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most citedPlanck 2013 results. XVI. Cosmological parameters

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astro-ph.CO2018★ 37 cited

Halo Concentration, Galaxy Red Fraction, and Gas Properties of Optically-defined Merging Clusters

Nobuhiro Okabe, Masamune Oguri, Hiroki Akamatsu +9

We present multi-wavelength studies of optically-defined merging clusters, based on the Hyper Suprime-Cam Subaru Strategic Program. Luminous red galaxies, tracing cluster mass dist…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 368 cited

Cluster Cosmology Constraints from the 2500 deg SPT-SZ Survey: Inclusion of Weak Gravitational Lensing Data from Magellan and the Hubble Space Telescope

S. Bocquet, J. P. Dietrich, T. Schrabback +77

We derive cosmological constraints using a galaxy cluster sample selected from the 2500~deg SPT-SZ survey. The sample spans the redshift range and contains 343 c…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 33 cited

Superhorizon curvature perturbation in ultra-slow-roll inflation

Shu-Lin Cheng, Wolung Lee, Kin-Wang Ng

We study the growth of superhorizon modes in the curvature perturbation during an ultra-slow-roll or a large- phase in single-field inflation. In a simple toy model, we derive t…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 96 cited

The Foundation Supernova Survey: Measuring Cosmological Parameters with Supernovae from a Single Telescope

D. O. Jones, D. M. Scolnic, R. J. Foley +27

Measurements of the dark energy equation-of-state parameter, , have been limited by uncertainty in the selection effects and photometric calibration of Type Ia supernova…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 94 cited

First Cosmology Results using Type Ia Supernova from the Dark Energy Survey: Simulations to Correct Supernova Distance Biases

R. Kessler, D. Brout, C. B. D'Andrea +103

We describe catalog-level simulations of Type Ia supernova (SN~Ia) light curves in the Dark Energy Survey Supernova Program (DES-SN), and in low-redshift samples from the Center fo…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 132 cited

First Cosmology Results Using Type Ia Supernovae From the Dark Energy Survey: Analysis, Systematic Uncertainties, and Validation

D. Brout, D. Scolnic, R. Kessler +122

We present the analysis underpinning the measurement of cosmological parameters from 207 spectroscopically classified type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) from the first three years of the…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 237 cited

First Cosmological Results using Type Ia Supernovae from the Dark Energy Survey: Measurement of the Hubble Constant

E. Macaulay, R. C. Nichol, D. Bacon +106

We present an improved measurement of the Hubble constant (H_0) using the 'inverse distance ladder' method, which adds the information from 207 Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) from the…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 106 cited

Cosmological Constraints from Multiple Probes in the Dark Energy Survey

DES Collaboration, T. M. C. Abbott, A. Alarcon +166

The combination of multiple observational probes has long been advocated as a powerful technique to constrain cosmological parameters, in particular dark energy. The Dark Energy Su…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 276 cited

First Cosmology Results using Type Ia Supernovae from the Dark Energy Survey: Constraints on Cosmological Parameters

T. M. C. Abbott, S. Allam, P. Andersen +141

We present the first cosmological parameter constraints using measurements of type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) from the Dark Energy Survey Supernova Program (DES-SN). The analysis uses…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 22 cited

RELICS: High-Resolution Constraints on the Inner Mass Distribution of the z=0.83 Merging Cluster RXJ0152.7-1357 from strong lensing

Ana Acebron, May Alon, Adi Zitrin +37

Strong gravitational lensing (SL) is a powerful means to map the distribution of dark matter. In this work, we perform a SL analysis of the prominent X-ray cluster RXJ0152.7-1357 (…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 6 cited

Multi-Component Decomposition of Cosmic Infrared Background Fluctuations

Chang Feng, Asantha Cooray, Jamie Bock +5

The near-infrared background between 0.5 m to 2 m contains a wealth of information related to radiative processes in the universe. Infrared background anisotropies encode the…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 65 cited

The STRong lensing Insights into the Dark Energy Survey (STRIDES) 2016 follow-up campaign. I. Overview and classification of candidates selected by two techniques

