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Investigating intrinsic alignments (IAs) of galaxy shapes is important not only to constrain cosmological parameters unbiasedly from gravitational lensing but also to extract cosmological information complimentary to galaxy clustering…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-26 Teppei Okumura , Atsushi Taruya

The intrinsic alignment (IA) of galaxy shapes probes the underlying gravitational tidal field, thus offering cosmological information complementary to galaxy clustering. In this paper, we perform a Fisher forecast to assess the benefit of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-06 Junsup Shim , Teppei Okumura , Atsushi Taruya

Intrinsic alignments (IAs) of galaxies are an important contaminant for cosmic shear studies, but the modelling is complicated by the dependence of the signal on the source galaxy sample. In this paper, we use the halo model formalism to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-16 Maria Cristina Fortuna , Henk Hoekstra , Benjamin Joachimi , Harry Johnston , Nora Elisa Chisari , Christos Georgiou , Constance Mahony

Intrinsic alignment (IA) of source galaxies is one of the major astrophysical systematics for ongoing and future weak lensing surveys. This paper presents the first forecasts of the impact of IA on cosmic shear measurements for current and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-23 Elisabeth Krause , Tim Eifler , Jonathan Blazek

Intrinsic alignments of galaxies are recognised as one of the most important systematic in weak lensing surveys on small angular scales. In this paper we investigate ellipticity correlation functions that are measured separately on…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-04 Tim M. Tugendhat , Robert Reischke , Bjoern Malte Schaefer

We report the first evidence for intrinsic alignment (IA) of red galaxies at $z>1$. We measure the gravitational shear-intrinsic ellipticity (GI) cross-correlation function at $z\sim1.3$ using galaxy positions from the FastSound…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-04 Motonari Tonegawa , Teppei Okumura

The intrinsic alignments (IA) of galaxies, a key contaminant in weak lensing analyses, arise from correlations in galaxy shapes driven by tidal interactions and galaxy formation processes. Accurate IA modeling is essential for robust…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-03 Sneh Pandya , Yuanyuan Yang , Nicholas Van Alfen , Jonathan Blazek , Robin Walters

We show with analytic models that the assumption of uncorrelated intrinsic ellipticities of target sources that is usually made in searches for weak gravitational lensing due to large-scale mass inhomogeneities (``field lensing'') is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-12-15 Paolo Catelan , Marc Kamionkowski , Roger D. Blandford

In cosmological analyses it is common to combine different types of measurement from the same survey. In this paper we use simulated DES Y3 and LSST Y1 data to explore differences in sensitivity to intrinsic alignments (IA) between cosmic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-12 S. Samuroff , A. Campos , A. Porredon , J. Blazek

Current and upcoming imaging galaxy surveys are pushing galaxy samples to higher and higher redshifts. This push will be more pronounced for lens galaxies, for which we only need to measure galaxy positions, not shapes. As a result, we will…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-02 Dane N. Cross , Carles Sánchez

The wealth of incoming and future cosmological observations will allow us to map out the structure and evolution of the observable universe to an unprecedented level of precision. Among these observations is the weak gravitational lensing…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 M. A. Troxel , Mustapha Ishak

The shapes of galaxies are not randomly oriented on the sky. During the galaxy formation and evolution process, environment has a strong influence, as tidal gravitational fields in the large-scale structure tend to align nearby galaxies.…

The subject of this paper is to build a physical model describing shape and size correlations of galaxies due to weak gravitational lensing and due to direct tidal interaction of elliptical galaxies with gravitational fields sourced by the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-22 Basundhara Ghosh , Ruth Durrer , Bjoern Malte Schaefer

Accurate measurements of the cosmic shear signal require a separation of the true weak gravitational lensing signal from intrinsic shape correlations of galaxies. These `intrinsic alignments' of galaxies originate from galaxy formation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-10-19 Jolanta Zjupa , Björn Malte Schäfer , Oliver Hahn

Weak gravitational lensing has become a powerful probe of large-scale structure and cosmological parameters. Precision weak lensing measurements require an understanding of the intrinsic alignment of galaxy ellipticities, which can in turn…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-17 Jonathan Blazek , Matthew McQuinn , Uros Seljak

We present a method for removal of the contaminating effects of intrinsic galaxy alignments, in measurements of cosmic shear from multi-colour weak lensing surveys. The method down-weights pairs which are likely to be close in three…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Catherine Heymans , Alan Heavens

We present the measurements and constraints of intrinsic alignments (IA) in the Physics of the Accelerating Universe Survey (PAUS) deep wide fields, which include the W1 and W3 fields from the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Legacy Survey…

