Morphological fluctuations of large-scale structure: The PSCz survey

Mecke K (2001)


Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2001

Journal

Publisher: EDP SCIENCES S A

Book Volume: 373

Pages Range: 1-11

Journal Issue: 1

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20010604

Abstract

In a follow-up study to a previous analysis of the IRAS 1.2 Jy catalogue, we quantify the morphological fluctuations in the PSCz survey. We use a variety of measures, among them the family of scalar Minkowski functionals. We confirm the existence of significant fluctuations that are discernible in volume-limited samples out to 200h(-1) Mpc. In contrast to earlier findings, comparisons with cosmological N-body simulations reveal that the observed fluctuations roughly agree with the cosmic variance found in corresponding mock samples. While two-point measures, e.g. the variance of count-in-cells, fluctuate only mildly, the fluctuations in the morphology on large scales indicate the presence of coherent structures that are at least as large as the sample.

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APA:

Mecke, K. (2001). Morphological fluctuations of large-scale structure: The PSCz survey. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 373(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010604

MLA:

Mecke, Klaus. "Morphological fluctuations of large-scale structure: The PSCz survey." Astronomy & Astrophysics 373.1 (2001): 1-11.

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