The 6dF Galaxy Survey: Peculiar Velocity Field and Cosmography

Abstract

We derive peculiar velocities for the 6dF Galaxy Survey (6dFGS) and describe the velocity field of the nearby ($z<0.055$) southern hemisphere. The survey comprises 8885 galaxies for which we have previously reported Fundamental Plane data. We obtain peculiar velocity probability distributions for the redshift space positions of each of these galaxies using a Bayesian approach. Accounting for selection bias, we find that the logarithmic distance uncertainty is 0.11 dex, corresponding to $26\%$ in linear distance. We use adaptive kernel smoothing to map the observed 6dFGS velocity field out to $cz\sim 16,000$ \kms, and compare this to the predicted velocity fields from the PSCz Survey and the 2MASS Redshift Survey. We find a better fit to the PSCz prediction, although the reduced ${\chi }^2$ for the whole sample is approximately unity for both comparisons. This means that, within the observational uncertainties due to redshift independent distance errors, observed galaxy velocities and those predicted by the linear approximation from the density field agree. However, we find peculiar velocities that are systematically more positive than model predictions in the direction of the Shapley and Vela superclusters, and systematically more negative than model predictions in the direction of the Pisces-Cetus Supercluster, suggesting contributions from volumes not covered by the models.

arXiv comment22 pages, 14 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS. Table 1 is available in its entirety as an ancillary file. Fully interactive 3D versions of Figures 11 and 12 are also available as ancillary files. A version of this paper with the 3D versions of Figs. 11 and 12 embedded within the pdf can also be accessed from http://www.6dfgs.net/vfield/veldata.pdf

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