Turning dispersion into signal: density-split analyses of pairwise velocities

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2026
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Abstract
Abstract Pairwise velocities of the large-scale structure encode valuable information about the growth of structure. They can be observed indirectly through redshift-space distortions and the kinetic Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect. Whether it is Gaussian or non-Gaussian, the pairwise velocity has a broad distribution, but the cosmologically useful information lies primarily in the mean -the streaming velocities; the dispersion around the mean is often treated as a nuisance and marginalised over. This reduces the constraining power of our observations. We demonstrate that this is not necessarily the case, provided the underlying physics behind the dispersion is understood. By splitting the halo/galaxy samples according to their density environments and measuring the streaming velocities separately, the total signal-to-noise is several times greater than in conventional global measurements of the pairwise velocity distribution (PVD). This improvement arises because the global PVD is a composite of a series of near-Gaussian distributions with different means and dispersions, each determined by its local density environment. By splitting the data, we avoid cancellation between these opposing velocities, effectively turning the dispersion in the global PVD into a signal. Our findings indicate substantial potential for improving the analysis of PVD observations using the kinetic Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect and redshift-space distortions.
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Authors Aritra Kumar Gon, Yan-Chuan Cai
Journal monthly notices of the royal astronomical society
Year 2026
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10.1093/mnras/stag881
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https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stag881
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