scholarly journals The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: probing the epoch of radiation domination using large-scale structure

2013 ◽  
Vol 429 (3) ◽  
pp. 1902-1912 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory B. Poole ◽  
Chris Blake ◽  
David Parkinson ◽  
Sarah Brough ◽  
Matthew Colless ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dark Energy ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Large Scale Structure ◽  
Scale Structure ◽  
Dark Energy Survey ◽  
Energy Survey

scholarly journals Ridges in the Dark Energy Survey for cosmic trough identification

2020 ◽  
Vol 500 (1) ◽  
pp. 859-870
Author(s):  
Ben Moews ◽  
Morgan A Schmitz ◽  
Andrew J Lawler ◽  
Joe Zuntz ◽  
Alex I Malz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dark Energy ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Mass Density ◽  
Mean Shift ◽  
Large Scale Structure ◽  
Wasserstein Distance ◽  
Scale Structure ◽  
Weak Lensing ◽  
Dark Energy Survey ◽  
Energy Survey

ABSTRACT Cosmic voids and their corresponding redshift-projected mass densities, known as troughs, play an important role in our attempt to model the large-scale structure of the Universe. Understanding these structures enables us to compare the standard model with alternative cosmologies, constrain the dark energy equation of state, and distinguish between different gravitational theories. In this paper, we extend the subspace-constrained mean shift algorithm, a recently introduced method to estimate density ridges, and apply it to 2D weak lensing mass density maps from the Dark Energy Survey Y1 data release to identify curvilinear filamentary structures. We compare the obtained ridges with previous approaches to extract trough structure in the same data, and apply curvelets as an alternative wavelet-based method to constrain densities. We then invoke the Wasserstein distance between noisy and noiseless simulations to validate the denoising capabilities of our method. Our results demonstrate the viability of ridge estimation as a precursor for denoising weak lensing observables to recover the large-scale structure, paving the way for a more versatile and effective search for troughs.

scholarly journals On the relative bias of void tracers in the Dark Energy Survey

2019 ◽  
Vol 487 (2) ◽  
pp. 2836-2852 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Pollina ◽  
N Hamaus ◽  
K Paech ◽  
K Dolag ◽  
J Weller ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dark Energy ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Large Scale Structure ◽  
Density Fluctuations ◽  
Scale Structure ◽  
Relative Bias ◽  
Dark Energy Survey ◽  
Luminous Objects ◽  
Energy Survey

Abstract Luminous tracers of large-scale structure are not entirely representative of the distribution of mass in our Universe. As they arise from the highest peaks in the matter density field, the spatial distribution of luminous objects is biased towards those peaks. On large scales, where density fluctuations are mild, this bias simply amounts to a constant offset in the clustering amplitude of the tracer, known as linear bias. In this work we focus on the relative bias between galaxies and galaxy clusters that are located inside and in the vicinity of cosmic voids, extended regions of relatively low density in the large-scale structure of the Universe. With the help of mock data we verify that the relation between galaxy and cluster overdensity around voids remains linear. Hence, the void-centric density profiles of different tracers can be linked by a single multiplicative constant. This amounts to the same value as the relative linear bias between tracers for the largest voids in the sample. For voids of small sizes, which typically arise in higher density regions, this constant has a higher value, possibly showing an environmental dependence similar to that observed for the linear bias itself. We confirm our findings by analysing data obtained during the first year of observations by the Dark Energy Survey. As a side product, we present the first catalogue of three-dimensional voids extracted from a photometric survey with a controlled photo-z uncertainty. Our results will be relevant in forthcoming analyses that attempt to use voids as cosmological probes.

scholarly journals X-ray Cluster Large Scale Structure and Cosmology

2005 ◽  
Vol 216 ◽  
pp. 373-380
Author(s):  
Marguerite Pierre
Keyword(s):  
Dark Energy ◽  
Galaxy Clusters ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Scaling Law ◽  
Large Scale Structure ◽  
Short Review ◽  
Scale Structure ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Recent Advances

We outline the main arguments in favor of cosmological X-ray surveys of galaxy clusters. We summarize recent advances in our understanding of cluster physics. After a short review of past surveys, we present the scientific motivations of the XMM Large Scale Structure survey. We further illustrate how such a survey can help constrain the nature of the dark energy as well as cluster scaling law evolution, i.e. non-gravitational physics.

scholarly journals Large-scale structure formation with massive neutrinos and dynamical dark energy

2014 ◽  
Vol 89 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amol Upadhye ◽  
Rahul Biswas ◽  
Adrian Pope ◽  
Katrin Heitmann ◽  
Salman Habib ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dark Energy ◽  
Structure Formation ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Large Scale Structure ◽  
Scale Structure ◽  
Massive Neutrinos ◽  
Dynamical Dark Energy ◽  
Large Scale Structure Formation
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