Cosmic Flows on 100 Mpc/h scales

To study galactic motions on the largest available scales, we require bulk flow moments whose window functions have as narrow a peak as possible and having as small an amplitude as possible outside the peak. Typically the moments found using the maximum likelihood estimate weights do not meet these...

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Main Authors Feldman, Hume A, Hudson, Michael J, Watkins, Richard
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 12.05.2008
Subjects
Physics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
Physics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Physics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Physics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Physics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Physics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
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DOI10.48550/arxiv.0805.1721

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Summary:To study galactic motions on the largest available scales, we require bulk flow moments whose window functions have as narrow a peak as possible and having as small an amplitude as possible outside the peak. Typically the moments found using the maximum likelihood estimate weights do not meet these criteria. We present a new method for calculating weights for moments that essentially allow us to "design" the moment's window function, subject, of course, to the distribution and uncertainties of the available data.
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.0805.1721