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arxiv: astro-ph/0210678 · v1 · submitted 2002-10-31 · 🌌 astro-ph · cond-mat.stat-mech

Real space statistical properties of standard cosmological models

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After reviewing some basic relevant properties of stationary stochastic processes (SSP), we discuss the properties of the so-called Harrison-Zeldovich like spectra of mass density perturbations. These correlations are a fundamental feature of all current standard cosmological models. Examining them in real space we note they imply a "sub-poissonian" normalised variance in spheres $\sigma_M^2(R) \sim R^{-4} \ln R$. In particular this latter behaviour is at the limit of the most rapid decay ($\sim R^{-4}$) of this quantity possible for any stochastic distribution (continuous or discrete). In a simple classification of all SSP into three categories, we highlight with the name ``super-homogeneous'' the properties of the class to which models like this, with $P(0)=0$, belong. In statistical physics language they are well described as lattice or glass-like. We illustrate their properties through two simple examples: (i) the ``shuffled'' lattice and the One Component Plasma at thermal equilibrium.

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