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Dark Energy Survey Year 1 Results: Galaxy-Galaxy Lensing

We present galaxy-galaxy lensing measurements from 1321 sq. deg. of the Dark Energy Survey (DES) Year 1 (Y1) data. The lens sample consists of a selection of 660,000 red galaxies with high-precision photometric redshifts, known as redMaGiC,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-05 J. Prat , C. Sánchez , Y. Fang , D. Gruen , J. Elvin-Poole , N. Kokron , L. F. Secco , B. Jain , R. Miquel , N. MacCrann , M. A. Troxel , A. Alarcon , D. Bacon , G. M. Bernstein , J. Blazek , R. Cawthon , C. Chang , M. Crocce , C. Davis , J. De Vicente , J. P. Dietrich , A. Drlica-Wagner , O. Friedrich , M. Gatti , W. G. Hartley , B. Hoyle , E. M. Huff , M. Jarvis , M. M. Rau , R. P. Rollins , A. J. Ross , E. Rozo , E. S. Rykoff , S. Samuroff , E. Sheldon , T. N. Varga , P. Vielzeuf , J. Zuntz , T. M. C. Abbott , F. B. Abdalla , S. Allam , J. Annis , K. Bechtol , A. Benoit-Lévy , E. Bertin , D. Brooks , E. Buckley-Geer , D. L. Burke , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , C. E. Cunha , C. B. D'Andrea , L. N. da Costa , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , S. Dodelson , T. F. Eifler , E. Fernandez , B. Flaugher , P. Fosalba , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , E. Gaztanaga , D. W. Gerdes , T. Giannantonio , D. A. Goldstein , R. A. Gruendl , J. Gschwend , G. Gutierrez , K. Honscheid , D. J. James , T. Jeltema , M. W. G. Johnson , M. D. Johnson , D. Kirk , E. Krause , K. Kuehn , S. Kuhlmann , O. Lahav , T. S. Li , M. Lima , M. A. G. Maia , M. March , J. L. Marshall , P. Martini , P. Melchior , F. Menanteau , J. J. Mohr , R. C. Nichol , B. Nord , A. A. Plazas , A. K. Romer , A. Roodman , M. Sako , E. Sanchez , V. Scarpine , R. Schindler , M. Schubnell , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , M. Smith , R. C. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , F. Sobreira , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , D. L. Tucker , V. Vikram , A. R. Walker , R. H. Wechsler , B. Yanny , Y. Zhang

X-ray Properties of the First SZE-selected Galaxy Cluster Sample from the South Pole Telescope

We present results of X-ray observations of a sample of 15 clusters selected via their imprint on the cosmic microwave background (CMB) from the thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect. These clusters are a subset of the first SZ-selected…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-02-06 K. Andersson , B. A. Benson , P. A. R. Ade , K. A. Aird , B. Armstrong , M. Bautz , L. E. Bleem , M. Brodwin , J. E. Carlstrom , C. L. Chang , T. M. Crawford , A. T. Crites , T. de Haan , S. Desai , M. A. Dobbs , J. P. Dudley , R. J. Foley , W. R. Forman , G. Garmire , E. M. George , M. D. Gladders , N. W. Halverson , F. W. High , G. P. Holder , W. L. Holzapfel , J. D. Hrubes , C. Jones , M. Joy , R. Keisler , L. Knox , A. T. Lee , E. M. Leitch , M. Lueker , D. P. Marrone , J. J. McMahon , J. Mehl , S. S. Meyer , J. J. Mohr , T. E. Montroy , S. S. Murray , S. Padin , T. Plagge , C. Pryke , C. L. Reichardt , A. Rest , J. Ruel , J. E. Ruhl , K. K. Schaffer , L. Shaw , E. Shirokoff , J. Song , H. G. Spieler , B. Stalder , Z. Staniszewski , A. A. Stark , C. W. Stubbs , K. Vanderlinde , J. D. Vieira , A. Vikhlinin , R. Williamson , Y. Yang , O. Zahn

A Parametrized Galaxy Catalog Simulator For Testing Cluster Finding, Mass Estimation and Photometric Redshift Estimation in Optical and Near Infrared Surveys

