Spatial modulations in the distribution of observed luminosities (computed using redshifts) of ~ 5 × 105 galaxies from the SDSS Data Release 7, probe the cosmic peculiar velocity field out to z ~ 0.1. Allowing for luminosity evolution, the r-band luminosity function, determined via a spline-based estimator, is well represented by a Schechter form with M⋆(z) - 5log10h = -20.52 - 1.6(z - 0.1) ± 0.05 and α⋆ = -1.1 ± 0.03. Bulk flows and higher velocity moments in two redshift bins, 0.02 < z < 0.07 and 0.07 < z < 0.22, agree with the predictions of the ΛCDM model, as obtained from mock galaxy catalogs designed to match the observations. Assuming a ΛCDM model, we estimate σ8 ≈ 1.1 ± 0.4 for the amplitude of the linear matter power spectrum, where the low accuracy is due to the limited number of galaxies. While the low-z bin is robust against coherent photometric uncertainties, the bias of results from the second bin is consistent with the ~ 1% magnitude tilt reported by the SDSS collaboration. The systematics are expected to have a significantly lower impact in future datasets with larger sky coverage and better photometric calibration.

Feix, M., Nusser, A., Branchini, E.F. (2014). Tracing the cosmic velocity field at z similar to 0.1 from galaxy luminosities in the SDSS DR7. JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS(9) [10.1088/1475-7516/2014/09/019].

Tracing the cosmic velocity field at z similar to 0.1 from galaxy luminosities in the SDSS DR7

BRANCHINI, ENZO FRANCO
2014-01-01

Abstract

Spatial modulations in the distribution of observed luminosities (computed using redshifts) of ~ 5 × 105 galaxies from the SDSS Data Release 7, probe the cosmic peculiar velocity field out to z ~ 0.1. Allowing for luminosity evolution, the r-band luminosity function, determined via a spline-based estimator, is well represented by a Schechter form with M⋆(z) - 5log10h = -20.52 - 1.6(z - 0.1) ± 0.05 and α⋆ = -1.1 ± 0.03. Bulk flows and higher velocity moments in two redshift bins, 0.02 < z < 0.07 and 0.07 < z < 0.22, agree with the predictions of the ΛCDM model, as obtained from mock galaxy catalogs designed to match the observations. Assuming a ΛCDM model, we estimate σ8 ≈ 1.1 ± 0.4 for the amplitude of the linear matter power spectrum, where the low accuracy is due to the limited number of galaxies. While the low-z bin is robust against coherent photometric uncertainties, the bias of results from the second bin is consistent with the ~ 1% magnitude tilt reported by the SDSS collaboration. The systematics are expected to have a significantly lower impact in future datasets with larger sky coverage and better photometric calibration.
2014
Feix, M., Nusser, A., Branchini, E.F. (2014). Tracing the cosmic velocity field at z similar to 0.1 from galaxy luminosities in the SDSS DR7. JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS(9) [10.1088/1475-7516/2014/09/019].
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