Large-scale homogeneity vs. small- scale inhomogeneity: testing ...
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01/18/2013<br />
Peculiar velocities: tracers of matter<br />
• Provide map of underlying matter field<br />
• Velocity field related to density field via<br />
(assuming linear approximation):<br />
where<br />
− f: growth rate<br />
− γ: growth index<br />
• Unbiased (unlike galaxies)<br />
Morag I. Scrimgeour 30