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Structure of cosmic web in non-linear regime: the nearest neighbour and spherical contact distributions

Ansari Fard, M ; Sharif University of Technology | 2022

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stac256
  3. Publisher: Oxford University Press , 2022
  4. Abstract:
  5. In non-linear scales, the matter density distribution is not Gaussian. Consequently, the widely used two-point correlation function is not adequate anymore to capture the matter density field's entire behaviour. Among all statistics beyond correlation functions, the spherical contact (or equivalently void function), and nearest neighbour distribution function seem promising tools to probe matter distribution in non-linear regime. In this work, we use haloes from cosmological N-body simulations, galaxy groups from the volume-limited galaxy group and central galaxies from mock galaxy catalogues, to compare the spherical contact with the nearest neighbour distribution functions. We also calculate the J-function (or equivalently the first conditional correlation function), for different samples. Moreover, we consider the redshift evolution and mass-scale dependence of statistics in the simulations and dependence on the magnitude of volume-limited samples in group catalogues as well as the mock central galaxies. The shape of the spherical contact probability distribution function is nearly skew-normal, with skewness and kurtosis being approximately 0.5 and 3, respectively. On the other hand, the nearest neighbour probability distribution function is nearly lognormal, with logarithmic skewness and kurtosis being approximately 0.1 and 2.5, respectively. Accordingly, the spherical contact distribution function probes larger scales compared to the nearest neighbour distribution function, which is influenced by details of structures. We also find a linear relation between the mean and variance of the spherical contact probability distribution function in simulations and mock galaxies, which could be used as a distinguishing probe of cosmological models. © 2022 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society
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  7. Large-scale structure of Universe ; Cosmology ; Galaxies ; Higher order statistics ; Spheres ; Dark matter ; Distribution-functions ; Galaxies: statistics ; Large scale structure of universe ; Matter density ; Nearest-neighbour ; Nearest-neighbour distribution ; Non-linear regimes ; Probability distribution functions ; Spherical contact ; Distribution functions
  8. Source: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ; Volume 512, Issue 4 , 2022 , Pages 5165-5182 ; 00358711 (ISSN)
  9. URL: https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article-abstract/512/4/5165/6522203?redirectedFrom=fulltext