T. Treu, A. Agnello, M. A. Baumer +79

The primary goals of the STRong lensing Insights into the Dark Energy Survey (STRIDES) collaboration are to measure the dark energy equation of state parameter and the free streami…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 533 cited

Cosmology from cosmic shear power spectra with Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam first-year data

Chiaki Hikage, Masamune Oguri, Takashi Hamana +34

We measure cosmic weak lensing shear power spectra with the Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) survey first-year shear catalog covering 137deg of the sky. Thanks to the high effect…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 82 cited

The Massive and Distant Clusters of WISE Survey. I: Survey Overview and a Catalog of >2000 Galaxy Clusters at z~1

Anthony H. Gonzalez, Daniel P. Gettings, Mark Brodwin +23

We present the Massive and Distant Clusters of WISE Survey (MaDCoWS), a search for galaxy clusters at 0.7<z<1.5 based upon data from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 12 cited

Optimally Mapping Large-Scale Structures with Luminous Sources

Yun-Ting Cheng, Roland de Putter, Tzu-Ching Chang +1

Intensity mapping has emerged as a promising tool to probe the three-dimensional structure of the universe. The traditional approach of galaxy redshift surveys is based on individu…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 373 cited

H0LiCOW - IX. Cosmographic analysis of the doubly imaged quasar SDSS 1206+4332 and a new measurement of the Hubble constant

S. Birrer, T. Treu, C. E. Rusu +15

We present a blind time-delay strong lensing (TDSL) cosmographic analysis of the doubly imaged quasar SDSS 1206+4332. We combine the relative time delay between the quasar images,…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 26 cited

Splashback radius of nonspherical dark matter halos from cosmic density and velocity fields

Teppei Okumura, Takahiro Nishimichi, Keiichi Umetsu +1

We investigate the splashback features of dark-matter halos based on cosmic density and velocity fields. Besides the density correlation function binned by the halo orientation ang…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 128 cited

X-ray Properties of SPT Selected Galaxy Clusters at 0.2<z<1.5 Observed with XMM-Newton

Esra Bulbul, I-Non Chiu, Joseph J. Mohr +22

We present measurements of the X-ray observables of the intra-cluster medium (ICM), including luminosity , ICM mass , emission-weighted mean temperature , and in…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 2 cited

Excessive shift of the CMB acoustic peaks of the Cold Spot area

Lung-Yih Chiang

Measurement of the acoustic peaks of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature anisotropies has been instrumental in deciding the geometry and content of the universe. Acou…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 53 cited

CLUMP-3D. Testing CDM with galaxy cluster shapes

Mauro Sereno, Keiichi Umetsu, Stefano Ettori +5

The CDM model of structure formation makes strong predictions on concentration and shape of DM (dark matter) halos, which are determined by mass accretion processes. Comparison…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 30 cited

CLUMP-3D: Three-dimensional Shape and Structure of 20 CLASH Galaxy Clusters from Combined Weak and Strong Lensing

I-Non Chiu, Keiichi Umetsu, Mauro Sereno +5

We perform a three-dimensional triaxial analysis of 16 X-ray regular and 4 high-magnification galaxy clusters selected from the CLASH survey by combining two-dimensional weak-lensi…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 29 cited

RELICS: Strong-lensing analysis of the massive clusters MACS J0308.9+2645 and PLCK G171.9-40.7

Ana Acebron, Nathália Cibirka, Adi Zitrin +37

Strong gravitational lensing by galaxy clusters has become a powerful tool for probing the high-redshift Universe, magnifying distant and faint background galaxies. Reliable strong…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 124 cited

Should Type Ia Supernova Distances be Corrected for their Local Environments?

D. O. Jones, A. G. Riess, D. M. Scolnic +13

Recent analyses suggest that distance residuals measured from Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are correlated with local host galaxy properties within a few kpc of the SN explosion. How…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 67 cited

COSMOGRAIL XVII: Time delays for the quadruply imaged quasar PG 1115+080

V. Bonvin, J. H. H. Chan, M. Millon +24

We present time-delay estimates for the quadruply imaged quasar PG 1115+080. Our resuls are based on almost daily observations for seven months at the ESO MPIA 2.2m telescope at La…