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We present an independent calibration of the photometric redshift (photo-$z$) distributions for source galaxies in the HSC-Y3 weak lensing survey using small-scale galaxy-galaxy lensing. By measuring the tangential shear around…

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We present a maximum likelihood analysis of cosmological parameters from measurements of the aperture mass up to 35 arcmin, using simulated and real cosmic shear data. A four-dimensional parameter space is explored which examines the mean…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 L. Van Waerbeke , Y. Mellier , R. Pello , U-L. Pen , H. J. McCracken , B. Jain

Dark energy can be investigated in two complementary ways, by considering either general parameterizations or physically well-defined models. Following the second route, we explore the constraints on quintessence models where the…

We present high-fidelity cosmology results from a blinded joint analysis of galaxy-galaxy weak lensing ($\Delta\!\Sigma$) and projected galaxy clustering ($w_{\rm p}$) measured from the Hyper Suprime-Cam Year-1 (HSC-Y1) data and…

We explore the viable $f(R)$ gravity models in FLRW backgrounds with a free spatial curvature parameter $\Omega_{K}$. In our numerical calculation, we concentrate on the exponential $f(R)$ model of $f(R) = R - \lambda…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-18 Chao-Qiang Geng , Yan-Ting Hsu , Jhih-Rong Lu

$\textit{Euclid}$ will provide a powerful compilation of data including spectroscopic redshifts, the angular clustering of galaxies, weak lensing cosmic shear, and the cross-correlation of these last two photometric observables. In this…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-11 S. Casas , V. F. Cardone , D. Sapone , N. Frusciante , F. Pace , G. Parimbelli , M. Archidiacono , K. Koyama , I. Tutusaus , S. Camera , M. Martinelli , V. Pettorino , Z. Sakr , L. Lombriser , A. Silvestri , M. Pietroni , F. Vernizzi , M. Kunz , T. Kitching , A. Pourtsidou , F. Lacasa , C. Carbone , J. Garcia-Bellido , N. Aghanim , B. Altieri , A. Amara , N. Auricchio , M. Baldi , C. Bodendorf , E. Branchini , M. Brescia , J. Brinchmann , V. Capobianco , J. Carretero , M. Castellano , S. Cavuoti , A. Cimatti , R. Cledassou , G. Congedo , C. J. Conselice , L. Conversi , Y. Copin , L. Corcione , F. Courbin , H. M. Courtois , A. DaSilva , H. Degaudenzi , F. Dubath , C. A. J. Duncan , X. Dupac , S. Dusini , S. Farrens , S. Ferriol , P. Fosalba , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , M. Fumana , S. Galeotta , B. Garilli , W. Gillard , B. Gillis , C. Giocoli , A. Grazian , F. Grupp , L. Guzzo , S. V. H. Haugan , F. Hormuth , A. Hornstrup , P. Hudelot , K. Jahnke , S. Kermiche , A. Kiessling , M. Kilbinger , H. Kurki-Suonio , S. Ligori , P. B. Lilje , I. Lloro , E. Maiorano , O. Mansutti , O. Marggraf , F. Marulli , R. Massey , E. Medinaceli , Y. Mellier , M. Meneghetti , E. Merlin , G. Meylan , M. Moresco , L. Moscardini , E. Munari , S. -M. Niemi , C. Padilla , S. Paltani , F. Pasian , K. Pedersen , W. J. Percival , S. Pires , G. Polenta , M. Poncet , L. A. Popa , F. Raison , A. Renzi , J. Rhodes , G. Riccio , E. Romelli , M. Roncarelli , E. Rossetti , R. Saglia , B. Sartoris , V. Scottez , A. Secroun , G. Seidel , S. Serrano , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , L. Stanco , J. -L. Starck , C. Surace , P. Tallada-Crespí , A. N. Taylor , I. Tereno , R. Toledo-Moreo , F. Torradeflot , E. A. Valentijn , L. Valenziano , T. Vassallo , Y. Wang , J. Weller , J. Zoubian

We investigate the constraint ability of the gravitational wave (GW) as the standard siren on the cosmological parameters by using the third-generation gravitational wave detector: the Einstein Telescope. We simulate the luminosity…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-21 Rong-Gen Cai , Tao Yang

We have developed a new three-dimensional algorithm, based on the standard P$^3$M method, for computing deflections due to weak gravitational lensing. We compare the results of this method with those of the two-dimensional planar approach,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 H. M. P. Couchman , Andrew J. Barber , Peter A. Thomas

Since the discovery of the accelerated expansion of the Universe in 1998, modified gravity (MG) theories have attracted considerable attention as alternatives to dark energy (DE). While distinguishing the effects of MG from those of DE…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-16 Alejandro Aviles

Owing to their more extensive sky coverage and tighter control on systematic errors, future deep weak lensing surveys should provide a better statistical picture of the dark matter clustering beyond the level of the power spectrum. In this…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Dipak Munshi , Joseph Smidt , Alan Heavens , Peter Coles , Asantha Cooray

We explore the cosmological constraints from cosmic shear using a new way of modelling the non-linear matter correlation functions. The new formalism extends the method of Angulo & White (2010), which manipulates outputs of $N$-body…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 Raul E. Angulo , Stefan Hilbert

Dedicated 'Stage IV' observatories will soon observe the entire extragalactic sky, to measure the 'cosmic shear' distortion of galaxy shapes by weak gravitational lensing. To measure the apparent shapes of those galaxies, we present an…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-08 Xiangchong Li , Yin Li , Richard Massey

Weak gravitational lensing (WL) surveys provide insight into the matter distribution over an extensive range of scales. Current WL results are in mild tension with cosmic microwave background measurements from the early Universe.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-07 Jeger C. Broxterman , Konrad Kuijken

Cosmological weak lensing by the large scale structure of the Universe, cosmic shear, is coming of age as a powerful probe of the parameters describing the cosmological model and matter power spectrum. It complements CMB studies, by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Patrick Simon , Lindsay J. King , Peter Schneider

We constrained minimally extended cosmological models with the cosmic shear analysis of the final data release from the Kilo-Degree Survey (KiDS-Legacy) in combination with external probes. Due to the consistency of the KiDS-Legacy analysis…

We investigate the viable exponential $f(R)$ gravity in the metric formalism with $f(R)=-\beta R_s (1-e^{-R/R_s})$. The latest sample of the Hubble parameter measurements with 23 data points is used to place bounds on this $f(R)$ model. A…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-05 Yun Chen , Chao-Qiang Geng , Chung-Chi Lee , Ling-Wei Luo , Zong-Hong Zhu

In recent years, shear catalogs have been released by various Stage-III weak lensing surveys including the Kilo-Degree Survey, the Dark Energy Survey, and the Hyper Suprime-Cam Subaru Strategic Program. These shear catalogs have undergone…

In the past few years, several independent collaborations have presented cosmological constraints from tomographic cosmic shear analyses. These analyses differ in many aspects: the datasets, the shear and photometric redshift estimation…

The idea that we live in a Universe undergoing a period of acceleration is a strongly held notion in cosmology. As this can, potentially, be explained with a modification to General Relativity we look at current cosmological data with the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 Shaun A. Thomas , Filipe B. Abdalla , Jochen Weller

Weak gravitational lensing is becoming a mature technique for constraining cosmological parameters, and future surveys will be able to constrain the dark energy equation of state $w$. When analyzing galaxy surveys, redshift information has…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-07 Andrea Petri , Morgan May , Zoltán Haiman