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most citedCosmological Constraints from the eBOSS Lyman- Forest using the PRIYA Simulations

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cs.AI2026

FLARE MCMC: Fidelity-based Layer-Adaptive REcursive proposals for MCMC

Harini Venkatesan, Christian Shelton, Ming-Feng Ho +2

Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) requires only the ability to evaluate the likelihood, making it a common technique for inference in complex models. However, it can have a slow mixi…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

LATIS Data Release: Spectra of Galaxies, Redshifts, and Intergalactic Medium Tomography Maps

Andrew B. Newman, Gwen C. Rudie, Guillermo A. Blanc +8

We present the data release of the Ly Tomography IMACS Survey (LATIS), one of the largest optical spectroscopic surveys of faint high-redshift galaxies. The survey provides 7408…

astro-ph.GA2025

LATIS: Galaxy-Environment Relations at Cosmic Noon and the Role of Sample Selection

Nima Chartab, Andrew B. Newman, Gwen C. Rudie +6

We investigate the environmental dependence of galaxy properties at using the Ly Tomography IMACS Survey (LATIS), which provides high-resolution three-dimensional map…

astro-ph.CO2025

Small-scale Lyman alpha forest cosmology with PRIYA: Constraints from XQ100 and KODIAQ-SQUAD one-dimensional flux power spectra

Ming-Feng Ho, Mahdi Qezlou, Simeon Bird +4

We present a new cosmological analysis of the small-scale Lyman alpha forest 1D flux power spectrum (P1D) using high-resolution quasar spectra from XQ100 and KODIAQ-SQUAD, interpre…

astro-ph.GA2025

Exploring the impact of AGN feedback model variations on the Lyman- Forest Flux Power Spectrum

Megan Pirecki, Megan Taylor Tillman, Blakesley Burkhart +2

We study the effects of varying different Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) feedback parameters on the Lyman- (Ly) forest 1D transmitted flux power spectrum (P1D). We use the Cosm…

astro-ph.CO2025

An AI super-resolution field emulator for cosmological hydrodynamics: the Lyman-α forest

Fatemeh Hafezianzadeh, Xiaowen Zhang, Yueying Ni +4

We extend our super-resolution and emulation framework for cosmological dark matter simulations to include hydrodynamics. We present a two-stage deep learning model to emulate high…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 3 cited

LATIS: Comparing Galaxy and IGM Tomography Maps as Tracers of Large-scale Structure and Protoclusters at

Andrew B. Newman, Nima Chartab, Mahdi Qezlou +11

We investigate the consistency of intergalactic medium (IGM) tomography and galaxy surveys as tracers of the cosmic web and protoclusters at . We use maps from the Ly$α…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 4 cited

LATIS: A Sample of IGM-selected Protoclusters and Protogroups at

Andrew B. Newman, Mahdi Qezlou, Gwen C. Rudie +11

The Ly Tomography IMACS Survey (LATIS) has produced large 3D maps of the intergalactic medium (IGM), providing a new window on the cosmic web at . A key advantage of L…

astro-ph.CO2025★ 1 cited

Design and optimization of neural networks for multifidelity cosmological emulation

Yanhui Yang, Simeon Bird, Ming-Feng Ho +1

Accurate and efficient simulation-based emulators are essential for interpreting cosmological survey data down to nonlinear scales. Multifidelity emulation techniques reduce simula…

astro-ph.CO2025★ 1 cited

Ten-dimensional neural network emulator for the nonlinear matter power spectrum

Yanhui Yang, Simeon Bird, Ming-Feng Ho +1

We present GokuNEmu, a ten-dimensional neural network emulator for the nonlinear matter power spectrum, designed to support next-generation cosmological analyses. Built on the Goku…

astro-ph.GA2025

Hints of an Anomalous Lens Population towards the Galactic Bulge

Scott E. Perkins, Peter McGill, William A. Dawson +4

The dark and dynamic parts of the Galaxy, including the bulk shape and movement of the Galactic Bulge and characteristics of dark compact object populations, such as a hypothetical…

astro-ph.CO2025

Ten-parameter simulation suite for cosmological emulation beyond CDM

Yanhui Yang, Simeon Bird, Ming-Feng Ho

We present Goku, a suite of cosmological -body simulations, and the corresponding 10-dimensional emulator, GokuEmu, for the nonlinear matter power spectrum. The simulations span…

astro-ph.CO2024

The Effects of AGN Feedback on the Lyman- Forest Flux Power Spectrum

Megan Taylor Tillman, Blakesley Burkhart, Stephanie Tonnesen +2

We study the effects of AGN feedback on the Lyman- forest 1D flux power spectrum (P1D). Using the Simba cosmological-hydrodynamic simulations, we examine the impact that adding…

astro-ph.HE2024

Investigating the mixing between two black hole populations in LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA GWTC-3

Ming-Feng Ho, Scott Ellis Perkins, Simeon Bird +4

We introduce a population model to analyze the mixing between hypothesised power-law and Gaussian bump black hole populations in the latest gravitational wave cat…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 2 cited

Astrometric Microlensing by Primordial Black Holes with The Roman Space Telescope

James Fardeen, Peter McGill, Scott E. Perkins +5

Primordial Black Holes (PBHs) could explain some fraction of dark matter and shed light on many areas of early-universe physics. Despite over half a century of research interest, a…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 12 cited

Disentangling the Black Hole Mass Spectrum with Photometric Microlensing Surveys

Scott Ellis Perkins, Peter McGill, William Dawson +8

From the formation mechanisms of stars and compact objects to nuclear physics, modern astronomy frequently leverages surveys to understand populations of objects to answer fundamen…

astro-ph.CO2023★ 1 cited

Forecast Cosmological Constraints with the 1D Wavelet Scattering Transform and the Lyman- forest

Hurum Maksora Tohfa, Simeon Bird, Ming-Feng Ho +2

We make forecasts for the constraining power of the 1D Wavelet Scattering Transform (WST) when used with a Lyman- forest cosmology survey. Using mock simulations and a Fisher ma…

astro-ph.CO2023★ 27 cited

Cosmological Constraints from the eBOSS Lyman- Forest using the PRIYA Simulations

M. A. Fernandez, Simeon Bird, Ming-Feng Ho

We present new cosmological parameter constraints from the eBOSS Lyman- forest survey. We use a new theoretical model and likelihood based on the PRIYA simulation suite. PRIYA i…