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QSO Lensing Magnification: A Comparison of 2QZ and SDSS Results

The lensing of background QSOs by foreground galaxies is a powerful probe of the mass density of the Universe and the power spectrum of mass clustering. However, the 2dF QSO survey suggested that a strong anticorrelation effect at g<21 was…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 G. Mountrichas , T. Shanks

Constraining Baryonic Physics with DES Y1 and Planck data -- Combining Galaxy Clustering, Weak Lensing, and CMB Lensing

We constrain cosmology and baryonic feedback scenarios with a joint analysis of weak lensing, galaxy clustering, cosmic microwave background (CMB) lensing, and their cross-correlations (so-called 6$\times$2) using data from the Dark Energy…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-15 Jiachuan Xu , Tim Eifler , Vivian Miranda , Xiao Fang , Evan Saraivanov , Elisabeth Krause , Hung-Jin Huang , Karim Benabed , Kunhao Zhong

Evidence for the accelerated expansion of the Universe from weak lensing tomography with COSMOS

We present a tomographic cosmological weak lensing analysis of the HST COSMOS Survey. Applying our lensing-optimized data reduction, principal component interpolation for the ACS PSF, and improved modelling of charge-transfer inefficiency,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 Tim Schrabback , Jan Hartlap , Benjamin Joachimi , Martin Kilbinger , Patrick Simon , Karim Benabed , Maruša Bradač , Tim Eifler , Thomas Erben , Christopher D. Fassnacht , F. William High , Stefan Hilbert , Hendrik Hildebrandt , Henk Hoekstra , Konrad Kuijken , Phil Marshall , Yannick Mellier , Eric Morganson , Peter Schneider , Elisabetta Semboloni , Ludovic Van Waerbeke , Malin Velander

Joint analysis of DES Year 3 data and CMB lensing from SPT and Planck II: Cross-correlation measurements and cosmological constraints

Cross-correlations of galaxy positions and galaxy shears with maps of gravitational lensing of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) are sensitive to the distribution of large-scale structure in the Universe. Such cross-correlations are…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-15 C. Chang , Y. Omori , E. J. Baxter , C. Doux , A. Choi , S. Pandey , A. Alarcon , O. Alves , A. Amon , F. Andrade-Oliveira , K. Bechtol , M. R. Becker , G. M. Bernstein , F. Bianchini , J. Blazek , L. E. Bleem , H. Camacho , A. Campos , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , R. Cawthon , R. Chen , J. Cordero , T. M. Crawford , M. Crocce , C. Davis , J. DeRose , S. Dodelson , A. Drlica-Wagner , K. Eckert , T. F. Eifler , F. Elsner , J. Elvin-Poole , S. Everett , X. Fang , A. Ferté , P. Fosalba , O. Friedrich , M. Gatti , G. Giannini , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , I. Harrison , K. Herner , H. Huang , E. M. Huff , D. Huterer , M. Jarvis , A. Kovacs , E. Krause , N. Kuropatkin , P. -F. Leget , P. Lemos , A. R. Liddle , N. MacCrann , J. McCullough , J. Muir , J. Myles , A. Navarro-Alsina , Y. Park , A. Porredon , J. Prat , M. Raveri , R. P. Rollins , A. Roodman , R. Rosenfeld , A. J. Ross , E. S. Rykoff , C. Sánchez , J. Sanchez , L. F. Secco , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , E. Sheldon , T. Shin , M. A. Troxel , I. Tutusaus , T. N. Varga , N. Weaverdyck , R. H. Wechsler , W. L. K. Wu , B. Yanny , B. Yin , Y. Zhang , J. Zuntz , T. M. C. Abbott , M. Aguena , S. Allam , J. Annis , D. Bacon , B. A. Benson , E. Bertin , S. Bocquet , D. Brooks , D. L. Burke , J. E. Carlstrom , J. Carretero , C. L. Chang , R. Chown , M. Costanzi , L. N. da Costa , A. T. Crites , M. E. S. Pereira , T. de Haan , J. De Vicente , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , M. A. Dobbs , P. Doel , W. Everett , I. Ferrero , B. Flaugher , D. Friedel , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , E. Gaztanaga , E. M. George , T. Giannantonio , N. W. Halverson , S. R. Hinton , G. P. Holder , D. L. Hollowood , W. L. Holzapfel , K. Honscheid , J. D. Hrubes , D. J. James , L. Knox , K. Kuehn , O. Lahav , A. T. Lee , M. Lima , D. Luong-Van , M. March , J. J. McMahon , P. Melchior , F. Menanteau , S. S. Meyer , R. Miquel , L. Mocanu , J. J. Mohr , R. Morgan , T. Natoli , S. Padin , A. Palmese , F. Paz-Chinchón , A. Pieres , A. A. Plazas Malagón , C. Pryke , C. L. Reichardt , M. Rodríguez-Monroy , A. K. Romer , J. E. Ruhl , E. Sanchez , K. K. Schaffer , M. Schubnell , S. Serrano , E. Shirokoff , M. Smith , Z. Staniszewski , A. A. Stark , E. Suchyta , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , C. To , J. D. Vieira , J. Weller , R. Williamson

