On the pair correlation statistics for determinantal point processes on the sphere

Abstract

In this paper, we study the expected value of the pair correlation statistics of randomized point configurations on the sphere, with the emphasis on point configurations generated by determinantal point processes. We study the cases of the spherical ensemble, the harmonic ensemble, and jittered sampling, and compare our results with those for the ''truly random'' (i.i.d.) case. Our results give evidence of the small-scale repulsion phenomenon which is characteristic for determinantal point processes, while on larger scales there is good agreement between all our studied cases and the i.i.d. case.