The mass density field in simulated non-Gaussian scenarios

Details The mass density field in simulated non-Gaussian scenarios The mass density field in simulated non-Gaussian scenarios

2008-05-02

arxiv.org/abs/0805.0276v3

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.390:438-446,2008

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

revised version, 9 Pages, 8 figures, MNRAS in press

Scientific paper

10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13783.x

In this work we study the properties of the mass density field in the non-Gaussian world models simulated by Grossi et al. 2007. In particular we focus on the one-point density probability distribution function of the mass density field in non-Gausian models with quadratic non-linearities quantified by the usual parameter f_NL. We find that the imprints of primordial non-Gaussianity are well preserved in the negative tail of the probability function during the evolution of the density perturbation. The effect is already noticeable at redshifts as large as 4 and can be detected out to the present epoch. At z=0 we find that the fraction of the volume occupied by regions with underdensity delta < -0.9, typical of voids, is about 1.3 per cent in the Gaussian case and increases to ~2.2 per cent if f_NL=-1000 while decreases to ~0.5 per cent if f_NL=+1000. This result suggests that void-based statistics may provide a powerful method to detect non-Gaussianity even at low redshifts which is complementary to the measurements of the higher-order moments of the probability distribution function like the skewness or the kurtosis for which deviations from the Gaussian case are detected at the 25-50 per cent level.

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