Dark Energy Survey Year 6 Results: Cosmological Constraints from Galaxy Clustering and Weak Lensing

We present cosmology results combining galaxy clustering and weak gravitational lensing measured in the full six years (Y6) of observations by the Dark Energy Survey (DES) covering $\sim$5000 deg$^2$. We perform a large-scale structure…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-30 DES Collaboration , T. M. C. Abbott , M. Adamow , M. Aguena , A. Alarcon , S. S. Allam , O. Alves , A. Amon , D. Anbajagane , F. Andrade-Oliveira , S. Avila , D. Bacon , E. J. Baxter , J. Beas-Gonzalez , K. Bechtol , M. R. Becker , G. M. Bernstein , E. Bertin , J. Blazek , S. Bocquet , D. Brooks , D. Brout , H. Camacho , G. Camacho-Ciurana , R. Camilleri , G. Campailla , A. Campos , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , P. Carrilho , F. J. Castander , R. Cawthon , C. Chang , A. Choi , J. M. Coloma-Nadal , M. Costanzi , M. Crocce , W. d'Assignies , L. N. da Costa , M. E. da Silva Pereira , T. M. Davis , J. De Vicente , J. DeRose , H. T. Diehl , S. Dodelson , P. Doel , C. Doux , A. Drlica-Wagner , T. F. Eifler , J. Elvin-Poole , J. Estrada , S. Everett , A. E. Evrard , J. Fang , A. Farahi , A. Ferté , B. Flaugher , P. Fosalba , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , M. Gatti , E. Gaztanaga , G. Giannini , P. Giles , K. Glazebrook , M. Gorsuch , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , J. Gschwend , G. Gutierrez , I. Harrison , W. G. Hartley , E. Henning , K. Herner , S. R. Hinton , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , E. M. Huff , D. Huterer , B. Jain , D. J. James , M. Jarvis , N. Jeffrey , T. Jeltema , T. Kacprzak , S. Kent , A. Kovacs , E. Krause , R. Kron , K. Kuehn , O. Lahav , S. Lee , E. Legnani , C. Lidman , H. Lin , N. MacCrann , M. Manera , T. Manning , J. L. Marshall , S. Mau , J. McCullough , J. Mena-Fernández , F. Menanteau , R. Miquel , J. J. Mohr , J. Muir , J. Myles , R. C. Nichol , B. Nord , J. H. O'Donnell , R. L. C. Ogando , A. Palmese , M. Paterno , J. Peoples , W. J. Percival , D. Petravick , A. Pieres , A. A. Plazas Malagón , A. Porredon , A. Pourtsidou , J. Prat , C. Preston , M. Raveri , W. Riquelme , M. Rodriguez-Monroy , P. Rogozenski , A. K. Romer , A. Roodman , R. Rosenfeld , A. J. Ross , E. Rozo , E. S. Rykoff , S. Samuroff , C. Sánchez , E. Sanchez , D. Sanchez Cid , T. Schutt , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , E. Sheldon , N. Sherman , T. Shin , M. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , M. Tabbutt , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , C. To , A. Tong , L. Toribio San Cipriano , M. A. Troxel , M. Tsedrik , D. L. Tucker , V. Vikram , A. R. Walker , N. Weaverdyck , R. H. Wechsler , D. H. Weinberg , J. Weller , V. Wetzell , A. Whyley , R. D. Wilkinson , P. Wiseman , H. -Y. Wu , M. Yamamoto , B. Yanny , B. Yin , G. Zacharegkas , Y. Zhang , J. Zuntz

Weak Lensing Calibrated M-T Scaling Relation of Galaxy Groups in the COSMOS Field

