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Cosmological Fisher forecasts for next-generation spectroscopic surveys

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2024-01-11 v5

Abstract

Next-generation spectroscopic surveys such as the MegaMapper, MUltiplexed Survey Telescope (MUST), MaunaKea Spectroscopic Explorer (MSE), and Wide Spectroscopic Telescope (WST) are foreseen to increase the number of galaxy/quasar redshifts by an order of magnitude, with hundred millions of spectra that will be measured at z>2z>2. We perform a Fisher matrix analysis for these surveys on the baryonic acoustic oscillation (BAO), the redshift-space distortion (RSD) measurement, the non-Gaussianity amplitude fNLf_{\rm NL}, and the total neutrino mass MνM_\nu. For BAO and RSD parameters, these surveys may achieve precision at sub-percent level (<0.5 per cent), representing an improvement of factor 10 w.r.t. the latest database. For NG, these surveys may reach an accuracy of σ(fNL)1\sigma(f_{\rm NL})\sim 1. They can also put a tight constraint on MνM_\nu with σ(Mν)0.02eV\sigma(M_\nu) \sim 0.02\,\rm eV if we do joint analysis with Planck and even 0.01eV 0.01\,\rm eV if combined with other data. In addition, we introduce a general survey model, to derive the cosmic volume and number density of tracers, given instrumental facilities and survey strategy. Using our Fisher formalism, we can explore (continuously) a wide range of survey observational parameters, and propose different survey strategies that optimise the cosmological constraints. Fixing the fibre number and survey duration, we show that the best strategy for fNLf_{\rm NL} and MνM_\nu measurement is to observe large volumes, despite the noise increase. However, the strategy differs for the apparent magnitude limit. Finally, we prove that increasing the fibre number improves MνM_{\nu} measurement but not significantly fNLf_{\rm NL}.

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@article{arxiv.2301.02289,
  title  = {Cosmological Fisher forecasts for next-generation spectroscopic surveys},
  author = {William d'Assignies D. and Cheng Zhao and Jiaxi Yu and Jean-Paul Kneib},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.02289},
  year   = {2024}
}

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15 pages, 9 figures