We present a galaxy catalog simulator which turns N-body simulations with subhalos into multiband photometric mocks. The simulator assigns galaxy properties to each subhalo to reproduce the observed cluster galaxy halo occupation…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Jeeseon Song , Joseph J. Mohr , Wayne A. Barkhouse , Michael S. Warren , Cody Rude

Galaxy Clustering and Galaxy Bias in a Lambda-CDM Universe

We investigate galaxy clustering and galaxy-mass correlations in the LCDM cosmological model using a large volume SPH simulation. For the most part, the predicted biases between galaxies and dark matter lead to good agreement with current…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 David H. Weinberg , Romeel Dav'e , Neal Katz , Lars Hernquist

Dark Energy Survey Year 6 Results: Redshift Calibration of the MagLim++ Lens Sample

In this work, we derive and calibrate the redshift distribution of the MagLim++ lens galaxy sample used in the Dark Energy Survey Year 6 (DES Y6) 3x2pt cosmology analysis. The 3x2pt analysis combines galaxy clustering from the lens galaxy…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-10 G. Giannini , A. Alarcon , W. d'Assignies , G. M. Bernstein , M. A. Troxel , C. Chang , B. Yin , A. Amon , J. Myles , N. Weaverdyck , A. Porredon , D. Anbajagane , S. Avila , K. Bechtol , M. R. Becker , J. Blazek , M. Crocce , D. Gruen , M. Rodriguez-Monroy , C. Sánchez , D. Sanchez Cid , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , M. Aguena , S. Allam , O. Alves , F. Andrade-Oliveira , D. Bacon , S. Bocquet , D. Brooks , R. Camilleri , A. Carnero Rosell , J. Carretero , R. Cawthon , L. N. da Costa , M. E. da Silva Pereira , T. M. Davis , J. De Vicente , D. L. DePoy , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , S. Dodelson , P. Doel , C. Doux , A. Drlica-Wagner , J. Elvin-Poole , S. Everett , A. E. Evrard , B. Flaugher , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , M. Gatti , E. Gaztanaga , P. Giles , R. A. Gruendl , G. Gutierrez , K. Herner , S. R. Hinton , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , D. Huterer , D. J. James , K. Kuehn , O. Lahav , S. Lee , H. Lin , J. L. Marshall , J. Mena-Fernández , F. Menanteau , R. Miquel , J. Muir , R. L. C. Ogando , D. Petravick , A. A. Plazas Malagón , J. Prat , M. Raveri , E. S. Rykoff , S. Samuroff , E. Sanchez , T. Shin , M. Smith , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , C. To , D. L. Tucker , V. Vikram , M. Yamamoto

Cosmological constraints from abundance, weak-lensing and clustering of galaxy clusters: application to the SDSS

The clustering of galaxy clusters is a powerful cosmological tool, which can help to break degeneracies between parameters when combined with other cosmological observables. We aim to demonstrate its potential in constraining cosmological…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-16 Alessandra Fumagalli , Matteo Costanzi , Alexandro Saro , Tiago Castro , Stefano Borgani

Mass Variance from Archival X-ray Properties of Dark Energy Survey Year-1 Galaxy Clusters

Using archival X-ray observations and a log-normal population model, we estimate constraints on the intrinsic scatter in halo mass at fixed optical richness for a galaxy cluster sample identified in Dark Energy Survey Year-One (DES-Y1) data…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-02 A. Farahi , X. Chen , A. E. Evrard , D. L. Hollowood , R. Wilkinson , S. Bhargava , P. Giles , A. K. Romer , T. Jeltema , M. Hilton , A. Bermeo , J. Mayers , C. Vergara Cervantes , E. Rozo , E. S. Rykoff , C. Collins , M. Costanzi , S. Everett , A. R. Liddle , R. G. Mann , A. Mantz , P. Rooney , M. Sahlen , J. Stott , P. T. P. Viana , Y. Zhang , J. Annis , S. Avila , D. Brooks , E. Buckley-Geer , D. L. Burke , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , L. N. da Costa , J. De Vicente , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , J. P. Dietrich , P. Doel , B. Flaugher , P. Fosalba , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , E. Gaztanaga , D. W. Gerdes , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , J. Gschwend , G. Gutierrez , K. Honscheid , D. J. James , E. Krause , K. Kuehn , N. Kuropatkin , M. Lima , M. A. G. Maia , J. L. Marshall , P. Melchior , F. Menanteau , R. Miquel , R. L. C. Ogando , A. A. Plazas , E. Sanchez , V. Scarpine , M. Schubnell , S. Serrano , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , M. Smith , F. Sobreira , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , D. L. Tucker , V. Vikram , A. R. Walker , J. Weller

