Halo abundances in the fnl model |
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| Authors: | Tsz Yan Lam Ravi K Sheth |
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| Institution: | Center for Particle Cosmology, University of Pennsylvania, 209 S. 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA |
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| Abstract: | We show how the excursion set moving barrier model for halo abundances may be generalized to the local non-Gaussian f nl model. Our estimate assumes that the distribution of step sizes depends on f nl, but that they are otherwise uncorrelated. Our analysis is consistent with previous results for the case of a constant barrier, and highlights some implicit assumptions. It also clarifies the basis of an approximate analytic solution to the moving barrier problem in the Gaussian case, and shows how it might be improved. |
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| Keywords: | methods: analytical large-scale structure of Universe |
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