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astro-ph.CO2026

Euclid preparation. Refining input galaxy shape distributions for shear calibration simulations

Euclid Collaboration, H. Jansen, N. Martinet +282

The Euclid Wide Survey (EWS) will cover the majority of the extragalactic sky with a resolution similar to the Hubble Space Telescope. This unprecedented data set will introduce a…

astro-ph.CO2026

Deep Learning galaxy cluster's structural parameters from Weak Lensing observations

M. Fogliardi, M. Meneghetti, C. Giocoli +6

Galaxy clusters are the most massive gravitationally bound structures in the Universe and key probes of cosmic evolution. The large data volume expected from upcoming surveys requi…

astro-ph.CO2025

Parametric strong lensing model of the galaxy cluster Abell 2390 from Euclid and MUSE observations

D. Abriola, M. Lombardi, C. Grillo +14

We present a new high precision parametric strong lensing total mass reconstruction of the Euclid Early Release Observations (ERO) galaxy cluster Abell 2390, at redshift z = 0.231.…

astro-ph.IM2025

Euclid Quick Data Release (Q1). From simulations to sky: Advancing machine-learning lens detection with real Euclid data

Euclid Collaboration, N. E. P. Lines, T. E. Collett +301

In the era of large-scale surveys like Euclid, machine learning has become an essential tool for identifying rare yet scientifically valuable objects, such as strong gravitational…

astro-ph.GA2023

The Kormendy relation of early-type galaxies as a function of wavelength in Abell S1063, MACS J0416.1-2403, and MACS J1149.5+2223

L. Tortorelli, A. Mercurio, G. Granata +9

The wavelength dependence of the Kormendy relation (KR) is well characterised at low redshift but poorly studied at intermediate redshifts. The KR provides information on the evolu…

astro-ph.CO2026

Euclid preparation. CIV. Impact of galaxy intrinsic alignment modelling choices on Euclid 3x2pt cosmology

Euclid Collaboration, D. Navarro-Gironés, I. Tutusaus +274

The Euclid galaxy survey will provide unprecedented constraints on cosmology, but achieving unbiased results will require an optimal characterisation and mitigation of systematic e…

astro-ph.IM2026

Euclid Quick Data Release (Q1). AstroVink: A vision transformer approach to find strong gravitational lens systems

Euclid Collaboration, S. H. Vincken, K. Rojas +302

We present AstroVink, a vision transformer classifier designed for automated identification of strong lens candidates in Euclid imaging. We build upon the DINOv2 encoder, fine tune…

astro-ph.CO2026

Euclid preparation. Galaxy power spectrum modelling in redshift space

Euclid Collaboration, B. Camacho Quevedo, M. Crocce +292

Accurate modelling of redshift-space distortions (RSD) is essential for maximizing the cosmological information extracted from large galaxy redshift surveys. In preparation for the…

astro-ph.CO2022

New high-precision strong lensing modeling of Abell 2744. Preparing for JWST observations

P. Bergamini, A. Acebron, C. Grillo +8

We present a new strong lensing (SL) model of the Hubble Frontier Fields galaxy cluster Abell 2744, at z=0.3072, by exploiting archival Hubble Space Telescope (HST) multi-band imag…

astro-ph.CO2026

Euclid preparation. Simulated galaxy catalogues for non-standard cosmological models

Euclid Collaboration, M. -A. Breton, P. Fosalba +289

Stage-IV galaxy surveys will provide the opportunity to test cosmological models and the underlying theory of gravity with unparalleled precision. In this context, it is crucial fo…

astro-ph.CO2026

A new measurement with SNe Requiem and Encore using

L. Bazzanini, G. Di Rosa, A. Acebron +24

We present a strong-lensing (SL) analysis of the galaxy cluster MACS J0138.0-2155 (z=0.336), the first known lens cluster discovered to host two distinct multiply imaged Type Ia su…

astro-ph.IM2026

Euclid. Properties and performance of the NISP signal estimator

Euclid Collaboration, F. Cogato, B. Kubik +292

The Euclid spacecraft, located at the second Lagrangian point of the Sun-Earth system, hosts the Near-Infrared Spectrometer and Photometer (NISP) instrument. NISP is equipped with…

astro-ph.CO2025

Euclid preparation. LXXIV. Euclidised observations of Hubble Frontier Fields and CLASH galaxy clusters

Euclid Collaboration, P. Bergamini, M. Meneghetti +263

We present HST2EUCLID, a novel Python code to generate Euclid realistic mock images in the , , , and photometric bands based on panchro…

astro-ph.GA2021

A strong lensing model of the galaxy cluster PSZ1 G311.65-18.48

G. V. Pignataro, P. Bergamini, M. Meneghetti +10

We present a strong lensing analysis of the galaxy cluster PSZ1 G311.65-18.48 (z=0.443) using multi-band observations with Hubble Space Telescope, complemented with VLT/MUSE spectr…

astro-ph.CO2026

Euclid: Galaxy SED reconstruction in the PHZ processing function: impact on the PSF and the role of medium-band filters

