Modeling non-linear effects in the redshift space two-point correlation function and its implications for the pairwise velocity dispersion

Details Modeling non-linear effects in the redshift space two-point correlation function and its implications for the pairwise velocity dispersion Modeling non-linear effects in the redshift space two-point correlation function and its implications for the pairwise velocity dispersion

2004-03-30

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0403670v2

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 358 (2005) 939-948

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Minor Revisions, Accepted to MNRAS

Scientific paper

10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.08835.x

The anisotropies in the galaxy two-point correlation function measured from redshift surveys exhibits deviations from the predictions of the linear theory of redshift space distortion on scales as large 20 Mpc/h where we expect linear theory to hold in real space. Any attempt at analyzing the anisotropies in the redshift correlation function and determining the linear distortion parameter \beta requires these deviations to be correctly modeled and taken into account. These deviations are usually attributed to galaxy random motions and these are incorporated in the analysis through a phenomenological model where the linear redshift correlation is convolved with the random pairwise velocity distribution function along the line of sight. We show that a substantial part of the deviations arise from non-linear effects in the mapping from real to redshift space caused by the coherent flows. Models which incorporate this effect provide a better fit to N-body results as compared to the phenomenological model which has only the effect of random motions. We find that the pairwise velocity dispersion predicted by all the models that we have considered are in excess of the values determined directly from the N-body simulations. This indicates a shortcoming in our understanding of the statistical properties of peculiar velocities and their relation to redshift distortion.

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