Hybrid-basis inference for large-scale galaxy clustering: combining spherical and Cartesian Fourier analyses

DOI10.1088/1475-7516/2020/10/022zbMATH Open1494.85006arXiv2007.14962OpenAlexW3045678054MaRDI QIDQ5070980FDOQ5070980

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Publication date: 14 April 2022

Published in: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Future precision cosmology from large-scale structure experiments including the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) and Euclid will probe wider and deeper cosmic volumes than those covered by previous surveys. The Cartesian power spectrum analysis of anisotropic galaxy clustering based on the Fourier plane wave basis makes a number of assumptions, including the local plane-parallel approximation, that will no longer be valid on very large scales and may degrade cosmological constraints. We propose an approach that utilises a hybrid basis: on the largest scales, clustering statistics are decomposed into spherical Fourier modes which respect the natural geometry of both survey observations and physical effects along the line of sight, such as redshift-space distortions, the Alcock--Paczy'nsky and light-cone effects; on smaller scales with far more clustering modes, we retain the computational benefit of the power spectrum analysis aided by fast Fourier transforms. This approach is particularly suited to the likelihood analysis of local primordial non-Gaussianity $f_{e}xtrmNL$ through the scale-dependent halo bias, and we demonstrate its applicability with $N$-body simulations. We also release our public code Harmonia (https://github.com/MikeSWang/Harmonia) for galaxy clustering likelihood inference in spherical Fourier or hybrid-basis analyses.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2007.14962

zbMATH Keywords

power spectrumgalaxy clusteringredshift surveyscosmological parameters from LSS

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Diffraction, scattering (78A45) Fourier and Fourier-Stieltjes transforms and other transforms of Fourier type (42A38) Spectrum, resolvent (47A10) Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C25) Electromagnetic fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C50) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Radiative transfer in astronomy and astrophysics (85A25) Observational and experimental questions in relativity and gravitational theory (83B05) Minkowski geometries in nonlinear incidence geometry (51B20) Cluster sets, prime ends, boundary behavior (30D40) Mathematical modeling or simulation for problems pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-10)

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• Healpix
• 3DEX
• nbodykit

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