First observational detection of the moving lens effect via cross-correlation of ACT CMB temperature with DESI galaxies, yielding amplitude b_ML = 1.24 ± 0.26 at 4.8σ consistent with halo-model prediction.
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DESI (Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument) is a Stage IV ground-based dark energy experiment that will study baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO) and the growth of structure through redshift-space distortions with a wide-area galaxy and quasar redshift survey. To trace the underlying dark matter distribution, spectroscopic targets will be selected in four classes from imaging data. We will measure luminous red galaxies up to $z=1.0$. To probe the Universe out to even higher redshift, DESI will target bright [O II] emission line galaxies up to $z=1.7$. Quasars will be targeted both as direct tracers of the underlying dark matter distribution and, at higher redshifts ($ 2.1 < z < 3.5$), for the Ly-$\alpha$ forest absorption features in their spectra, which will be used to trace the distribution of neutral hydrogen. When moonlight prevents efficient observations of the faint targets of the baseline survey, DESI will conduct a magnitude-limited Bright Galaxy Survey comprising approximately 10 million galaxies with a median $z\approx 0.2$. In total, more than 30 million galaxy and quasar redshifts will be obtained to measure the BAO feature and determine the matter power spectrum, including redshift space distortions.
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- abstract DESI (Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument) is a Stage IV ground-based dark energy experiment that will study baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO) and the growth of structure through redshift-space distortions with a wide-area galaxy and quasar redshift survey. To trace the underlying dark matter distribution, spectroscopic targets will be selected in four classes from imaging data. We will measure luminous red galaxies up to $z=1.0$. To probe the Universe out to even higher redshift, DESI will target bright [O II] emission line galaxies up to $z=1.7$. Quasars will be targeted both as direct tra
- background recover unbiased measurements of the angular diameter distance, the Hubble parameter, and the growth of structure across all redshift bins, in the same range of scales as the EFT model, and obtain mν <0.63(0.36) eV at 95(68)% C.L. when Planck priors are included. I. INTRODUCTION The study of the large-scale structure (LSS) of the Uni- verse is entering a golden era. A new generation of galaxy surveys-including DESI [1] and Euclid [ 2], -is mapping the three-dimensional distribution of matter ove
- background 7 Final thoughts 21 8 Data Availability 22 A Author Affiliations 30 1 Introduction and summary of main results The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), a wide-angle instrument in the Mayall telescope at Kitt Peak [1], Arizona, provides an unprecedented capability to test modifications to Einstein equations during the history of the universe [2], in particular using its most recent release of extra-galactic targets with accurate redshift measurements [3]. At the background level, the DESI
- background ing from the early 2000s, a series of modern spectroscopic surveys, from the spectroscopic component of the SDSS 2) https://www.stsci.edu/hst 3) https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/paranal-observatory/vlt/ 4) https://keckobservatory.org/ Cai, et al., et al. Sci. China-Phys. Mech. Astron.January (2023) V ol. 66 No. 1000000-4 [20-22], LAMOST [13], to Dark Energy Spectroscopic In- strument (DESI) [36], Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX) [37], Subaru Prime Focus Spectro- graph
- background momentum triangle encodes the specific generation mechanism. A detection of a local-shape primordial bispectrum signal, which peaks in the squeezed limit (k1 ≪k 2, k 3), would rule out the entire class of single-field inflationary models. Current CMB constraints onf loc NL are insufficient to discriminate between inflationary models. The tightest bound from Planck yieldsfloc NL =−0.9±5.1[28], and future CMB ex- periments will not substantially improve this result due to cosmic variance [13]. Rea
- background 42]-at0.6< z <1.6provides a concrete realization. With up to 4 tracers and 10 cross- spectra per redshift bin, the overlap volume functions as a calibration laboratory for the EFT parameters that limit the full DESI analysis. The weaker finger-of-god (FoG) contamination expected in PFS samples motivates an asymmetric scale cut,k PFS max > k DESI max [37]1. This paper is organized as follows. Section 2 describes the multi-survey prior mech- anism. Section 3 details the Fisher forecast setup, incl
- background At a given redshift, the kinetic en- Astrid: Realistic BH Dynamics Weakens Baryonic Suppression5 0 101 102 r [kpc/h] 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 ρhydro(r)/ρDMO(r) R500c = 69.2 kpc /h M500c ∈ [1011,1012) M ⊙ /h 5.13 SV-DF SV-Repos SV-DF-S SV-Repos-S 0 101 102 r [kpc/h] R500c = 156.8 kpc /h M500c ∈ [1012,1013) M ⊙ /h 5.15 0 101 102 103 r [kpc/h] R500c = 318.7 kpc /h M500c ∈ [1013,1014) M ⊙ /h 5.17 Figure 2.Halo density profile ratios of halos in the SV hydrodynamical simulations to their matched D
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