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We assess the performance of a perturbation theory inspired method for inferring cosmological parameters from the joint measurements of galaxy-galaxy weak lensing ($\Delta\Sigma$) and the projected galaxy clustering ($w_{\rm p}$). To do…

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Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2007-05-23 P. J. Macdonald , E. Almaas , A. -L. Barabasi

The future 21 cm intensity mapping observations constitute a promising way to trace the matter distribution of the Universe and probe cosmology. Here we assess its capability for cosmological constraints using as a case study the BINGO…

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We make forecasts for the constraining power of the 1D Wavelet Scattering Transform (WST) when used with a Lyman-$\alpha$ forest cosmology survey. Using mock simulations and a Fisher matrix, we show that there is considerable cosmological…

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Upcoming cosmological surveys will provide unprecedented amount of data, which will require innovative statistical methods to maximize the scientific exploitation. Standard cosmological analyses based on abundances, two-point and…

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We present a fast Markov Chain Monte-Carlo exploration of cosmological parameter space. We perform a joint analysis of results from recent CMB experiments and provide parameter constraints, including sigma_8, from the CMB independent of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Antony Lewis , Sarah Bridle

The 21-cm forest, composed of spectral absorption features from high-redshift background radio sources, provides a unique probe for studying small-scale structures during the epoch of reionization. It is particularly sensitive to detecting…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-11 Yue Shao , Tian-Yang Sun , Meng-Lin Zhao , Xin Zhang

The statistical analysis of cosmic large-scale structure is most often based on simple two-point summary statistics, like the power spectrum or the two-point correlation function of a sample of galaxies or other types of tracers. In…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-23 Eniko Regos , Volker Springel , Sownak Bose , Boryana Hadzhiyska , Cesar Hernandez-Aguayo

Observations of redshift-space distortions in spectroscopic galaxy surveys offer an attractive method for observing the build-up of cosmological structure. In this paper we develop and test a new statistic based on anisotropies in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Will J Percival , Martin White

In recent years, cosmic shear has emerged as a powerful tool to study the statistical distribution of matter in our Universe. Apart from the standard two-point correlation functions, several alternative methods like peak count statistics…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-21 Sven Heydenreich , Benjamin Brück , Joachim Harnois-Déraps

Cosmological constraints on neutrino mass offer a promising avenue for advancing our understanding of both fundamental particle physics and the evolution of cosmic large-scale structure. To overcome challenges associated with traditional…

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In the near future, the China Space Station Telescope (CSST) will obtain unprecedented imaging and spectroscopic data. The statistical errors in the cosmological parameter constraints will be reduced significantly. The corresponding…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-09 Zhao Chen , Yu Yu , Jiaxin Han , Y. P. Jing

Precision cosmology benefits from extracting maximal information from cosmic structures, motivating the use of higher-order statistics (HOS) at small spatial scales. However, predicting how baryonic processes modify matter statistics at…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-07 Alan Junzhe Zhou , Marco Gatti , Dhayaa Anbajagane , Scott Dodelson , Matthieu Schaller , Joop Schaye

The Chinese Space Station Optical Survey (CSS-OS) is a planned full sky survey operated by the Chinese Space Station Telescope (CSST). It can simultaneously perform the photometric imaging and spectroscopic slitless surveys, and will probe…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-08 Yan Gong , Xiangkun Liu , Ye Cao , Xuelei Chen , Zuhui Fan , Ran Li , Xiao-Dong Li , Zhigang Li , Xin Zhang , Hu Zhan

Muon scattering tomography (MST) is a non-destructive technique to image various materials by utilizing cosmic ray muons as probes. A typical MST system with a two-fold track detectors is particularly effective in detecting high-$Z$…

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We present an analytic model for the fully nonlinear power spectrum P and bispectrum Q of the cosmological mass density field. The model is based on physical properties of dark matter halos, with the three main model inputs being analytic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-16 Chung-Pei Ma , J. N. Fry

Weak lensing by large-scale structure provides a unique method to directly measure matter fluctuations in the universe, and has recently been detected from the ground. Here, we report the first detection of this `cosmic shear' based on…

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