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Photometric data can be analyzed using the three-dimensional correlation function $\xi_{\rm p}$ to extract cosmological information via e.g., measurement of the Baryon Acoustic Oscillations (BAO). Previous studies modeled $\xi_{\rm p} $…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-16 Kwan Chuen Chan , Ismael Ferrero , Santiago Avila , Ashley J. Ross , Martin Crocce , Enrique Gaztanaga

We detect the peak of baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO) in the two-point correlation function of a spectroscopic sample of $25226$ clusters selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Galaxy clusters, as tracers of massive dark matter…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 A. Veropalumbo , F. Marulli , L. Moscardini , M. Moresco , A. Cimatti

The calibration and validation of scientific analysis in simulations is a fundamental tool to ensure unbiased and robust results in observational cosmology. In particular, mock galaxy catalogs are a crucial resource to achieve these goals…

Precise measurements of the baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO) scale as a standard ruler in the clustering pattern of large-scale structure is a central goal of current and future galaxy surveys. The BAO peak may be sharpened using the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-28 Ixandra Achitouv , Chris Blake

We investigate the necessary methodology to optimally measure the baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO) signal, from voids based on galaxy redshift catalogues. To this end, we study the dependency of the BAO signal on the population of voids…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-27 Yu Liang , Cheng Zhao , Chia-Hsun Chuang , Francisco-Shu Kitaura , Charling Tao

We measure the imprint of baryon acoustic oscillations (BAOs) in the galaxy clustering pattern at the highest redshift achieved to date, z=0.6, using the distribution of N=132,509 emission-line galaxies in the WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey. We…

In this paper we present and validate the galaxy sample used for the analysis of the baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO) signal in the Dark Energy Survey (DES) Y6 data. The definition is based on a color and redshift-dependent magnitude cut…

We present a systematic comparison of statistical approaches to Baryon Acoustic Oscillation (BAO) analysis using DESI DR2 data. We evaluate four methods for handling the nuisance parameter $\beta=1/(H_0 r_d)$: marginalization, profiling,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-19 Denitsa Staicova

We derive constraints on cosmological parameters and tests of dark energy models from the combination of baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO) measurements with cosmic microwave background (CMB) and Type Ia supernova (SN) data. We take…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-23 Éric Aubourg , Stephen Bailey , Julian E. Bautista , Florian Beutler , Vaishali Bhardwaj , Dmitry Bizyaev , Michael Blanton , Michael Blomqvist , Adam S. Bolton , Jo Bovy , Howard Brewington , J. Brinkmann , Joel R. Brownstein , Angela Burden , Nicolás G. Busca , William Carithers , Chia-Hsun Chuang , Johan Comparat , Antonio J. Cuesta , Kyle S. Dawson , Timothée Delubac , Daniel J. Eisenstein , Andreu Font-Ribera , Jian Ge , J. -M. Le Goff , Satya Gontcho A Gontcho , J. Richard Gott , James E. Gunn , Hong Guo , Julien Guy , Jean-Christophe Hamilton , Shirley Ho , Klaus Honscheid , Cullan Howlett , David Kirkby , Francisco S. Kitaura , Jean-Paul Kneib , Khee-Gan Lee , Dan Long , Robert H. Lupton , Mariana Vargas Magaña , Viktor Malanushenko , Elena Malanushenko , Marc Manera , Claudia Maraston , Daniel Margala , Cameron K. McBride , Jordi Miralda-Escudé , Adam D. Myers , Robert C. Nichol , Pasquier Noterdaeme , Sebastián E. Nuza , Matthew D. Olmstead , Daniel Oravetz , Isabelle Pâris , Nikhil Padmanabhan , Nathalie Palanque-Delabrouille , Kaike Pan , Marcos Pellejero-Ibanez , Will J. Percival , Patrick Petitjean , Matthew M. Pieri , Francisco Prada , Beth Reid , Natalie A. Roe , Ashley J. Ross , Nicholas P. Ross , Graziano Rossi , Jose Alberto Rubiño-Martín , Ariel G. Sánchez , Lado Samushia , Ricardo Tanausú Génova Santos , Claudia G. Scóccola , David J. Schlegel , Donald P. Schneider , Hee-Jong Seo , Erin Sheldon , Audrey Simmons , Ramin A. Skibba , Anže Slosar , Michael A. Strauss , Daniel Thomas , Jeremy L. Tinker , Rita Tojeiro , Jose Alberto Vazquez , Matteo Viel , David A. Wake , Benjamin A. Weaver , David H. Weinberg , W. M. Wood-Vasey , Christophe Yèche , Idit Zehavi , Gong-Bo Zhao

We investigate the feasibility of extracting Baryon Acoustic Oscillations (BAO) from cosmic shear tomography. We particularly focus on the BAO scale precision that can be achieved by future spectroscopy-based, kinematic weak lensing (KWL)…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-15 Zhejie Ding , Hee-Jong Seo , Eric Huff , Shun Saito , Douglas Clowe

