Gravitational turbulence: the small-scale limit of the cold-dark-matter power spectrum

The matter power spectrum, 𝑃⁡(𝑘), is one of the fundamental quantities in the study of large-scale structure in cosmology. Here, we study its small-scale asymptotic limit, and show that for cold dark matter in 𝑑 spatial dimensions, 𝑃⁡(𝑘) has a universal 𝑘−𝑑 asymptotic scaling with the wave number 𝑘,...

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Hauptverfasser: Ginat, Yonadav Barry (VerfasserIn) , Nastac, Michael L. (VerfasserIn) , Ewart, Robert J. (VerfasserIn) , Konrad, Sara (VerfasserIn) , Bartelmann, Matthias (VerfasserIn) , Schekochihin, Alexander A. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 3 September, 2025
In: Physical review
Year: 2025, Jahrgang: 112, Heft: 6, Pages: 1-23
ISSN:2470-0029
DOI:10.1103/ychs-2d5p
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