Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-01-26
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 351 (2004) 1395
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
MNRAS in press. matches published version
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07879.x
We present a model for one-dimensional (1D) matter power spectra in redshift space as estimated from data provided along individual lines of sight. We derive analytic expressions for these power spectra in the linear and nonlinear regimes, focusing on redshift distortions arising from peculiar velocities. In the linear regime, redshift distortions enhance the 1D power spectra only on small scales, and do not affect the power on large scales. This is in contrast to the effect of distortions on three-dimensional (3D) power spectra estimated from data in 3D space, where the enhancement is independent of scale. For CDM cosmologies, the 1D power spectra in redshift and real space are similar for wavenumbers $q<0.1h/Mpc$ where both have a spectral index close to unity, independent of the details of the 3D power spectrum. Nonlinear corrections drive the 1D power spectrum in redshift space into a nearly universal shape over scale $q<10h/Mpc$, and suppress the power on small scales as a result of the strong velocity shear and random motions. The redshift space, 1D power spectrum is mostly sensitive to the amplitude of the initial density perturbations. Our results are useful in particular for power spectra computed from the SDSS quasars sample.
Desjacques Vincent
Nusser Adi
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