The scaling between X-ray observables and mass for galaxy clusters and groups is instrumental for cluster based cosmology and an important probe for the thermodynamics of the intracluster gas. We calibrate a scaling relation between the…

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Modelling Baryonic Effects on Galaxy Cluster Mass Profiles

Gravitational lensing is a powerful probe of the mass distribution of galaxy clusters and cosmology. However, accurate measurements of the cluster mass profiles are limited by uncertainties in cluster astrophysics. In this work, we present…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-11 Masato Shirasaki , Erwin T. Lau , Daisuke Nagai

Multiprobe Cosmology from the Abundance of SPT Clusters and DES Galaxy Clustering and Weak Lensing

Cosmic shear, galaxy clustering, and the abundance of massive halos each probe the large-scale structure of the Universe in complementary ways. We present cosmological constraints from the joint analysis of the three probes, building on the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-14 S. Bocquet , S. Grandis , E. Krause , C. To , L. E. Bleem , M. Klein , J. J. Mohr , T. Schrabback , A. Alarcon , O. Alves , A. Amon , F. Andrade-Oliveira , E. J. Baxter , K. Bechtol , M. R. Becker , G. M. Bernstein , J. Blazek , H. Camacho , A. Campos , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , R. Cawthon , C. Chang , R. Chen , A. Choi , J. Cordero , M. Crocce , C. Davis , J. DeRose , H. T. Diehl , S. Dodelson , C. Doux , A. Drlica-Wagner , K. Eckert , T. F. Eifler , F. Elsner , J. Elvin-Poole , S. Everett , X. Fang , A. Ferté , P. Fosalba , O. Friedrich , J. Frieman , M. Gatti , G. Giannini , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , I. Harrison , W. G. Hartley , K. Herner , H. Huang , E. M. Huff , D. Huterer , M. Jarvis , N. Kuropatkin , P. -F. Leget , P. Lemos , A. R. Liddle , N. MacCrann , J. McCullough , J. Muir , J. Myles , A. Navarro-Alsina , S. Pandey , Y. Park , A. Porredon , J. Prat , M. Raveri , R. P. Rollins , A. Roodman , R. Rosenfeld , E. S. Rykoff , C. Sánchez , J. Sanchez , L. F. Secco , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , E. Sheldon , T. Shin , M. A. Troxel , I. Tutusaus , T. N. Varga , N. Weaverdyck , R. H. Wechsler , H. -Y. Wu , B. Yanny , B. Yin , Y. Zhang , J. Zuntz , T. M. C. Abbott , P. A. R. Ade , M. Aguena , S. Allam , S. W. Allen , A. J. Anderson , B. Ansarinejad , J. E. Austermann , M. Bayliss , J. A. Beall , A. N. Bender , B. A. Benson , F. Bianchini , M. Brodwin , D. Brooks , L. Bryant , D. L. Burke , R. E. A. Canning , J. E. Carlstrom , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , C. L. Chang , P. Chaubal , H. C. Chiang , T-L. Chou , R. Citron , C. Corbett Moran , M. Costanzi , T. M. Crawford , A. T. Crites , L. N. da Costa , M. E. S. Pereira , T. M. Davis , T. de Haan , M. A. Dobbs , P. Doel , W. Everett , A. Farahi , B. Flaugher , A. M. Flores , B. Floyd , J. Gallicchio , E. Gaztanaga , E. M. George , M. D. Gladders , N. Gupta , G. Gutierrez , N. W. Halverson , S. R. Hinton , J. Hlavacek-Larrondo , G. P. Holder , D. L. Hollowood , W. L. Holzapfel , J. D. Hrubes , N. Huang , J. Hubmayr , K. D. Irwin , D. J. James , F. Kéruzoré , G. Khullar , K. Kim , L. Knox , R. Kraft , K. Kuehn , O. Lahav , A. T. Lee , S. Lee , D. Li , C. Lidman , M. Lima , A. Lowitz , G. Mahler , A. Mantz , J. L. Marshall , M. McDonald , J. J. McMahon , J. Mena-Fernández , S. S. Meyer , R. Miquel , J. Montgomery , T. Natoli , J. P. Nibarger , G. I. Noble , V. Novosad , R. L. C. Ogando , S. Padin , P. Paschos , S. Patil , A. A. Plazas Malagón , C. Pryke , C. L. Reichardt , J. Roberson , A. K. Romer , C. Romero , J. E. Ruhl , B. R. Saliwanchik , L. Salvati , S. Samuroff , E. Sanchez , B. Santiago , A. Sarkar , A. Saro , K. K. Schaffer , K. Sharon , C. Sievers , G. Smecher , M. Smith , T. Somboonpanyakul , M. Sommer , B. Stalder , A. A. Stark , J. Stephen , V. Strazzullo , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , C. Tucker , D. L. Tucker , T. Veach , J. D. Vieira , A. von der Linden , G. Wang , N. Whitehorn , W. L. K. Wu , V. Yefremenko , M. Young , J. A. Zebrowski , H. Zohren , DES Collaboration , SPT Collaboration

