Transfer of Power in Non-Linear Gravitational Clustering
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We investigate the transfer of power between different scales and coupling of modes during non-linear evolution of gravitational clustering in an expanding universe. We start with a power spectrum of density fluctuations that is exponentially damped outside a narrow range of scales and use numerical simulations to study evolution of this power spectrum. Non-Linear effects generate power at other scales with most power flowing from larger to smaller scales. The “cascade” of power leads to equipartition of energy at smaller scales, implying a power spectrum with index n ≈ −1. We find that such a spectrum is produced in the range 1 < δ < 200 for density contrast δ. This result continues to hold even when small scale power is added to the initial power spectrum. Semi-analytic models for gravitational clustering suggest a tendency for the effective index to move towards a critical index nc ≈ −1 in this range. For n < nc, power in this range grows faster than linear rate, while if n > nc, it grows at a slower rate – thereby changing the index closer to nc. At scales larger than the narrow range of scales with initial power, a k tail is produced. We demonstrate that non-linear small scales do not effect the growth of perturbations at larger scales.
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