We present angular diameter distance measurements obtained by locating the BAO scale in the distribution of galaxies selected from the first year of Dark Energy Survey data. We consider a sample of over 1.3 million galaxies distributed over…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-11 The Dark Energy Survey Collaboration , T. M. C. Abbott , F. B. Abdalla , A. Alarcon , S. Allam , F. Andrade-Oliveira , J. Annis , S. Avila , M. Banerji , N. Banik , K. Bechtol , G. M. Bernstein , R. A. Bernstein , E. Bertin , D. Brooks , E. Buckley-Geer , D. L. Burke , H. Camacho , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , R. Cawthon , K. C. Chan , M. Crocce , C. E. Cunha , C. B. D'Andrea , L. N. da Costa , C. Davis , J. De Vicente , D. L. DePoy , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , P. Doel , A. Drlica-Wagner , T. F. Eifler , J. Elvin-Poole , J. Estrada , A. E. Evrard , B. Flaugher , P. Fosalba , J. Frieman , J. Garcia-Bellido , E. Gaztanaga , D. W. Gerdes , T. Giannantonio , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , J. Gschwend , G. Gutierrez , W. G. Hartley , D. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , B. Hoyle , B. Jain , D. J. James , T. Jeltema , M. D. Johnson , S. Kent , N. Kokron , E. Krause , K. Kuehn , S. Kuhlmann , N. Kuropatkin , F. Lacasa , O. Lahav , M. Lima , H. Lin , M. A. G. Maia , M. Manera , J. Marriner , J. L. Marshall , P. Martini , P. Melchior , F. Menanteau , C. J. Miller , R. Miquel , J. J. Mohr , E. Neilsen , W. J. Percival , A. A. Plazas , A. Porredon , A. K. Romer , A. Roodman , R. Rosenfeld , A. J. Ross , E. Rozo , E. S. Rykoff , M. Sako , E. Sanchez , B. Santiago , V. Scarpine , R. Schindler , M. Schubnell , S. Serrano , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , E. Sheldon , R. C. Smith , M. Smith , F. Sobreira , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , M. A. Troxel , D. L. Tucker , V. Vikram , A. R. Walker , R. H. Wechsler , J. Weller , B. Yanny , Y. Zhang

