V Simha
Cosmological constraints from applying SHAM to rescaled cosmological simulations
Simha, V; Cole, S
Authors
Professor Shaun Cole shaun.cole@durham.ac.uk
Director of the Institute for Computational Cosmology
Abstract
We place constraints on the matter density of the Universe and the amplitude of clustering using measurements of the galaxy two-point correlation function from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). We generate model predictions for different cosmologies by populating rescaled N-body simulations with galaxies using the subhalo abundance matching (SHAM) technique. We find ΩM = 0.29 ± 0.03 and σ8 = 0.86 ± 0.04 at 68 per cent confidence by fitting the observed two-point galaxy correlation function of galaxies brighter than Mr = -18 in a volume-limited sample of galaxies obtained by the SDSS. We discuss and quantify potential sources of systematic error and conclude that while there is scope for improving its robustness, the technique presented in this paper provides a powerful low-redshift constraint on the cosmological parameters that is complementary to other commonly used methods.
Citation
Simha, V., & Cole, S. (2013). Cosmological constraints from applying SHAM to rescaled cosmological simulations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 436(2), 1142-1151. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1643
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Dec 1, 2013 |
Deposit Date | Oct 4, 2013 |
Publicly Available Date | Oct 15, 2013 |
Journal | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
Print ISSN | 0035-8711 |
Electronic ISSN | 1365-2966 |
Publisher | Royal Astronomical Society |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 436 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 1142-1151 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1643 |
Keywords | Methods, Numerical, Galaxies, Haloes, Cosmological parameters, Large-scale structure of Universe. |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1448951 |
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