Optimal Moments for the Analysis of Peculiar Velocity Surveys

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2001-08-20

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0108325v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

25 Pages, 3 figures. Submitted to ApJ

Scientific paper

10.1086/324280

We present a new method for the analysis of peculiar velocity surveys which removes contributions to velocities from small scale, nonlinear velocity modes while retaining information about large scale motions. Our method utilizes Karhunen--Lo\`eve methods of data compression to construct a set of moments out of the velocities which are minimally sensitive to small scale power. The set of moments are then used in a likelihood analysis. We develop criteria for the selection of moments, as well as a statistic to quantify the overall sensitivity of a set of moments to small scale power. Although we discuss our method in the context of peculiar velocity surveys, it may also prove useful in other situations where data filtering is required.

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