The Clustering of Galaxies in the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: Measuring H(z) and D_A(z) at z = 0.57 with Clustering Wedges

We analyze the 2D correlation function of the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS) CMASS sample of massive galaxies of the ninth data release to measure cosmic expansion H and the angular diameter distance D_A at a mean…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Eyal A. Kazin , Ariel G. Sanchez , Antonio J. Cuesta , Florian Beutler , Chia-Hsun Chuang , Daniel J. Eisenstein , Marc Manera , Nikhil Padmanabhan , Will J. Percival , Francisco Prada , Ashley J. Ross , Hee-Jong Seo , Jeremy Tinker , Rita Tojeiro , Xiaoying Xu , J. Brinkmann , Brownstein Joel , Robert C. Nichol , David J Schlegel , Donald P. Schneider , Daniel Thomas

New constraints on $\sigma_8$ from a joint analysis of stacked gravitational lensing and clustering of galaxy clusters

The joint analysis of clustering and stacked gravitational lensing of galaxy clusters in large surveys can constrain the formation and evolution of structures and the cosmological parameters. On scales outside a few virial radii, the halo…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Mauro Sereno , Alfonso Veropalumbo , Federico Marulli , Giovanni Covone , Lauro Moscardini , Andrea Cimatti

CFHTLenS: Galaxy bias as function of scale, stellar mass, and colour. Conflicts with predictions by semi-analytic models

Galaxy models predict a tight relation between the clustering of galaxies and dark matter on cosmological scales, but predictions differ notably in the details. We used this opportunity and tested two semi-analytic models by the Munich and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-02-17 Patrick Simon , Stefan Hilbert

Cluster Lensing of QSOs as a Probe of LCDM and Dark Energy Cosmologies

Wide-separation lensed QSOs measure the mass function and evolution of massive galaxy clusters, in a similar way to the cluster mass function deduced from X-ray-selected samples or statistical measurements of the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Ana M. Lopes , Lance Miller

Cosmology and astrophysics from relaxed galaxy clusters - IV: Robustly calibrating hydrostatic masses with weak lensing

This is the fourth in a series of papers studying the astrophysics and cosmology of massive, dynamically relaxed galaxy clusters. Here, we use measurements of weak gravitational lensing from the Weighing the Giants project to calibrate…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-17 D. E. Applegate , A. Mantz , S. W. Allen , A. von der Linden , R. G. Morris , S. Hilbert , P. L. Kelly , D. L. Burke , H. Ebeling , D. A. Rapetti , R. W. Schmidt

Cosmology with imaging galaxy surveys: the impact of evolving galaxy bias and magnification

The joint analysis of galaxy clustering and galaxy-shear cross-correlations (galaxy-galaxy lensing) in imaging surveys constitutes one of the main avenues to obtain cosmological information. Analyses from Stage III surveys have assumed…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-03 Shivam Pandey , Carles Sánchez , Bhuvnesh Jain , The LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration

The effects of assembly bias on cosmological inference from galaxy-galaxy lensing and galaxy clusters

The combination of galaxy-galaxy lensing (GGL) and galaxy clustering is a promising route to measuring the amplitude of matter clustering and testing modified gravity theories of cosmic acceleration. Halo occupation distribution (HOD)…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-30 Joseph E. McEwen , David H. Weinberg

Optical selection bias and projection effects in stacked galaxy cluster weak lensing

Cosmological constraints from current and upcoming galaxy cluster surveys are limited by the accuracy of cluster mass calibration. In particular, optically identified galaxy clusters are prone to selection effects that can bias the weak…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-11 Hao-Yi Wu , Matteo Costanzi , Chun-Hao To , Andrés N. Salcedo , David H. Weinberg , James Annis , Sebastian Bocquet , Maria Elidaiana da Silva Pereira , Joseph DeRose , Johnny Esteves , Arya Farahi , Sebastian Grandis , Eduardo Rozo , Eli S. Rykoff , Tamás N. Varga , Risa H. Wechsler , Chenxiao Zeng , Yuanyuan Zhang , Zhuowen Zhang

