Comparison of Analytical Mass Functions with Numerical Simulations

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We present numerical testing results of our mass function derived in our previous paper and compare the testing results with those of the popular Press-Schechter (PS) mass function. Two fiducial models are considered for the test: the scale-free power-law spectra P(k)∝kn with spectral indices n=-1, 0 and the standard cold dark matter (SCDM) model with Ω=1 and h=0.5. For the power-law models, we use numerical data averaged over several different output times: 10 output times from two N-body realizations for the n=-1 power-law model; four outputs from one realization for the n=0 model. For the SCDM model, we consider four outputs separately at redshifts z=0, 0.43, 1.14, and 1.86 from one large N-body simulation. The comparison results show that our mass function fits the numerical data in a much improved way over the PS one. Thus, we expect that our mass function can be a viable alternative of the PS mass function in applications to various areas.

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