Euclid Collaboration, F. Tarsitano, C. Schreiber +301

Weak lensing surveys require accurate correction for the point spread function (PSF) when measuring galaxy shapes. For a diffraction-limited PSF, as arises in space-based missions,…

astro-ph.CO2026

Euclid preparation. Three-dimensional galaxy clustering in configuration space: Three-point correlation function estimation

Euclid Collaboration, A. Veropalumbo, M. Moresco +303

Higher-order correlation functions are firmly established as a fundamental tool for the statistical analysis of clustering in modern galaxy surveys. It was demonstrated that they g…

astro-ph.GA2026

The velocity dispersion function of red galaxies in four Hubble Frontier Fields galaxy clusters

G. Granata, L. Tortorelli, C. Grillo +6

We present a detailed study of the stellar kinematic properties of red member galaxies in the cores of four strong lensing galaxy clusters at intermediate redshifts included in the…

astro-ph.CO2026

Euclid preparation. Impact of redshift distribution uncertainties on the joint analysis of photometric galaxy clustering and weak gravitational lensing

Euclid Collaboration, K. A. Bertmann, A. Porredon +290

One of the mission's key projects is the so-called 32pt analysis, that is, the combination of cosmic shear, photometric galaxy clustering, and galaxy-gala…

astro-ph.GA2026

A New Perspective on Galactic Evolution: Studying the Outskirts of the Abell S1063 Galaxy Cluster

L. Pecoraro, A. Mercurio, M. Annunziatella +14

Galaxy physical properties are influenced by their environments, but the processes responsible for mass and environmental quenching and structural transformations remain debated. G…

astro-ph.CO2025

Euclid Quick Data Release (Q1). The first catalogue of strong-lensing galaxy clusters

Euclid Collaboration, P. Bergamini, M. Meneghetti +375

We present the first catalogue of strong lensing galaxy clusters identified in the Euclid Quick Release 1 observations (covering ). This catalogue is the resu…

astro-ph.GA2025

Anatomy of a z=6 Lyman-α emitter down to parsec scales: extreme UV slopes, metal-poor regions and possibly leaking star clusters

Matteo Messa, E. Vanzella, F. Loiacono +31

We present a detailed JWST/NIRSpec and NIRCam analysis of a gravitationally-lensed galaxy () at redshift 6.14 magnified by the Hubble Frontier Field galaxy cluster MA…

astro-ph.CO2024

Euclid. I. Overview of the Euclid mission

Euclid Collaboration, Y. Mellier, Abdurro'uf +1134

The current standard model of cosmology successfully describes a variety of measurements, but the nature of its main ingredients, dark matter and dark energy, remains unknown. Eucl…

astro-ph.GA2020

The search for galaxy cluster members with deep learning of panchromatic HST imaging and extensive spectroscopy

G. Angora, P. Rosati, M. Brescia +9

The next generation of data-intensive surveys are bound to produce a vast amount of data, which can be dealt with using machine-learning methods to explore possible correlations wi…

astro-ph.CO2026

Testing template-fitting models for the multipoles of the two-point clustering of galaxy clusters

Euclid Collaboration, E. Tsaprazi, A. Fumagalli +274

The \textit{Euclid} satellite will deliver a catalogue of optically-selected galaxy clusters spanning from around deg in Data Release (DR) 1 to around deg

astro-ph.GA2024

Euclid Preparation XXXIII. Characterization of convolutional neural networks for the identification of galaxy-galaxy strong lensing events

Euclid Collaboration, L. Leuzzi, M. Meneghetti +216

Forthcoming imaging surveys will potentially increase the number of known galaxy-scale strong lenses by several orders of magnitude. For this to happen, images of tens of millions…

astro-ph.GA2021

CLASH-VLT: Abell~S1063. Cluster assembly history and spectroscopic catalogue

A. Mercurio, P. Rosati, A. Biviano +31

Using the CLASH-VLT survey, we assembled an unprecedented sample of 1234 spectroscopically confirmed members in Abell~S1063, finding a dynamically complex structure at z_cl=0.3457…

astro-ph.GA2026

Euclid Quick Data Release (Q1). AgileLens: A scalable CNN-based pipeline for strong gravitational lens identification

Euclid Collaboration, X. Xu, R. Chen +308

We present an end-to-end, iterative pipeline for efficient identification of strong galaxy--galaxy lensing systems, applied to the Euclid Q1 imaging data. Starting from VIS catalog…

astro-ph.CO2026

Euclid preparation. Galaxy 2-point correlation function modelling in redshift space

