Christopher T. Davies
The self similarity of weak lensing peaks
Davies, Christopher T.; Cautun, Marius; Li, Baojiu
Abstract
We study the statistics of weak lensing convergence peaks, such as their abundance and two-point correlation function (2PCF), for a wide range of cosmological parameters Ωm and σ8 within the standard ΛCDM paradigm, focusing on intermediate-height peaks with signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of 1.5 to 3.5. We find that the cosmology dependence of the peak abundance can be described by a one-parameter fitting formula that is accurate to within ∼3%. The peak 2PCFs are shown to feature a self-similar behaviour: if the peak separation is rescaled by the mean inter-peak distance, catalogues with different minimum peak SNR values have identical clustering, which suggests that the peak abundance and clustering are closely interconnected. A simple fitting model for the rescaled 2PCF is given, which together with the peak abundance model above can predict peak 2PCFs with an accuracy better than ∼5%. The abundance and 2PCFs for intermediate peaks have very different dependencies on Ωm and σ8, implying that their combination can be used to break the degeneracy between these two parameters.
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Davies, C. T., Cautun, M., & Li, B. (2019). The self similarity of weak lensing peaks. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 488(4), 5833-5851. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz2157
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jul 30, 2019 |
Online Publication Date | Aug 8, 2019 |
Publication Date | Oct 31, 2019 |
Deposit Date | Jun 17, 2019 |
Publicly Available Date | Aug 21, 2019 |
Journal | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
Print ISSN | 0035-8711 |
Electronic ISSN | 1365-2966 |
Publisher | Royal Astronomical Society |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 488 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 5833-5851 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz2157 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1294195 |
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