N-point correlation functions in the CfA and SSRS redshift distribution of galaxies

1992 ◽  
Vol 398 ◽  
pp. L17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enrique Gaztanaga
Keyword(s):  
Correlation Functions ◽  
Redshift Distribution ◽  
Point Correlation

scholarly journals Cosmological constraints from cosmic shear two-point correlation functions with HSC survey first-year data

2020 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Takashi Hamana ◽  
Masato Shirasaki ◽  
Satoshi Miyazaki ◽  
Chiaki Hikage ◽  
Masamune Oguri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gravitational Lensing ◽  
Correlation Functions ◽  
Cold Dark Matter ◽  
First Year ◽  
Model Errors ◽  
Redshift Distribution ◽  
Cosmological Constraints ◽  
Modeling Uncertainties ◽  
Point Correlation ◽  
Cosmic Shear

Abstract We present measurements of cosmic shear two-point correlation functions (TPCFs) from Hyper Suprime-Cam Subaru Strategic Program (HSC) first-year data, and derive cosmological constraints based on a blind analysis. The HSC first-year shape catalog is divided into four tomographic redshift bins ranging from $z=0.3$ to 1.5 with equal widths of $\Delta z =0.3$. The unweighted galaxy number densities in each tomographic bin are 5.9, 5.9, 4.3, and $2.4\:$arcmin$^{-2}$ from the lowest to highest redshifts, respectively. We adopt the standard TPCF estimators, $\xi _\pm$, for our cosmological analysis, given that we find no evidence of significant B-mode shear. The TPCFs are detected at high significance for all 10 combinations of auto- and cross-tomographic bins over a wide angular range, yielding a total signal-to-noise ratio of 19 in the angular ranges adopted in the cosmological analysis, $7^{\prime }<\theta <56^{\prime }$ for $\xi _+$ and $28^{\prime }<\theta <178^{\prime }$ for $\xi _-$. We perform the standard Bayesian likelihood analysis for cosmological inference from the measured cosmic shear TPCFs, including contributions from intrinsic alignment of galaxies as well as systematic effects from PSF model errors, shear calibration uncertainty, and source redshift distribution errors. We adopt a covariance matrix derived from realistic mock catalogs constructed from full-sky gravitational lensing simulations that fully account for survey geometry and measurement noise. For a flat $\Lambda$ cold dark matter model, we find $S\,_8 \equiv \sigma _8\sqrt{\Omega _{\rm m}/0.3}=0.804_{-0.029}^{+0.032}$, and $\Omega _{\rm m}=0.346_{-0.100}^{+0.052}$. We carefully check the robustness of the cosmological results against astrophysical modeling uncertainties and systematic uncertainties in measurements, and find that none of them has a significant impact on the cosmological constraints.

scholarly journals THE FREE FIELD REPRESENTATION OF SU(3) CONFORMAL FIELD THEORY

1993 ◽  
Vol 08 (23) ◽  
pp. 4031-4053
Author(s):  
HOVIK D. TOOMASSIAN
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Conformal Field Theory ◽  
Correlation Functions ◽  
Free Field ◽  
Field Representation ◽  
Conformal Field ◽  
Point Correlation

The structure of the free field representation and some four-point correlation functions of the SU(3) conformal field theory are considered.

scholarly journals From correlation functions to event shapes in QCD

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Chicherin ◽  
J. M. Henn ◽  
E. Sokatchev ◽  
K. Yan
Keyword(s):  
Correlation Function ◽  
Correlation Functions ◽  
Event Shape ◽  
Proof Of Concept ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Point Correlation ◽  
Point Correlation Function ◽  
Event Shapes ◽  
A Charge ◽  
Conserved Currents

Abstract We present a method for calculating event shapes in QCD based on correlation functions of conserved currents. The method has been previously applied to the maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory, but we demonstrate that supersymmetry is not essential. As a proof of concept, we consider the simplest example of a charge-charge correlation at one loop (leading order). We compute the correlation function of four electromagnetic currents and explain in detail the steps needed to extract the event shape from it. The result is compared to the standard amplitude calculation. The explicit four-point correlation function may also be of interest for the CFT community.

scholarly journals Towards a self-consistent analysis of the anisotropic galaxy two- and three-point correlation functions on large scales: application to mock galaxy catalogues

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naonori S Sugiyama ◽  
Shun Saito ◽  
Florian Beutler ◽  
Hee-Jong Seo
Keyword(s):  
Correlation Functions ◽  
Hubble Parameter ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Practical Method ◽  
Acoustic Oscillation ◽  
Nonlinear Damping ◽  
Joint Analysis ◽  
Angular Diameter Distance ◽  
Point Correlation ◽  
Parameter Constraints

