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The power spectrum of density fluctuations is a foundational source of cosmological information. Precision cosmological probes targeted primarily at investigations of dark energy require accurate theoretical determinations of the power…

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We consider the design of sublinear space and query complexity algorithms for estimating the cost of a minimum spanning tree (MST) and the cost of a minimum traveling salesman (TSP) tour in a metric on $n$ points. We first consider the…

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We present simulations of a cosmic shear survey and show how the survey geometry influences the accuracy of determination of cosmological parameters. We numerically calculate the full covariance matrices Cov of two-point statistics of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Martin Kilbinger , Peter Schneider

Modern galaxy surveys demand extensive survey volumes and resolutions surpassing current dark matter-only simulations' capabilities. To address this, many methods employ effective bias models on the dark matter field to approximate object…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-08 Daniel Forero-Sánchez , Francisco-Shu Kitaura , Francesco Sinigaglia , Jose María Coloma-Nadal , Jean-Paul Kneib

Constraints on the properties of the cosmological dark matter have previously been obtained in a model-independent fashion using the Generalised Dark Matter (GDM) framework. Here we extend that work in several directions: We consider the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-05 Daniel B Thomas , Michael Kopp , Katarina Markovič

The competition between local and global driving forces is significant in a wide variety of naturally occurring branched networks. We have investigated the impact of a global minimization criterion versus a local one on the structure of…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-11-07 Anuraag R. Kansal , Salvatore Torquato

We show how one can test the cosmological Poisson equation by requiring only the validity of three main assumptions: the energy-momentum conservation equations of matter, the equivalence principle, and the cosmological principle. We first…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-08 Ziyang Zheng , Ziad Sakr , Luca Amendola

The most effective use of data from current and upcoming large scale structure~(LSS) and CMB observations requires the ability to predict the clustering of LSS with very high precision. The Effective Field Theory of Large Scale Structure…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-26 Matteo Cataneo , Simon Foreman , Leonardo Senatore

Future observations of 21 cm emission from neutral hydrogen survey will become a promising approach to probe the large scale structure of Universe. In this paper, we investigate the impacts of Square Kilometer Array (SKA) 21 cm observation…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-11-12 Jing-Fei Zhang , Li-Yang Gao , Dong-Ze He , Xin Zhang

The $\beta$-skeleton approach can be conveniently utilized to construct the cosmic web based on the spatial geometry distribution of galaxies, particularly in sparse samples. This method plays a key role in establishing the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-08 Fenfen Yin , Jiacheng Ding , Limin Lai , Wei Zhang , Liang Xiao , Zihan Wang , Jaime Forero-Romero , Le Zhang , Xiao-Dong Li

The search for the model or ingredients that describe the current vision of our cosmos has led to the creation of a set of highly favorable experiments, and therefore a great flow of information. Due to this torrent of information and the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-11 Daniel Morales Hernández , Gabriela Garcia-Arroyo , J. Alberto Vazquez

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,…

The form of the primordial power spectrum (PPS) of cosmological scalar (matter density) perturbations is not yet constrained satisfactorily in spite of the tremendous amount of information from the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) data.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-21 Benjamin L'Huillier , Arman Shafieloo , Dhiraj Kumar Hazra , George F. Smoot , Alexei A. Starobinsky

High-resolution cosmological N-body simulations are excellent tools for modelling the formation and clustering of dark matter haloes. These simulations suggest complex physical theories of halo formation governed by a set of effective…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-06-24 Androniki Dimitriou , Christoph Weniger , Camila A. Correa

Profiles of dark matter-dominated halos at the group and cluster scales play an important role in modern cosmology. Using results from two very large cosmological $N$-body simulations, which increase the available volume at their mass…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-27 Hillary L. Child , Salman Habib , Katrin Heitmann , Nicholas Frontiere , Hal Finkel , Adrian Pope , Vitali Morozov

Interpreting the small-scale clustering of galaxies with halo models can elucidate the connection between galaxies and dark matter halos. Unfortunately, the modelling is typically not sufficiently accurate for ruling out models…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-08 Manodeep Sinha , Andreas A. Berlind , Cameron K. McBride , Roman Scoccimarro , Jennifer A. Piscionere , Benjamin D. Wibking

Dark matter cannot be observed directly, but its weak gravitational lensing slightly distorts the apparent shapes of background galaxies, making weak lensing one of the most promising probes of cosmology. Several observational studies have…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-18 Dezső Ribli , Bálint Ármin Pataki , István Csabai

Massive cosmic neutrinos change the structure formation history by suppressing perturbations on small scales. Weak lensing data from galaxy surveys probe the structure evolution and thereby can be used to constrain the total mass of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-28 Zack Li , Jia Liu , José Manuel Zorrilla Matilla , William R. Coulton

Obtaining the set of cosmological parameters consistent with observational data is an important exercise in current cosmological research. It involves finding the global maximum of the likelihood function in the multi-dimensional parameter…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-07-03 Jayanti Prasad , Tarun Souradeep

In this paper, we study weakly dynamic undirected graphs, that can be used to represent some logistic networks. The goal is to deliver all the delivery points in the network. The network exists in a mostly stable environment, except for a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-04-11 Moustafa Nakechbandi , Jean-Yves Colin , Hervé Mathieu