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most citedDark Energy Survey Year 3 Results: Cosmological Constraints from Galaxy Clustering and Weak Lensing

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astro-ph.CO2020★ 32 cited

Sources of -tensions in dark energy scenarios

Balakrishna S. Haridasu, Matteo Viel, Nicola Vittorio

By focusing on the simple extension to CDM, we assess which epoch(s) possibly source the -tension. We consider Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) data in three pos…

astro-ph.CO2020★ 82 cited

Dark Energy Survey Year 3 Results: Clustering Redshifts -- Calibration of the Weak Lensing Source Redshift Distributions with redMaGiC and BOSS/eBOSS

M. Gatti, G. Giannini, G. M. Bernstein +94

We present the calibration of the Dark Energy Survey Year 3 (DES Y3) weak lensing source galaxy redshift distributions from clustering measurements. In particular, we cross-…

astro-ph.CO2020★ 42 cited

The Dark Energy Survey Supernova Program: Modelling selection efficiency and observed core collapse supernova contamination

M. Vincenzi, M. Sullivan, O. Graur +79

The analysis of current and future cosmological surveys of type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) at high-redshift depends on the accurate photometric classification of the SN events detected…

astro-ph.CO2020★ 18 cited

The evolution of the low-density HI intergalactic medium from z=3.6 to 0: Data, transmitted flux and HI column density

Tae-Sun Kim, Bart P. Wakker, Fahad Nasir +8

We present a new, uniform analysis of the HI transmitted flux (F) and HI column density (N(HI)) distribution in the low-density IGM as a function of redshift z for 0<z<3.6 using 55…

astro-ph.CO2020★ 55 cited

Dark Energy Survey Year 3 Results: Calibration of Lens Sample Redshift Distributions using Clustering Redshifts with BOSS/eBOSS

R. Cawthon, J. Elvin-Poole, A. Porredon +83

We present clustering redshift measurements for Dark Energy Survey (DES) lens sample galaxies to be used in weak gravitational lensing and galaxy clustering studies. To perform thi…

astro-ph.CO2020★ 70 cited

Dark Energy Survey Year 3 Results: Measuring the Survey Transfer Function with Balrog

S. Everett, B. Yanny, N. Kuropatkin +97

We describe an updated calibration and diagnostic framework, Balrog, used to directly sample the selection and photometric biases of the Dark Energy Survey's (DES) Year 3 (Y3) data…

astro-ph.CO2020★ 4 cited

Dark Energy Survey Year 3 Results: Deep Field Optical + Near-Infrared Images and Catalogue

W. G. Hartley, A. Choi, A. Amon +115

We describe the Dark Energy Survey (DES) Deep Fields, a set of images and associated multi-wavelength catalogue () built from Dark Energy Camera (DECam) and Visible and…

astro-ph.CO2020★ 35 cited

N-body simulations of dark matter with frequent self-interactions

Moritz S. Fischer, Marcus Brüggen, Kai Schmidt-Hoberg +4

Self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) models have the potential to solve the small-scale problems that arise in the cold dark matter paradigm. Simulations are a powerful tool for stu…

astro-ph.CO2020★ 21 cited

Impact of baryons in cosmic shear analyses with tomographic aperture mass statistics

Nicolas Martinet, Tiago Castro, Joachim Harnois-Déraps +3

NonGaussian cosmic shear statistics based on weak-lensing aperture mass () maps can outperform the classical shear two-point correlation function (-2PCF) in terms of…

astro-ph.CO2020★ 83 cited

Assessing tension metrics with Dark Energy Survey and Planck data

P. Lemos, M. Raveri, A. Campos +103

Quantifying tensions -- inconsistencies amongst measurements of cosmological parameters by different experiments -- has emerged as a crucial part of modern cosmological data analys…

astro-ph.CO2020★ 99 cited

Dark Energy Survey Year 3 Results: Covariance Modelling and its Impact on Parameter Estimation and Quality of Fit

O. Friedrich, F. Andrade-Oliveira, H. Camacho +109

We describe and test the fiducial covariance matrix model for the combined 2-point function analysis of the Dark Energy Survey Year 3 (DES-Y3) dataset. Using a variety of new ansat…

astro-ph.CO2020★ 123 cited

DES Y3 results: Blending shear and redshift biases in image simulations

N. MacCrann, M. R. Becker, J. McCullough +93

As the statistical power of galaxy weak lensing reaches percent level precision, large, realistic and robust simulations are required to calibrate observational systematics, especi…

astro-ph.CO2020★ 176 cited

Dark Energy Survey Year 3 Results: Redshift Calibration of the Weak Lensing Source Galaxies

