On the inadequacy of N-point correlation functions to describe nonlinear cosmological fields: Explicit examples and connection to simulations

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 750, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Carron, Julien ^a,b   Neyrinck, Mark C ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cosmology: observations; cosmology: theory; large scale structure of Universe; methods: statistical

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EID: 84859747150     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/750/1/28     Document Type: Article

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