Probing Hierarchical Clustering by Scale-Scale Correlations of Wavelet Coefficients

Details Probing Hierarchical Clustering by Scale-Scale Correlations of Wavelet Coefficients Probing Hierarchical Clustering by Scale-Scale Correlations of Wavelet Coefficients

1997-10-20

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9710204v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

10 pages, 1 ps figure included. Uses AAS Latex macros. Accpeted in the Astrophysical Journal

Scientific paper

10.1086/305386

It is of fundamental importance to determine if and how hierarchical clustering is involved in large-scale structure formation of the universe. Hierarchical evolution is characterized by rules which specify how dark matter halos are formed by the merging of halos at smaller scales. We show that scale-scale correlations of the matter density field are direct and sensitive measures to quantify this merging tree. Such correlations are most conveniently determined from discrete wavelet transforms. Analyzing two samples of Ly-alpha forests of QSO's absorption spectra, we find significant scale-scale correlations whose dependence is typical for a branching process. Therefore, models which predict a "history" independent evolution are ruled out and the halos hosting the Ly-alpha clouds must have gone through a "history" dependent merging process during their formation.

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