Optimal Moments for Velocity Fields Analysis

dc.creatorFeldman, Hume A
dc.creatorWatkins, Richard
dc.creatorMelott, Adrian
dc.creatorChambers, Will
dc.date2003-12-19
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:11:40Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:11:40Z
dc.descriptionWe describe a new method of overcoming problems inherent in peculiar velocity surveys by using data compression as a filter with which to separate large-scale, linear flows from small-scale noise that biases the results systematically. We demonstrate the effectiveness of our method using realistic catalogs of galaxy velocities drawn from N--body simulations. Our tests show that a likelihood analysis of simulated catalogs that uses all of the information contained in the peculiar velocities results in a bias in the estimation of the power spectrum shape parameter $Γ$ and amplitude $β$, and that our method of analysis effectively removes this bias. We expect that this new method will cause peculiar velocity surveys to re--emerge as a useful tool to determine cosmological parameters.
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0312514
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0312514
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/7173
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleOptimal Moments for Velocity Fields Analysis
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