The Omega dependence of the velocity divergence distribution

Details The Omega dependence of the velocity divergence distribution The Omega dependence of the velocity divergence distribution

1996-09-04

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9609027v2

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 290 (1997) 566-576

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

12 pages, LaTex file, 5 figures. Revised version with significant extensions of the numerical studies, accepted for publicatio

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Analytical studies based on perturbative theory have shown that the moments of the Probability Distribution Function (PDF) of the local smoothed velocity divergence are expected to have a very specific dependence on the density parameter Omega in the quasi-linear regime. This dependence is particularly interesting as it does not involve the possible bias between the galaxy spatial distribution and the underlying mass distribution. This implies a new and promising method for determining a bias-independent value of Omega based on a reliable determination of the velocity divergence PDF. In this paper we study the Omega dependence of the velocity divergence PDF and its first moments in a set of N-body simulations, using the so-called Voronoi and Delaunay methods. We show that this dependence is in agreement with the theoretical prediction, even while the number density of velocity field tracers has been diluted to a value comparable to that available in current galaxy catalogues. In addition, we demonstrate that a sufficiently reliable determination of these statistical quantities is also possible when the measurement of the galaxy peculiar velocities is restricted to the one component along the line-of-sight. Under ideal, noise-free circumstances we can successfully discriminate between low and high Omega.

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