The Wave Mechanics of Large-scale Structure
| dc.creator | Coles, Peter | |
| dc.date | 2002-09-27 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T02:05:26Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T02:05:26Z | |
| dc.description | I review the basic ``gravitational instability'' model for the growth of structure in the expanding Universe. This model requires the existence of small initial irregularities in the density of a largely uniform universe. These grow through linear and non-linear stages to form a complex network of clusters, filaments and voids. The dynamical equations describing the evolution of a self-gravitating fluid can be rewritten in the form of a Schrodinger equation coupled to a Poisson equation determining the gravitational potential. This approach has a number of interesting features, many of which were pointed out in a seminal paper by Widrow & Kaiser (1993). I argue that this approach has the potential to yield useful analytic insights into the dynamical growth of large-scale structure. As a particular example, I show that this approach yields an elegant reformulation of an idea due to Jones (1999) concerning the origin of lognormal intermittency in the galaxy distribution. | |
| dc.description | 18 pages, no figures, to appear in Proceedings of 9th Course on Astrofundamental Physics, International School D. Chalonge, Kluwer, eds N.G. Sanchez and Y.M. Pariiski, uses crckapb.sty | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0209576 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0209576 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/5103 | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.title | The Wave Mechanics of Large-scale Structure | |
| dc.type | text |