Halo correlations in nonlinear cosmic density fields

Details Halo correlations in nonlinear cosmic density fields Halo correlations in nonlinear cosmic density fields

1999-03-25

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9903387v1

Astron.Astrophys.349:697-728,1999

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

35 pages; Submitted to Astronomy and Astrophysics

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The question we address in this paper is the determination of the correlation properties of the dark matter halos appearing in cosmic density fields once they underwent a strongly nonlinear evolution induced by gravitational dynamics. Assuming that the high-order correlation functions of the matter field behave as products of two-body correlation functions, we derive the correlation properties of the halos, that are assumed to represent the correlation properties of galaxies or clusters. The hierarchical pattern originally induced by gravity is shown to be conserved for the halos. The strength of their correlations at any order varies, however, but is found to depend only on their internal properties, namely on the parameter x=m/r^(3-gamma) where m is the mass of the halo, r its size and gammma is the power law index of the two-body correlation function. We were able to derive the explicit form of the generating function of the moments of the halo count probability distribution function. In particular we show explicitely that, generically, S_p(x) -> p^(p-2) in the rare halo limit. Various illustrations of our general results are presented. As a function of the properties of the underlying matter field, we construct the count probabilities for halos and in particular discuss the halo void probability. We also evaluate the dependence of the halo mass function on the environment. We found that within clusters, hierarchical clustering implies the higher masses are favored. We stress that this bias is naturally induced by gravity.

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