Lensing Noise in mm-wave Galaxy Cluster Surveys

We study the effects of gravitational lensing by galaxy clusters of the background of dusty star-forming galaxies (DSFGs) and the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), and examine the implications for Sunyaev-Zel'dovich-based (SZ) galaxy…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Yashar Hezaveh , Keith Vanderlinde , Gilbert Holder , Tijmen de Haan

Cross-correlation of gravitational lensing from DES Science Verification data with SPT and Planck lensing

We measure the cross-correlation between weak lensing of galaxy images and of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). The effects of gravitational lensing on different sources will be correlated if the lensing is caused by the same mass…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-23 D. Kirk , Y. Omori , A. Benoit-Lévy , R. Cawthon , C. Chang , P. Larsen , A. Amara , D. Bacon , T. M. Crawford , S. Dodelson , P. Fosalba , T. Giannantonio , G. Holder , B. Jain , T. Kacprzak , O. Lahav , N. MacCrann , A. Nicola , A. Refregier , E. Sheldon , K. T. Story , M. A. Troxel , J. D. Vieira , V. Vikram , J. Zuntz , T. M. C. Abbott , F. B. Abdalla , M. R. Becker , B. A. Benson , G. M. Bernstein , R. A. Bernstein , L. E. Bleem , C. Bonnett , S. L. Bridle , D. Brooks , E. Buckley-Geer , D. L. Burke , D. Capozzi , J. E. Carlstrom , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , M. Crocce , C. E. Cunha , C. B. D'Andrea , L. N. da Costa , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , J. P. Dietrich , P. Doel , T. F. Eifler , A. E. Evrard , B. Flaugher , J. Frieman , D. W. Gerdes , D. A. Goldstein , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , K. Honscheid , D. J. James , M. Jarvis , S. Kent , K. Kuehn , N. Kuropatkin , M. Lima , M. March , P. Martini , P. Melchior , C. J. Miller , R. Miquel , R. C. Nichol , R. Ogando , A. A. Plazas , C. L. Reichardt , A. Roodman , E. Rozo , E. S. Rykoff , M. Sako , E. Sanchez , V. Scarpine , M. Schubnell , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , G. Simard , R. C. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , F. Sobreira , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , R. H. Wechsler , J. Weller

The clustering of galaxies in the completed SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: Cosmological implications of the Fourier space wedges of the final sample

We extract cosmological information from the anisotropic power spectrum measurements from the recently completed Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS), extending the concept of clustering wedges to Fourier space. Making use of new…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-18 Jan Niklas Grieb , Ariel G. Sánchez , Salvador Salazar-Albornoz , Román Scoccimarro , Martín Crocce , Claudio Dalla Vecchia , Francesco Montesano , Héctor Gil-Marín , Ashley J. Ross , Florian Beutler , Sergio Rodríguez-Torres , Chia-Hsun Chuang , Francisco Prada , Francisco-Shu Kitaura , Antonio J. Cuesta , Daniel J. Eisenstein , Will J. Percival , Mariana Vargas-Magana , Jeremy L. Tinker , Rita Tojeiro , Joel R. Brownstein , Claudia Maraston , Robert C. Nichol , Matthew D. Olmstead , Lado Samushia , Hee-Jong Seo , Alina Streblyanska , Gong-bo Zhao

KiDS-1000: Combined halo-model cosmology constraints from galaxy abundance, galaxy clustering and galaxy-galaxy lensing

We present constraints on the flat $\Lambda$CDM cosmological model through a joint analysis of galaxy abundance, galaxy clustering and galaxy-galaxy lensing observables with the Kilo-Degree Survey. Our theoretical model combines a flexible…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-16 Andrej Dvornik , Catherine Heymans , Marika Asgari , Constance Mahony , Benjamin Joachimi , Maciej Bilicki , Elisa Chisari , Hendrik Hildebrandt , Henk Hoekstra , Harry Johnston , Konrad Kuijken , Alexander Mead , Hironao Miyatake , Takahiro Nishimichi , Robert Reischke , Sandra Unruh , Angus H. Wright