Euclid Collaboration, M. Kärcher, M. -A. Breton +309

The Euclid satellite will measure spectroscopic redshifts for tens of millions of emission-line galaxies. In the context of Stage-IV surveys, the 3-dimensional clustering of galaxi…

astro-ph.CO2026

Euclid. Populating a dark universe with galaxies using SciPIC

Euclid Collaboration, E. J. Gonzalez, J. Carretero +305

High-fidelity galaxy mocks are crucial for validating analysis pipelines and for cosmological inference. In this context, the Science Pipeline at PIC (SciPIC) is a pipeline specifi…

astro-ph.CO2026

Euclid preparation. Galaxy power spectrum and bispectrum modelling

Euclid Collaboration, K. Pardede, A. Eggemeier +306

Higher-order correlation functions of the large-scale galaxy distribution offer access to information beyond that contained in standard 2-point statistics such as the power spectru…

astro-ph.GA2025

Is there a tilt in the fundamental (hyper)plane?

M. D'Addona, A. Mercurio, C. Grillo +18

We investigate the fundamental plane (FP) of selected early-type (ETG) member galaxies of the galaxy cluster PLCK G287.0+32.9 (), exploring also four-dimensional hy…

astro-ph.CO2026

Euclid Quick Data Release (Q1). Searching for giant gravitational arcs in galaxy clusters with mask region-based convolutional neural networks

Euclid Collaboration, L. Bazzanini, G. Angora +306

Strong gravitational lensing (SL) by galaxy clusters is a powerful probe of their inner mass distribution and a key test bed for cosmological models. However, the detection of SL e…

astro-ph.GA2026

Euclid Quick Data Release (Q1): The impact of AGN emission on SED-derived physical properties

Euclid Collaboration, B. Laloux, A. Bongiorno +309

The Euclid Quick Data Release (Q1) is a powerful dataset to study active galactic nuclei (AGN) and their host galaxies. Deriving their physical properties through multi-component s…

astro-ph.CO2023

Searching for galaxy-scale strong-lenses in galaxy clusters with deep networks -- I: methodology and network performance

G. Angora, P. Rosati, M. Meneghetti +10

Galaxy-scale strong lenses in galaxy clusters provide a unique tool to investigate their inner mass distribution and the sub-halo density profiles in the low-mass regime, which can…

astro-ph.GA2026

Euclid Quick Data Release (Q1). The Strong Lensing Discovery Engine F -- Bright and low-redshift strong lenses

Euclid Collaboration, L. R. Ecker, M. Fabricius +346

We present 72 additional galaxy-galaxy strong lenses that complement the sample discovered in the Euclid Quick Release 1 data (63.1 deg^2) of the Strong Lens Discovery Engine (SLDE…

astro-ph.CO2026

Euclid preparation: Testing multi-field inflation with galaxy power spectrum and bispectrum

Euclid Collaboration, D. Linde, A. Moradinezhad Dizgah +281

Primordial non-Gaussianity (PNG) is a powerful probe of the origin of cosmic structure. Stage-IV surveys like \Euclid will measure galaxy - and -point clustering at high sign…

astro-ph.GA2026

Euclid preparation. Probing galaxy evolution within cosmic voids in Euclid-like simulations

Euclid Collaboration, G. Papini, O. Cucciati +294

The evolution of galaxies is profoundly influenced by the environment in which they reside. Cosmic voids serve as pristine laboratories for studying galaxy evolution in the relativ…

astro-ph.CO2026

Euclid preparation. Decomposing components of the extragalactic background light using multi-band intensity mapping cross-correlations

Euclid Collaboration, Y. Cao, A. R. Cooray +269

The extragalactic background light (EBL) fluctuations in the optical/near-IR encode the cumulative integrated galaxy light (IGL), diffuse intra-halo light (IHL), and high- sourc…

astro-ph.GA2026

Euclid Quick Data Release (Q1): The geometry of dark matter halos from extragalactic streams

Euclid Collaboration, N. Starkman, J. Nibauer +295

Wide-field surveys like Euclid mark a new era of extragalactic stellar stream studies. With a large number of streams, it is now possible to constrain the dark matter halos of gala…

astro-ph.GA2025

A new quasar strongly-lensed candidate by the galaxy cluster WHJ0400-27 with a image-separation

L. Bazzanini, G. Angora, M. Scialpi +14

Time-delay cosmography (TDC) using multiply-lensed quasars (QSOs) by galaxies has recently emerged as an independent and competitive tool to measure the value of the Hubble constan…

astro-ph.CO2023

A state-of-the-art strong lensing model of MACS J0416.1-2403 with the largest sample of spectroscopic multiple images

P. Bergamini, C. Grillo, P. Rosati +9

The combination of multi-band imaging from HST with MUSE integral field spectroscopy, obtained at the VLT, has recently driven remarkable progress in strong lensing (SL) modeling o…