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Upcoming surveys of the large-scale structure of our Universe will employ a large coverage area of about half of the sky and will significantly increase the observational depth. With these surveys, we will be able to cross-correlate CMB…

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Observations of redshift-space distortions in spectroscopic galaxy surveys offer an attractive method for observing the build-up of cosmological structure, which depends both on the expansion rate of the Universe and our theory of gravity.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-22 Martin White , Yong-Seon Song , Will J. Percival

Accurate estimation of photometric redshifts (photo-$z$) is crucial in studies of both galaxy evolution and cosmology using current and future large sky surveys. In this study, we employ Random Forest (RF), a machine learning algorithm, to…

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Based on the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 5 Galaxy Sample, we explore photometric morphology classification and redshift estimation of galaxies using photometric data and known spectroscopic redshifts. An unsupervised method,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Yanxia Zhang , Lili Li , Yongheng Zhao

In this paper we place observational constraints on the well-known $\gamma$-gravity $f(R)$ model using the latest cosmological data, namely we use the latest growth rate, Cosmic Microwave Background, Baryon Acoustic Oscillations, Supernovae…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-17 Clara Álvarez Luna , Spyros Basilakos , Savvas Nesseris

Redshift-space distortions in the clustering of galaxy clusters provide a novel probe to test the gravity theory on cosmological scales. The aim of this work is to derive new constraints on the linear growth rate of cosmic structures from…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-12 Federico Marulli , Alfonso Veropalumbo , Jorge Enrique García-Farieta , Michele Moresco , Lauro Moscardini , Andrea Cimatti

We present measurements of both scale- and time-dependent deviations from the standard gravitational field equations. These late-time modifications are introduced separately for relativistic and non-relativistic particles, by way of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-16 Andrew Johnson , Chris Blake , Jason Dossett , Jun Koda , David Parkinson , Shahab Joudaki

The large-scale structure growth index $\gamma$ provides a consistency test of the standard cosmology and is a potential indicator of modified gravity. We investigate the constraints on $\gamma$ from next-generation spectroscopic surveys,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-12-12 José Fonseca , Jan-Albert Viljoen , Roy Maartens

We present a general relativistic description of galaxy clustering in a FLRW universe. The observed redshift and position of galaxies are affected by the matter fluctuations and the gravity waves between the source galaxies and the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-29 Jaiyul Yoo , A. Liam Fitzpatrick , Matias Zaldarriaga

Measurements of the growth rate of structure, $f\sigma_8$ in the low-redshift Universe allow stringent tests of the cosmological model. In this work, we provide new constraints on $f\sigma_{8}$ at an effective redshift of $z=0.03$ using the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-19 Fei Qin , Cullan Howlett , Lister Staveley-Smith

There are two redshifts in cosmology: $z_{obs}$, the observed redshift computed via spectral lines, and the model redshift, $z$, defined by the effective FLRW scale factor. In general these do not coincide. We place observational…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-06 Bruce A. Bassett , Yabebal Fantaye , Renée Hložek , Cristiano Sabiu , Mat Smith

We estimate how clustering in large-scale redshift surveys can constrain various cosmological parameters. Depth and sky coverage of modern redshift surveys are greater than ever, opening new possibilities for statistical analysis. We have…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Takahiko Matsubara , Alexander S. Szalay

We examine the observational viability of a class of $f(\mathcal{R})$ gravity cosmological models. Particular attention is devoted to constraints from the recent observational determination of the redshift of the cosmological…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-19 Salvatore Capozziello , Omer Farooq , Orlando Luongo , Bharat Ratra

While there are no strong observational constraints on the gravitational wave background across six or more orders of magnitude between 10^{-16} Hz and 10^{-10} Hz and it is difficult to get a constraint below 10^{-12}Hz using objects in…

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We combine the LOw-Frequency ARray (LOFAR) Two-metre Sky Survey (LoTSS) second data release (DR2) catalogue with gravitational lensing maps from the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) to place constraints on the bias evolution of LoTSS radio…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-17 S. J. Nakoneczny , D. Alonso , M. Bilicki , D. J. Schwarz , C. L. Hale , A. Pollo , C. Heneka , P. Tiwari , J. Zheng , M. Brüggen , M. J. Jarvis , T. W. Shimwell

We explore the effects of incorporating redshift uncertainty into measurements of galaxy clustering and cross-correlations of galaxy positions and cosmic microwave background (CMB) lensing maps. We use a simple Gaussian model for a redshift…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-26 Ross Cawthon

We use higher-redshift gamma-ray burst (GRB), HII starburst galaxy (HIIG), and quasar angular size (QSO-AS) measurements to constrain six spatially flat and non-flat cosmological models. These three sets of cosmological constraints are…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-15 Shulei Cao , Joseph Ryan , Narayan Khadka , Bharat Ratra

Observations of distant supernovae indicate that the Universe is now in a phase of accelerated expansion the physical cause of which is a mystery. Formally, this requires the inclusion of a term acting as a negative pressure in the…

Redshift and luminosity distributions are essential for understanding the cosmic evolution of extragalactic objects and phenomena, such as galaxies, gamma-ray bursts, and fast radio bursts (FRBs). For FRBs, these distributions are primarily…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-12 Om Gupta , Paz Beniamini , Pawan Kumar , Steven L. Finkelstein