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Cosmological large-scale structure analyses based on two-point correlation functions often assume a Gaussian likelihood function with a fixed covariance matrix. We study the impact on cosmological parameter estimation of ignoring the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-21 Darsh Kodwani , David Alonso , Pedro Ferreira

Fisher forecasts are a common tool in cosmology with applications ranging from survey planning to the development of new cosmological probes. While frequently adopted, they are subject to numerical instabilities that need to be carefully…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-15 Naren Bhandari , C. Danielle Leonard , Markus Michael Rau , Rachel Mandelbaum

We study the characteristics of the galaxy cluster samples expected from the European Space Agency's Euclid satellite and forecast constraints on cosmological parameters describing a variety of cosmological models. The method used in this…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-23 B. Sartoris , A. Biviano , C. Fedeli , J. G. Bartlett , S. Borgani , M. Costanzi , C. Giocoli , L. Moscardini , J. Weller , B. Ascaso , S. Bardelli , S. Maurogordato , P. T. P Viana

In modern weak-lensing surveys, the common approach to correct for residual systematic biases in the shear is to calibrate shape measurement algorithms using simulations. These simulations must fully capture the complexity of the…

This work considers which higher-order effects in modelling the cosmic shear angular power spectra must be taken into account for Euclid. We identify which terms are of concern, and quantify their individual and cumulative impact on…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-10 Euclid Collaboration , A. C. Deshpande , T. Kitching , A. Hall , M. L. Brown , N. Aghanim , L. Amendola , N. Auricchio , M. Baldi , R. Bender , D. Bonino , E. Branchini , M. Brescia , J. Brinchmann , S. Camera , G. P. Candini , V. Capobianco , C. Carbone , V. F. Cardone , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , M. Castellano , S. Cavuoti , A. Cimatti , R. Cledassou , G. Congedo , C. J. Conselice , L. Conversi , L. Corcione , F. Courbin , M. Cropper , A. Da Silva , H. Degaudenzi , M. Douspis , F. Dubath , C. A. J. Duncan , X. Dupac , S. Farrens , S. Ferriol , P. Fosalba , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , M. Fumana , S. Galeotta , B. Garilli , B. Gillis , C. Giocoli , A. Grazian , F. Grupp , S. V. H. Haugan , H. Hoekstra , W. Holmes , A. Hornstrup , P. Hudelot , K. Jahnke , S. Kermiche , M. Kilbinger , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , S. Ligori , P. B. Lilje , I. Lloro , E. Maiorano , O. Mansutti , O. Marggraf , K. Markovic , F. Marulli , R. Massey , S. Mei , Y. Mellier , M. Meneghetti , G. Meylan , L. Moscardini , S. -M. Niemi , J. W. Nightingale , T. Nutma , C. Padilla , S. Paltani , F. Pasian , K. Pedersen , V. Pettorino , S. Pires , G. Polenta , M. Poncet , L. A. Popa , F. Raison , A. Renzi , J. Rhodes , G. Riccio , E. Romelli , M. Roncarelli , E. Rossetti , R. Saglia , D. Sapone , B. Sartoris , P. Schneider , T. Schrabback , A. Secroun , G. Seidel , S. Serrano , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , L. Stanco , P. Tallada-Crespi , I. Tereno , R. Toledo-Moreo , F. Torradeflot , I. Tutusaus , E. A. Valentijn , L. Valenziano , T. Vassallo , Y. Wang , J. Weller , A. Zacchei , G. Zamorani , J. Zoubian , S. Andreon , S. Bardelli , A. Boucaud , E. Bozzo , C. Colodro-Conde , D. Di Ferdinando , G. Fabbian , M. Farina , J. Gracia-Carpio , E. Keihanen , V. Lindholm , N. Mauri , V. Scottez , M. Tenti , E. Zucca , Y. Akrami , C. Baccigalupi , A. Balaguera-Antolinez , M. Ballardini , F. Bernardeau , A. Biviano , A. Blanchard , A. S. Borlaff , C. Burigana , R. Cabanac , A. Cappi , C. S. Carvalho , S. Casas , G. Castignani , T. Castro , K. C. Chambers , A. R. Cooray , J. Coupon , H. M. Courtois , S. Davini , S. de la Torre , G. De Lucia , G. Desprez , H. Dole , J. A. Escartin , S. Escoffier , I. Ferrero , F. Finelli , J. Garcia-Bellido , K. George , F. Giacomini , G. Gozaliasl , H. Hildebrandt , J. J. E. Kajava , V. Kansal , C. C. Kirkpatrick , L. Legrand , A. Loureiro , J. Macias-Perez , M. Magliocchetti , G. Mainetti , R. Maoli , M. Martinelli , N. Martinet , C. J. A. P. Martins , S. Matthew , L. Maurin , R. B. Metcalf , P. Monaco , G. Morgante , S. Nadathur , A. A. Nucita , L. Patrizii , A. Peel , J. Pollack , V. Popa , C. Porciani , D. Potter , A. Pourtsidou , M. Pontinen , P. Reimberg , A. G. Sanchez , Z. Sakr , A. Schneider , E. Sefusatti , M. Sereno , A. Shulevski , A. Spurio Mancini , J. Steinwagner , R. Teyssier , M. Viel , I. A. Zinchenko

Upcoming cosmological surveys will achieve increasingly precise constraints in cosmological parameter estimation. To guarantee the robustness of cosmological analyses, it is essential to account for and model systematic effects that can…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-20 Biancamaria Sersante , Christos Georgiou , Nora Elisa Chisari

In this paper, we motivate the use of galaxy clustering measurements using photometric redshift information, including a contribution from flux magnification, as a probe of cosmology. We present cosmological forecasts when clustering data…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Christopher Duncan , Benjamin Joachimi , Alan Heavens , Catherine Heymans , Hendrik Hildebrandt

