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Correcting for the Alias Effect When Measuring the Power Spectrum Using a Fast Fourier Transform

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Jing, Y. P.·2005·The Astrophysical Journal

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Because of mass assignment onto grid points in the measurement of the power spectrum using a fast Fourier transform (FFT), the raw power spectrum ⟨|δ f ( k )| 2 ⟩ estimated with the FFT is not the same as the true power spectrum P ( k ). In this paper we derive a formula that relates ⟨|δ f ( k )| 2 ⟩ to P ( k ). For a sample of N discrete objects, the formula reads ⟨|δ f ( k )| 2 ⟩ = [| W ( + 2 k N )| 2 P ( + 2 k N ) + 1/ N | W ( + 2 k N )| 2 ], where W ( k ) is the Fourier transform of the mass assignment function W ( r ), k N is the Nyquist wavenumber, and n is an integer vector. The formula is different from that in some previous works in which the summation over n is neglected. For the nearest grid point, cloud-in-cell, and triangular-shaped cloud assignment functions, we show that the shot-noise term | W ( + 2 k N )| 2 can be expressed by simple analytical functions. To reconstruct P ( k ) from the alias sum | W ( + 2 k N )| 2 P ( + 2 k N ), we propose an iterative method. We test the method by applying it to an N -body simulation sample and show that the method can successfully recover P ( k ). The discussion is further generalized to samples with observational selection effects.

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Authors
Jing, Y. P.
Venue
The Astrophysical Journal
Published
2005-02-20
Volume
620
Issue
2
Pages
559-563
ISSN
  • 0004-637X (ISSN-L)
  • 1538-4357
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W1993956748
Cited by
253
References
8
FWCI
2.93
Type
journal article
Language
en
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