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arXiv 2009.00622astro-ph.CO
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解析协方差矩阵对BOSS的宇宙学约束

Cosmological constraints from BOSS with analytic covariance matrices

Digvijay Wadekar, Mikhail M. Ivanov, Roman Scoccimarro

摘要:

我们使用解析协方差矩阵进行一个完整的形状分析的星系功率谱多极从重子振荡光谱巡天(BOSS)。我们得到的参数估计,同意以及基于样本协方差从2000星系模拟目录,从而验证了分析方法,并提供大量的计算成本降低。我们还强调了分析协方差的一些额外的优势。首先,分析不会受到采样噪声的影响,采样噪声会使约束产生偏差,并且通常需要扩大参数误差条。其次,它允许我们研究宇宙学约束的收敛性,重新计算解析协方差以匹配最佳拟合功率谱,这可以在一个可以忽略不计的计算成本,不像使用模拟目录。这些影响减少了宇宙学约束的系统误差预算,这表明分析方法可能是即将到来的高精度星系红移调查,如DESI和欧几里得的一个重要工具。最后,我们研究了功率谱协方差矩阵中的各种成分的影响,并表明,非高斯部分,其中包括定期三谱和超样本协方差,有一个边际效应($\lesssim 10 \%$)的宇宙学参数误差酒吧。我们还建议改进Fisher预测中常用的分析协方差。

英文摘要:

We use analytic covariance matrices to carry out a full-shape analysis of the galaxy power spectrum multipoles from the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS). We obtain parameter estimates that agree well with those based on the sample covariance from two thousand galaxy mock catalogs, thus validating the analytic approach and providing substantial reduction in computational cost. We also highlight a number of additional advantages of analytic covariances. First, the analysis does not suffer from sampling noise, which biases the constraints and typically requires inflating parameter error bars. Second, it allows us to study convergence of the cosmological constraints when recomputing the analytic covariances to match the best-fit power spectrum, which can be done at a negligible computational cost, unlike when using mock catalogs. These effects reduce the systematic error budget of cosmological constraints, which suggests that the analytic approach may be an important tool for upcoming high-precision galaxy redshift surveys such as DESI and Euclid. Finally, we study the impact of various ingredients in the power spectrum covariance matrix and show that the non-Gaussian part, which includes the regular trispectrum and super-sample covariance, has a marginal effect ($\lesssim 10 \%$) on the cosmological parameter error bars. We also suggest improvements to analytic covariances that are commonly used in Fisher forecasts.

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