Every experiment is affected by systematic effects that hamper the data analysis and have the potential to ultimately degrade its performance. In the case of probes of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation, a minimal set of issues…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-06-08 Franz Elsner , Benjamin D. Wandelt

The clustering of galaxies observed in future redshift surveys will provide a wealth of cosmological information. Matching the signal at different redshifts constrains the dark energy driving the acceleration of the expansion of the…

We provide constraints on the accuracy with which the neutrino mass fraction, $f_{\nu}$, can be estimated when exploiting measurements of redshift-space distortions, describing in particular how the error on neutrino mass depends on three…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-17 Fernanda Petracca , Federico Marulli , Lauro Moscardini , Andrea Cimatti , Carmelita Carbone , Raul E. Angulo

We use the Fisher matrix formalism to study the expansion and growth history of the Universe using galaxy clustering with 2D angular cross-correlation tomography in spectroscopic or high resolution photometric redshift surveys. The radial…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-26 Alex Alarcon , Martin Eriksen , Enrique Gaztanaga

Our aim is to quantify the impact of systematic effects on the inference of cosmological parameters from cosmic shear. We present an end-to-end approach that introduces sources of bias in a modelled weak lensing survey on a galaxy-by-galaxy…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-25 Euclid Collaboration , P. Paykari , T. D. Kitching , H. Hoekstra , R. Azzollini , V. F. Cardone , M. Cropper , C. A. J. Duncan , A. Kannawadi , L. Miller , H. Aussel , I. F. Conti , N. Auricchio , M. Baldi , S. Bardelli , A. Biviano , D. Bonino , E. Borsato , E. Bozzo , E. Branchini , S. Brau-Nogue , M. Brescia , J. Brinchmann , C. Burigana , S. Camera , V. Capobianco , C. Carbone , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , M. Castellano , S. Cavuoti , Y. Charles , R. Cledassou , C. Colodro-Conde , G. Congedo , C. Conselice , L. Conversi , Y. Copin , J. Coupon , H. M. Courtois , A. Da Silva , X. Dupac , G. Fabbian , S. Farrens , P. G. Ferreira , P. Fosalba , N. Fourmanoit , M. Frailis , M. Fumana , S. Galeotta , B. Garilli , W. Gillard , B. R. Gillis , C. Giocoli , J. Gracia-Carpio , F. Grupp , F. Hormuth , S. Ilic , H. Israel , K. Jahnke , E. Keihanen , S. Kermiche , M. Kilbinger , C. C. Kirkpatrick , B. Kubik , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , F. Lacasa , R. Laureijs , D. Le Mignant , S. Ligori , P. B. Lilje , I. Lloro , T. Maciaszek , E. Maiorano , O. Marggraf , M. Martinelli , N. Martinet , F. Marulli R. Massey , N. Mauri , E. Medinaceli , S. Mei , Y. Mellier , M. Meneghetti , R. B. Metcalf , M. Moresco , L. Moscardini , E. Munari , C. Neissner , R. C. Nichol , S. Niemi , T. Nutma , C. Padilla , S. Paltani , F. Pasian , V. Pettorino , S. Pires , G. Polenta , A. Pourtsidou , F. Raison , A. Renzi , J. Rhodes , E. Romelli , M. Roncarelli , E. Rossetti , R. Saglia , A. G. Sánchez , D. Sapone , R. Scaramella , P. Schneider , T. Schrabback , V. Scottez , A. Secroun , S. Serrano , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , L. Stanco , J. -L. Starck , F. Sureau , P. Tallada-Crespí , A. Taylor , M. Tenti , I. Tereno , R. Toledo-Moreo , F. Torradeflot , I. Tutusaus , L. Valenziano , M. Vannier , T. Vassallo , J. Zoubian , E. Zucca

The High Latitude Imaging Survey (HLIS) of NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will provide powerful tests of cosmological models through sensitive measurements of cosmic shear, galaxy-galaxy lensing (GGL), and galaxy clustering. As…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-05 Kaili Cao , David H. Weinberg , Vivian Miranda , Nihar Dalal , Tim Eifler , Jiachuan Xu , Haley Bowden

We present a comparison of Fisher matrix forecasts for cosmological probes with Monte Carlo Markov Chain (MCMC) posterior likelihood estimation methods. We analyse the performance of future Dark Energy Task Force (DETF) stage-III and stage-…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Laura Wolz , Martin Kilbinger , Jochen Weller , Tommaso Giannantonio

Aims. We investigate the contribution of shot-noise and sample variance to the uncertainty of cosmological parameter constraints inferred from cluster number counts in the context of the Euclid survey. Methods. By analysing 1000 Euclid-like…

The ratio between the CMB lensing/galaxy counts and the galaxy shear/galaxy counts cross-correlations combines the information from different cosmological probes to infer cosmographic measurements that are less dependent on astrophysical…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-08 José Ramón Bermejo-Climent , Mario Ballardini , Fabio Finelli , Vincenzo Fabrizio Cardone

We study the impact of neglecting lensing magnification in galaxy clustering analyses for future galaxy surveys, considering the LambdaCDM model and two extensions: massive neutrinos and modifications of General Relativity. Our study…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-25 Eleonora Villa , Enea Di Dio , Francesca Lepori

We estimate how clustering in large-scale redshift surveys can constrain various cosmological parameters. Depth and sky coverage of modern redshift surveys are greater than ever, opening new possibilities for statistical analysis. We have…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Takahiko Matsubara , Alexander S. Szalay

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…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-11 William d'Assignies D. , Cheng Zhao , Jiaxi Yu , Jean-Paul Kneib