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BOSS full-shape analysis from the EFTofLSS with exact time dependence

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2022-02-23 v2

Abstract

We re-analyze the full shape of BOSS galaxy two-point function from the Effective-Field Theory of Large-Scale Structure at the one loop within Λ\LambdaCDM with massive neutrinos using a big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) prior, removing the Einstein-de Sitter (EdS) approximation in the time dependence of the loop, and, properly accounting for the redshift selection over the BOSS samples instead of assuming an effective redshift. We constrain, at 68%68\%-confidence level (CL), the present-day matter fraction to Ωm=0.322±0.018\Omega_m=0.322 \pm 0.018, the Hubble constant to H0=69.1±0.14H_0=69.1\pm 0.14 (km/s)/Mpc, the log\log-amplitude of the primordial spectrum to ln(1010As)=2.97±0.25\ln (10^{10} A_s) = 2.97 \pm 0.25, the spectral tilt to ns=0.938±0.082n_s = 0.938 \pm 0.082, and bound the total neutrino mass to <1.1<1.1 at 95%95\%-CL. We find no significant shift in the posteriors of the cosmological parameters due to the EdS approximation, but a marginal difference in ln(1010As)\ln (10^{10} A_s) due to the effective redshift approximation of about 0.4σ0.4\sigma, where σ\sigma is the 68%68\%-confidence interval. Regarding the EdS approximation, we check that the same conclusion holds on simulations of volume like DESI in Λ\LambdaCDM and wwCDM, with a BBN prior. In contrast, for an approximate, effective redshift, to be assumed, we advocate systematic assessments on redshift selection for ongoing and future large-volume surveys.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2111.05739,
  title  = {BOSS full-shape analysis from the EFTofLSS with exact time dependence},
  author = {Pierre Zhang and Yifu Cai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2111.05739},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

18+22 pages, 7 figures. v2: 20+22 pages, 7 figures, matches JCAP published version, references added, presentation improved

R2 v1 2026-06-24T07:33:49.260Z