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Dark energy survey year 3 results: cosmology from galaxy clustering and galaxy–galaxy lensing in harmonic space

Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: ABSTRACT We present the joint tomographic analysis of galaxy-galaxy lensing and galaxy clustering in harmonic space (HS), using galaxy catalogues from the first three years of observations by the Dark Energy Survey (DES Y3). We utilize the redMaGiC and MagLim catalogues as lens galaxies and the metacalibration catalogue as source galaxies. The measurements of angular power spectra are performed using the pseudo-$C_\ell$ method, and our theoretical modelling follows the fiducial analyses performed by DES Y3 in configuration space, accounting for galaxy bias, intrinsic alignments, magnification bias, shear magnification bias and photometric redshift uncertainties. We explore different approaches for scale cuts based on non-linear galaxy bias and baryonic effects contamination. Our fiducial covariance matrix is computed analytically, accounting for mask geometry in the Gaussian term, and including non-Gaussian contributions and super-sample covariance terms. To validate our HS pipelines and covariance matrix, we used a suite of 1800 log-normal simulations. We also perform a series of stress tests to gauge the robustness of our HS analysis. In the $\Lambda$CDM model, the clustering amplitude $S_8 =\sigma _8(\Omega _m/0.3)^{0.5}$ is constrained to $S_8 = 0.704\pm 0.029$ and $S_8 = 0.753\pm 0.024$ (68 per cent C.L.) for the redMaGiC and MagLim catalogues, respectively. For the wCDM, the dark energy equation of state is constrained to $w = -1.28 \pm 0.29$ and $w = -1.26^{+0.34}_{-0.27}$, for redMaGiC and MagLim catalogues, respectively. These results are compatible with the corresponding DES Y3 results in configuration space and pave the way for HS analyses using the DES Y6 data.
Institutions: Universidade de São Paulo, Laboratório Interinstitucional de e-Astronomia, University of Zurich, University of Michigan, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules, University of Pennsylvania, Université Grenoble Alpes, University of Arizona, University of California, Berkeley, Stockholm University, University of Chicago, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Ruhr University Bochum, Argonne National Laboratory, Institute of Space Sciences, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Princeton University, Institute for High Energy Physics, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, University of Portsmouth, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Northeastern University, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, University College London, Carnegie Mellon University, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya, William Jewell College, Duke University, Goddard Space Flight Center, University of Manchester, Universität Hamburg, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of Waterloo, California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, University of Oslo, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto de Física Teórica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cardiff University, The University of Queensland, University of California, Santa Cruz, The Ohio State University, Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian, Lowell Observatory, Australian Astronomical Optics, Australian National University, University of Cambridge, Texas A&M University, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), National Observatory, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Genova, University of Genoa, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, Stony Brook University, University of Southampton, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier, Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, Université de Toulouse
Language: English
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,012
Funders: National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy, Stanford University, University of California, University of Pennsylvania, Ohio State University, University of Chicago, Texas A and M University, University of Portsmouth, University of Illinois System, Higher Education Funding Council for England, Centres de Recerca de Catalunya, National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, University College London, European Commission, University of Sussex, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, Generalitat de Catalunya, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia de Astrofísica, ARC Centre of Excellence for All-Sky Astrophysics, Institut de Física d'Altes Energies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Office of Science, Science and Technology Facilities Council, European Regional Development Fund, High Energy Physics, Integrated Electronics Engineering Center, Binghamton University, Argonne National Laboratory, Fermilab, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, H2020 European Research Council, FP7 Ideas: European Research Council, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
OpenAlex ID: W4399837726
FWCI: 4.02
Cites: 100
Cited by: 21
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