Cosmology with large photometric and spectroscopic galaxy surveys

• Grant number: 19/04881-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: June 01, 2019
• End date: April 30, 2023
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Astronomy - Extragalactic Astrophysics
• Principal Investigator: Rogério Rosenfeld
• Grantee: Hugo Orlando Camacho Chavez
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física Teórica (IFT). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de São Paulo. São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 16/01343-7 - ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research: a regional center for theoretical physics, AP.ESP
• Associated scholarship(s): 21/14098-9 - Multi-probe cosmology in harmonic space with large galaxy surveys, BE.EP.PD

Abstract

The dynamics of the formation of the observed large-scale structures, along with dark matter, dark energy, the accelerated expansion of the universe and their inter-relations remain as some of the biggest puzzles of modern cosmology and have been extensively investigated over the last years. In particular, understanding the nature of cosmic acceleration foresees important implications for Cosmology, Gravitation and Particle Physics, among others. Modern wide-area galaxy surveys such as the DES, the eBOSS, and the LSST appear as a powerful approach to these problems via the self-consistent combination of complementary cosmological tests. However, they bring new practical and theoretical challenges for exploiting the information contained in the data. This project aims to use different photometric (DES, LSST) and spectroscopic (eBOSS) experiments to constrain cosmological models using the self-consistent combination of multiple techniques exploiting the information contained in the observed distribution of galaxies. We will lead the task force for the detection of baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO) on third-year data (Y3) of DES by analyzing the angular clustering of galaxies in harmonic space (power spectra), continuing our analysis of data from the first year (Y1) (Camacho et al. 2018). Also for DES, we will apply multiple tools developed by our research group over the last years to lead the study of the combination of measurements of galaxy clustering and weak gravitational lensing on harmonic space. For eBOSS, we will use the most precise spectroscopic data up to date to lead a study of detection of the BAO scale using the harmonic-space angular clustering of different tracers of the matter density field. Finally, these studies, which will be performed with already existent data from DES and eBOSS, will be applied for preliminary analysis of the upcoming LSST.

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

ANDRADE-OLIVEIRA, F.; CAMACHO, H.; FAGA, L.; GOMES, R.; ROSENFELD, R.; TROJA, A.; ALVES, O.; DOUX, C.; ELVIN-POOLE, J.; FANG, X.; et al. Galaxy clustering in harmonic space from the dark energy survey year 1 data: compatibility with real-space results. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, v. 505, n. 4, p. 5714-5724, AUG 2021. (17/05549-1, 19/04881-8)

CAMACHO, H.; ANDRADE-OLIVEIRA, F.; TROJA, A.; ROSENFELD, R.; FAGA, L.; GOMES, R.; DOUX, C.; FANG, X.; LIMA, M.; MIRANDA, V; et al. Cosmic shear in harmonic space from the Dark Energy Survey Year 1 Data: compatibility with configuration space results. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, v. 516, n. 4, p. 17-pg., 2022-10-03. (19/04881-8, 17/05549-1)