Effects of Distance Uncertainties on Determinations of the Galaxy Peculiar Velocity Field.pdfVIP

Effects of Distance Uncertainties on Determinations of the Galaxy Peculiar Velocity Field Nelson Padilla, Manuel Merch´an 1 and Diego G. Lambas.2 Grupo de Investigaciones en Astronomia Teorica y Experimental, IATE, Observatorio Astronomico, Laprida 854, 5000 Cordoba Argentina 8 ABSTRACT 9 9 1 Galaxy distance indicators are subject to different uncertainties and biases which may reflect in r the peculiar velocity field. In this work, we present different statistical analysis applied to peculiar p A velocities of samples of galaxies and mock catalogs taken from numerical simulations considering these observational effects. Our statistical studies comprise the mean relative velocity and velocity 9 correlation for pairs of galaxies as a function of separation, and a bulk flow analysis determined on 2 −1 spheres of 10h Mpc radius. In order to test the statistical analysis we use COBE normalized 1 CDM numerical simulations with different density parameters and cosmological constant and v take into account the Tully-Fisher (TF) scatter and a possible TF zero-point offset, as well as 8 2 variations in the results of the simulations arising from different observer positions. We compare 3 the results of the mock catalogs with samples of spiral galaxies taken from the Mark III catalog. 4 The results of our analysis indicate the importance of errors in deriving the density parameter Ω 0 8 from statistics applied to the observational data and it is found that large values Ω