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Ray-tracing log-normal simulation for weak gravitational lensing: application to the cross-correlation with galaxies

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We present an algorithm to self-consistently generate mock weak gravitational lensing convergence fields and galaxy distributions in redshift space. We generate three-dimensional cosmic density fields that follow a log-normal distribution,… Click to show full abstract

We present an algorithm to self-consistently generate mock weak gravitational lensing convergence fields and galaxy distributions in redshift space. We generate three-dimensional cosmic density fields that follow a log-normal distribution, and ray-trace them to produce convergence maps. As we generate the galaxy distribution from the same density fields in a manner consistent with ray-tracing, the galaxy-convergence cross-power spectrum measured from the mock agrees with the theoretical expectation with high precision. We use this simulation to forecast the quality of galaxy-shear cross-correlation measurements from the Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) and Prime Focus Spectrograph (PFS) surveys. We find that the nominal HSC and PFS surveys would detect the cross power spectra with signal-to-noise ratios of 20 and 5 at the lowest (z = 0.7) and highest (z = 2.2) redshift bins, respectively.

Keywords: ray tracing; log normal; cross; cross correlation; gravitational lensing; weak gravitational

Journal Title: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Year Published: 2020

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