correlated point sets, talk

I gave this talk (PDF) at the IAP in Paris, to which we moved my LPNHE talk because of the student strike on in Paris. Morad will (a) notice its disturbing similarity with my ISCAP talk, and (b) be upset that I did not update the correlation function figure to its most recent version.

I also wrote a stupid code that iteratively modifies a point set in N dimensions until it has a given two-point correlation function, something Michael Joyce assigned me to do as homework. Now my homework is to make a point set that has the same correlation function as the LRGs (the Masjedi et al plot in the talk PDF file above).

[ps: I will be en vacance until Monday. I know that all two of my loyal readers will be disappointed.]