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The conventional method of generating initial conditions for cosmological N-body simulations introduces a significant error in the real-space statistical properties of the particles. More specifically, the finite box size leads to a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Edwin Sirko

Primordial non-Gaussianity is predicted by various inflationary models, and N-body simulations are a crucial tool for studying its imprints on large-scale structure. In this work, we present \texttt{GENGARS} ( GEnerator of Non-Gaussian…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-05 Emanuele Fondi , Licia Verde , Marco Baldi , William Coulton , Francisco Villaescusa-Navarro , Benjamin Dan Wandelt

Detecting and measuring a non-Gaussian signature of primordial origin in the density field is a major science goal of next-generation galaxy surveys. The signal will permit us to determine primordial physics processes and constrain models…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-15 Adam Andrews , Jens Jasche , Guilhem Lavaux , Fabian Schmidt

We present a method to reconstruct the initial conditions of the universe using observed galaxy positions and luminosities under the assumption that the luminosities can be calibrated with weak lensing to give the mean halo mass. Our method…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-24 Chirag Modi , Yu Feng , Uros Seljak

We build a field level emulator for cosmic structure formation that is accurate in the nonlinear regime. Our emulator consists of two convolutional neural networks trained to output the nonlinear displacements and velocities of N-body…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-02 Drew Jamieson , Yin Li , Renan Alves de Oliveira , Francisco Villaescusa-Navarro , Shirley Ho , David N. Spergel

The BORG algorithm is an inference engine that derives the initial conditions given a cosmological model and galaxy survey data, and produces physical reconstructions of the underlying large-scale structure by assimilating the data into the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-09 Florent Leclercq , Jens Jasche , Guilhem Lavaux , Benjamin Wandelt

We present a hybrid method for reconstructing the primordial density from late-time halos and galaxies. Our approach involves two steps: (1) apply standard Baryon Acoustic Oscillation (BAO) reconstruction to recover the large-scale features…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-03 Liam Parker , Adrian E. Bayer , Uros Seljak

Extracting accurate cosmological information from galaxy-galaxy and galaxy-matter correlation functions on non-linear scales ($\lesssim 10 h^{-1} \mathrm{Mpc}$) requires cosmological simulations. Additionally, one has to marginalise over…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-02 Johannes U. Lange , Frank C. van den Bosch , Andrew R. Zentner , Kuan Wang , Andrew P. Hearin , Hong Guo

We present N-body simulations for generic non-Gaussian initial conditions with the aim of exploring and modelling the scale-dependent halo bias. This effect is evident at very large scales requiring large simulation boxes. In addition, the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Christian Wagner , Licia Verde

Bayesian field-level inference of galaxy clustering guarantees optimal extraction of all cosmological information, provided that the data are correctly described by the forward model employed. The latter is unfortunately never strictly the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-08 Fabian Schmidt

New generation galaxy surveys targeting constraints on local primordial non-Gaussianity (PNG) demand $N$-body simulations that accurately reproduce its effects. In this work, we explore various prescriptions for the initial conditions of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-14 Adrian G. Adame , Santiago Avila , Violeta Gonzalez-Perez , Oliver Hahn , Gustavo Yepes , Marc Manera

We study the nonlinear $E$-mode clustering in Lagrangian space by using large scale structure $N$-body simulations and use the displacement field information in Lagrangian space to recover the primordial linear density field. We find that,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-28 Hao-Ran Yu , Ue-Li Pen , Hong-Ming Zhu

We apply the BORG algorithm to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 7 main sample galaxies. The method results in the physical inference of the initial density field at a scale factor $a~=~10^{-3}$, evolving gravitationally to the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-06 Florent Leclercq

We construct a field-based Bayesian Hierarchical Model for cosmic shear that includes, for the first time, the important astrophysical systematics of intrinsic alignments and baryon feedback, in addition to a gravity model. We add to the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-12 Natalia Porqueres , Alan Heavens , Daniel Mortlock , Guilhem Lavaux , T. Lucas Makinen

The optimal selection of experimental conditions is essential to maximizing the value of data for inference and prediction, particularly in situations where experiments are time-consuming and expensive to conduct. We propose a general…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2012-12-04 Xun Huan , Youssef M. Marzouk

We present a novel approach to generate higher-order initial conditions (ICs) for cosmological simulations that take into account the distinct evolution of baryons and dark matter. We focus on the numerical implementation and the validation…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-13 Oliver Hahn , Cornelius Rampf , Cora Uhlemann

Motivated by recent developments in perturbative calculations of the nonlinear evolution of large-scale structure, we present an iterative algorithm to reconstruct the initial conditions in a given volume starting from the dark matter…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-01 Marcel Schmittfull , Tobias Baldauf , Matias Zaldarriaga

We summarise a new approach for measuring the Hubble constant using standard sirens and the reconstructed matter density field obtained from observed galaxy surveys. Specifically, we describe and test this method using the Bayesian…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-12 Supranta S. Boruah , Ghazal Geshnizjani , Guilhem Lavaux

We present a pipeline for characterizing and constraining initial conditions in cosmology via persistent homology. The cosmological observable of interest is the cosmic web of large scale structure, and the initial conditions in question…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-08 Alex Cole , Matteo Biagetti , Gary Shiu

Primordial non-Gaussianities (PNGs) are features in the initial density field that provide a window into the nonlinear dynamics of particles during the inflationary epoch. Among them, a distinctive set of signatures from "cosmological…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-02 Dhayaa Anbajagane , Hayden Lee