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The scale of homogeneity in the Las Campanas Redshift Survey
We analyse the Las Campanas Redshift Survey using the integrated conditional
density (or density of neighbors) in volume-limited subsamples up to
unprecedented scales (200 Mpc/) in order to determine without ambiguity the
behavior of the density field. We find that the survey is well described by a
fractal up to 20-30 Mpc/, but flattens toward homogeneity at larger scales.
Although the data are still insufficient to establish with high significance
the expected homogeneous behavior, and therefore to rule out a fractal trend to
larger scales, a fit with a CDM-like spectrum with high normalization well
represents the data.Comment: 8 pages, 3 figures, accepted on Ap.J. Letter
Clarifying spherical collapse in coupled dark energy cosmologies
The spherical collapse model is often used to follow the evolution of
overdensities into the nonlinear regime. We describe the correct approach to be
used in coupled dark energy cosmologies, where a fifth force, different from
gravity and mediated by the dark energy scalar field, influences the collapse.
We reformulate the spherical collapse description by deriving it directly from
the set of nonlinear hydrodynamical Navier Stokes equations. By comparing with
the corresponding relativistic equations, we show how the fifth force should be
taken into account within the spherical collapse picture and clarify the
problems arising when an inhomogeneous scalar field is considered within a
spherical collapse picture. We then apply our method to the case of coupled
quintessence, where the fifth force acts among cold dark matter particles, and
to growing neutrino quintessence, where the fifth force acts between neutrinos.
Furthermore, we review this method when applied to standard cosmologies and
apply our analysis to minimally coupled quintessence and check past results for
early dark energy parametrizations.Comment: 16 pages, 13 figures, published in Physical Review D, minor changes
and correction
Formalism for the Subhalo Mass Function in the Tidal-limit Approximation
We present a theoretical formalism by which the global and the local mass
functions of dark matter substructures (dark subhalos) can be analytically
estimated. The global subhalo mass function is defined to give the total number
density of dark subhalos in the universe as a function of mass, while the local
subhalo mass function counts only those subhalos included in one individual
host halo. We develop our formalism by modifying the Press-Schechter theory to
incorporate the followings: (i) the internal structure of dark halos; (ii) the
correlations between the halos and the subhalos; (iii) the subhalo mass-loss
effect driven by the tidal forces. We find that the resulting (cumulative)
subhalo mass function is close to a power law with the slope of ~ -1, that the
subhalos contribute approximately 10 % of the total mass, and that the tidal
stripping effect changes the subhalo mass function self-similarly, all
consistent with recent numerical detections.Comment: revised version, accepted by ApJ Letters, estimate of the local
subhalo mass function included, 10 pages, 1 figur
Reconstructing the linear power spectrum of cosmological mass fluctuations
We describe an attempt to reconstruct the initial conditions for the
formation of cosmological large-scale structure. The power spectrum of the
primordial fluctuations is affected by bias, nonlinear evolution and
redshift-space distortions, but we show how these effects can be corrected for
analytically. Using eight independent datasets, we obtain excellent agreement
in the estimated linear power spectra given the following conditions. First,
the relative bias factors for Abell clusters, radio galaxies, optical galaxies
and IRAS galaxies must be in the ratios 4.5:1.9:1.3:1. Second, the data require
redshift-space distortion: \Omega^{0.6}/b_{\ss I}
= 1.0 \pm 0.2. Third, low values of and bias are disfavoured. The
shape of the spectrum is extremely well described by a CDM transfer function
with an apparent value of the fitting parameter . Tilted models
predict too little power at 100 Mpc wavelengths.Comment: Edinburgh Astronomy Preprint 26/93. Accepted for publication in
Monthly Notices of the RAS. 13 pages of LaTeX, plus 10 PostScript figures.
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