
ABSTRACT The line-of-sight peculiar velocities of galaxies contribute to their observed redshifts, breaking the translational invariance of galaxy clustering down to a rotational invariance around the observer. This becomes important when the line-of-sight direction varies significantly across a survey, leading to what are known as ‘wide-angle’ effects in redshift-space distortions. Wide-angle effects will also be present in measurements of the momentum field, i.e. the galaxy density-weighted velocity field, in upcoming peculiar velocity surveys. In this work, we study how wide-angle effects modify the predicted correlation function and power spectrum for momentum statistics, both in autocorrelation and in cross-correlation with the density field. Using both linear theory and the Zel'dovich approximation, we find that deviations from the plane-parallel limit are large and could become important in data analysis for low-redshift surveys. We point out that even multipoles in the cross-correlation between density and momentum are non-zero regardless of the choice of line of sight, and therefore contain new cosmological information that could be exploited. We discuss configuration space, Fourier space, and spherical analyses; providing exact expressions in each case rather than relying on an expansion in small angles. We hope these expressions will be of use in the analysis of upcoming surveys for redshift-space distortions and peculiar velocities.
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomical Sciences, 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences (for), Astronomy & Astrophysics, 5101 Astronomical Sciences (for-2020), methods: analytical, surveys, techniques: radial velocities, 5107 Particle and high energy physics (for-2020), methods: analytical; techniques: radial velocities; survey; large-scale structure of Universe;, 5109 Space sciences (for-2020), 5101 Astronomical sciences (for-2020), 51 Physical Sciences (for-2020), Astronomy & Astrophysics (science-metrix), Space sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Particle and high energy physics, Space and Planetary Science, Physical Sciences, astro-ph.CO, large-scale structure of Universe, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomical Sciences, 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences (for), Astronomy & Astrophysics, 5101 Astronomical Sciences (for-2020), methods: analytical, surveys, techniques: radial velocities, 5107 Particle and high energy physics (for-2020), methods: analytical; techniques: radial velocities; survey; large-scale structure of Universe;, 5109 Space sciences (for-2020), 5101 Astronomical sciences (for-2020), 51 Physical Sciences (for-2020), Astronomy & Astrophysics (science-metrix), Space sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Particle and high energy physics, Space and Planetary Science, Physical Sciences, astro-ph.CO, large-scale structure of Universe, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
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