# Simulating structure formation of the Local Universe

@article{Hess2013SimulatingSF,
title={Simulating structure formation of the Local Universe},
author={Steffen Hess and Francisco-Shu Kitaura and Stefan Gottloeber},
journal={Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society},
year={2013},
volume={435},
pages={2065-2076}
}
• Published 24 April 2013
• Physics
• Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
In this work we present cosmological N-body simulations of the Local Universe with initial conditions constrained by the Two-Micron Redshift Survey (2MRS) within a cubic volume of 180 Mpc/h side-length centred at the Local Group. We use a self-consistent Bayesian based approach to explore the joint parameter space of primordial density fluctuations and peculiar velocity fields, which are compatible with the 2MRS galaxy distribution after cosmic evolution. This method (the KIGEN-code) includes…

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