可靠的(例如,测量重子声学振荡)。高精度的宇宙学参数估计预计协方差矩阵提取的模拟星系目录,准确地考虑到2-和3-点的统计。这与是否使用正确的宇宙学和星系偏差(这不是先验已知的)或两者的任何组合来拟合净观测到的星系聚类无关。

英文摘要:

We present a study on the robustness of the covariance matrix estimation for galaxy clustering measurements depending on the cosmological parameters and galaxy bias. To this end, we have produced 9000 galaxy mock catalogues relying on the effective Zel'dovich approximation implemented in the EZmocks computer code, using different input cosmological models and bias parameters. The reference catalogue has also been produced with this code making our study insensitive to the approximation at least on a relative-qualitative level. Our findings indicate that the covariance matrix is insensitive to the input power spectrum (including $σ_8$), as long as the 2- and 3-point galaxy clustering measurements agree with the given data. In fact, the covariance matrix shows a bias at small scales ($r\lesssim40 h^{-1}$Mpc) when the chosen galaxy bias parameters yield a 3-point statistics, which is not compatible with the reference one within the error bars, even though the 2-point statistics agree within 1%. Nevertheless, the error becomes negligible at large scales making the covariance matrix still reliable for data analysis using only measurements in that regime (e.g., measuring baryon acoustic oscillations). High precision in cosmological parameter estimation is expected for covariance matrices extracted from mock galaxy catalogues which take accurately into account both the 2- and the 3- point statistics. This is independent of whether this is achieved by using the right cosmology and galaxy bias (which are not a priori known) or just any combination of both fitting the net observed galaxy clustering.

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