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A census of Dark Energy Survey Year 3 redMaPPer galaxy clusters in a high exposure eROSITA All Sky Survey region

P. A. Giles, A. K. Romer, J. Pilling +64

We present the cross-match of galaxy clusters detected by redMaPPer using the first three years of Dark Energy Survey (DESY3RM) operations, and the first release of the eROSITA-All…

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Euclid. A two-point correlation approach to diagnosing star-related systematics in the Euclid spectroscopic survey

Euclid Collaboration, I. Risso, B. R. Granett +298

The Euclid spectroscopic survey will measure galaxy clustering with unprecedented precision, requiring stringent control of observational and instrumental systematics. Star-related…

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Euclid preparation. The shape of halo profiles in CDM and non-standard cosmologies

Euclid Collaboration, L. Pizzuti, G. Y. Ferron +304

We study the shape of three-dimensional and projected dark-matter halo profiles extracted from cosmological -body simulations in CDM and non-standard cosmologies, using the \…

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A study of the large-scale formation in the environment of A3266: Infalling groups, filaments, and a premerger cold front

J. Dietl, A. Veronica, T. H. Reiprich +7

Abell 3266 (A3266) is a dynamically active galaxy cluster embedded in a dense environment of galaxy groups and clusters at similar redshift. Data from the Spektrum Roentgen Gamma (…

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Euclid: Inferring star-formation history via cross-correlations of photometric clustering and shear with the cosmic infrared background

J. Han, S. Camera, M. Migliaccio +146

The cosmic infrared background, sourced by dust heated by star-forming activity, encodes the integrated history of the star-formation distribution over a large swathe of cosmic tim…

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Euclid: Measuring the intrinsic alignment of galaxies around cosmic voids in the \Euclid Flagship simulation\

P. Vielzeuf, M. -C. Cousinou, A. Pisani +149

We present a methodology to measure the intrinsic alignment (IA) signal of galaxies in the vicinity of cosmic voids using the \Euclid-like Flagship cosmological simulation from the…

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The PAU Survey and Euclid: Analysing photometric redshifts from realistically simulated narrow-band photometry with Flagship 2

A. Wittje, H. Hildebrandt, D. Navarro-Gironés +154

The study of the large-scale structure of the Universe and the distribution of galaxies has been greatly advanced by the application of various types of photometric redshift estima…

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Euclid: Precise inference of defocus wavefront error from image diffraction spike measurements

D. Neumann, L. Miller, H. Hoekstra +146

The success of the Euclid cosmological weak lensing measurements requires unprecedented knowledge of the point spread function (PSF) shape. Defocus wavefront errors induce variatio…

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Euclid preparation. First investigation of the impact of cross-contamination on spectroscopic redshift measurements with pixel-level simulations

Euclid Collaboration, F. Passalacqua, S. Anselmi +299

We present a study on simulated data focused on understanding the performance of the spectroscopic redshift measurements with the Near-Infrared Spectrometer and Photometer (NISP) i…

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Euclid: Quick Data Release (Q1) -- LensMC shear measurement catalogue for cluster lensing science

G. Congedo, M. Sereno, H. Miyatake +140

We present a LensMC lensing analysis of Euclid Quick Release 1 images that were made available in March 2025. We measured shapes, positions, weights, and other morphological parame…

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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…

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Breaking Free from the Swampland of Impossible Universes through the DESI Portal

Luis A. Anchordoqui, Dieter Lust

The persistent challenge of creating stable de Sitter vacua within string theory undermines the observational validity of the cold dark matter (CDM) model. This difficulty sugg…

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Euclid preparation. CosmoPostProcess: A simulation calibrated framework for weak lensing selection bias in richness-selected galaxy clusters

Euclid Collaboration, R. Ingrao, M. Costanzi +280

We present \texttt{CosmoPostProcess}, a simulation-based forward-modelling algorithm calibrated to reproduce Euclid optical cluster observables. Its main deliverable is a correctio…

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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…

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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.CO2026★ 1 cited

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…

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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…

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The BAO scale -- how standard is the standard ruler?

Francisco Asensio-Rivera, Nils Schöneberg, Héctor Gil-Marín +1

Analyses of baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO) commonly employ template-based methods to extract compressed parameters from the clustering of dark-matter tracers, which are then in…

astro-ph.CO2026★ 1 cited

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…

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Euclid: The linear-construction covariance and cosmology

V. Lindholm, E. Sihvola, J. Valiviita +137

We study the properties of galaxy cluster 2-point correlation function covariance matrices estimated using the linear-construction (LC) method, which is computationally up to 20 ti…

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Cosmological gravity on all scales V: MCMC forecasts combining large scale structure and CMB lensing for binned phenomenological modified gravity

Sankarshana Srinivasan, Shreya Prabhu, Kai Lehman +2

As cosmology rapidly approaches the data-dominated phase of stage IV large scale structure surveys, the modelling of nonlinear scales has become a serious challenge that faces the…

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The dark fate of ultra-faint dwarfs: Gravothermal collapse in action

Moritz S. Fischer, Hai-Bo Yu

Ultra-faint dwarf (UFD) galaxies are a promising probe for dark matter (DM) physics as they are the most DM-dominated systems known. The Milky Way (MW) hosts many UFDs for which th…

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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…

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Dark Energy Survey Year 6 Results: Weak Lensing and Galaxy Clustering Cosmological Analysis Framework

D. Sanchez-Cid, A. Ferté, J. Blazek +115

We present the methodology for the weak lensing and galaxy clustering analyses of the Dark Energy Survey (DES) Year 6 data set. In this work, we design and validate the analysis pi…