Probing the Relation Between X-ray-Derived and Weak-Lensing-Derived Masses for Shear-Selected Galaxy Clusters: I. A781

We compare X-ray and weak-lensing masses for four galaxy clusters that comprise the top-ranked shear-selected cluster system in the Deep Lens Survey. The weak-lensing observations of this system, which is associated with A781, are from the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Neelima Sehgal , John P. Hughes , David Wittman , Vera Margoniner , J. Anthony Tyson , Perry Gee , Ian Dell'Antonio

Weak Lensing Analysis of SPT selected Galaxy Clusters using Dark Energy Survey Science Verification Data

We present weak lensing (WL) mass constraints for a sample of massive galaxy clusters detected by the South Pole Telescope (SPT) via the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect (SZE). We use $griz$ imaging data obtained from the Science Verification (SV)…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-30 C. Stern , J. P. Dietrich , S. Bocquet , D. Applegate , J. J. Mohr , S. L. Bridle , M. Carrasco Kind , D. Gruen , M. Jarvis , T. Kacprzak , A. Saro , E. Sheldon , M. A. Troxel , J. Zuntz , B. A. Benson , R. Capasso , I. Chiu , S. Desai , D. Rapetti , C. L. Reichardt , B. Saliwanchik , T. Schrabback , N. Gupta , T. M. C. Abbott , F. B. Abdalla , S. Avila , E. Bertin , D. Brooks , D. L. Burke , A. Carnero Rosell , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , C. B. D'Andrea , L. N. da Costa , C. Davis , J. De Vicente , H. T. Diehl , P. Doel , J. Estrada , A. E. Evrard , B. Flaugher , P. Fosalba , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , E. Gaztanaga , R. A. Gruendl , J. Gschwend , G. Gutierrez , D. Hollowood , T. Jeltema , D. Kirk , K. Kuehn , N. Kuropatkin , O. Lahav , M. Lima , M. A. G. Maia , M. March , P. Melchior , F. Menanteau , R. Miquel , A. A. Plazas , A. K. Romer , E. Sanchez , R. Schindler , M. Schubnell , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , M. Smith , R. C. Smith , F. Sobreira , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , A. R. Walker

Combination of cluster number counts and two-point correlations: Validation on Mock Dark Energy Survey

We present a method of combining cluster abundances and large-scale two-point correlations, namely galaxy clustering, galaxy--cluster cross-correlations, cluster auto-correlations, and cluster lensing. This data vector yields comparable…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-03 C. To , E. Krause , E. Rozo , H. Wu , D. Gruen , J. DeRose , E. S. Rykoff , R. H. Wechsler , M. R. Becker , M. Costanzi , T. Eifler , M. E. S. Pereira , N. Kokron

Dark Energy Survey Year 3 Results: Galaxy clustering and systematics treatment for lens galaxy samples

