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Testing parity with composite-field spectra of BOSS and DESI luminous red galaxies

Zucheng Gao , Marina S. Cagliari , Azadeh Moradinezhad Dizgah , Zvonimir Vlah
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Measurements of parity-odd kurto spectra in BOSS and DESI luminous red galaxies find no evidence for cosmological parity violation.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper applies composite-field spectra to test whether the large-scale distribution of galaxies violates parity, a symmetry expected in standard cosmology. It compresses the parity-odd part of the four-point correlation function into two lower-dimensional spectra that permit direct covariance estimation from mock catalogs. Null-hypothesis tests and cross-patch checks on BOSS DR12 and DESI DR1 data return results consistent with no signal. The DESI measurements display roughly four times smaller scatter, matching the gain from higher galaxy number density. This sets a baseline for tighter constraints once future releases increase survey volume and tracer density.

Core claim

The central claim is that the first application of parity-odd kurto spectra to spectroscopic galaxy survey data yields no cosmological parity-violating signal. The two spectra analyzed are the vector-pseudo-vector composite P_{2×2} and the scalar-pseudo-scalar composite P_{3×1}. Both BOSS DR12 and DESI DR1 luminous red galaxy samples are consistent with the null hypothesis under chi-squared tests and cross-patch consistency checks. High-fidelity mocks reproduce the data better than approximate mocks, and DESI exhibits scatter reduced by a factor of about four relative to BOSS, as expected from its higher tracer density.

What carries the argument

Parity-odd kurto spectra P_{2×2} and P_{3×1}, which compress the trispectrum into lower-dimensional data vectors that allow covariance matrices to be estimated directly from mock catalogs.

If this is right

  • The compression into kurto spectra reduces sensitivity to covariance-modelling systematics compared with direct four-point correlation function analyses.
  • High-fidelity mock catalogues match the statistical properties of both BOSS and DESI data better than approximate mocks.
  • The DESI DR1 measurements exhibit scatter smaller by a factor of about four than BOSS DR12, consistent with the higher tracer number density.
  • Future DESI releases with larger volume and number density can enable significantly sharper tests of parity violation using the same kurto spectra.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The same composite spectra could be measured in other large-scale structure surveys to provide independent cross-checks on the null result.
  • If a signal appears in larger future datasets, it would directly constrain parity-violating extensions to the standard cosmological model.
  • The method's lower-dimensional data vectors make it feasible to combine multiple surveys for joint parity tests while controlling covariance uncertainties.
  • Improved fidelity in mock catalogues would directly tighten the limits on any residual parity-odd contributions.

Load-bearing premise

The high-fidelity mock catalogues accurately reproduce the statistical properties of the observed galaxy data, including any residual systematics that could mimic or mask a parity signal.

What would settle it

A chi-squared statistic for the combined kurto spectra that lies well outside the expected null distribution in a future DESI data release with larger volume would indicate either a parity-violating signal or unaccounted systematics.

read the original abstract

Detection of parity violation on cosmological scales would have profound implications for fundamental physics. Motivated in part by recent measurements of parity-odd four-point correlation functions in BOSS and DESI luminous red galaxy samples, which probe parity violation in the scalar sector, we present the first measurement of parity-odd kurto spectra in spectroscopic galaxy survey data. We analyse two composite-field spectra, $\mathcal{P}_{2\times2}$ (vector--pseudo-vector) and $\mathcal{P}_{3\times1}$ (scalar--pseudo-scalar). Compared with parity-odd four-point correlation function analyses, the kurto-spectrum formalism performs physically motivated compression on the trispectrum into a substantially lower-dimensional data vector, allowing direct estimation of covariance matrices from mock catalogues and reducing sensitivity to covariance-modelling systematics. Using null-hypothesis $\chi^2$ tests and cross-patch consistency checks, we find no evidence for a cosmological parity-violating signal in either survey. We examine the impact of the adopted mock catalogues and find that the high-fidelity mocks provide a better match to the data of both surveys than the approximate mocks. The DESI DR1 measurements exhibit a scatter smaller than that of BOSS DR12 by about a factor of four, consistent with the improved statistical precision expected from the higher tracer number density. Future DESI data releases, with larger volume and number density, together with larger suites of high-fidelity mocks, can enable significantly sharper tests of parity violation using kurto spectra.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The paper reports the first measurement of parity-odd kurto spectra, specifically the composite-field spectra P_{2×2} (vector-pseudo-vector) and P_{3×1} (scalar-pseudo-scalar), in BOSS DR12 and DESI DR1 luminous red galaxy samples. Using null-hypothesis χ² tests on these compressed trispectrum statistics together with cross-patch consistency checks, the authors find no evidence for a cosmological parity-violating signal. They compare high-fidelity and approximate mock catalogues, concluding that the former provide a better match to the data, and note that the DESI measurements exhibit roughly four times smaller scatter than BOSS, consistent with the higher tracer density.

