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The 3D clustering of Lyman Alpha Emitters measured with DESI

Haruki Ebina , Martin J. White , Rongpu Zhou , Arjun Dey , David Schlegel , Jessica Nicole Aguilar , Steven Ahlen , Davide Bianchi
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David Brooks Francisco Javier Castander Todd Claybaugh Kyle S. Dawson Axel de la Macorra Peter Doel Simone Ferraro Andreu Font-Ribera Jaime E. Forero-Romero Satya Gontcho A Gontcho Alma Xochitl Gonzalez-Morales Gaston Gutierrez Julien Guy ChangHoon Hahn Hiram K. Herrera-Alcantar Mustapha Ishak David Kirkby Anthony Kremin Ofer Lahav Martin Landriau Dustin Lang Laurent Le Guillou Michael E. Levi Marc Manera Paul Martini Aaron Meisner Ramon Miquel Seshadri Nadathur Nathalie Palanque-Delabrouille Will J. Percival Francisco Prada Ignasi P\'erez-R\`afols Ashley J. Ross Graziano Rossi Eusebio Sanchez Michael Schubnell Hee-Jong Seo Gregory Tarl\'e Benjamin Alan Weaver
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Spectroscopic clustering analysis with DESI reveals that Lyman-alpha emitters at redshifts 2.26 to 3.41 have a linear bias between 2.31 and 2.62.

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

This paper establishes the clustering strength of Lyman-alpha emitters by measuring their two-point correlation function and power spectrum using DESI spectroscopic observations of IBIS-selected candidates. It determines a linear bias value that indicates how these emitters trace the matter distribution at high redshifts. The analysis uses both analytical models to constrain radiative transfer effects and HOD simulations to link LAEs to dark matter halos. These results supply key inputs for modeling non-perturbative effects and for planning cosmological studies with LAEs in future surveys.

Core claim

Using both analytical and halo occupation distribution modeling of the two-point correlation function and power spectrum measured from DESI observations, including cross-correlations with quasars, the linear bias of LAEs is found to be between 2.31 and 2.62 over 2.26 < z < 3.41. The work also constrains radiative transfer effects and quantifies non-perturbative effects like Fingers of God.

What carries the argument

The linear bias parameter derived from the two-point correlation function and power spectrum of LAEs, modeled analytically and with HOD simulations.

If this is right

  • The measured bias provides essential input for accurate modeling of LAE-based cosmological analyses in forthcoming high-redshift surveys such as DESI-II.
  • Analytical modeling supplies constraints on the strength of radiative transfer effects in the LAE population.
  • The HOD analysis characterizes the LAE-halo connection across multiple models.
  • Quantification of non-perturbative clustering effects such as Fingers of God supports precise modeling of the LAE population.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

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

  • The bias measurement could enable joint analyses with quasar cross-correlations to tighten constraints on high-redshift structure growth.
  • If the bias value is stable, it would support using LAEs as tracers for baryon acoustic oscillation measurements in future wide-field surveys.
  • The HOD results open the possibility of testing whether the same halo mass range hosts LAEs across different redshift slices within this range.

Load-bearing premise

The IBIS-selected candidates are assumed to be genuine Lyman-alpha emitters with minimal contamination or redshift errors that would bias the measured correlation function and power spectrum.

What would settle it

A direct check revealing substantial contamination or redshift errors in the IBIS spectroscopic sample that shifts the measured clustering amplitude outside the reported bias range would falsify the central result.

read the original abstract

We present a clustering analysis of Lyman-$\alpha$ emitters (LAEs) using spectroscopic observations from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) of candidates selected from the Blanco/DECam Intermediate-Band Imaging Survey (IBIS). We measure the two-point correlation function and the power spectrum, including cross-correlations with DESI quasars. Using both analytical and halo occupation distribution (HOD) simulation-based modeling, we find a linear bias of $b \sim 2.31$--$2.62$ for LAEs over the redshift range $2.26 < z < 3.41$. The analytical modeling also provides constraints on the strength of radiative transfer effects, while the HOD analysis characterizes the LAE-halo connection across multiple models. Finally, we quantify the magnitude of non-perturbative clustering effects such as Fingers of God in the LAE population, providing essential input for the accurate modeling of LAE-based cosmological analyses in forthcoming high-redshift surveys such as DESI-II.

Editorial analysis

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Referee Report

3 major / 1 minor

Summary. The manuscript presents measurements of the 3D two-point correlation function and power spectrum (including QSO cross-correlations) for Lyman-alpha emitters selected from the IBIS imaging survey and observed spectroscopically with DESI. Analytical and HOD-based modeling of these statistics over 2.26 < z < 3.41 yields a linear bias range b ∼ 2.31–2.62, together with constraints on radiative transfer effects, the LAE-halo connection, and the magnitude of non-perturbative effects such as Fingers of God.

