Non-zero density-velocity consistency relations for large scale structures

Luca Alberto Rizzo (1, 2) , David F. Mota (2) , Patrick Valageas (1)

1 IPHT - Institut de Physique Théorique - UMR CNRS 3681
2 UiO - University of Oslo

We present exact kinematic consistency relations for cosmological structures that do not vanish at equal times and can thus be measured in surveys. These rely on cross-correlations between the density and velocity, or momentum, fields. Indeed, the uniform transport of small-scale structures by long wavelength modes, which cannot be detected at equal times by looking at density correlations only, gives rise to a shift in the amplitude of the velocity field that could be measured. These consistency relations only rely on the weak equivalence principle and Gaussian initial conditions. They remain valid in the non-linear regime and for biased galaxy fields. They can be used to constrain non-standard cosmological scenarios or the large-scale galaxy bias.

Domains: Physics [physics]

Luca Alberto Rizzo, David F. Mota, Patrick Valageas. Non-zero density-velocity consistency relations for large scale structures. Physical Review Letters, 2016, 117, pp.081301. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.081301⟩. ⟨cea-01461760⟩