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We present an analysis of peculiar velocities and their effect on supernova cosmology. In particular, we study (a) the corrections due to our own motion, (b) the effects of correlations in peculiar velocities induced by large-scale structure, and (c) uncertainties arising from a possible local under- or over-density. For all of these effects we present a case study of their impact on the cosmology derived by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II Supernova Survey (SDSS-II SN Survey). Correcting supernova redshifts for the CMB dipole slightly over-corrects nearby supernovae that share some of our local motion. We show that while neglecting the CMB dipole would cause a shift in the derived equation of state of Delta w ~ 0.04 (at fixed matter density) the additional local-motion correction is currently negligible (Delta w<0.01). We use a covariance-matrix approach to statistically account for correlated peculiar velocities. This down-weights nearby supernovae and effectively acts as a graduated version of the usual sharp low-redshift cut. Neglecting coherent velocities in the current sample causes a systematic shift of ~2% in the preferred value of w and will therefore have to be considered carefully when future surveys aim for percent-level accuracy. Finally, we perform n-body simulations to estimate the likely magnitude of any local density fluctuation (monopole) and estimate the impact as a function of the low-redshift cutoff. We see that for this aspect the low-z cutoff of z=0.02 is well-justified theoretically, but that living in a putative local density fluctuation leaves an indelible imprint on the magnitude-redshift relation.
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It is known that the large-scale structure (LSS) mapped by a galaxy redshift survey is subject to distortions by the galaxies peculiar velocities. Besides the signatures generated in common N-point statistics, such as the anisotropy in the galaxy 2-pt correlation function, the peculiar velocities also induce distinct features in LSSs morphological properties, which are fully described by four Minkowski functionals (MFs), i.e., the volume, surface area, mean curvature and Euler characteristic (or genus). In this work, by using large suite of N-body simulations, we present and analyze these important features in the MFs of LSS on both (quasi-)linear and non-linear scales. With a focus on non-linear scale, we identify the features uniquely induced by the fingers-of-God effect that show up only on non-linear scales, especially in the surface-area weighted mean curvature in high density threshold regions. We also find the MFs may give competitive constraints on cosmological parameters compared to the power spectrum. These results are important for cosmological applications of MFs of LSS, and probablly open up a new way to study the peculiar velocity field itself.
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