Halo models of large scale structure

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DOI10.1016/S0370-1573(02)00276-4zbMATH Open0999.85005arXivastro-ph/0206508OpenAlexW2018719255WikidataQ112945353 ScholiaQ112945353MaRDI QIDQ701458FDOQ701458


Authors: Asantha Cooray, Ravi Sheth Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 3 November 2002

Published in: Physics Reports (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We review the formalism and applications of the halo-based description of nonlinear gravitational clustering. In this approach, all mass is associated with virialized dark matter halos; models of the number and spatial distribution of the halos, and the distribution of dark matter within each halo, are used to provide estimates of how the statistical properties of large scale density and velocity fields evolve as a result of nonlinear gravitational clustering. We first describe the model, and demonstrate its accuracy by comparing its predictions with exact results from numerical simulations of nonlinear gravitational clustering. We then present several astrophysical applications of the halo model: these include models of the spatial distribution of galaxies, the nonlinear velocity, momentum and pressure fields, descriptions of weak gravitational lensing, and estimates of secondary contributions to temperature fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0206508




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