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The measurement of the abundance of galaxy clusters in the Universe is a sensitive probe of cosmology, which depends on both the expansion history of the Universe and the growth of structure. Density fluctuations across the finite survey…

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The spatial distribution of galaxy clusters provides a reliable tracer of the large-scale distribution of matter in the Universe. The clustering signal depends on intrinsic cluster properties and cosmological parameters. The ability of…

We apply machine learning, a powerful method for uncovering complex correlations in high-dimensional data, to the galaxy-halo connection of cosmological hydrodynamical simulations. The mapping between galaxy and halo variables is stochastic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-06-16 Richard Stiskalek , Deaglan J. Bartlett , Harry Desmond , Dhayaa Anbajagane

Context. Mock galaxy catalogues are essential for correctly interpreting current and future generations of galaxy surveys. Despite their significance in galaxy formation and cosmology, little to no work has been done to validate the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-10-23 Sergio Contreras , Raul E. Angulo , Jonás Chaves-Montero , Roi Kugel , Matthieu Schaller , Joop Schaye

CMB lensing is a promising, novel way to measure galaxy cluster masses that can be used, e.g., for mass calibration in galaxy cluster counts analyses. Understanding the statistics of the galaxy cluster mass observable obtained with such…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-12 Íñigo Zubeldia , Anthony Challinor

The halo mass function (HMF) is fundamental for interpreting the number counts of galaxy clusters, serving as a pivotal theoretical tool in cosmology. With the advent of high-precision surveys such as LSST, eROSITA, DESI, and Euclid,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-21 Tiago Castro , Stefano Borgani , Jeppe Dakin

We present validation tests of emulator-based halo model method for cosmological parameter inference, assuming hypothetical measurements of the projected correlation function of galaxies, $w_{\rm p}(R)$, and the galaxy-galaxy weak lensing,…

The 21cm emission line from neutral hydrogen (HI) contained within galaxies provides a way to make accurate spectroscopic redshift determinations in the radio part of the spectrum. Large radio arrays such as SKA-MID are coming online that…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-30 Ainulnabilah Nasirudin , Philip Bull , Isabelle Ye

We present an end-to-end description of the formation process of globular clusters (GCs) which combines a treatment for their formation and dynamical evolution within galaxy haloes with a state-of-the-art semi-analytic simulation of galaxy…

We introduce methods which allow observed galaxy clustering to be used together with observed luminosity or stellar mass functions to constrain the physics of galaxy formation. We show how the projected two-point correlation function of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-03-02 Marcel P. van Daalen , Bruno M. B. Henriques , Raul E. Angulo , Simon D. M. White

Galaxy cluster number count has been proven to be a powerful cosmological probe. However, cosmological constraints established with galaxy cluster number count are highly dependent on the calibration of the mass-observable relations. Thanks…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-16 G. Hurier

We investigate the impact of observational and theoretical uncertainties in cluster gravitational redshifts as a probe of modified gravity using an end-to-end forecasting pipeline. We use a generative model to build a halo catalogue with…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-27 Eleni Tsaprazi , Giorgio F. Lesci , Federico Marulli , Alan F. Heavens , Enrico Maraboli

Accurate modeling of small-scale redshift-space clustering is crucial for full shape RSD analyses, where satellite galaxies contribute to 1-halo terms and Finger-of-God distortions. We investigate halo reconstruction based on the cylinder…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-14 Ryuichiro Hada , Teppei Okumura

I review recent progress in understanding and modeling galaxy clustering in cosmological simulations, with emphasis on models based on high-resolution dissipationless simulations. During the last decade, significant advances in our…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Andrey V. Kravtsov

The spin of galaxy clusters encodes key information about their formation, dynamics, and the influence of large-scale structure. However, whether clusters possess statistically significant spin and how to measure it observationally remain…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-11-25 Xiao-xiao Tang , Peng Wang , Yu Rong , Weiguang cui , Min Bao

The use of galaxy clusters as cosmological probes hinges on our ability to measure their masses accurately and with high precision. Hydrostatic mass is one of the most common methods for estimating the masses of individual galaxy clusters,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-02-12 Kaylea Nelson , Erwin T. Lau , Daisuke Nagai , Douglas H. Rudd , Liang Yu

Dark matter N-body simulations provide a powerful tool to model the clustering of galaxies and help interpret the results of galaxy redshift surveys. However, the galaxy properties predicted from N-body simulations are not necessarily…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-07-30 Hao-Yi Wu , Dragan Huterer

We present the first-ever cosmological constraints from a simulation-based inference (SBI) analysis of galaxy clustering from the new ${\rm S{\scriptsize IM}BIG}$ forward modeling framework. ${\rm S{\scriptsize IM}BIG}$ leverages the…

Accurate theoretical prediction for halo mass function across a broad cosmological space is crucial for the forthcoming China Space Station Telescope (CSST) observations, which will capture cosmological information from multiple probes,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-18 Zhao Chen , Yu Yu