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We study the impact of baryonic processes and massive neutrinos on weak lensing peak statistics that can be used to constrain cosmological parameters. We use the BAHAMAS suite of cosmological simulations, which self-consistently include…

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The discrepancy between the weak lensing (WL) and the {\it Planck} measurements of $S_8$ has been a subject of several studies. These studies tend to show that a suppression of the amplitude of the mass power spectrum $P(k)$ at high $k$…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-25 Shiming Gu , Marc-Antoine Dor , Ludovic van Waerbeke , Marika Asgari , Alexander Mead , Tilman Tröster , Ziang Yan

Baryonic feedback effects consist of a major systematic for upcoming weak-lensing and galaxy-clustering surveys. In this paper, we present an emulator for the baryonic suppression of the matter power spectrum. The emulator is based on the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-05 Sambit K. Giri , Aurel Schneider

The halo mass function, dn/dM, predicted by hierarchical clustering models can be measured indirectly using dynamical probes like the distribution of gravitational lens image separations, dn/dDelta-theta, or halo circular velocities, dn/d…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-08-18 C. S. Kochanek , Martin White

Simulations of cold dark matter make robust predictions about the slope and normalization of the dark matter halo and subhalo mass functions on small scales. Recent observational advances utilizing strong gravitational lensing have…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-02-12 Andrew J. Benson

We investigate the degeneracy between the effects of ultra-light axion dark matter and baryonic feedback in suppressing the matter power spectrum. We forecast that galaxy shear data from the Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-09 Calvin Preston , Keir K. Rogers , Alexandra Amon , George Efstathiou

The redistribution of baryonic matter in massive halos through processes like active galactic nuclei feedback and star formation leads to a suppression of the matter power spectrum on small scales. This redistribution can be measured…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-14 Sebastian Grandis , Giovanni Arico' , Aurel Schneider , Laila Linke

We investigate the consequences of a non-negligible baryon fraction for models of structure formation in Cold Dark Matter dominated cosmologies, emphasizing in particular the existence of oscillations in the present-day matter power…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-06 A. Meiksin , Martin White , J. A. Peacock

The scattering transform is a wavelet-based statistic capable of capturing non-Gaussian features in weak lensing (WL) convergence maps and has been proven to tighten cosmological parameter constraints by accessing information beyond…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-14 Mariia Marinichenko , Marcel P. van Daalen , Elena Sellentin , Jeger C. Broxterman , Matthieu Schaller , Joop Schaye

We present an optimized variant of the halo model, designed to produce accurate matter power spectra well into the non-linear regime for a wide range of cosmological models. To do this, we introduce physically motivated free parameters into…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-05-11 Alexander Mead , John Peacock , Catherine Heymans , Shahab Joudaki , Alan Heavens

We study the power of upcoming weak lensing surveys to probe dark energy. Dark energy modifies the distance-redshift relation as well as the matter power spectrum, both of which affect the weak lensing convergence power spectrum. Some…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Dragan Huterer

We investigate the performance of an analytic model of the 3D matter distribution, which combines perturbation theory with halo models, for weak-lensing statistics. We compare our predictions for the weak-lensing convergence power spectrum…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-10-24 Patrick Valageas , Masanori Sato , Takahiro Nishimichi

Weak gravitational lensing observations probe the spectrum and evolution of density fluctuations and the cosmological parameters which govern them. At low redshifts, the non-linear gravitational evolution of large scale structure produces a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Asantha Cooray , Wayne Hu

Measurements of the linear power spectrum of galaxies have placed tight constraints on neutrino masses. We extend the framework of the halo model of cosmological nonlinear matter clustering to include the effect of massive neutrino infall…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Kevork Abazajian , Eric R. Switzer , Scott Dodelson , Katrin Heitmann , Salman Habib

Baryon feedback redistributes gas relative to the underlying dark matter distribution and suppresses the matter power spectrum on small scales, but the amplitude and scale dependence of this effect are uncertain. We constrain the impact of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-03 Jared Siegel , Leah Bigwood , Alexandra Amon , Jamie McCullough , Masaya Yamamoto , Ian G. McCarthy , Matthieu Schaller , Aurel Schneider , Joop Schaye

The clustering of matter, as measured by the matter power spectrum, informs us about dark matter and cosmology, as well as baryonic effects on the distribution of matter in the universe. Using cosmological hydrodynamical simulations from…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-14 M. L. van Loon , Marcel P. van Daalen

Upcoming weak lensing (WL) surveys such as those by {\it Euclid}, LSST, and {\it Roman} require percent-level control over systematic effects. A common approach to mitigating baryonic effects uses semi-analytic baryon correction models…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-13 Max E. Lee , Zoltan Haiman , Shy Genel

Baryonic effects such as AGN feedback can significantly impact the matter clustering, are harder to model from first principles, and emerge as a severe limiting factor in weak lensing cosmology. To tackle this issue, we propose a generic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-17 Shuren Zhou , Pengjie Zhang

The effect of baryons on the matter power spectrum is likely to have an observable effect for future galaxy surveys, like Euclid or LSST. As a first step towards a fully predictive theory, we investigate the effect of non-radiative…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-22 Manuel Rabold , Romain Teyssier

Weak gravitational lensing depends on the integrated mass along the line of sight. Baryons contribute to the mass distribution of galaxy clusters and the resulting mass estimates from lensing analysis. We use the cosmo-OWLS suite of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-01 B. E. Lee , A. M. C. Le Brun , M. E. Haq , N. J. Deering , L. J. King , D. Applegate , I. G. McCarthy