The observational properties of an Omega = 0.2 cold dark matter universe

Details The observational properties of an Omega = 0.2 cold dark matter universe The observational properties of an Omega = 0.2 cold dark matter universe

Oct 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992mnras.258..511k&link_type=abstract

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (ISSN 0035-8711), vol. 258, no. 3, p. 511-520.

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Cosmology, Dark Matter, Galactic Clusters, Galactic Evolution, Universe, Astronomical Catalogs, Astronomical Models, Correlation Coefficients, Power Spectra, Red Shift

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We have carried out a detailed investigation of the observational properties of an Omega = 0.2 cold dark matter universe in which galaxies are assumed to trace the dark matter distribution. We have calculated the two-point correlation function, the reduced three-point function, velocity moments, galaxy group statistics, the distribution of clusters and voids and the variance of galaxy counts in cells. We find that the low-density model provides as good a match to observations as the 'standard' Omega = 1 CDM model on scales between 1 and 20/h Mpc. On smaller scales, the assumption that mass traces light does not give such good agreement with the data. We find that galaxies are somewhat too strongly clustered to match observations. On larger scales, the low-density model matches the clustering significantly better than standard CDM. Bearing in mind that complex hydrodynamical effects are likely to affect the distribution of galaxies on small scales, we conclude that a low-density CDM model may well prove to be an acceptable scenario for the formation of the large-scale structure we see today.

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