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We present cosmological parameter constraints from the SFI++ galaxy peculiar velocity survey, the largest galaxy peculiar velocity sample to date. The analysis is performed by using the gridding method developed in Abate et al. (2008). We…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Alexandra Abate , Pirin Erdogdu

We present precise constraints on the normalization of the power spectrum of mass fluctuations in the nearby universe, sigma_8, as a function of the mean local matter density, Omega_m. Using the observed local X-ray luminosity function of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 S. W. Allen , R. W. Schmidt , A. C. Fabian , H. Ebeling

We determine the linear amplitude of mass fluctuations in the universe, sigma_8, from the abundance of massive clusters at redshifts z=0.5 to 0.8. The evolution of massive clusters depends exponentially on the amplitude of mass fluctuations…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Neta A. Bahcall , Paul Bode

The knowledge of the redshift of multiple images in cluster-lenses allows to determine precisely the total projected mass within the Einstein radius. The observation of various multiple images in a same cluster is opening new possibilities…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Golse , J. -P. Kneib , G. Soucail

We investigate whether the two cosmological discrepancies on the Hubble constant ($H_0$) and the matter fluctuation parameter ($\sigma_8$) are suggesting and compatible with the existence of an additional one on the matter density. Knowing…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-23 Ziad Sakr

We analyse various low-redshift cosmological data from Type-Ia Supernova, Baryon Acoustic Oscillations, Time-Delay measurements using Strong-Lensing, $H(z)$ measurements using Cosmic Chronometers and growth measurements from large scale…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-11-06 Koushik Dutta , Anirban Roy , Ruchika , Anjan A Sen , M. M. Sheikh-Jabbari

We present measurements of the cosmic shear correlation in the shapes of galaxies in the Suprime-Cam 2.1 deg^2 R_c-band imaging data. As an estimator of the shear correlation originated from the gravitational lensing, we adopt the aperture…

In order to investigate the origin of the ongoing tension between the amplitude of matter fluctuations measured by weak lensing experiments at low redshifts and the value inferred from the cosmic microwave background anisotropies, we…

We investigate the dependence of ellipticities of clusters of galaxies on cosmological parameters using large-scale cosmological simulations. We determine cluster ellipticities out to redshift unity for LCDM models with different mean…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Shirley Ho , Neta Bahcall , Paul Bode

In recent years, the availability of large, complete cluster samples has enabled numerous cosmological parameter inference analyses using cluster number counts. These have provided constraints on the cosmic matter density $\Omega_m$ and the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-23 P. S. Corasaniti , M. Sereno , S. Ettori

Despite the broad successes of the flat $\Lambda$CDM model and its fitness to the various cosmological observations, it confronts challenges stemming from anomalies in the measurements of the Hubble constant ($H_0$) and the amplitude of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-28 Saeed Pourojaghi , Mohammad Malekjani

As weak lensing surveys go deeper, there is an increasing need for reliable characterization of non-Gaussian structures at small angular scales. Here we present the first cosmological constraints with weak lensing scattering transform, a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-12 Sihao Cheng , Gabriela A. Marques , Daniela Grandón , Leander Thiele , Masato Shirasaki , Brice Ménard , Jia Liu

The parameter $S_8$, a key probe of cosmic structure growth, exhibits a persistent $\sim3\sigma$ tension between high-redshift measurements from cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropies and low-redshift weak gravitational lensing…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-11 Jin Qin , Xue-Bing Wu , Yuming Fu , Haojie Xu , Yuxuan Pang , Yun-Hao Zhang , Pengjie Zhang

We present a method for determining the rms mass fluctuations on 8 h^-1 Mpc scale, sigma8. The method utilizes the rate of evolution of the abundance of rich clusters of galaxies. Using the Press-Schechter approximation, we show that the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Xiaohui Fan , Neta A. Bahcall , Renyue Cen

We derive constraints on the matter density \Om and the amplitude of matter clustering \sig8 from measurements of large scale weak lensing (projected separation R=5-30\hmpc) by clusters in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey MaxBCG catalog. The…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-11 Ying Zu , David H. Weinberg , Eduardo Rozo , Erin S. Sheldon , Jeremy L. Tinker , Matthew R. Becker

We show that the counts of galaxy clusters in future deep cluster surveys can place strong constraints on the matter density, Omega_m, the vacuum energy density, Omega_L, and the normalization of the matter power spectrum, sigma_8.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-05 Gilbert Holder , Zoltan Haiman , Joseph Mohr

We compare the amplitudes of fluctuations probed by the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey and by the latest measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Background anisotropies. By combining the 2dFGRS and CMB data we find the linear-theory rms mass…

We present constraints on the values of $\Omega_m$, $n$, $\sigma_8$, obtained from measurements of the X-ray luminosity function of galaxy clusters as compiled in EMSS, RDCS and BCS galaxy cluster samples. The values obtained…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 A. Del Popolo

The knowledge of the redshift of multiple images in cluster-lenses allows to determine precisely the total projected mass within the Einstein radius. The observation of various multiple images in a same cluster is opening new possibilities…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Golse , J. -P. Kneib , G. Soucail