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Title: Beyond boundaries of redshift surveys: assessing mass fluctuations on '''super-survey'' scales

Abstract

The observed density field in redshift space is directly affected by the radial motions generated from mass fluctuations outside the volume occupied by a given galaxy redshift survey. These motions introduce redshift space anisotropies which are more pronounced at larger distances from the survey's center, thus offering clues to the nature of mass fluctuations on super-survey scales. Furthermore, we note that all estimates of the growth factor derived from redshift space distortions are based on relations which explicitly assume that the velocity field is generated by mass fluctuations inside the survey volume. This may cause uncertainties in these estimates which are on the order of a few percent.

Authors:
;  [1]
  1. Department of Physics and the Asher Space Science Institute, Israel Institute of Technology - Technion, Haifa 32000 (Israel)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22369859
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 2013; Journal Issue: 12; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 1475-7516
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; ANISOTROPY; DENSITY; DISTANCE; FLUCTUATIONS; GALAXIES; MASS; RED SHIFT; SPACE; VELOCITY

Citation Formats

Feix, Martin, and Nusser, Adi. Beyond boundaries of redshift surveys: assessing mass fluctuations on '''super-survey'' scales. United States: N. p., 2013. Web. doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2013/12/027.
Feix, Martin, & Nusser, Adi. Beyond boundaries of redshift surveys: assessing mass fluctuations on '''super-survey'' scales. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2013/12/027
Feix, Martin, and Nusser, Adi. 2013. "Beyond boundaries of redshift surveys: assessing mass fluctuations on '''super-survey'' scales". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2013/12/027.
@article{osti_22369859,
title = {Beyond boundaries of redshift surveys: assessing mass fluctuations on '''super-survey'' scales},
author = {Feix, Martin and Nusser, Adi},
abstractNote = {The observed density field in redshift space is directly affected by the radial motions generated from mass fluctuations outside the volume occupied by a given galaxy redshift survey. These motions introduce redshift space anisotropies which are more pronounced at larger distances from the survey's center, thus offering clues to the nature of mass fluctuations on super-survey scales. Furthermore, we note that all estimates of the growth factor derived from redshift space distortions are based on relations which explicitly assume that the velocity field is generated by mass fluctuations inside the survey volume. This may cause uncertainties in these estimates which are on the order of a few percent.},
doi = {10.1088/1475-7516/2013/12/027},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22369859}, journal = {Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics},
issn = {1475-7516},
number = 12,
volume = 2013,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2013},
month = {Sun Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2013}
}