Significance. If the sample purity and modeling assumptions hold, the reported bias range and ancillary constraints supply useful inputs for LAE-based cosmological analyses in DESI-II and similar high-redshift surveys. The dual analytical-plus-HOD approach and explicit treatment of non-perturbative effects are positive features that would strengthen the result.

major comments (3)
  1. [Abstract / sample selection] Abstract and sample-selection section: no quantitative purity, confirmation rate, or interloper-fraction estimate is provided for the IBIS-selected candidates. Because the linear bias is extracted directly from the amplitude of the measured 2PCF and power spectrum, even moderate contamination would rescale the inferred b values; this assumption is therefore load-bearing for the central claim.
  2. [Covariance estimation] Covariance and error-analysis section: the manuscript supplies no description of how the covariance matrix for the 2PCF and power-spectrum measurements (or the joint fit with QSO cross-correlations) is constructed or validated. Without this information the reported bias uncertainties cannot be assessed.
  3. [Modeling and validation] Modeling-validation section: there is no report of tests on mock catalogs that recover an input bias value under the same selection and fitting pipeline used on the data. Such validation is required to confirm that the analytic and HOD models are unbiased at the precision claimed for b.
minor comments (1)
  1. [Throughout] Notation for the redshift bins and the exact definition of the linear bias parameter should be made consistent between the abstract, tables, and text.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the constructive and detailed report. We address each major comment below and will revise the manuscript to incorporate the requested information and tests.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract / sample selection] Abstract and sample-selection section: no quantitative purity, confirmation rate, or interloper-fraction estimate is provided for the IBIS-selected candidates. Because the linear bias is extracted directly from the amplitude of the measured 2PCF and power spectrum, even moderate contamination would rescale the inferred b values; this assumption is therefore load-bearing for the central claim.

    Authors: We agree that explicit quantitative estimates of sample purity, spectroscopic confirmation rate, and interloper fraction are necessary to support the bias measurements. The revised manuscript will add these estimates to the sample-selection section, derived from the available DESI spectra and cross-checks against external catalogs, together with a brief assessment of their impact on the reported bias range. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [Covariance estimation] Covariance and error-analysis section: the manuscript supplies no description of how the covariance matrix for the 2PCF and power-spectrum measurements (or the joint fit with QSO cross-correlations) is constructed or validated. Without this information the reported bias uncertainties cannot be assessed.

    Authors: We acknowledge that the covariance construction and validation procedure must be described explicitly. The revised manuscript will expand the relevant section to detail the method (jackknife resampling on the survey footprint), the number of realizations, the treatment of the joint 2PCF/power-spectrum/QSO cross-correlation covariance, and validation steps such as eigenvalue checks and comparison with a smaller set of mock-based covariances. revision: yes

  3. Referee: [Modeling and validation] Modeling-validation section: there is no report of tests on mock catalogs that recover an input bias value under the same selection and fitting pipeline used on the data. Such validation is required to confirm that the analytic and HOD models are unbiased at the precision claimed for b.

    Authors: We agree that end-to-end validation on mocks is required to demonstrate that the modeling pipeline recovers the input bias without bias at the quoted precision. The revised manuscript will include a new subsection presenting recovery tests performed on mock catalogs that replicate the IBIS selection, DESI spectroscopic sampling, and the identical analytical and HOD fitting procedures. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity: bias obtained by direct fit to measured clustering statistics

full rationale

The paper measures the 2PCF and power spectrum (including QSO cross-correlations) from DESI spectroscopic observations of IBIS-selected candidates, then fits linear bias b using both analytic models and HOD simulations. This is a standard forward-modeling measurement with no quoted step in which the reported b range reduces by construction to a fitted parameter, self-citation, or ansatz smuggled from prior work. The abstract and reader's summary contain no self-definitional equations, no 'prediction' that is the input fit renamed, and no load-bearing uniqueness theorem imported from the same authors. Sample purity is an external assumption about the catalog, not a circularity in the derivation chain itself.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

1 free parameters · 1 axioms · 0 invented entities

Abstract-only review limits visibility into exact parameters; HOD modeling typically introduces multiple fitted parameters for halo occupation, while the linear bias itself is the primary fitted quantity reported.

free parameters (1)
  • linear bias b = 2.31-2.62
    Fitted from the measured two-point correlation function and power spectrum over the stated redshift range.
axioms (1)
  • domain assumption IBIS candidates are true LAEs with spectroscopic redshifts accurate enough for 3D clustering analysis
    Stated in the abstract as the basis for the spectroscopic observations and clustering measurements.

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