Large-Scale Power-Spectrum from Peculiar Velocities

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1995-12-20

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9512132v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Accepted version, one figure and one table added, corrected typos in two equations. 28 pages, figures included

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The power spectrum (PS) of mass density fluctuations, in the range $0.05 \leq k \leq 0.2 \ihmpc$, is derived from the Mark III catalog of peculiar velocities of galaxies, independent of ``biasing". It is computed from the density field as recovered by POTENT with Gaussian smoothing of $12\hmpc$, within a sphere of radius $\sim 60\hmpc$ about the Local Group. The density is weighted inversely by the square of the errors. The PS is corrected for the effects of smoothing, random errors, sparse sampling and finite volume using mock catalogs that mimic in detail the Mark III catalog and the dynamics of our cosmological neighborhood. The mock catalogs are also used for error analysis. The PS at $k = 0.1 \ihmpc$ (for example) is $(4.6 \pm 1.4) \times 10^3 \Omega^{-1.2} \3hmpc$, with a local logarithmic slope of $-1.45 \pm 0.5$. An itegration yields $\sigma_8 \Omega^{0.6} \simeq 0.7-0.8$, depending on where the PS peak is. Direct comparisons of the mass PS with the galaxy PS derived from sky and redshift surveys show a similarity in shape and yield for $\beta \equiv \Omega^{0.6}/b$ values in the range $0.77-1.21$, with a typical error of $\pm 0.1$ per galaxy sample. A comparison of the mass PS at $\sim 100\hmpc$ with the large-angle CMB fluctuations by COBE provides constraints on cosmological parameters and on the slope of the initial PS ($n$). The ``standard" CDM model is marginally rejected at the $\sim 2\sigma$ level, while each of the following modifications leads to a good fit: $n \lsim 1$, $\Omega_\nu \sim 0.3$, or $\Omega \lsim 1$. Values of $\Omega$ as low as $\sim 0.2$ are ruled out with high confidence (independent of $\Lambda$).

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