Inverted initial conditions: Exploring the growth of cosmic structure and voids

Pontzen, Andrew; Roth, Nina; Peiris, Hiranya V.; Slosar, Anze

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.93.103519

Title: Inverted initial conditions: Exploring the growth of cosmic structure and voids

Journal Article · Wed May 18 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Physical Review D

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.93.103519· OSTI ID:1295212

Pontzen, Andrew ^[1]; Roth, Nina ^[1]; Peiris, Hiranya V. ^[1]; Slosar, Anze ^[2]

Univ. College London, London (United Kingdom)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

We introduce and explore “paired” cosmological simulations. A pair consists of an A and B simulation with initial conditions related by the inversion δ_A(x,t_initial) = –δ_B(x,t_initial) (underdensities substituted for overdensities and vice versa). We argue that the technique is valuable for improving our understanding of cosmic structure formation. The A and B fields are by definition equally likely draws from ΛCDM initial conditions, and in the linear regime evolve identically up to the overall sign. As nonlinear evolution takes hold, a region that collapses to form a halo in simulation A will tend to expand to create a void in simulation B. Applications include (i) contrasting the growth of A-halos and B-voids to test excursion-set theories of structure formation, (ii) cross-correlating the density field of the A and B universes as a novel test for perturbation theory, and (iii) canceling error terms by averaging power spectra between the two boxes. Furthermore, generalizations of the method to more elaborate field transformations are suggested.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC00112704

OSTI ID:: 1295212

Report Number(s):: BNL-112458-2016-JA; KA2301020

Journal Information:: Physical Review D, Vol. 93, Issue 10; ISSN 2470-0010

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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