Transients from Initial Conditions: A Perturbative Analysis

Abstract

The standard procedure to generate initial conditions (IC) in numerical simulations is to use the Zel'dovich approximation (ZA). Although the ZA correctly reproduces the linear growing modes of density and velocity perturbations, non-linear growth is inaccurately represented because of the ZA failure to conserve momentum. This implies that it takes time for the actual dynamics to establish the correct statistical properties of density and velocity fields. We extend perturbation theory (PT) to include transients as non-linear excitations of decaying modes caused by the IC. We focus on higher-order statistics of the density contrast and velocity divergence, characterized by the S_p and T_p parameters. We find that the time-scale of transients is determined, at a given order p, by the spectral index n. The skewness factor S_3 (T_3) attains 10% accuracy only after a=6 (a=15) for n=0, whereas higher (lower) n demands more (less) expansion away from the IC. These requirements become much more stringent as p increases. An Omega=0.3 model requires a factor of two larger expansion than an Omega=1 model to reduce transients by the same amount. The predicted transients in S_p are in good agreement with numerical simulations. More accurate IC can be achieved by using 2nd order Lagrangian PT (2LPT), which reproduces growing modes up to 2nd order and thus eliminates transients in the skewness. We show that for p>3 this reduces the required expansion by more than an order of magnitude compared to the ZA. Setting up 2LPT IC only requires minimal, inexpensive changes to ZA codes. We suggest simple steps for its implementation.

37 pages, 10 figures

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