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Cosmological perturbation theory for large scale structure in phase space

Nascimento, Caio [University of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)] (ORCID:0000000341194705)·Loverde, Marilena [University of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)] (ORCID:0000000226821654)
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Abstract

We develop a framework for Large Scale Structure (LSS) perturbation theory, that solves the Vlasov-Poisson system of equations for the distribution function in full phase space. This approach relaxes the usual apriori assumption of negligible velocity dispersion underlying the Standard Perturbation Theory (SPT). We apply the new method to rederive the usual SPT kernels up to third order in the perturbative expansion. We also show that a counterterm, identical to the one introduced by standard Effective Field Theory (EFT) methods, naturally arises within our framework. We finish by making a precise connection to EFT techniques, which reveals the necessity of the EFTofLSS to self-consistently model the long-wavelength fluid, and illustrates the importance of having theoretical control over short distance fluctuations.

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Nascimento, Caio [University of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)] (ORCID:0000000341194705), Loverde, Marilena [University of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)] (ORCID:0000000226821654). 2025-06-04. Cosmological perturbation theory for large scale structure in phase space. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516%2F2025%2F06%2F002

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