Matter power spectrum reconstruction with KiDS-Legacy: Improved internal $\Lambda$CDM consistency and preference for strong baryonic feedback

Abstract

Direct measurements of the matter power spectrum, $P_{\mathrm{m}}(k,z)$, provide a powerful tool to investigate observed tensions between models of structure growth while also testing the internal consistency of cosmological probes. We analyse cosmic shear data from the final data release of the Kilo-Degree Survey (KiDS), presenting a deprojected $P_{\mathrm{m}}(k,z)$, measured in up to three redshift bins. Compared to analyses using previous KiDS releases, we find improved internal consistency in the $z\lesssim 0.7$ regime. At large scales, $k\lesssim 0.1h\mathrm{Mp}{\mathrm{c}}^{-1}$, our power spectrum reconstruction aligns with $\Lambda$CDM predictions with a density fluctuation amplitude ${\sigma }_8=0.81$. Furthermore, at small scales, $k=3$-$20h\mathrm{Mp}{\mathrm{c}}^{-1}$, the average matter power spectrum is suppressed by $30\%\pm 10\%(stat.)\pm 4\%(sys.)$ with $2.8\sigma$ significance relative to a dark-matter-only model, consistent with expectations of strong baryonic feedback.

8 pages, 5 figures (including the appendices). Accepted for publication in A&A

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