Observed galaxy number counts on the lightcone up to second order: II. Derivation
arXiv:1406.0319 · doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2014/11/013
Abstract
We present a detailed derivation of the observed galaxy number over-density on cosmological scales up to second order in perturbation theory. We include all relativistic effects that arise from observing on the past lightcone. The derivation is in a general gauge, and applies to all dark energy models (including interacting dark energy) and many modified gravity models. The result will be important for accurate cosmological parameter estimation, including non-Gaussianity, since all projection effects need to be taken into account. It also offers the potential for new probes of General Relativity, dark energy and modified gravity. This paper accompanies Paper I which presents the key results for the concordance model in Poisson gauge.
75 pages, 1 figure. In the previous v3 (and in the published paper), we mistakenly omitted some post-Born terms. This error has been corrected here and in the companion paper 1405.4403v5. Our results are now in agreement, in the appropriate limit, with those of arXiv:1606.02113
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