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Super-sample tidal modes on the celestial sphere

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The super-sample tidal effect carries information on long-wavelength fluctuations that we cannot measure directly. It arises from the mode-coupling between short-wavelength and long-wavelength perturbations beyond a finite region of a… Click to show full abstract

The super-sample tidal effect carries information on long-wavelength fluctuations that we cannot measure directly. It arises from the mode-coupling between short-wavelength and long-wavelength perturbations beyond a finite region of a galaxy survey and violates statistical isotropy of observed galaxy power spectra. In this paper, we propose the use of bipolar spherical harmonic (BipoSH) decomposition formalism to characterize statistically anisotropic power spectra. Using the BipoSH formalism, we perform a comprehensive study of the effect of the super-sample tides on measurements of other cosmological distortions such as the redshift-space distortion (RSD) and Alcock-Paczynski (AP) effects by means of the Fisher information matrix formalism. We find that the BipoSH formalism can break parameter degeneracies among the super-sample tidal, RSD and AP effects, indicating that the super-sample tides have little impact on the measurements of the RSD and AP effects. We also show that the super-sample tides are detectable with an accuracy better than the $\Lambda$CDM prediction without impairing the accuracy of measurements of other anisotropies assuming a SPHEREx-like galaxy survey.

Keywords: sample tidal; sample tides; tidal modes; formalism; super sample; sample

Journal Title: Physical Review D
Year Published: 2019

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