Accurate determination of the Lagrangian bias for the dark matter halos

Details Accurate determination of the Lagrangian bias for the dark matter halos Accurate determination of the Lagrangian bias for the dark matter halos

1999-01-12

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9901138v2

Astrophys.J. 515 (1999) L45-L48

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Minor changes; accepted for publication in ApJ (Letters) ; 11 pages with 2 figures included

Scientific paper

10.1086/311978

We use a new method, the cross power spectrum between the linear density field and the halo number density field, to measure the Lagrangian bias for dark matter halos. The method has several important advantages over the conventional correlation function analysis. By applying this method to a set of high-resolution simulations of 256^3 particles, we have accurately determined the Lagrangian bias, over 4 magnitudes in halo mass, for four scale-free models with the index n=-0.5, -1.0, -1.5 and -2.0 and three typical CDM models. Our result for massive halos with $M \ge M_*$ ($M_*$ is a characteristic non-linear mass) is in very good agreement with the analytical formula of Mo & White for the Lagrangian bias, but the analytical formula significantly underestimates the Lagrangian clustering for the less massive halos $M < M_*. Our simulation result however can be satisfactorily described, with an accuracy better than 15%, by the fitting formula of Jing for Eulerian bias under the assumption that the Lagrangian clustering and the Eulerian clustering are related with a linear mapping. It implies that it is the failure of the Press-Schechter theories for describing the formation of small halos that leads to the inaccuracy of the Mo & White formula for the Eulerian bias. The non-linear mapping between the Lagrangian clustering and the Eulerian clustering, which was speculated as another possible cause for the inaccuracy of the Mo & White formula, must at most have a second-order effect. Our result indicates that the halo formation model adopted by the Press-Schechter theories must be improved.

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