The Euclid galaxy survey will provide unprecedented constraints on cosmology, but achieving unbiased results will require an optimal characterisation and mitigation of systematic effects. Among these, the intrinsic alignments (IA) of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-10 Euclid Collaboration , D. Navarro-Gironés , I. Tutusaus , M. Crocce , S. Gouyou Beauchamps , R. Paviot , B. Joachimi , J. Ruiz-Zapatero , D. Sciotti , N. Tessore , G. Cañas-Herrera , P. Carrilho , J. M. Coloma-Nadal , H. Hoekstra , A. Porredon , B. Altieri , S. Andreon , C. Baccigalupi , M. Baldi , S. Bardelli , A. Biviano , E. Branchini , M. Brescia , S. Camera , V. Capobianco , C. Carbone , V. F. Cardone , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , M. Castellano , G. Castignani , S. Cavuoti , K. C. Chambers , C. Colodro-Conde , G. Congedo , C. J. Conselice , L. Conversi , Y. Copin , F. Courbin , H. M. Courtois , A. Da Silva , H. Degaudenzi , G. De Lucia , H. Dole , F. Dubath , C. A. J. Duncan , X. Dupac , S. Escoffier , M. Farina , R. Farinelli , S. Farrens , S. Ferriol , F. Finelli , P. Fosalba , S. Fotopoulou , N. Fourmanoit , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , M. Fumana , S. Galeotta , K. George , B. Gillis , C. Giocoli , J. Gracia-Carpio , A. Grazian , F. Grupp , S. V. H. Haugan , W. Holmes , F. Hormuth , A. Hornstrup , K. Jahnke , S. Kermiche , A. Kiessling , M. Kilbinger , B. Kubik , K. Kuijken , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , A. M. C. Le Brun , S. Ligori , P. B. Lilje , V. Lindholm , I. Lloro , G. Mainetti , O. Mansutti , O. Marggraf , M. Martinelli , N. Martinet , F. Marulli , E. Medinaceli , M. Meneghetti , E. Merlin , G. Meylan , A. Mora , M. Moresco , L. Moscardini , R. Nakajima , C. Neissner , S. -M. Niemi , C. Padilla , S. Paltani , F. Pasian , K. Pedersen , W. J. Percival , V. Pettorino , S. Pires , G. Polenta , M. Poncet , L. A. Popa , F. Raison , A. Renzi , J. Rhodes , G. Riccio , E. Romelli , M. Roncarelli , C. Rosset , R. Saglia , Z. Sakr , A. G. Sánchez , D. Sapone , B. Sartoris , P. Schneider , T. Schrabback , A. Secroun , G. Seidel , E. Sihvola , P. Simon , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , A. Spurio Mancini , L. Stanco , P. Tallada-Crespí , I. Tereno , S. Toft , R. Toledo-Moreo , F. Torradeflot , J. Valiviita , T. Vassallo , G. Verdoes Kleijn , Y. Wang , J. Weller , F. M. Zerbi , E. Zucca , M. Ballardini , M. Bolzonella , E. Bozzo , C. Burigana , R. Cabanac , M. Calabrese , A. Cappi , T. Castro , J. A. Escartin Vigo , L. Gabarra , J. García-Bellido , J. Macias-Perez , R. Maoli , J. Martín-Fleitas , N. Mauri , R. B. Metcalf , P. Monaco , A. Pezzotta , M. Pöntinen , I. Risso , V. Scottez , M. Sereno , M. Tenti , M. Tucci , M. Viel , M. Wiesmann , Y. Akrami , I. T. Andika , G. Angora , S. Anselmi , M. Archidiacono , F. Atrio-Barandela , L. Bazzanini , J. Bel , D. Bertacca , M. Bethermin , F. Beutler , A. Blanchard , L. Blot , M. Bonici , M. L. Brown , S. Bruton , B. Camacho Quevedo , F. Caro , C. S. Carvalho , F. Cogato , S. Davini , F. De Paolis , G. Desprez , A. Díaz-Sánchez , S. Di Domizio , J. M. Diego , P. Dimauro , V. Duret , M. Y. Elkhashab , Y. Fang , P. G. Ferreira , A. Finoguenov , A. Franco , K. Ganga , T. Gasparetto , E. Gaztanaga , F. Giacomini , F. Gianotti , E. J. Gonzalez , G. Gozaliasl , A. Gruppuso , M. Guidi , C. M. Gutierrez , A. Hall , C. Hernández-Monteagudo , H. Hildebrandt , J. Hjorth , J. J. E. Kajava , Y. Kang , V. Kansal , D. Karagiannis , K. Kiiveri , J. Kim , C. C. Kirkpatrick , S. Kruk , J. Le Graet , L. Legrand , M. Lembo , F. Lepori , G. Leroy , G. F. Lesci , J. Lesgourgues , T. I. Liaudat , M. Magliocchetti , F. Mannucci , C. J. A. P. Martins , L. Maurin , M. Miluzio , A. Montoro , C. Moretti , G. Morgante , S. Nadathur , K. Naidoo , A. Navarro-Alsina , S. Nesseris , L. Pagano , D. Paoletti , F. Passalacqua , K. Paterson , L. Patrizii , C. Pattison , A. Pisani , D. Potter , G. W. Pratt , S. Quai , M. Radovich , K. Rojas , W. Roster , S. Sacquegna , M. Sahlén , D. B. Sanders , E. Sarpa , A. Schneider , E. Sellentin , L. C. Smith , K. Tanidis , F. Tarsitano , R. Teyssier , A. Troja , D. Vergani , F. Vernizzi , G. Verza , P. Vielzeuf , S. Vinciguerra , N. A. Walton , A. H. Wright , S. -S. Li

We extend current models of the halo occupation distribution (HOD) to include a flexible, empirical framework for the forward modeling of the intrinsic alignment (IA) of galaxies. A primary goal of this work is to produce mock galaxy…

To reach the full potential for the next generation of weak lensing surveys, it is necessary to mitigate the contamination of intrinsic alignments (IA) of galaxies in the observed cosmic shear signal. The self calibration (SC) of intrinsic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-27 Ji Yao , Eske M. Pedersen , Mustapha Ishak , Pengjie Zhang , Anish Agashe , Haojie Xu , Huanyuan Shan