Nonlinear Peculiar-Velocity Analysis and PCA

Details Nonlinear Peculiar-Velocity Analysis and PCA Nonlinear Peculiar-Velocity Analysis and PCA

2001-01-28

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0101499v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

15 pages, LaTex, in Mining the Sky, July 31 - August 4, 2000, Garching, Germany

Scientific paper

10.1007/10849171_25

We allow for nonlinear effects in the likelihood analysis of peculiar velocities, and obtain ~35%-lower values for the cosmological density parameter and for the amplitude of mass-density fluctuations. The power spectrum in the linear regime is assumed to be of the flat LCDM model (h=0.65, n=1) with only Om_m free. Since the likelihood is driven by the nonlinear regime, we "break" the power spectrum at k_b=0.2 h/Mpc and fit a two-parameter power-law at k>k_b. This allows for an unbiased fit in the linear regime. Tests using improved mock catalogs demonstrate a reduced bias and a better fit. We find for the Mark III and SFI data Om_m=0.35+-0.09$ with sigma_8*Om_m^0.6=0.55+-0.10 (90% errors). When allowing deviations from \lcdm, we find an indication for a wiggle in the power spectrum in the form of an excess near k~0.05 and a deficiency at k~0.1 h/Mpc --- a "cold flow" which may be related to a feature indicated from redshift surveys and the second peak in the CMB anisotropy. A chi^2 test applied to principal modes demonstrates that the nonlinear procedure improves the goodness of fit. The Principal Component Analysis (PCA) helps identifying spatial features of the data and fine-tuning the theoretical and error models. We address the potential for optimal data compression using PCA.

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