Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1993-04-02
Astrophys.J. 422 (1994) 430-442
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
24 pages in Tex, DAPD 220
Scientific paper
10.1086/173739
We calculate reduced moments $\overline \xi_q$ of the matter density fluctuations, up to order $q=5$, from counts in cells produced by Particle--Mesh numerical simulations with scale--free Gaussian initial conditions. We use power--law spectra $P(k) \propto k^n$ with indices $n=-3,~-2,~-1,~0,~1$. Due to the supposed absence of characteristic times or scales in our models, all quantities are expected to depend on a single scaling variable. For each model, the moments at all times can be expressed in terms of the variance $\overline \xi_2$, alone. We look for agreement with the hierarchical scaling ansatz, according to which $\overline \xi_q \propto \overline \xi_2^{~q-1}$. For $n\leq -2$ models we find strong deviations from the hierarchy, which are mostly due to the presence of boundary problems in the simulations. A small, residual signal of deviation from the hierarchical scaling is however also found in $n \geq -1$ models. For the first time, due to our large dynamic range and careful checks of scaling and shot--noise effects, we are able to detect evolution away from the perturbation theory result.
Lucchin Francesco
Matarrese Sabino
Melott Adrian L.
Moscardini Lauro
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