In this work we present the galaxy clustering measurements of the two DES lens galaxy samples: a magnitude-limited sample optimized for the measurement of cosmological parameters, MagLim, and a sample of luminous red galaxies selected with…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-09 M. Rodríguez-Monroy , N. Weaverdyck , J. Elvin-Poole , M. Crocce , A. Carnero Rosell , F. Andrade-Oliveira , S. Avila , K. Bechtol , G. M. Bernstein , J. Blazek , H. Camacho , R. Cawthon , J. De Vicente , J. DeRose , S. Dodelson , S. Everett , X. Fang , I. Ferrero , A. Ferté , O. Friedrich , E. Gaztanaga , G. Giannini , R. A. Gruendl , W. G. Hartley , K. Herner , E. M. Huff , M. Jarvis , E. Krause , N. MacCrann , J. Mena-Fernández , J. Muir , S. Pandey , Y. Park , A. Porredon , J. Prat , R. Rosenfeld , A. J. Ross , E. Rozo , E. S. Rykoff , E. Sanchez , D. Sanchez Cid , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , M. Tabbutt , C. To , E. L. Wagoner , R. H. Wechsler , M. Aguena , S. Allam , A. Amon , J. Annis , D. Bacon , E. Baxter , E. Bertin , S. Bhargava , D. Brooks , D. L. Burke , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , A. Choi , C. Conselice , M. Costanzi , L. N. da Costa , M. E. S. Pereira , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , B. Flaugher , P. Fosalba , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , T. Giannantonio , D. Gruen , J. Gschwend , G. Gutierrez , S. R. Hinton , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , D. Huterer , B. Jain , D. J. James , K. Kuehn , N. Kuropatkin , M. Lima , M. A. G. Maia , M. March , J. L. Marshall , P. Melchior , F. Menanteau , C. J. Miller , R. Miquel , J. J. Mohr , R. Morgan , A. Palmese , F. Paz-Chinchón , A. Pieres , A. A. Plazas Malagón , A. Roodman , V. Scarpine , S. Serrano , M. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , E. Suchyta , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , T. N. Varga

Dark Energy Survey: Modeling strategy for multiprobe cluster cosmology and validation for the Full Six-year Dataset

We introduce an updated To&Krause2021 model for joint analyses of cluster abundances and large-scale two-point correlations of weak lensing and galaxy and cluster clustering (termed CL+3x2pt analysis) and validate that this model meets the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-19 Chun-Hao To , Elisabeth Krause , Chihway Chang , Hao-Yi Wu , Risa H. Wechsler , Eduardo Rozo , David H. Weinberg , D. Anbajagane , S. Avila , J. Blazek , S. Bocquet , M. Costanzi , J. De Vicente , J. Elvin-Poole , A. Ferté , S. Grandis , J. Muir , A. Porredon , S. Samuroff , E. Sanchez , D. Sanchez Cid , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , N. Weaverdyck , T. M. C. Abbott , M. Aguena , F. Andrade-Oliveira , D. Bacon , M. R. Becker , D. Brooks , A. Carnero Rosell , J. Carretero , A. Choi , L. N. da Costa , M. E. S. Pereira , T. M. Davis , S. Desai , P. Doel , S. Everett , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , M. Gatti , E. Gaztanaga , G. Giannini , D. Gruen , G. Gutierrez , S. R. Hinton , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , T. Jeltema , K. Kuehn , S. Lee , J. L. Marshall , J. Mena-Fern , R. Miquel , J. J. Mohr , J. Myles , A. Palmese , A. A. Plazas Malagón , A. K. Romer , T. Shin , M. Smith , E. Suchyta , G. Tarle , V. Vikram , A. R. Walker , J. Weller

Improved Cosmological Constraints from SDSS redMaPPer Clusters via X-ray Follow-up of a Complete Subsample of Systems

We improve upon the cosmological constraints derived from the abundance and weak-lensing data of redMaPPer clusters detected in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). Specifically, we derive gas mass data using Chandra X-ray follow-up of a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-11-18 Matthew Kirby , Eduardo Rozo , R. Glenn Morris , Steven W. Allen , Matteo Costanzi , Tesla E. Jeltema , Adam B. Mantz , A. Kathy Romer , E. S. Rykoff , Anja von der Linden

Cosmological constraints from Planck galaxy clusters with CMB lensing mass bias calibration

We present a new cosmological analysis of the galaxy clusters in the Planck MMF3 cosmology sample with a cosmic microwave background (CMB) lensing calibration of the cluster masses. As demonstrated by Planck, galaxy clusters detected via…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-22 Íñigo Zubeldia , Anthony Challinor

Precise Clustering and Density Evolution of redMaPPer Galaxy Clusters versus MXXL Simulation

We construct a large, redshift complete sample of distant galaxy clusters by correlating Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release 12 (DR12) redshifts with clusters identified with the red-sequence Matched-filter Probabilistic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-07 Pablo Jimeno , Tom Broadhurst , Ruth Lazkoz , Raul Angulo , Jose-Maria Diego , Keiichi Umetsu , Ming-chung Chu

Dark Energy Survey Year 3 Results: Redshift Calibration of the Weak Lensing Source Galaxies