J. Myles, A. Alarcon, A. Amon +105

Determining the distribution of redshifts of galaxies observed by wide-field photometric experiments like the Dark Energy Survey is an essential component to mapping the matter den…

astro-ph.CO2020★ 81 cited

Cosmic Shear Cosmology Beyond 2-Point Statistics: A Combined Peak Count and Correlation Function Analysis of DES-Y1

Joachim Harnois-Déraps, Nicolas Martinet, Tiago Castro +5

We constrain cosmological parameters from a joint cosmic shear analysis of peak-counts and the two-point shear correlation functions, as measured from the Dark Energy Survey (DES-Y…

astro-ph.CO2020★ 78 cited

Primordial Non-Gaussianity from Biased Tracers: Likelihood Analysis of Real-Space Power Spectrum and Bispectrum

Azadeh Moradinezhad Dizgah, Matteo Biagetti, Emiliano Sefusatti +2

Upcoming galaxy redshift surveys promise to significantly improve current limits on primordial non-Gaussianity (PNG) through measurements of 2- and 3-point correlation functions in…

astro-ph.CO2020★ 80 cited

HI intensity mapping with MeerKAT: Calibration pipeline for multi-dish autocorrelation observations

Jingying Wang, Mario G. Santos, Philip Bull +10

While most purpose-built 21cm intensity mapping experiments are close-packed interferometer arrays, general-purpose dish arrays should also be capable of measuring the cosmological…

astro-ph.CO2020★ 31 cited

A model-independent reconstruction of dark sector interactions

Rodrigo von Marttens, Javier E. Gonzalez, Jailson Alcaniz +2

Relaxing the conventional assumption of a minimal coupling between the dark matter (DM) and dark energy (DE) fields introduces significant changes in the predicted evolution of the…

astro-ph.CO2020★ 55 cited

Hi intensity mapping with MeerKAT: Primary beam effects on foreground cleaning

Siyambonga D. Matshawule, Marta Spinelli, Mario G. Santos +1

Upcoming and future neutral hydrogen Intensity Mapping surveys offer a great opportunity to constrain cosmology in the post-reionization Universe, provided a good accuracy is achie…

astro-ph.CO2020★ 82 cited

The Three Hundred Project: Dynamical state of galaxy clusters and morphology from multi-wavelength synthetic maps

Federico De Luca, Marco De Petris, Gustavo Yepes +3

We study the connection between morphology and dynamical state of the simulated galaxy clusters in from THE THREE HUNDRED Project. We quantify cluster dynamical sta…

astro-ph.CO2020★ 37 cited

Spectroscopic Quantification of Projection Effects in the SDSS redMaPPer Galaxy Cluster Catalogue

J. Myles, D. Gruen, A. B. Mantz +12

Projection effects, whereby galaxies along the line-of-sight to a galaxy cluster are mistakenly associated with the cluster halo, present a significant challenge for optical cluste…

astro-ph.CO2020★ 23 cited

Consistency of cosmic shear analyses in harmonic and real space

C. Doux, C. Chang, B. Jain +67

Recent cosmic shear studies have reported discrepancies of up to on the parameter between the analysis of shear power spectra and two-point…

astro-ph.CO2020★ 47 cited

Cosmology dependency of halo masses and concentrations in hydrodynamic simulations

Antonio Ragagnin, Alexandro Saro, Priyanka Singh +1

We employ a set of Magneticum cosmological hydrodynamic simulations that span over different cosmologies, and extract masses and concentrations of all well-resolved haloes bet…

astro-ph.CO2020★ 39 cited

Constraints on dark matter to dark radiation conversion in the late universe with DES-Y1 and external data

Angela Chen, Dragan Huterer, Sujeong Lee +81

We study a phenomenological class of models where dark matter converts to dark radiation in the low redshift epoch. This class of models, dubbed DMDR, characterizes the evolution o…

astro-ph.CO2020★ 76 cited

Dark Energy Survey Year 3 Results: Optimizing the Lens Sample in Combined Galaxy Clustering and Galaxy-Galaxy Lensing Analysis

A. Porredon, M. Crocce, P. Fosalba +77

We investigate potential gains in cosmological constraints from the combination of galaxy clustering and galaxy-galaxy lensing by optimizing the lens galaxy sample selection using…