Abstract We establish a practical method for the joint analysis of anisotropic galaxy two- and three-point correlation functions (2PCF and 3PCF) on the basis of the decomposition formalism of the 3PCF using tri-polar spherical harmonics. We perform such an analysis with MultiDark Patchy mock catalogues to demonstrate and understand the benefit of the anisotropic 3PCF. We focus on scales above 80 h−1 Mpc, and use information from the shape and the baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO) signals of the 2PCF and 3PCF. We also apply density field reconstruction to increase the signal-noise ratio of BAO in the 2PCF measurement, but not in the 3PCF measurement. In particular, we study in detail the constraints on the angular diameter distance and the Hubble parameter. We build a model of the bispectrum or 3PCF that includes the nonlinear damping of the BAO signal in redshift space. We carefully account for various uncertainties in our analysis including theoretical models of the 3PCF, window function corrections, biases in estimated parameters from the fiducial values, the number of mock realizations to estimate the covariance matrix, and bin size. The joint analysis of the 2PCF and 3PCF monopole and quadrupole components shows a $30\%$ and $20\%$ improvement in Hubble parameter constraints before and after reconstruction of the 2PCF measurements, respectively, compared to the 2PCF analysis alone. This study clearly shows that the anisotropic 3PCF increases cosmological information from galaxy surveys and encourages further development of the modeling of the 3PCF on smaller scales than we consider.

scholarly journals Correlation functions in finite temperature CFT and black hole singularities

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Rodriguez-Gomez ◽  
J.G. Russo
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Event Horizon ◽  
Correlation Functions ◽  
Finite Temperature ◽  
Proper Time ◽  
Black Brane ◽  
Point Function ◽  
Black Hole Singularity ◽  
Point Correlation ◽  
Scaling Dimension

Abstract We compute thermal 2-point correlation functions in the black brane AdS5 background dual to 4d CFT’s at finite temperature for operators of large scaling dimension. We find a formula that matches the expected structure of the OPE. It exhibits an exponentiation property, whose origin we explain. We also compute the first correction to the two-point function due to graviton emission, which encodes the proper time from the event horizon to the black hole singularity.

scholarly journals Geometrical four-point functions in the two-dimensional critical Q-state Potts model: the interchiral conformal bootstrap

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yifei He ◽  
Jesper Lykke Jacobsen ◽  
Hubert Saleur
Keyword(s):  
Potts Model ◽  
Correlation Functions ◽  
Liouville Theory ◽  
Analytical Determination ◽  
Conformal Weight ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Conformal Blocks ◽  
Conformal Bootstrap ◽  
Point Correlation

Abstract Based on the spectrum identified in our earlier work [1], we numerically solve the bootstrap to determine four-point correlation functions of the geometrical connectivities in the Q-state Potts model. Crucial in our approach is the existence of “interchiral conformal blocks”, which arise from the degeneracy of fields with conformal weight hr,1, with r ∈ ℕ*, and are related to the underlying presence of the “interchiral algebra” introduced in [2]. We also find evidence for the existence of “renormalized” recursions, replacing those that follow from the degeneracy of the field $$ {\Phi}_{12}^D $$ Φ 12 D in Liouville theory, and obtain the first few such recursions in closed form. This hints at the possibility of the full analytical determination of correlation functions in this model.

scholarly journals Two point functions in defect CFTs

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher P. Herzog ◽  
Abhay Shrestha
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Conformal Field Theory ◽  
Correlation Functions ◽  
Equations Of Motion ◽  
Physical Space ◽  
Arbitrary Spin ◽  
Momentum Tensor ◽  
Maxwell Theory ◽  
Conformal Field ◽  
Point Correlation

Abstract This paper is designed to be a practical tool for constructing and investigating two-point correlation functions in defect conformal field theory, directly in physical space, between any two bulk primaries or between a bulk primary and a defect primary, with arbitrary spin. Although geometrically elegant and ultimately a more powerful approach, the embedding space formalism gets rather cumbersome when dealing with mixed symmetry tensors, especially in the projection to physical space. The results in this paper provide an alternative method for studying two-point correlation functions for a generic d-dimensional conformal field theory with a flat p-dimensional defect and d − p = q co-dimensions. We tabulate some examples of correlation functions involving a conserved current, an energy momentum tensor and a Maxwell field strength, while analysing the constraints arising from conservation and the equations of motion. A method for obtaining bulk-to-defect correlators is also explained. Some explicit examples are considered: free scalar theory on ℝp× (ℝq/ℤ2) and a free four dimensional Maxwell theory on a wedge.

scholarly journals SUPERCONFORMAL 2D MINIMAL MODELS AND AN UNUSUAL COSET CONSTRUCTION

1993 ◽  
Vol 08 (09) ◽  
pp. 851-859 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. YU. LASHKEVICH
Keyword(s):  
Correlation Functions ◽  
Minimal Models ◽  
Coset Construction ◽  
Point Correlation

We consider a coset construction of minimal models. We define it rigorously and prove that it gives superconformal minimal models. This construction allows us to build all primary fields of superconformal models and to calculate their tree-point correlation functions.

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