Non-Gaussian halo mass function and non-spherical halo collapse: Theory vs. simulations

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Achitouv, Ixandra E ^a   Corasaniti, Pier Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

Author keywords

cluster counts; cosmological simulations; galaxy clusters; superclusters

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857929402     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2012/02/002     Document Type: Article

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