Cosmological lensing ratios with des Y1, SPT, and Planck

J. Prat, E. Baxter, T. Shin, C. Sánchez, C. Chang, B. Jain, R. Miquel, A. Alarcon, D. Bacon, G. M. Bernstein, R. Cawthon, T. M. Crawford, C. Davis, J. De Vicente, S. Dodelson, T. F. Eifler, O. Friedrich, M. Gatti, D. Gruen, W. G. HartleyG. P. Holder, B. Hoyle, M. Jarvis, E. Krause, N. MacCrann, B. Mawdsley, A. Nicola, Y. Omori, A. Pujol, M. M. Rau, C. L. Reichardt, S. Samuroff, E. Sheldon, M. A. Troxel, P. Vielzeuf, J. Zuntz, T. M.C. Abbott, F. B. Abdalla, J. Annis, S. Avila, K. Aylor, B. A. Benson, E. Bertin, L. E. Bleem, D. Brooks, D. L. Burke, J. E. Carlstrom, M. Carrasco Kind, J. Carretero, C. L. Chang, H. M. Cho, R. Chown, A. T. Crites, C. E. Cunha, L. N. Da Costa, S. Desai, H. T. Diehl, J. P. Dietrich, M. A. Dobbs, P. Doel, W. B. Everett, A. E. Evrard, B. Flaugher, P. Fosalba, J. García-Bellido, E. Gaztanaga, E. M. George, D. W. Gerdes, T. Giannantonio, R. A. Gruendl, J. Gschwend, G. Gutierrez, T. De Haan, N. W. Halverson, N. L. Harrington, W. L. Holzapfel, K. Honscheid, Z. Hou, J. D. Hrubes, D. J. James, T. Jeltema, L. Knox, R. Kron, K. Kuehn, N. Kuropatkin, O. Lahav, A. T. Lee, E. M. Leitch, M. Lima, D. Luong-Van, M. A.G. Maia, A. Manzotti, D. P. Marrone, J. L. Marshall, J. J. McMahon, P. Melchior, F. Menanteau, S. S. Meyer, C. J. Miller, L. M. Mocanu, J. J. Mohr, T. Natoli, S. Padin, A. A. Plazas, C. Pryke, A. K. Romer, A. Roodman, J. E. Ruhl, E. S. Rykoff, E. Sanchez, J. T. Sayre, V. Scarpine, K. K. Schaffer, S. Serrano, I. Sevilla-Noarbe, E. Shirokoff, G. Simard, M. Smith, M. Soares-Santos, F. Sobreira, Z. Staniszewski, A. A. Stark, K. T. Story, E. Suchyta, M. E.C. Swanson, G. Tarle, D. Thomas, K. Vanderlinde, J. D. Vieira, V. Vikram, A. R. Walker, J. Weller, R. Williamson, O. Zahn

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

15 Scopus citations

Abstract

Correlations between tracers of the matter density field and gravitational lensing are sensitive to the evolution of the matter power spectrum and the expansion rate across cosmic time. Appropriately defined ratios of such correlation functions, on the other hand, depend only on the angular diameter distances to the tracer objects and to the gravitational lensing source planes. Because of their simple cosmological dependence, such ratios can exploit available signal-to-noise ratio down to small angular scales, even where directly modelling the correlation functions is difficult. We present a measurement of lensing ratios using galaxy position and lensing data from the Dark Energy Survey, and CMB lensing data from the South Pole Telescope and Planck, obtaining the highest precision lensing ratio measurements to date. Relative to the concordance CDM model, we find a best-fitting lensing ratio amplitude of A = 1.1 ± 0.1. We use the ratio measurements to generate cosmological constraints, focusing on the curvature parameter. We demonstrate that photometrically selected galaxies can be used to measure lensing ratios, and argue that future lensing ratio measurements with data from a combination of LSST and Stage-4 CMB experiments can be used to place interesting cosmological constraints, even after considering the systematic uncertainties associated with photometric redshift and galaxy shear estimation.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1363-1379
Number of pages17
JournalMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume487
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 21 2019

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Space and Planetary Science

Keywords

  • Cosmological parameters
  • Cosmology: Observations - large-scale structure of Universe
  • Gravitational lensing: weak

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Cosmological lensing ratios with des Y1, SPT, and Planck'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this