IS THE DENSITY DISTRIBUTION OF CLUSTERS NON-GAUSSIAN ?

dc.creatorKolatt, Tsafrir
dc.date1995-05-10
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:19:46Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:19:46Z
dc.descriptionThe one-point probability distribution function (pdf) is computed for the $25\hmpc$-smoothed density field of rich clusters of galaxies in the Abell/\aco\ catalogs. The observed pdf is compared to the pdf s drawn similarly from mock catalogs of clusters in cosmological simulations of Gaussian and several non-Gaussian initial conditions. Several statistics allow significant rejection of the non-Gaussian models tested here, and fail to reject the Gaussian model. A comparison with the predictions of second-order perturbation theory and a log-normal model for cdm Gaussian initial conditions yield a linear biasing factor $b_c/b_o \simeq 4$ and $b_c/b_o\simeq 3.7$ for $R\geq 0$ clusters.
dc.descriptionTo appear in the proceedings of the XXXth MORIOND meeting: "Clustering in the Universe". 8 pages, compressed uuencoded file
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9505049
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9505049
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/9998
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleIS THE DENSITY DISTRIBUTION OF CLUSTERS NON-GAUSSIAN ?
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