Determining the distribution of redshifts of galaxies observed by wide-field photometric experiments like the Dark Energy Survey is an essential component to mapping the matter density field with gravitational lensing. In this work we…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-30 J. Myles , A. Alarcon , A. Amon , C. Sánchez , S. Everett , J. DeRose , J. McCullough , D. Gruen , G. M. Bernstein , M. A. Troxel , S. Dodelson , A. Campos , N. MacCrann , B. Yin , M. Raveri , A. Amara , M. R. Becker , A. Choi , J. Cordero , K. Eckert , M. Gatti , G. Giannini , J. Gschwend , R. A. Gruendl , I. Harrison , W. G. Hartley , E. M. Huff , N. Kuropatkin , H. Lin , D. Masters , R. Miquel , J. Prat , A. Roodman , E. S. Rykoff , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , E. Sheldon , R. H. Wechsler , B. Yanny , T. M. C. Abbott , M. Aguena , S. Allam , J. Annis , D. Bacon , E. Bertin , S. Bhargava , S. L. Bridle , D. Brooks , D. L. Burke , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , C. Conselice , M. Costanzi , M. Crocce , L. N. da Costa , M. E. S. Pereira , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , T. F. Eifler , J. Elvin-Poole , A. E. Evrard , I. Ferrero , A. Ferté , B. Flaugher , P. Fosalba , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , E. Gaztanaga , T. Giannantonio , S. R. Hinton , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , B. Hoyle , D. Huterer , D. J. James , E. Krause , K. Kuehn , O. Lahav , M. Lima , M. A. G. Maia , J. L. Marshall , P. Martini , P. Melchior , F. Menanteau , J. J. Mohr , R. Morgan , J. Muir , R. L. C. Ogando , A. Palmese , F. Paz-Chinchón , A. A. Plazas , M. Rodriguez-Monroy , S. Samuroff , E. Sanchez , V. Scarpine , L. F. Secco , S. Serrano , M. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , C. To , T. N. Varga , J. Weller , W. Wester

CODEX clusters. The Survey, the Catalog, and Cosmology of the X-ray Luminosity Function

Large area catalogs of galaxy clusters constructed from ROSAT All Sky Survey provide the base for our knowledge on the population of clusters thanks to the long-term multiwavelength efforts on their follow-up. Advent of large area…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-01 A. Finoguenov , E. Rykoff , N. Clerc , M. Costanzi , S. Hagstotz , J. Ider Chitham , K. Kiiveri , C. C. Kirkpatrick , R. Capasso , J. Comparat , S. Damsted , R. Dupke , G. Erfanianfar , J. Patrick Henry , F. Kaefer , J-P. Kneib , V. Lindholm , E. Rozo , L. van Waerbeke , J. Weller

CLASH: Joint Analysis of Strong-Lensing, Weak-Lensing Shear and Magnification Data for 20 Galaxy Clusters

We present a comprehensive analysis of strong-lensing, weak-lensing shear and magnification data for a sample of 16 X-ray-regular and 4 high-magnification galaxy clusters selected from the CLASH survey. Our analysis combines constraints…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-27 Keiichi Umetsu , Adi Zitrin , Daniel Gruen , Julian Merten , Megan Donahue , Marc Postman

CLIMBER: Galaxy-Halo Connection Constraints from Next-Generation Surveys

In the coming decade, a new generation of massively multiplexed spectroscopic surveys, such as PFS, WAVES, and MOONS, will probe galaxies in the distant universe in vastly greater numbers than was previously possible. In this work, we…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-09 Alan N. Pearl , Rachel Bezanson , Andrew R. Zentner , Jeffrey A. Newman , Andy D. Goulding , Katherine E. Whitaker , Sean D. Johnson , Jenny E. Greene

Perturbation theory models for LSST-era galaxy clustering: tests with sub-percent mock catalog measurements in Fourier and configuration space

We analyze the clustering of galaxies using the z=1.006 snapshot of the CosmoDC2 simulation, a high-fidelity synthetic galaxy catalog designed to validate analysis methods for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST). We present…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-06-22 Samuel Goldstein , Shivam Pandey , Anže Slosar , Jonathan Blazek , Bhuvnesh Jain , The LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration