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We consider an alternative to conventional three-point statistics such as the bispectrum, which is purely based on the Fourier phases of the density field: the line correlation function. This statistic directly probes the non-linear…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-25 Alexander Eggemeier , Robert E. Smith

Baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO) is a powerful probe on the expansion of the universe, shedding light on elusive dark energy and gravity at cosmological scales. BAO measurements through biased tracers of the underlying matter density…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-02-19 Pengjie Zhang

The measurement of cosmological distances using baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO) is crucial for studying the universe's expansion. The Chinese Space Station Telescope (CSST) galaxy redshift survey, with its vast volume and sky coverage,…

We investigate the feasibility of extracting Baryon Acoustic Oscillations (BAO) from cosmic shear tomography. We particularly focus on the BAO scale precision that can be achieved by future spectroscopy-based, kinematic weak lensing (KWL)…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-15 Zhejie Ding , Hee-Jong Seo , Eric Huff , Shun Saito , Douglas Clowe

We review three distance measurement techniques beyond the local universe: (1) gravitational lens time delays, (2) baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO), and (3) HI intensity mapping. We describe the principles and theory behind each method,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-08 Sherry H. Suyu , Tzu-Ching Chang , Frédéric Courbin , Teppei Okumura

Recent measurements of baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO) from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) show hints of tension with data from the cosmic microwave background (CMB) when interpreted within the standard model of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-13 Shi-Fan Chen , Matias Zaldarriaga

We investigate large-amplitude baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO's) in off-diagonal entries of cosmological power-spectrum covariance matrices. These covariance-matrix BAO's describe the increased attenuation of power-spectrum BAO's caused…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-03-01 Mark C. Neyrinck , István Szapudi

The baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO) peak, seen in the cosmic matter distribution at redshifts up to ~3.5, reflects the continued expansion of the sonic horizon first identified in temperature anisotropies of the cosmic microwave…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-17 F. Melia , M. Lopez-Corredoira

In this study we show that the skewness S_3 of the cosmic density field contains a significant and potentially detectable and clean imprint of Baryonic Acoustic Oscillations. Although the BAO signal in the skewness has a lower amplitude…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-20 Roman Juszkiewicz , Wojciech A. Hellwing , Rien van de Weygaert

We study the robustness of the Baryon Acoustic Oscillation (BAO) feature in galaxy clustering in the presence of massive neutrinos. In the standard BAO analysis pipeline a reference cosmological model is assumed to boost the BAO peak…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-17 Adriana Nadal-Matosas , Héctor Gil-Marín , Licia Verde

Baryon Acoustic Oscillations (BAO) involve measuring the spatial distribution of galaxies to determine the growth rate of cosmic structure. We derive constraints on cosmological parameters from $17$ uncorrelated BAO measurements that were…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-10 David Benisty , Denitsa Staicova

Baryon acoustic oscillations, measured through the patterned distribution of galaxies or other baryon tracing objects on very large (100 Mpc) scales, offer a possible geometric probe of cosmological distances. Pluses and minuses in this…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Eric V. Linder

The Baryon Acoustic Oscillations (BAO) are features in the matter power spectrum on scales of order 100-150 h^{-1} Mpc that promise to be a powerful tool to constrain and test cosmological models. The BAO have attracted such attention that…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-01-14 Geraint Pratten , Dipak Munshi

The degeneracy between geometric (Alcock-Paczynski) and dynamic (redshift space) distortions in the pattern of the galaxy distribution has been a long standing problem in the study of the large scale structure of the universe. We examine…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 A. J. Hawken , F. B. Abdalla , G. Hütsi , O. Lahav

The baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO) have proven to be an invaluable tool in constraining the expansion history of the Universe at late times and are characterized by the comoving sound horizon at the baryon drag epoch…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-27 Andoni Aizpuru , Rubén Arjona , Savvas Nesseris

We use a galaxy sample derived from the DECaLS DR9 to measure the Baryonic Acoustic Oscillations (BAO). The magnitude-limited sample consists of 10.6 million galaxies in an area of 4974 deg$^2$ over the redshift range of [0.6, 1]. A key…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-15 Ruiyu Song , Kwan Chuen Chan , Haojie Xu , Weilun Zheng

We investigate the potential of large X-ray-selected AGN samples for detecting baryonic acoustic oscillations (BAO). Though AGN selection in X-ray band is very clean and efficient, it does not provide redshift information, and thus needs to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-07 Gert Hütsi , Marat Gilfanov , Alexander Kolodzig , Rashid Sunyaev

Ongoing and near-future spectroscopic surveys, such as DESI, DESI-II and Spec-S5, rely on imaging-based selections to construct uniform, three-dimensional tracers of large-scale structure. While spectroscopic data from these surveys…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-09 Richard M. Feder , Martin White

The Baryon Acoustic Oscillations (BAO) phenomenon provides a unique opportunity to establish a standard ruler at any epoch in the history of the evolving universe. The key lies in identifying a suitable cosmological tracer to conduct the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-13 Felipe Avila , Edilson de Carvalho , Armando Bernui , Hanna Lima , Rafael C. Nunes

We study the large-scale clustering of galaxies in the overlap region of the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS) CMASS sample and the WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey. We calculate the auto-correlation and cross-correlation functions…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-02 Florian Beutler , Chris Blake , Jun Koda , Felipe Marin , Hee-Jong Seo , Antonio J. Cuesta , Donald P. Schneider