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In this paper, we motivate the use of galaxy clustering measurements using photometric redshift information, including a contribution from flux magnification, as a probe of cosmology. We present cosmological forecasts when clustering data…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Christopher Duncan , Benjamin Joachimi , Alan Heavens , Catherine Heymans , Hendrik Hildebrandt

The observed large-scale structure of the Universe is not a direct measure on the underlying distribution of matter. These observations are subtly distorted by gravitational lensing effects, which leave imprints on the statistical…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-01 T. Sinde , J. Fonseca

Intensity mapping surveys will provide access to a coarse view of the cosmic large-scale structure in unprecedented large volumes at high redshifts. Given the large fractions of the sky that can be efficiently scanned using emission from…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-09 Oliver Leicht , Cora Uhlemann , Francisco Villaescusa-Navarro , Sandrine Codis , Lars Hernquist , Shy Genel

Line-intensity mapping (LIM) provides a promising way to probe cosmology, reionization and galaxy evolution. However, its sensitivity to cosmology and astrophysics at the same time is also a nuisance. Here we develop a comprehensive…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-21 José Luis Bernal , Patrick C. Breysse , Héctor Gil-Marín , Ely D. Kovetz

Line intensity mapping (LIM) provides a unique and powerful means to probe cosmic structures by measuring the aggregate line emission from all galaxies across redshift. The method is complementary to conventional galaxy redshift surveys…

We study how 21 cm intensity mapping can be used to measure gravitational lensing over a wide range of redshift. This can extend weak lensing measurements to higher redshifts than are accessible with conventional galaxy surveys. We…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-03-11 A. Pourtsidou , R. Benton Metcalf

The number density and correlation function of galaxies are two key quantities to characterize the distribution of the observed galaxy population. High-$z$ spectroscopic surveys, which usually involve complex target selection and are…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-02-05 Jiacheng Meng , Cheng Li , Houjun Mo , Yangyao Chen , Kai Wang

We develop new methods to study the properties of galaxy redshift surveys and radial peculiar velocity surveys, both individually and combined. We derive the Fisher information matrix for redshift surveys, including redshift distortions and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Daniel Burkey , Andy Taylor

We quantify the prospects for using emission lines from rotational transitions of the CO molecule to perform an `intensity mapping' observation at high redshift during the Epoch of Reionization (EoR). The aim of CO intensity mapping is to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Adam Lidz , Steven R. Furlanetto , S. Peng Oh , James Aguirre , Tzu-Ching Chang , Olivier Doré , Jonathan R. Pritchard

We explore the potential of using intensity mapping surveys (MeerKAT, SKA) and optical galaxy surveys (DES, LSST) to detect HI clustering and weak gravitational lensing of 21cm emission in auto- and cross-correlation. Our forecasts show…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-18 Alkistis Pourtsidou , David Bacon , Robert Crittenden , R. Benton Metcalf

Cosmological observations usually map our present-day past light cone. However, it is also possible to compare different past light cones. This is the concept behind the redshift drift, a model-independent probe of fundamental cosmology. In…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-12 C. S. Alves , A. C. O. Leite , C. J. A. P. Martins , J. G. B. Matos , T. A. Silva

Cosmic shear is a powerful method to constrain cosmology, provided that any systematic effects are under control. The intrinsic alignment of galaxies is expected to severely bias parameter estimates if not taken into account. We explore the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 B. Joachimi , S. L. Bridle

Constraints on primordial non-Gaussianity (PNG) will shed light on the origin of primordial fluctuations and the physics of the early universe. The intensity mapping technique is a promising probe of structure formation on large scales; at…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-27 Azadeh Moradinezhad Dizgah , Garrett K. Keating

The existence of galaxy intrinsic clustering severely hampers the weak lensing reconstruction from cosmic magnification. In paper I \citep{Yang2011}, we proposed a minimal variance estimator to overcome this problem. By utilizing the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-21 Xinjuan Yang , Pengjie Zhang , Jun Zhang , Yu Yu

Intensity mapping experiments survey the spectrum of diffuse line radiation rather than detect individual objects at high signal-to-noise. Spectral maps of unresolved atomic and molecular line radiation contain three-dimensional information…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-19 Eric R. Switzer , Tzu-Ching Chang , Kiyoshi W. Masui , Ue-Li Pen , Tabitha C. Voytek

We measure the harmonic-space auto-power spectrum of the galaxy overdensity in the LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey (LoTSS) First Data Release and its cross correlation with the map of the lensing convergence of the cosmic microwave background…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-20 David Alonso , Emilio Bellini , Catherine Hale , Matt J. Jarvis , Dominik J. Schwarz

Intensity mapping is a promising technique for surveying the large scale structure of our Universe from $z=0$ to $z \sim 150$, using the brightness temperature field of spectral lines to directly observe previously unexplored portions of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-21 Adrian Liu , Yunfan Zhang , Aaron R. Parsons

We present a systematic study of the intensity mapping technique using updated models for the different emission lines from galaxies and identify which ones are more promising for cosmological studies of the post reionization epoch. We…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-05-25 José Fonseca , Marta B. Silva , Mário G. Santos , Asantha Cooray

Calibrating the photometric redshifts of >10^9 galaxies for upcoming weak lensing cosmology experiments is a major challenge for the astrophysics community. The path to obtaining the required spectroscopic redshifts for training and…

Line intensity mapping is emerging as a novel method that can measure the collective intensity fluctuations of atomic/molecular line emission from distant galaxies. Several observational programs with various wavelengths are ongoing and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-12-15 Kana Moriwaki , Naoki Yoshida