Bayesian Inference of Peculiar Motions of Low Redshift Galaxies from Type Ia Supernovae Observations

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2026
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Abstract
Abstract The peculiar motions of galaxies are powerful cosmological probes that trace the growth of structures and the distribution of matter in the universe, providing a means to investigate the nature of dark energy and test gravity on cosmological scales. However, their direct observation is extremely challenging, as it requires independent and precise distance measurements to galaxies. We present a Bayesian approach to estimate the radial component of peculiar velocities of galaxies hosting Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia), relying solely on the background cosmological model and the precision of the SNe Ia data. Unlike other peculiar velocity estimators based on Hubble residuals, our method does not assume local linearity of the magnitude-redshift relation or a fixed cosmology, reducing potential bias even for large peculiar velocities and self-consistently avoiding bias due to a wrong cosmology. We validate our method using simulated supernova data with the precision of current and upcoming surveys, and further compare it with the linearized estimator to test its efficacy. We show that our estimator has lower bias than the standard estimator and remains consistent even for peculiar velocities comparable to the Hubble flow. We also present a Bayesian derivation for the linearized estimator generalized to include the supernova magnitude covariance.
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Authors Ujjwal Upadhyay, Tarun Deep Saini, Shiv K. Sethi
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Journal monthly notices of the royal astronomical society
Year 2026
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10.1093/mnras/stag1752
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https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stag1752
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