Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-03-27
AIP Conf.Proc.1035:40-46,2008
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
To appear in AIP Conf. Proc., "The Evolution of Galaxies through the Neutral Hydrogen Window", Feb 1-3 2008, Arecibo, eds. R.
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.2973613
We only see a small fraction of the matter in the universe, but the rest gives itself away by the impact of its gravity. The distortions from pure Hubble flow (or peculiar velocities) that this matter creates have the potential to be a powerful cosmological tool, but are also a nuisance for extragalactic astronomers who wish to use redshifts to estimate distances to local galaxies. We provide a quick overview of work on the local peculiar velocity field, discussing both simple spherical infall models, non-parametric modeling using redshifts surveys, and full velocity and density field reconstruction from peculiar velocities. We discuss results from a multiattractor model fit to data from the SFI++ sample of peculiar velocities - the best peculiar velocity data currently available. We also talk about the future of samples for the study of the local velocity field, especially the 2MASS Tully-Fisher (2MTF) survey.
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