We present the first end-to-end validation of the Euclid baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO) analysis pipeline, encompassing density-field reconstruction, two-point correlation function measurement, and cosmological-parameter inference. Using…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-06 Euclid Collaboration , E. Sarpa , A. Veropalumbo , M. Bonici , M. Kärcher , M. Crocce , E. Sefusatti , E. Maragliano , E. Branchini , C. Oliveri , G. Gambardella , B. Camacho Quevedo , C. Moretti , P. Monaco , J. Bautista , M. Viel , W. J. Percival , S. Nadathur , A. Pezzotta , A. Eggemeier , A. G. Sánchez , J. Bel , C. Carbone , A. Crespi , S. Radinović , G. Parimbelli , A. Farina , I. Risso , M. Guidi , G. Degni , D. Eisenstein , F. Beutler , C. García-García , G. Piccirilli , J. G. Sorce , B. Altieri , S. Andreon , C. Baccigalupi , M. Baldi , S. Bardelli , P. Battaglia , A. Biviano , M. Brescia , S. Camera , G. Cañas-Herrera , V. Capobianco , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , M. Castellano , G. Castignani , S. Cavuoti , K. C. Chambers , A. Cimatti , C. Colodro-Conde , G. Congedo , L. Conversi , Y. Copin , F. Courbin , H. M. Courtois , H. Degaudenzi , S. de la Torre , G. De Lucia , F. Dubath , X. Dupac , S. Escoffier , M. Farina , R. Farinelli , F. Faustini , S. Ferriol , F. Finelli , P. Fosalba , N. Fourmanoit , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , M. Fumana , S. Galeotta , K. George , W. Gillard , B. Gillis , C. Giocoli , J. Gracia-Carpio , A. Grazian , F. Grupp , L. Guzzo , S. V. H. Haugan , W. Holmes , F. Hormuth , A. Hornstrup , K. Jahnke , M. Jhabvala , B. Joachimi , S. Kermiche , A. Kiessling , B. Kubik , M. Kümmel , 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 , R. J. Massey , E. Medinaceli , S. Mei , M. Melchior , M. Meneghetti , E. Merlin , G. Meylan , A. Mora , M. Moresco , L. Moscardini , C. Neissner , S. -M. Niemi , C. Padilla , S. Paltani , F. Pasian , K. Pedersen , V. Pettorino , S. Pires , G. Polenta , M. Poncet , L. A. Popa , F. Raison , J. Rhodes , G. Riccio , F. Rizzo , E. Romelli , M. Roncarelli , R. Saglia , Z. Sakr , D. Sapone , M. Schirmer , P. Schneider , T. Schrabback , M. Scodeggio , A. Secroun , E. Sihvola , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , L. Stanco , P. Tallada-Crespí , D. Tavagnacco , A. N. Taylor , I. Tereno , N. Tessore , S. Toft , R. Toledo-Moreo , F. Torradeflot , I. Tutusaus , L. Valenziano , J. Valiviita , T. Vassallo , G. Verdoes Kleijn , Y. Wang , J. Weller , A. Zacchei , G. Zamorani , F. M. Zerbi , E. Zucca , M. Ballardini , A. Boucaud , E. Bozzo , C. Burigana , R. Cabanac , M. Calabrese , A. Cappi , T. Castro , J. A. Escartin Vigo , G. Fabbian , J. García-Bellido , J. Macias-Perez , R. Maoli , J. Martín-Fleitas , N. Mauri , R. B. Metcalf , M. Pöntinen , V. Scottez , M. Sereno , M. Tenti , M. Tucci , M. Wiesmann , Y. Akrami , I. T. Andika , M. Archidiacono , F. Atrio-Barandela , E. Aubourg , L. Bazzanini , D. Bertacca , M. Bethermin , A. Blanchard , L. Blot , S. Borgani , M. L. Brown , S. Bruton , A. Calabro , F. Caro , C. S. Carvalho , F. Cogato , S. Contarini , A. R. Cooray , O. Cucciati , S. Davini , T. de Boer , F. De Paolis , G. Desprez , A. Díaz-Sánchez , S. Di Domizio , J. M. Diego , V. Duret , M. Y. Elkhashab , Y. Fang , P. G. Ferreira , A. Finoguenov , A. Franco , K. Ganga , T. Gasparetto , E. Gaztanaga , Z. Ghaffari , F. Giacomini , F. Gianotti , E. J. Gonzalez , G. Gozaliasl , A. Gruppuso , C. M. Gutierrez , A. Hall , H. Hildebrandt , J. Hjorth , J. J. E. Kajava , Y. Kang , V. Kansal , D. Karagiannis , K. Kiiveri , J. Kim , C. C. Kirkpatrick , K. Koyama , S. Kruk , M. C. Lam , F. Leclercq , L. Legrand , M. Lembo , F. Lepori , G. Leroy , G. F. Lesci , J. Lesgourgues , T. I. Liaudat , S. J. Liu , M. Magliocchetti , C. J. A. P. Martins , L. Maurin , M. Migliaccio , M. Miluzio , G. Morgante , K. Naidoo , A. Navarro-Alsina , S. Nesseris , F. Pace , D. Paoletti , K. Paterson , L. Patrizii , C. Pattison , A. Pisani , D. Potter , A. Pourtsidou , G. W. Pratt , S. Quai , M. Radovich , G. Rodighiero , W. Roster , S. Sacquegna , M. Sahlén , D. B. Sanders , A. Schneider , D. Sciotti , E. Sellentin , L. C. Smith , I. Szapudi , K. Tanidis , C. Tao , F. Tarsitano , G. Testera , R. Teyssier , S. Tosi , A. Troja , C. Uhlemann , C. Valieri , F. Vernizzi , G. Verza , S. Vinciguerra , M. von Wietersheim-Kramsta , N. A. Walton , A. H. Wright , H. W. Yeung

Baryon Acoustic Oscillations (BAO) involve measuring the spatial distribution of galaxies to determine the growth rate of cosmic structure. We derive constraints on cosmological parameters from $17$ uncorrelated BAO measurements that were…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-10 David Benisty , Denitsa Staicova

The baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO) peak, seen in the cosmic matter distribution at redshifts up to ~3.5, reflects the continued expansion of the sonic horizon first identified in temperature anisotropies of the cosmic microwave…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-17 F. Melia , M. Lopez-Corredoira

The Lyman-$\alpha$ (Ly$\alpha$) three-dimensional correlation functions have been widely used to perform cosmological inference using the baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO) scale. While the traditional inference approach employs a data…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-15 Francesca Gerardi , Andrei Cuceu , Benjamin Joachimi , Seshadri Nadathur , Andreu Font-Ribera

We develop a methodology to optimise the measurement of Baryon Acoustic Oscillation (BAO) from a given galaxy sample. In our previous work, we demonstrated that one can measure BAO from tracers in under-dense regions (voids). In this study,…

We determine an optimized clustering statistic to be used for galaxy samples with significant redshift uncertainty, such as those that rely on photometric redshifts. To do so, we study the baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO) information…

We develop methods for investigating baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO) features in cosmological models with non-trivial (but slowly varying) averaged spatial curvature: models that are not necessarily flat, close to flat, nor with constant…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-06 Asta Heinesen , Chris Blake , Yong-Zhuang Li , David L. Wiltshire

We develop a formalism for measuring the cosmological distance scale from baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO) using the cross-correlation of a sparse redshift survey with a denser photometric sample. This reduces the shot noise that would…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-25 Anna Patej , Daniel J. Eisenstein

We revisit the uncertainty in baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO) forecasts and data analyses. In particular, we study how much the uncertainties on both the measured mean dilation scale and the associated error bar are affected by the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Wai-Hin Wayne Ngan , Joachim Harnois-Déraps , Ue-Li Pen , Patrick McDonald , Ilana MacDonald