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Euclid preparation. CosmoPostProcess: A simulation calibrated framework for weak lensing selection bias in richness-selected galaxy clusters

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2026-05-05 v1 Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics

Abstract

We present \texttt{CosmoPostProcess}, a simulation-based forward-modelling algorithm calibrated to reproduce Euclid optical cluster observables. Its main deliverable is a correction for stacked surface-density profiles, binned in richness and redshift, accounting for selection systematics in richness-selected samples relative to unbiased references. We focus on the Euclid richness definition foreseen for cosmological analyses, which does not apply a colour selection; red-sequence richness is not considered. The algorithm processes NN-body simulations by painting galaxies with a halo-occupation model and emulating survey detection and richness assignment. We also implement a novel estimate of optical cluster centres from projected galaxy densities, validated against Euclid pipelines. Baryonic effects are included through a correction calibrated on hydrodynamical simulations; the baryon-corrected excess surface density agrees within 2%2\,\% over r[0.1,5]h1Mpcr\in[0.1,\,5]\,h^{-1}\,\mathrm{Mpc}. Selection-bias contributions are assessed by varying cosmology and the mass--richness relation. Projection-induced selection bias follows a robust pattern: correlated large-scale structure projected along the line of sight enhances the stacked profile near the one-halo to two-halo transition, peaking at about 1h1Mpc1\,h^{-1}\,\mathrm{Mpc} with an amplitude of 20 ⁣ ⁣40%20\!-\!40\,\%, depending on richness and redshift. The effect is mild at low and intermediate redshift (z0.7z\lesssim0.7), at the few-percent level, but becomes more relevant at higher redshift (z0.7z\gtrsim0.7). Baryonic modifications remain sub-dominant outside the core, at about 2%2\,\% beyond r0.3h1Mpcr\gtrsim0.3\,h^{-1}\,\mathrm{Mpc}. The framework delivers radial profile corrections with uncertainties, combining projection-induced selection bias, baryonic physics, and miscentring, to control systematics in Euclid DR1 cluster cosmology. (abridged)

