R.E. Angulo
The detectability of baryonic acoustic oscillations in future galaxy surveys
Angulo, R.E.; Baugh, C.M.; Frenk, C.S.; Lacey, C.G.
Authors
Professor Carlton Baugh c.m.baugh@durham.ac.uk
Professor
Professor Carlos Frenk c.s.frenk@durham.ac.uk
Professor
Professor Cedric Lacey cedric.lacey@durham.ac.uk
Professor
Abstract
We assess the detectability of baryonic acoustic oscillation (BAO) in the power spectrum of galaxies using ultralarge volume N-body simulations of the hierarchical clustering of dark matter and semi-analytical modelling of galaxy formation. A step-by-step illustration is given of the various effects (non-linear fluctuation growth, peculiar motions, non-linear and scale-dependent bias) which systematically change the form of the galaxy power spectrum on large scales from the simple prediction of linear perturbation theory. Using a new method to extract the scale of the oscillations, we nevertheless find that the BAO approach gives an unbiased estimate of the sound horizon scale. Sampling variance remains the dominant source of error despite the huge volume of our simulation box (=2.41 h−3 Gpc3). We use our results to forecast the accuracy with which forthcoming surveys will be able to measure the sound horizon scale, s, and, hence constrain the dark energy equation of state parameter, w (with simplifying assumptions and without marginalizing over the other cosmological parameters). Pan-STARRS could potentially yield a measurement with an accuracy of Δs/s= 0.5–0.7 per cent (corresponding to Δw≈ 2–3 per cent), which is competitive with the proposed WFMOS survey (Δs/s= 1 per cent Δw≈ 4 per cent). Achieving Δw≤ 1 per cent using BAO alone is beyond any currently commissioned project and will require an all-sky spectroscopic survey, such as would be undertaken by the SPACE mission concept under proposal to ESA.
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Jan 1, 2008 |
Deposit Date | Jan 31, 2012 |
Publicly Available Date | Jan 4, 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 | 383 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 755-776 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12587.x |
Keywords | N-body simulations, Cosmology, Large-scale structure of Universe. |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1508894 |
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