Significance. If the null result holds, this work supplies an independent, physically motivated compression of the four-point function that enables direct mock-based covariance estimation and thereby reduces sensitivity to covariance-modelling systematics relative to full 4PCF analyses. The explicit demonstration that high-fidelity mocks outperform approximate ones, together with the cross-patch validation, strengthens the reliability of the null conclusion. The factor-of-four improvement in DESI scatter and the forward-looking statement about future data releases constitute clear strengths that position the method as a practical tool for upcoming surveys.

major comments (2)
  1. [§4.2] §4.2 (Covariance estimation from mocks): The central χ² tests rely on covariance matrices estimated from the mock suites. Although the text states that high-fidelity mocks match the data better than approximate ones, no quantitative comparison (e.g., fractional residuals or χ² per degree of freedom) is presented specifically for the parity-odd components of P_{2×2} and P_{3×1}. Any unmodeled mismatch in the variances or off-diagonal correlations of these parity-odd spectra would directly rescale the reported p-values without the data vector itself exhibiting a signal.
  2. [Table 2] Table 2 (χ² and p-values): The null-hypothesis probabilities are quoted to two significant figures, yet the number of mocks used to estimate the covariance is not stated in the table caption or surrounding text. With a finite number of mocks the inverse covariance is noisy; the paper should report the effective number of mocks and any Hartlap or Sellentin-Heavens correction applied, because this directly affects the reliability of the p-values that underpin the “no evidence” claim.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Abstract] The abstract refers to “kurto spectra” without a brief parenthetical definition on first use; a short clause such as “(compressed parity-odd trispectrum statistics)” would improve accessibility.
  2. [Figure 1] Figure 1 (or equivalent data-vector plot): the y-axis labels for the parity-odd spectra are difficult to read at the published size; increasing font size or adding a second panel with zoomed residuals would aid interpretation.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for their careful reading of the manuscript and for the constructive comments. We address each major comment below and have revised the manuscript accordingly to improve the presentation of the covariance estimation and the reporting of the statistical tests.

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  1. Referee: [§4.2] §4.2 (Covariance estimation from mocks): The central χ² tests rely on covariance matrices estimated from the mock suites. Although the text states that high-fidelity mocks match the data better than approximate ones, no quantitative comparison (e.g., fractional residuals or χ² per degree of freedom) is presented specifically for the parity-odd components of P_{2×2} and P_{3×1}. Any unmodeled mismatch in the variances or off-diagonal correlations of these parity-odd spectra would directly rescale the reported p-values without the data vector itself exhibiting a signal.

    Authors: We agree that a quantitative comparison focused on the parity-odd components would strengthen the manuscript. In the revised version we have added a new supplementary table that reports the χ² per degree of freedom (and fractional residuals in the diagonal elements) for both P_{2×2} and P_{3×1} when the data vector is compared against the mean of the high-fidelity mocks and against the mean of the approximate mocks. The table shows that the high-fidelity mocks yield systematically lower χ²/dof values for the parity-odd spectra in both surveys, confirming a better match and supporting the use of those covariance matrices for the null-hypothesis tests. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [Table 2] Table 2 (χ² and p-values): The null-hypothesis probabilities are quoted to two significant figures, yet the number of mocks used to estimate the covariance is not stated in the table caption or surrounding text. With a finite number of mocks the inverse covariance is noisy; the paper should report the effective number of mocks and any Hartlap or Sellentin-Heavens correction applied, because this directly affects the reliability of the p-values that underpin the “no evidence” claim.

    Authors: We thank the referee for noting this omission. We have revised the caption of Table 2 to state the number of mocks employed for each survey (as already described in Section 3.3). We have also added a short paragraph in Section 4.2 explaining that the number of mocks substantially exceeds the dimension of the data vector, rendering the Hartlap correction factor indistinguishable from unity at the quoted precision of the p-values. We further note that applying the Sellentin-Heavens correction produces p-values that remain consistent within the reported two significant figures and does not alter the null conclusion. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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Direct data measurement with external mock covariances

full rationale

The paper's central result is a null-hypothesis χ² test applied to measured parity-odd kurto spectra (P_{2×2} and P_{3×1}) extracted directly from BOSS and DESI galaxy data. Covariance matrices are estimated from independent high-fidelity mock catalogues whose fidelity is validated by explicit comparison to the observed data statistics. No equation or result is defined in terms of the target parity signal, no fitted parameter is relabeled as a prediction, and no self-citation chain supplies a uniqueness theorem or ansatz that forces the null outcome. The analysis therefore remains self-contained against external benchmarks and does not reduce to its inputs by construction.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

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The analysis assumes standard large-scale structure cosmology and that the chosen composite spectra isolate parity-odd contributions without contamination from even-parity terms or survey systematics.

axioms (2)
  • domain assumption Standard Lambda-CDM cosmology and linear perturbation theory hold on the scales probed by the luminous red galaxy samples.
    Invoked to interpret the kurto spectra as clean probes of parity violation.
  • domain assumption The mock catalogues faithfully reproduce the covariance structure of the real data.
    Central to the chi-squared tests and cross-patch consistency checks.

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