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@article{arxiv.2605.02723,
  title  = {Euclid preparation. CosmoPostProcess: A simulation calibrated framework for weak lensing selection bias in richness-selected galaxy clusters},
  author = {Euclid Collaboration and R. Ingrao and S. Borgani and M. Costanzi and A. Saro and T. Castro and L. Baumont and M. Aguena and S. Grandis and C. Murray and S. Bhargava and E. Munari and B. Altieri and S. Andreon and N. Auricchio and C. Baccigalupi and M. Baldi and S. Bardelli and P. Battaglia and A. Biviano and E. Branchini and M. Brescia and S. Camera and V. Capobianco and C. Carbone and J. Carretero and M. Castellano and G. Castignani and S. Cavuoti and A. Cimatti and C. Colodro-Conde and G. Congedo and L. Conversi and Y. Copin and F. Courbin and H. M. Courtois and H. Degaudenzi and G. De Lucia and F. Dubath and X. Dupac and S. Escoffier and M. Farina and R. Farinelli and S. Farrens and S. Ferriol and F. Finelli and P. Fosalba and M. Frailis and E. Franceschi and M. Fumana and K. George and B. Gillis and C. Giocoli and J. Gracia-Carpio and A. Grazian and F. Grupp and S. V. H. Haugan and H. Hoekstra and W. Holmes and F. Hormuth and A. Hornstrup and K. Jahnke and M. Jhabvala and B. Joachimi and S. Kermiche and A. Kiessling and B. Kubik and H. Kurki-Suonio and A. M. C. Le Brun and S. Ligori and P. B. Lilje and V. Lindholm and I. Lloro and G. Mainetti and E. Maiorano and O. Mansutti and O. Marggraf and M. Martinelli and N. Martinet and F. Marulli and R. J. Massey and S. Maurogordato and E. Medinaceli and S. Mei and M. Meneghetti and E. Merlin and G. Meylan and A. Mora and M. Moresco and L. Moscardini and C. Neissner and S. -M. Niemi and C. Padilla and S. Paltani and F. Pasian and K. Pedersen and V. Pettorino and S. Pires and G. Polenta and M. Poncet and L. A. Popa and F. Raison and A. Renzi and J. Rhodes and G. Riccio and E. Romelli and M. Roncarelli and R. Saglia and Z. Sakr and A. G. Sánchez and D. Sapone and B. Sartoris and P. Schneider and A. Secroun and E. Sefusatti and P. Simon and C. Sirignano and G. Sirri and L. Stanco and P. Tallada-Crespí and A. N. Taylor and I. Tereno and N. Tessore and S. Toft and R. Toledo-Moreo and F. Torradeflot and I. Tutusaus and J. Valiviita and T. Vassallo and Y. Wang and J. Weller and G. Zamorani and F. M. Zerbi and E. Zucca and M. Ballardini and A. Boucaud and E. Bozzo and C. Burigana and R. Cabanac and M. Calabrese and A. Cappi and J. A. Escartin Vigo and J. García-Bellido and T. Gasparetto and S. Hemmati and L. Ingoglia and J. Macias-Perez and M. Magliocchetti and R. Maoli and J. Martín-Fleitas and N. Mauri and P. Monaco and A. Montoro and C. Moretti and A. Pezzotta and M. Pöntinen and I. Risso and E. Sarpa and V. Scottez and M. Sereno and M. Tenti and M. Tucci and M. Viel and M. Wiesmann and J. A. Acevedo Barroso and Y. Akrami and G. Alguero and I. T. Andika and S. Anselmi and M. Archidiacono and G. Arico and F. Atrio-Barandela and M. Baes and L. Bazzanini and P. Bergamini and D. Bertacca and M. Bethermin and F. Beutler and L. Blot and M. Bonici and M. L. Brown and S. Bruton and A. Calabro and B. Camacho Quevedo and F. Caro and C. S. Carvalho and F. Cogato and A. R. Cooray and P. Corcho-Caballero and B. Csizi and O. Cucciati and H. Dannerbauer and T. de Boer and F. De Paolis and G. Desprez and A. Díaz-Sánchez and S. Di Domizio and J. M. Diego and V. Duret and M. Y. Elkhashab and Y. Fang and A. Farina and A. Finoguenov and A. Franco and K. Ganga and R. Gavazzi and E. Gaztanaga and Z. Ghaffari and F. Giacomini and F. Gianotti and E. J. Gonzalez and G. Gozaliasl and A. Gruppuso and M. Guidi and C. M. Gutierrez and A. Hall and N. A. Hatch and C. Hernández-Monteagudo and H. Hildebrandt and J. J. E. Kajava and Y. Kang and V. Kansal and D. Karagiannis and K. Kiiveri and J. Kim and C. C. Kirkpatrick and A. Kovács and I. Kova{č}ić and K. Koyama and S. Kruk and M. C. Lam and F. Lepori and G. Leroy and G. F. Lesci and J. Lesgourgues and T. I. Liaudat and L. Linke and S. J. Liu and F. Mannucci and C. J. A. P. Martins and M. Migliaccio and M. Miluzio and G. Morgante and S. Nadathur and K. Naidoo and A. Navarro-Alsina and S. Nesseris and F. Oppizzi and F. Pace and D. Paoletti and F. Passalacqua and K. Paterson and C. Pattison and R. Paviot and D. Potter and G. W. Pratt and S. Quai and M. Radovich and W. Roster and S. Sacquegna and M. Sahlén and D. B. Sanders and A. Schneider and D. Sciotti and E. Sellentin and S. Serjeant and I. Szapudi and K. Tanidis and F. Tarsitano and G. Testera and R. Teyssier and S. Tosi and A. Troja and C. Uhlemann and C. Valieri and A. Venhola and D. Vergani and G. Verza and S. Vinciguerra and M. von Wietersheim-Kramsta and N. A. Walton and L. Wang and A. H. Wright},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.02723},
  year   = {2026}
}
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